The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
p0pULIsT CONVENTIONS.

The populists of Decatur county me,
in mass convention at the court house
in Leon on Saturday morning at II
O'Clock. The convention was called tc
order by ]. @. Stockton, county chair.
man, and Thos. Barnes, of Bloomington
named for temporary chairman, and
Morris Gardner, of Leon, temporary
secretary.
On motion committee on permanen,
organization was appointed, consisting
of j. G. Stockton, B. F. Mcdaniel and
James Stewart.
On motion committee on resolutions
was appointed consisting Of w. E. Gam.
mon. NJ. 9. Belts. A. Il. Moore, Frank
Springer. and Henry L. Pease.
The convention then adjourned to
meet at 1870 O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
When the afternoon session was cal.
led to order the committee on perma.
nent organization recommended that
the temporary officers be made perma-
nent and the report was adopted.
The committe on resolutions present.
ed the following which were on motion
adopted.
RESOLUTIONS.
We the peoples party Of Decatur
county in convention assembled endorse
the platform adopted at Sioux Falls, S.
d., by the national convention.
We do hereby reattirm our adherence
to the fundamental principles proclaim.
ed in the two prior platforms and call
upon all who desire to avert the sub.
version of free institutions by corporate
and imperialistic power to unite with us
in bringing the government back to the
ideals OF Washington, Jefferson and
Lincoln.
We also extend to- our allies IN the
struggle for financial and economic free.
dom assurance of our loyalty to the
principles which aim at the allied forces
and the promise of honest and hearty
cooperation in every effort for their
success to the people of Decatur county.
We offer the following platform as the
expression of our unalterable conylc-
tions:
RESOLVED, that we denounce the act
of March IA, 1900, as the combination of
a long series of conspiracies to deprive
the people of their constitutional rights
over the money Of the nation and del.
egate to gigantic money trust the con-
troll of the purse and house of the people.
We denounce this act.
We also denounce the present republi-
can administration for striking down
the greenback in order to force the peo.
pie to borrow $346, ,OOO, 600 more from the
banks at an annual cost Of over $500
200, 600. '
We pledge anew the peoples party
never to cease the agitation until this
eighth financial conspiracy is blotted
from the statute books, the Lincoln
greenback restored, the bonds all paid
and all corporation money forever re.
tired. :
We reaffirm the demand for the re-
opening of the mints of the United
States to the free and unlimited COINAGE
OF silver and gold at the present Legal
ratio of 16 to !, the Immediate increase
in the value of silver coins and certlfi.
Gates thus created to be substituted dol
lar for dollar for the bank notes issned
pllvi eyes granted by law of March IA.
iSoO. and prior to national banking
laws the remaining portion of the. bank
notes to he replaced with the full legal
IendeF government paper money and
lts volume so controlled as to maintain
~ an times stable money market and
stable, price level.
We favor q graduated income tax to
/ the end that aggregated wealth shall