The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-04-30
PLATFORM MAKING.
Land, Currency and Taxation
the Features of 1896-WantS
Larry Neal for Delegate.
SOMERSET. O., April 23d, 1896

SOMERSET. O., April 25d, 1896.
Hon. LEWIS GREEN, HOOKING SENTINEL:
Grateful for your paper and for
the compliments otherwise elicted, L
write the following synopsis of my
own views:
1. l would recognize the great
fact that, leaving out Alaska, the
Democrats from jefferson to Polk
have added two.thilds OF our territory
to the one third declared free and in
dependent by the revolution of 1776.
Next, the great fact that not one
acre of the peoples land was ever
voted away to private corporations
by Democratic administration.
Next, the great fact that the oppo-
sition to the Democrats, alone, are
guilty of squandering the public do
main upon such private corporations,
and lastly, to crown the glory Of its
land record, it should
"REsoLvE. That no more of the
public domain shall be the sport OF
speculators; that every foot of land
left to the people, shall be held for
actual settlers only-free of cost to
them;, that no more shall be sold but
held in trust for all the people TO
whom it belongs, and free to any
citizen of the United States who
wishes to use it and pay whatever
rental, or leasable value that shall
be fixed by law; and that all i'm
provements made by the lessee shall
Dc his to keep, or to sell to others"
Such a plank would, if carried in
o law, find homes for million men
and women in a single year, provide
Employment to million more now
Euffering from competition and en-
|orced idleness and usher i'll the good
lines We are praying for.
2. Leave the silver, the gold and
he currency imbroglio to Congress,
here the Constitution leaves it; get
lck onto the Andrew Jackson and
hos. II. Benton platform that de-
ared the right of Congress to coin
oney and regulate its value; like
lem, deny the power of Congress,
any party, or law, to delegate this
CHEST sovereign prerogative to any
bdy, or to any bank, or to any null
lude of banks. To these ends de-
ARE our candidates for President
Vice President pledged to sign
Id approve the acts of Congress
uching its sovereign right to coin
I'D regulate, or to make legal tender
laper.
5. On the tariff or taxation ques-
ton, send Larry Neal to Chicago
from this district to see that his mode
OF formulating the platform shall not
be abandoned. 1t carried us to VIC
tory four years ago and it was be-
cause the Dem ocratic party resolved
what every ninety-nine men out of
every hundred voters approve, to-wit:
That men shall be taxed on what
thev HAVE and not what they WANT.
On these differences, or their equiv
alent, if not one word more be added,
the Democracy can elect the Presi-
dent.
If the convention to select two
delegates for this district to the Chi
cago convention will adopt my plat
form and name Larry Neal for one,
| would be glad to go as the other,
not for the honor but for the use l
could make of myself and the service
| imagine l might be tc humanity.
Without Larry and the platform |
prefer to stop at home and hope and
pray for their recognition.
The republican party started bust
ness on land plank giving homes to
actual settlers, but before it ended
its record it had given most of the
land to corporation, and robbed the
United States of any right to lease,
or rent, or derive revenue from it.,
}, Using their rights over to private
lers, to monopolies of the old world
D possess entire counties in extent
did not stop this criminal prodi-