The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-23

the general government only. a fun LEGAL
ten9st Ior an debts, public and private.
and that without the use OF banking cor
horauons. a just equitable and efficient
people. ~ --i9
5, Second. we demand the free and u7-
HInlled coinage OF silver and gold al the
present resent legal ratio Of Is to l.
Ahlru' We demand that the amount of
tne circulating medium be speedily in
cTeaSed IN suf1cient quantity TO transact
basis. ''7''
Fourth. We demand a graduated income
Fifth. we believe that the money OF the
country should be kept as much as possi-
D1e IN the hands Of the people and hence
We ueildlld tnat all state and national rev
e,t,l'ss e,t1es shali be limited TO the necessary
expenses or the government economicailv
and honestly administered.
1,lh, S,lNth, We demand that postal savings
oahkS be established by the government
,'5, sne sdIe uepOslt OF earnings of the
people and TO facilitate exchange.
- oSVShth, transportation being a means
c,l,.ss..g OL eAcnallge and public necessity, the
government should operate the raiIroa ds
IN Ine interest Of the people
m Htsnth' the telegraph and telephone
me e the postoftice system, being a neces-
Slty FOR the transmission OF news s7orIld
Je operated by the government in the in
terest of the people.
Nnth, the land. including all the nat
ulal sources of wealth is the heritaos of
all the people and should not be m0DoD-
OlI1eN Ior speculative purposes, and alien
ownership of lands should be urohfbitad
Al land now held by railroads and other
ooLP5orauons '5 IN excess Of their natural
needs, and all lands now owned bv
aliens should be reclaimed by the
only"
1t will be observed that the sub-trea sury
1yh
ttLoii, t+ta OMch Mnich was one OF the features Of
the Omaha platform, has been eliminat.
Sd. IL is explained that this was an al
nance FAD, which was only agreed ia
by the peoples party as a compromise
ana 10 placate the alliance element. which
Iour years ago was a strong factor In
the pOpulist. ranks
Gen. Coxey of Ohio, who IS a conspic-
uous figure at this convention, will strong.
Iy urge the committee on resolutions 10
adopt a plank favoring his non-interest
bearing bond scheme. but Il is understood
at midnight that this Will not be accept
able to the majority Of the committee
VINO desire to make the platform as brief
as possible, and who feel that the Coxev
plank would be a detriment to the party
in the coming campaign.
Nor is Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar of Indi-
ana likely to be any more successful In
securing the insertion of anti-saloon and
womans suffrage planks. They will re-
ceive the respectful consideration of the
committee, but nothing further
At midnight the fight between the Bryan
and anti-Bryan forces in the populist con
vention broke out anew in the matter of
a permanent chairman. The and-Bryan
men will support Ignatius Donnelly OF
Minnesota for permanent chairman, while
the Bryan men will urge on the commit
tee on permanent organization Senator
Allen of Nebraska.
An active canvass in his support was
begun by ex-RepreSentatiVe Jerry Simp-
son, Lafe Pence and Mr.. Bonn of Min
neSota. Mr.. Pence announced that Mr.
Allen was the candidate of the Bryan mer
for permanent chairman and that the hght
was now on.