The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-11
BARKER THE M1DRoADERs' NOMINEE
Platform Demands Government Ownership, In
come Tax, Paper Money, Direct Vote
(By the Associated Press.)

Cincinnati, Ohio, May 10.-Wharton
| Barker, of Pennsylvania, was nominated
| for President by the Middle of-the- Road
| Popuists on the second ballot and }. A.
| Park, of Kentucky, elected chairman OF
| the National Committee.
Ignatius Donnelly was declared Vice.
| Presidential nominee. Former Congress
man Howard, of Alabama, was strong
| Presidential possibility at one time, and
| it was only through his vigorous work for
| Barker and against himself, that the cut
and dried plans of the convention went
| through
The convention adjourned sine die.
Following is the platform adopted:
THE peoples Party of the United
States, assembled in National Convention,
this 10th day of May, 1900, affirming our
mistaken belief in the cardinal tenets of
| the Peoples party, as set forth in the
| Omaha platform, and pledging ourselves
anew to continued advocacy of those
| grand principles of human liberty until
right shall triumph over might and love
| over greed, do adopt and proclaim this
declaration of faith
| "GD-We demand the initiative and ref
erendum and the imperative mandate for
|
statute law as will enable the people in
| their sovereign capacity to propose and
| compel the enactment of such laws as
| they desire; to reject such as they deem
| injurious to their interests and to recall
unfaithful public servants
| "(2.)--We demand the public owner
| ship and operation of those means of
| communication, transportation and pro-
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| as railroads, telegraph and telephone
| lines, coal mines, etc.
"(3)-The land, including all natural
| sources of wealth is a heritage of the
| people and should not be monopolized for
| speculative purposes, and a lien owner
| ship of land should be prohibited. All
| land now held by railroads and other cor
porations in excess of their actual needs
| and all lands now owned by aliens should
| be reclaimed by the Government and held
| for actual needs, and all lands now own
| ed by aliens should be reclaimed by the
| Government and held for actual settlers
| only.
"(4.)-A scientific and absolute paper
| money. based upon the entire wealth and
| population of the nation not redeemable
1 in any specific commodity but made a
full legal tender fer all debts and re-
| ceivable for all taxes and public duties
| and issued by the Government only with
| out the Intervention of banks, and in
| sufficient quantity to meet the demands
| of commerce, is the best currency that
can be devised; but until such a financial
| system is secured which we shall press
| for adoption we favor the free and I'M
| limited coinage of silver and gold at the
| legal ratio of 16 to /.
''(5.)-We demand the levy and collec-
| tion of a graduated tax on incomes and
| inheritances and a constitutional amend
ment to secure the same if necessary.
"(6)--We demand the election of
| President Vice President, Federal Judges
| and United States Senators by direct
| vote of the people.
"GD-We are opposed to trusts and
| declare the contention between the old
| parties the monopoly question is a
sham battle, and that no solution of this
mighty problem is possible without the
| adoption of the principles of public owner
shin of public utilities"