Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1890 — MINNESOTA ALLIANCE. [ARTICLE]

MINNESOTA ALLIANCE.

The platform of the Minnesota Alliance Convention demands that the l- war tariff” be radically revised, especially denouncing the McKinley bill as “the crowning ins fa my of protection,” demanding government control of railroads, that discrimination may cease, reasonable rates be established, watered stock not receive the rewards of Honest capital, and pooling of rates he absolutely prohibited; as producers, demands free and open markets for grain, and proper facilities for transportation thereto; holds that mortgage indebt- - ed.ii ess.should be deducted from the tax on realty; demands lower interest and severe penalties for usury; favors an increase in the volume of money and demands free coinage of silver; opposes State aiidmunicipal giving away of valuable franchises; favors improvement of great waterways; asks the Australian ballot system for the whole State; holds that United States ‘Senators and Railroad Commissioners should be elected by ballot; demands the prohibition of child labor; favors arbitration to settle labor troubles and equal pay for equal work, irrespective of sex; considers recent Supreme Court decisions fraught with danger to our form of government, and invites to its support all who toil and all who agree with them in opinions.