The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
PRINCIPLES Of
IT'S PLATFORM
Statement Issued by the
New American
Party.
v.r;ous Reforms in Reference
to Political Matters De-
clared For.
EouaI Suffrage and the Abolition or
Trusts and Combinations Are
Advocated.

ST. LOUIS Aug. 27-The new Amer
lean partv. organized in this city yester-
dav. in addition to the National platform
adopted recommended the following
statement of principles as platform 1or
the several States:
1. All public utilities inhering to the state
shall be placed under such supervision ana ana
Iegis ative control as will best insure equai
benefits to ali the people. r 3,,o+o
g. The existence or employment Va P'-
armed bodies shall be prohibited 5
g. The initiative and referendum 10 oe uSoI
in the formation of all laws and or3inances a.,
feoting the rights of the people; we applo'o
OF direct legislation by the people. .e, to-
4. The best ballot system TO De auoPteen 90 ~ ~
ali elec tions, in order that corruptlon OF Ine
elective franchise be entirely avoioeu. 80
should be but one election held In any e one
year for National, State, county, Gown ono
municipal officers. it.
5. We favor such changes in the reglstraItaon Idon
and election laws as will secure to every law
full voter the right 10 cast a ballot at every
election and 10 have the same correctly re-
turned. The registration OF voters shoulu pe
completed on the same day by system Vi
school districts and neighborhood meetings,
convened by due public notice at sucn an an
hour will not conflict with general puslness
pursuits; not less than ninety days previous
to the day of election. The nomlnatlon OF
candidates for all official positions sna!I pc
made at primary election (and not py
caucuses), to be held on day hxed py law,
not more than sixty nor less than thirty Gays
before the date of general elections. All
legislative officers are to be grouped as 10 III
sure minority representation.
6. We favor equal suffrage Tor both sexes,
based upon an educational qualification.
T. Neither the State, county nor municipal
ity shall contribute to the support OF any In
stitution under denominational, sectarlan or
private control
g. We insist upon the taxation of all prop
erty, real or personal, not owned by the
pubic.
O. We consider the non-sectarian free public
school as the only place where American eJul-
dren obtain a practical education: ana we
PROBES against the employment OF any person
or persons not in sympathy with our Amerl-
can institutions of government as ofncers or
teachers therein.
10 All corporations should be abolished,
IL. We demand that all hospitals, asylums.
retormatories and other institutions, occupied
by persons OF either sex, voluntarily or In
voluntarily, whether public or private, or
semi private, be a. all times subject 10 pubic
inS pection.
u Labor must be recognized as the direct
source OF wealth. Its rights must be main-
tanned equally with those OF capital. All In
dustriaI pursuits should be fostered and en-
| couraged in every possible way, and the better
| to prevent strikes and lookouts cooperation
| between employers and employed should be
| the rule to be encouraged and adopted. All
| wage-earners should be protected against tho
competition of alien laborers, skilled or un-
skilled and the importation of contract ls Dor
into the State should be prohibited by law.
IS. Trusts and combinations should be pro-
hiblted by immediate and appropriate legisla-
ton.
ID Municipal government should be taken
out of the provinces OF small olitics and con-
Quoted ON strictly BUSINESS principles only.
Pub utilities and necessities existing
within the province of city government sucn
as gas, electric lights, water, street and ele-
waited railroads and bridges and ferries, should
be owned and operated by the city, subject
onlv to the general laws OF the state.
10. The burden OF taxation caused by intem-
perauce and crime should be regulated and
lesseued rs much as possible by wise and
1 No 1aRa
throughout the State, aud we call upon the
Government TO restrict the importation OF
spirituous or malt liquors by way OF original
packages, under the gulse OF interstats COM
merce, into any State which deems 1t wise and
proper to exercise its police powers IN The con.
troll or the prohibition of the liquor traf1c.
49, Convict labor should never be brought
in competition with free labor. Convict con-
tract labor should be absolutely prohibited.