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About Hale's weekly. (Conyers, Ga.) 1892-1895 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1892)
Pate's Wcrhtij. J. N. HALE, Editor. t FFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE’ALLIANCE THE C0NVEN110N. The convention which met in Atlanta, May the 10th, to send delegates to the national con¬ vention which meets in Chicago, ,j une the 21st, and to make a platform ^embracing the senti¬ ment of the Democrats of Geor¬ gia- was one of the grandest as¬ semblies of brains and jpatriot lsm ever seen in this State. Ev¬ ery man seemed to be fully en ilt used with a spirit of true, old lashioned Jeffersonian Democ¬ racy, and with a determination i hat there should be no break among the noble white men of •>ur State. All were willing to compromise jjupon every issue and to join heart and soul in the grand work of keeping pure the politics of our country and in keeping our offices and Gov¬ ernment aloof from the vile horde of anarchists, infidels and cowardly deserters, who are just now trying to get a foot hold in our fair land. A call of the counties showed that a majority were for that great American, Grover Cleve¬ land, and the Honorable Pope Barrow, of Clark county was made chairman. It soon become evident, how¬ ever, that tariff reform alone would not satisfy the represen¬ tative of the people of Georgia, and that financial reform as well as tariff reform was an issue that the people were for and unless Mr. Cleveland is willing to subscribe to this plank in the magnificent platform which was adopted and which we pulish, he would not be acj ceptableto the people of Georgia The following gentlemen were elected delegates from the State at large: F. H Richardson, Fleming du Bignou, James Smith, Dupont Guerry. They are all good, honest, able democrats and will vote for no man who is not in favor of both tariff and financial relief. The 22 gentlemen who represent the 11 different districts are, also, good men and not one of them raised an objection to the plat¬ form upon which they were asked to stand. As to the sen¬ timent for Mr. Cleveland or against him, we are satisfied that at least 14 out of the 26 would prefer that some other inan be the standard bearer of Democracy. is «. It is wonderful that not one of the one thousand delegates who were in the hall raised a single objection. It is the plat¬ form the people of Georgia, of eVery section and of every class barring anarchists and infidels. We print this week the Ocala Demands; compare them with our platform and see how well they go together. Them is not one good thing embraced in the Ocala demands that are not in ourplatform, and there are some good things in our platform winch are not in the Ocala de¬ mands. We print, also, that all may see, the St Louis plat¬ form. Compare it, Georgians, with its " Government owner¬ ship of transportation lines ” and its infamous pension resolutions, to that grand document the Ocala Demands and the mag¬ nificent platform of the Democ¬ racy of Georgia! Men who love Georgia and who love the South with its dear memories aud no l?ie institutions, w ifi uot be glow to chose, and when they have been read by every true son of Georgia, Post and his servile co¬ leaders, will have no followers here. THE PLATFORM ADOPTED. 1* Resolved, That we, the democrat 6 ' of Georgia, in convention as embled, reaffirm our devotion to the time honored principles of our historic party. We believe that the powers delegated by the people should be strictly construed; that the autonomy of spates and the rights of local self-government and home rule should be zealously guar led; that no money should be taken from the people under any pretext for other than public purposes; that the strictest economy should be exercised in all governmental expenditures, whether local, state or na¬ tional; that legisution shonld be confined to the legitimate objects of the govern¬ ment; that public office is a solemn public trust, 2 • We belie’ e that the same care cau¬ tion should be used by the government, both state and national, in the expendi¬ ture^ public money asjis used.by.prudent men in their own private affairs • 3. We believe lhat the right of taxa. tion was delegated to the governm ent both state and national, to be used only for absolute necessities, and any other use of this power i-dishoneat and tyrannical ■ 4. A surplus revenue in tha treasury is a glittering prize to be sought af ,er by political thieves aud plunderers. 5. we are uncompromisingly opposed to the enlargement and cone ntiation of federal powers; to the usurpation by the central government; of the functions of state; to boundties and subsidies in every form; to every species of class legislation aud government partnership with private enterprises; to the whole theory and practice of pafcernalisn. 6. we who have w ithin a generation seen elections opened by the tup vi a drum, and the judicial powers of the state usurped be court martial, aud a legislature seized by a military c.erk,and the legally elected representatives of the people turned out of office to make by force a subseivient majority, have no desire to take any chances on the politi¬ cal future. 7. we consider the government control of postoffices as necessary and proper, because the seal of letter, protects the private affair of the citizen from govern¬ mental espionage, but we protect except u the regulation of prices against ex tending this control over telegiaphs and telephones, and placing in our midst a horde of office holders who will only be amenable to national laws, and may at any time, by the will of the majority, or, as often happens iti our federal affairs, by the will of a minority, be turned into si ies aud informers, while we oppose governmental ownership of railroads we endorse our state railroad cammission laws, and demand tliat the powers of the interstate railioad commission be enlarged so as to provide a “rigid, hon¬ est and just control” oi railroad transpo ation. 8. we demand the free and unlimited coinage both silver and gold on a parity with each other to the end that the mon¬ ey of the people shall be suclyn quantity and quality as was originally contempla¬ ted by the constitution. 9. wc demand that the prohibitory 10 per cent tax on s ate bank issues be stricken out of the national Lank law, and when this is done, we desire that a uniform By stem of banking be provided for by the legislature of Georgia, with a flexible expansive state bank currency, we further demand that the prohibition in the national batik law a gains ^accepting real estate as [security for loans shall be stricken there from. 10. we demand that the amount o f the circulation medium be speedily in¬ creased on a sound basis sufficient to meet the needs of the country. 