The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-13
Platform.

Your Committee on Resolutions and Platform,
having attended to the duty assigned them. beg
leave to make the following report:
WHEREAS: 1t has been demonstrated by the
history Of the PAST two years-pregnant with bonds
and bankruptcy at home, corruption and cowardce
In foreign relations, disaster and DEATH starvation
strikes and general stagnation of all business
enterprse,-that the Peoples Party was formed
none too soon to avert the complete destruction of
our form of government and the liberties Of our
people, Therefore be 1t
RESOLVED: That we endorse the declarations
and platform Of the Peoples Party adopted at
Omaha on the 4th. OF July, A, d. 1892, follows:
PEOPLES PARTY PLATFORM
Adopted at the National Convention July 4, 1882.
We declare-1 That the union of the labor
forces of the United States this day consummated,
shall be permanent and perpetual May its spirit
enter into oil hearts for the salvation Of the re.
public and the uplifting of mankind
2. Wealth belongs to him who creates 1t, and
every dollar taken from industry without an
equivalent is robbery. "If any will not work,
neither shall he eat" The interests of rural and
civic labor are the same; their interests identi
cal.
3. We believe that tho time has come when the
railroad corporations will either own the people
or the people must own the railroads; and should
the government enter upon the work Of owni ng
and managing any or all railroads. we should favor
an amendment to the constitution bv which all
persons engaged in the government service shall
be placed under q civil service regulation of the
most rigid character, to prevent the increase
OF the power OF the national administration by the
use Of such additional governn ent employees.
4. We demand national currency, safe, sound
and flexible, issued by the general government
only, full legal tender for all debts, public and
private, and that without the use of banking cor.
porations, just, equitable and efficient means of
distribution direct to the people, at tax not ex-
ceeding two per centum per annum, be provided,
as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of the
Farmers Alliance, or some better system; also by
payments in discharge of its obligations for public
improvements.
s. We demand the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of Is
toll.
6. We demand that the amount of the circulat-
ing medium be increased to not less than $50 per
capita,
8. We beiev- that the money CT the country
should be kept as much possible in the hands
OF the people, and hence demand that all al ate
and national revenue shall be limited to the
mt cessary expenses Of the government, economi-
cally and honestly administered.
Q. We demand that postal savings banks be
by the government for the safe deposit
OF the earnings of the people and to facilitate
change.
10. transportation being means of exchange
and public necessity, the government should own
and operate the railroads in the interests of the
people.
II. The telegraph and the telephone, like the
postomce system, being necessity for transmiss-
ion OF news, should be owned and operated by the
government In the interests of the people.
IL. The land including all the natural sources
OF wealth, Is the heritage of all the people, and
should not be monopolized for speculative pur-
poses, and alien ownership of land should be pro.
hibited. All lands now held by railroads and
other corporations, in Of their actual needs
and all lands now owned by aliens should be re-
claimed by the government and held for actual
settlers only.
And WHEREAS: 1t is apparent that there is a
collusion between tho leaders of the so called Re-
publican and Democratic parties. in order to lull
the people into fancied security to change admin
isrations, In name only, that they may the better
serve their foreign masters, as has been the case
| for the last twenty five years, and
WHEREAs: 1t Is necessary, in order to conquer
! the common enemy, to unite under common
| national banner, and not fritter our time and
strength away In fostering local parties OF different
names. Therefore be 1t further
RESOLVED: That, in our opinion, the Silver
Party of this State should drop its local name and
fall into line with the National Peoples Party in
! order to accomplish the reform which 1t seeks by
being organized for the great national conflict Of
| 1896. And
WHEREAs: We recognize the fact, that those
who are not for us against us, and that fusion
! with enemies or luke warm friends ia always q
source OF weakness to those who are struggling for
| justice. Therefore be 1t further
RESOLVED: That our delegates to the Peoples
Party Convention to be held at Reno on the 9th.
day Of September 1894, be. and they hereby are in
| structed to oppose any fusion with any other
party Whatever, and that II they give proxies tc
others, that they instruct their proxies to the
| same effect.
oh. PATCHEN, Chairman,
ALEX. vEITCH. RoBT. LEROY