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National Greenback Monitor from Wichita, Kansas • 4

National Greenback Monitor from Wichita, Kansas • 4

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10. WpcTemand the passage of on THE NATIONAL MONITOR. 1 tl. il IC.NXMXIiS, KlU'l'Mii. "WICTTITa! KA 8 AUniJST 70 W.

0 11 A WYER, NOTARY PUBLIC LAND AGTV RKLLK l'LAIXK Sumner County, Principles. The National Greenback Labor Party of Sedsrwick county. Knneaf, in convention Assembled declare: That are in favor of the" payment of the National debt strictly in accordance with the stipulations of the EDITORIAL NOTES contract under which it, wan created, rqnity of redemption law Allowing' two years time on which to redeem all real refate sold under execution, order of sale, or other judicial process, by virtue of mortgage or other incmberflnee. npon tho payment of the original debt, tocfither with legal interest thereon. 17.

We demand a reduction of all official fees and salaries to correspond to incomes in other directions, and the value of property and "products generally: and that the contract system of labor in prisons and reformatory institutions be abolished. 18. That we deprecate all sectional and dead issues between the old parties or different sections of the country: that in the promulgation of these principles we will'know no North, no South, no East, no West; that we are Mr. H. H.

UrHti attorney for the S'siut Louis, Wichita and Western road 18 in the city for the purpose of placing the first mortgage bonds on the road. D. 0, Mo Cray, publisher of the Douglass Enterprise called cn us this week. The local reporter of that paper accompanied him. They are lively localists.

and that no more interest-bearing bonds of the Federal overnment bo issued. i 2. We demand the enactment of an income tax law, with heavy penalties for perjury in case of violation, and that said tax bo graduated in ratio to incomes, and that the internal revenue tax be removed from all articles of nec M. ltOLPH, ECLECTIC 12 PLAIN ANSA Attend calls at all hours. Ksptxdal attentibh given to'Surgery.

chronic diseases, and diseases of women'and children. P. II A CONTRACTOR iYND BUILDER 79 Main street, Wichita," Kansas, Will furnish Plans and Specifications for any kind of Building it EE OF 11 A It 6 E. All work done on short notice. We wiuld suggest that President Hayes keep several pieces vacant till after the Ohio election.

Foster ahd H'ckenlooper may want to be cared for. Beacon. essary consumption. 3 The government should issue all the currency that is used by the people, whether it be gold, silver or paper, and it should all be made a legal tender for all debts, public, and private. 4 The coiDage'of both gold and silver should be unlimited, and the government should purchase and coin all the N.

P.KCKE1!. J. M. Simon. determined that the affairs of our Government shall be so administered as to secure equal rights and exact justice to mankind, and by so doing the Union can and will be preserved.

And that to this end we invite all persons of whatever past political affiliation to unite with us in support of tho above platform of principles and thus preserve our inalienable rights and liberties to ourselves and our posterity forever. Wo would like to have viewed, the position of our cotemperaries in this city, in regard to the Greenback movement, but will have to postpone it until some other time. Thry are weak disconnected and voluminous on the Greenback question, and every. one who reads them with, unprejudiced eyes can see their weak points. SAUSAGE FACTORY SIMON BECKER Prop's.

BOLOGNA, VIENNA, FREW PORK and all other lands of A TJ A Always on hand, fresk made from our own purchases. Factory on the south side of Douglas gold and silver bullion it can procure and coin without loss. 5 All surplus currency now in the treasury should be used to cancel bonds, and thus stop interest on the same. Government paper money should be substituted for national bank notes. 7 The government should give the people the same volume of money with which to pay their debts that was in circulation when those debts were contracted.

8 The increase of the established volume of the currency shou'd be in the ratio of the per capita increase of population and business in the country. 9 All new issues of paper money should be put in circulation by employ Tilden "scooped" Boss Kelley at the Niagara and thus secured another signal victory over Tammany. The "old man" isn't dead yet, and those enthusiastic Democrats who have been counting upon getting away with fcim so easily begin to realize, in the language of the late William Allen, of Ohio, that they "bit off more than they, can avenue opposite Smith Keating' Agricultural House. 31 1. I MERLE ADAMS, Nominations being in order tho following ticket was nominated unanimously by the convention: Sheriff John HiM'Thauer, of liockford.

Treasurer J. P. Paimchukst, of Attiea. County Clerk Frank Dale, of Sherman. Register of Deeds M.

K. MoitcAN.of Waco. Comm'r Stewakt, of (Jniud Kiver. Surveyor to be chosen. being no one nominated for the office of County Surveyor a resolution empowering the Central Committee to fill the vacancy was adopted.