11. we [demand;that congress Shall pass such laws as will effectually prevent the dealing in futures of all agricultural and mechanical productions; providing a st ringent system of procedure in trial's that will secure piompt conviction, and imposing such penalties as shall secure the most perfect compliance with the law. 12. Relieving in the doct/ines of equal lights to all and special privileges to none we demand a. That our national legislation shall be so framed in the futere as to not build up one indusuy at the expense of another. b, we regard as the most important issue before the people a refoim of the present iniquitous tarifl' and we demand a removal of the exiting heavy tariff tax from the neeesssities of life, that the poor of our land must have. c. wc further demand a just and equit¬ able system of graduated tax on income. d. we believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possi¬ ble in the hands of the people, and hence we demand that national and state reve¬ nue shall be limited to the necessary ex¬ pense of the government, economically and honestly administered. 14. We demand retrench and reform in ’he expenditure of national revenues and especially a correction of the present pension system -which re»ts like a mam¬ moth war tax on our section [of the un¬ ion. 15. We therefore, in a spirit of mutual concession, offer this, our platform, to the democracy of Georgia, and pray that a divine providence may incline our hearts to wisdom, justice and modera¬ tion. The Ocala Platform, 1. ( a ) We demand th6 abolition of national banks. ( b> ) We demand that the gov¬ ernment shall establish sub-treasu rifs or depositaries in the several Sta'e?, which shall loan money di nct to the people at a low rate of in¬ terest not to exceed 2 per eent. per annum, on non perishable products, and also upon real estate, with proper limitations upon the quantity of land and amount of money. (c -) We demand that the amount of circulating medium be speedily increased to not less than $50 per capita’ 2. We demand that congress shall pass such laws asjwill effectually prevent the dealing in futures of all agricultral and mechanical produc tions; providing a stringent system of procedure in trials that vs ill secure the prompt conviction, and imposing Such penalties asphalt secure the most perfect compliance with the law. 3. We condemn the silver bill recently passed by Congress and de¬ mand in lieu thereof the free and un¬ limited coinage of silver. 4. We demand the passage of la a b prohibiting the alien ownership of land and that congress take prompt action to devise some plan to obtain all land now owned by aliens and foreign syndicates; and that all lands now held by railroads be reclaimed by the governnent, and held for actual set t ers only 5. Believing in the doctring of equal rights to all and special priv¬ ileges to none, we demand— ( a) That our national legislation shall be so framed in the future as not to build up one industry at the expense of another. ( B) We further demand a re¬ moval of the existing heavy tariff tax from the necessities of life, that the poor of our laud must have. (C) We further demand a just and equitable system of graduated tax on incomes. (d) We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people aud hence we demand that all national and State revenues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the Govern¬ ment economically and honestly administered. ( 6 ) We demand the most rigid, honest and just State and national government control and supervision of the means of public communication and transportation, and if this control and supei vision does not remove the abuse now existing, we demand the government ownership of such means of communication and transports ion. 7 ) We demand that the congress of the United States submit an amend¬ ment for the Constitution providing for the election of the United State Senators by direct vote of the people of each State. The St. Louis, or Peoples party Platiorm. We demand a national cur¬ rency, safe, sound and flexible, issued by the general govern¬ ment only, a full legal tender for all debts, public and private and that without the use of banking corporation a just, equitable and efficient means of distribution direct to the people shall be established, at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent., as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers’ Alliance, or some better system. Also by payments in discharge of its ob¬ ligation for public improvement. We demand free and unlimit¬ ed coinage of silver.. We demand that the amount of circulating medium be speedi¬ ly increased to not less than $50 per capita. We demand a graduated in¬ come-tax. We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence we demand that all National and State revenues shall be li¬ mited to the necessary expen¬ ses of the Government, econo¬ mically and honestly adminis¬ tered. We demand that postal sav¬ ings bank be established by the Government for the safe depos¬ it of the earning of the people and to facilitate exchange. TRANSPORTATION. Transportation being a means of exchange and a public neces¬ sity, the Government should own and operate the rail¬ roads in the interest of the peo pie. The telegraph and telephone, like the postoffice system, being a necessity for the transmission of news, should be owned and operated by the Government in the interest of the people. LAND. The land, including all tlu natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of all the people and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All lands now held by railroads or other cor¬ porations in excess of their act¬ ual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens, should be re¬ claimed by the Government and held for actual settlers only. ADDIPIONAL RESOLUTIONS. Resolved. That w<j hail this conference as the consumation of a perfect union of hearts and hands of all sections of our com¬ mon country; the men who wore the grey and the men who wore the blue meet here to ex¬ tinguish the last smouldering embers of civil war in the tears of joy of a united and happy people; and we agree to carry the stars and strips forward and forever to the highest point of national greatness. Resolved, we demand that the Government issue legal ten¬ der notes and pay the Union Soldiers the difference between the price of the depreciated money in which they were paid and gold. Communicated. We are in favor of fairness in everything. Some time since our Commissioner of Agricul¬ ture, Mr. Nesbit, issued a letter, or a statement in which he said cotton had been raised at 3£ cents, at the same time stating that it was raised upon land that had been brought up to a high state of cultivation. He also gave the names of the par¬ ty who raised the cotton and he also gave some reports from different farmers who had rais¬ ed cotton even cheaper than this. An effort is being made to divert the facts to the injury of Mr. Nesbitt. It is claimed by his enemies that he says cotton can be raised for 3| cents upon any kind of common land and, therefore, he is not fit for the position Which he fills. This is untrue and grossly wrong. Mr. Nesbitt is a competent, honest conscientious officer "and has saved the tax payers of Georgia thousands of dollars by the hon¬ est, fair and economical man¬ ner in which he has managed his office. 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