People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1895 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

People’* Prrtj Platform. FOUNDATION PRINCIPLES. First.—That the union of the labor forces of the United States this day consummated -ball be permanent and perpetual: may its spirit enter into all hearts for t he salvation oi the repuolic and the uplift! ng of mankind. . , ... Second.—Wealth belongs to him who creates it. and every dollar taken from industry wf»hom an ••qiiivnletit is robbery. “’lf any will not work, neither shall he eat.” The interests of civic and rural labor are the same; .heir mtevosis are identical. Third—We believe that the time has come wuv.i vile railroad corporations will either own the people or the people must own the i ai'roads. and should the government enter upon the work of owning and managing any or all railroads, we should favor an amendment, to the constitution by wnich all persons engaged in the government service shall be placed under a civil service regula•tion ot tue most rigid character, so as to prevent an increase of the power of 1 lie national a.lmiiHstralion by the use of such additional g jvernmen: employes. FINANCE. First—We demand a national currency, S ite, sound and flexible. issued hythe general government only, a lull legal lender for all debts pillule and private, and that wltliout the u;e of banking corporations, a just, equitable and efficient means of distribution direct to the people at a tax not to exceed 2 percent, per annum to be provided as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers' Alliance or a Better system: also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements. We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver at the present legal ratio of Hi to I. We demand that the amount of circulating medium be speedily increased to not less man *.»O per capita. We demand a graduated income tax. We believe that the money of the country should be k pl as much as possible in the h.mdsofthe people, and hence we demand that all state and national revenues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government, economically and honestly ad-„ ministered. We demand that postal savings bank be established by the government for the safe deposit of the earnings of the people and to facilitate exchange. TRANSPORTATION. SECOND—Transport ation being a means of exchange and a public necessity. I he government should own mid operate the railroads in t he intel est i of t he people. The telegraph and telephone, like the pristoffice system, being a necessity’ for thb t ransmissioii of news, should be owned and operated by the Government in the interest of the people. LANDS Third—The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of the people. and should not be monopolized for speculative purpose*. and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All lands now held by railroads and other corporations in' ex •is> ot t.i ti.- a'tu.tl nx'ih and all lands n:>w owned by aliens should be reclaimed by tlie government and held for actual settlers only.

SUPPLEMENTARY RESOLUTIONS. WiiiirtKAS. Other questions have been presented for our consideration, we hereby submit the following, not as a part of the platfarm of the People’s Party, but as resolutions expressive of the convention. Resolved. That we demand a free ballot and a fair count in all elections and pledge ourselves to secure It to every legal voter without federal Intervention through the adoption by the Slates of the uuperverted Australian or secret ballot system. Resolved. That the revenue derived from a graduated income tax should be applied Io the reduction of the burden of taxation, now levied upon the domestic industries of this country. Resolved. That we pledge our support to fair and liberal pensions to ex-(lnion soldiers and sailors. Resolved. That we condemn the fallacy of protecting American labor under t he present system. which opens our ports to the pauper and criminal classes of t he world and crowds out our wage earners; and we denounce the present in ulective laws against contract labor and demand the further restriction of undesirable immigration. Resolved. That we cordially sympathize witli tlie efforts of organized workmen to shorten the hours of labor and demand a rigid enforcement of the existing eight hour law on government work and ask that a penalty clause De added to t he said law. Resolved. That we regard the maintenance of a large s anding army of mercenaries, known as the Pinkerton system, as a menacs to our liberties, and we demand its abolition and we condemn the recent invasion of the Territory of Wyoming by the lured assassins of plutocracy, assisted by federal officers. Resolved. That we commend to the thoughtful consideration of the people and the reform press the legislative system known as the Initiative and referendum. . . Resolved. That we favor a Constitutional provision limiting the office of President and Vice President to one term and providing tor the election of senators of the United States by a direct vote of the people. Resolved. That we oppose any subsidy or national aid to any private corpoiution for any purpose.