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and citizens agreeing with rs upon this
vital question.
MINORITY PLATFORM.
Scathing Arrangement of the Republican
and Demacratic Parties

Scathing Arraignment of the Republican
and Democratic Parties.
St. Louis, Mo-, July 24-Foilowing is
the text of a minority report on platform
which J. c. Kearby of Texas will offer:
The Peoples party, i'll national convention
assembled, denounce the methods and policy
of the Democratic and Republican parties
They have brought about distress and pow
erty to every state in this Union by reason
of their mutual cooperation with the money
power, the mOnopoiiStic influence and the
corporate greed that have characterized the
accumula ton Of wealth: by reason of class
legislation formulated for the benefit of the
few and to the oppression and wrong of the
many
We denounce the Republican and Demo-
cratic policies of tariff. the one that pre-
tends to afford protection TO the Industrial
classes and the other that pretends free
trade by placing the raw material produced
by the industrial man the free list and
protecting the manufacturers.
We denounce as un-American the Tepub-
lican and Democratic policies that tolerate
cratic military power, thereby subverting
independent government and state rights.
We denounce the Democratic and Repub
fican policies that seek TO ensIaye our people
by the issuance of Understanding bonds in
time Of peace to raise revenue with which
to defray current expense. and steadfastly
adhere to an American policy that will pro-
duce revenue sufficient to maintain the le
Ultimate and economic expense.
Therefore, be it
Resolved First-We demand national
currency, safe and sound. issued by the gem
eral government officially, full legal tender
for all debts, public and private, without the
Intervention OF banking corpora tiOns, and Il
just and equitable means of distribution di-
rect to the people at a tax not exceeding 2
per cent per annum.
Secont-We demand the free and unlimit-
ed coinage of silver and gold at the present
legal ratio of is to l. We demand that the
circulating medium consist Of gold silver
no
of the concurrence of foreign nations, and
in volume sufficient to answer the needs and
demands :. Of ,,' ana our people; We
but declare for legal tender dollar inter
changeable and redeemable only in debts
and taxes.
Inlru-We demand graduated income
tax.
Fourth-We believe that the money Of the
country should be kept as much as possible
mand that all state and national revenues
shall be limited to the necessary expense of
the government. economically and honestly
administered.
Fifth-We demand that the postal savings
banks be established by the government for
the safe deposit of the earnings of the peo-
pie and to facilitate all exchanges
SiXth-Transportation being a means of
exchange and public necessity, the govern
ment should own and operate enough of
trunk lines of railroads to forever but at
rest the question Of freight traffic.
Seyenth-The telegraph and telephone, like
the transmission of news, should be owned
and operated by the government in the in
tereSt of the people.
Eighth-Land is the heritage of the people
and should not be monopol2ed for specua
tive purposes and alien ownership of lands
should be prohibited. All lands now held
by railroads and other corporations in eX-
cess of the actual needs and all lands now
owned by them should be reclaimed by the
government and held for actual settlers
only.
Ninth-We denounce the Democratic and
Republican policy that permits the importa
ton of pauper labor to compete with our
American workingmen.
Tenth-We are in favor of direct legisa
ton by means of the initiative and referen-
uuln.
all mel in this nation who desire the ac-
compishment of pure government, econom
ically administered ami we therefore be-
ieve it to be the supreme duty of this con-
and nominate ticket OF It's own.
J u ! A r; GAM PnntS' Mains, Mains
i. Il. GOLD, oklahoma
f. H. LITTLE, Florida.
]. S. COXEY, Ohio,
7. s. Coxey of Ohio will also offer
minority report proposing the following
as a substitute for the plank in regard to
the employment of idle labor in time OF
depressiOn:
est-bearing bonds and good roads measure
COMFY. Ohio
B B1Kt1I, Nj Miississsjppi.
LONG. Missouri.
BURKHART, Indiana.
BROWN Wyoming.
LOUCK South Dakota.
GREENLEAF. New Hampshire.
NALLET'rE, Rhode Island.
SCHILLING, Wisconsin.