With tho appointment of the Central Committee for the ensuing year the convention adjourned with the understanding that the Central Committee remain a few minutes to transact important business. Prior, however, a resolution that a copy of the proceedings of the convention be furnished each of the city papers was adopted. Noah Allen, Chairman. Robert A. Neff, Secretary, Central Committee chosen Aug, 16.

Union Township. Win, Hums, Waco Jerome Turiey. Plain Doek II. Anderson. Tbo ''tornado belt," which our friends in the eastern States located in Kansas at the time we had one storm last May, seems to have located permanency in New England, and has just been giving another exhibition of its power as will be seen by details given in our dispatches this morning.

By the way our eastern neighbors haven't had anything to say about the "tornado belt" for some weeks. Leavmoorth limes. ing on needed public works, or used to cancel the public debt, whereby all the people are benefited; instead of giving it to bankers to loan to the people at high rates of interest, and to increase the public debt, as is now being done. 10. We demand the repeal of all laws that foster inequality in the condition of laborers as they are in violation of universal justice.

11. We demand that no more public lands be voted to corporations, but that they be held for actual settlers. 12. We demand the passage and enforcement of such laws as will prevent all combinations, discriminations, or granting of rebates, by transportation companies by car or otherwise, compelling common carriers to furnish service for the same price for all men; and that all transportation companies WICHITA, works. Manufacturers ofjand Dealers In MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES MANTLES, TABLE TOPS, BUILDING SI ONE, LIME, Hair, Plaster and Cement.

No. Main street, bet. First and WICHITA KANSAS LA WS OF NEWSPAPERS. 1. Subscribers who do not giveTexpress notice to the contrary are considered as wishing to continue their 2.

If subscribers order the discontinuance of their paper, the publisher may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. 3. If Subscribers refuse or neglect to take a. paper from the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible till they have settled their bill and ordered their paper discontinued. 4.

If subsbribers move to other places without Informing the and the papers are sent to he former direction, they are held responsible. 5. The courts have decided that refusing to take a paner from the office is prima facie avi-dence of intentional fraud. 6. Any person who takes a paper regularly from the post office -whether directed to his name or anothers.

or whether he has subscribed or not is responsible for the payment. 7. Action for fraud can be Instituted against any person whether he is responsible in a financial point of view or not, who refuses to pay his 8. ThcJT'nited States courts have! repeatedly decided that a post master who neglects to perform his duty or giving seasonable notice, as required by the Post Office Department, of the neglect of a person to take from the office newspapers addressed to him, renders the ost-master liable to the publisher for the sub rip-tion price. Ninnesoah lohn W.

(iaul, Ohio, Henry Keehi, Minneha Smith, Illinois K. llight: Viola H.C. Terrell Lincoln llenrv Delano C. F. Derby.

Erie Ceo. Feast. Alton P. F. "Walker," Pavne Wilson, Morton William Neil, Oram! Kiver I.

Stewart. Attiea Foster Coleman. (vpsuin Thomas Coleman. Ifockford A. Jmrnell.

Sherman Frank Dale. Crant D. 11. Allen. (ireely William More.

Saleni Henry Coble. Wichita, 1st Ward, D. 11. Kinscy. 2nd Noah Alien.

1. V. Ilealy. 4th li.A.Ncif, The above Committee met in Eagle Hall at 6 o'clock p. and organized by electing Noah Allen, Chairman and D.

11. Kinsey, Secretary, after which they adjourned to meet at the office of Noah Allen, on Saturday, August 30th 1879, at 2 o'clock p. m. Noah Ai.i.kx, Chairman, I). U.

KlNsr.V, Secretary. Greenback-Labor County A Ticket ani'Itlnglug Resolutions. Wichita, Kansas, Aug. 16, 1679. The delegates met in Eagle Hall, in accordance with the call.

The conyentioa being called to order ly E. N. Ordway Noah Allen was chos-sen Chairman and Robert A. Neff Sec1 retary. Prelimenary to the regular business of the convention short addresses by Mr.

Skidmore, of the National Era of Emporia, and P. H. Massy, of Minneha township were listened to. The Committee on Credentials con sisted of the following gentlemen- J. P.

Parkhurpt, of Attica. C. C. Phillips, of Nennescah, and J. S.

Keeran, of Wichita. After being introduced to the convention by the Chair the Hon. Wilber H. Clute, of Three Rivers. Michigan, delivered an able tddress on finance, which was followed by the report of the Committee on Credentials, which ishowed a large attendance of delegates.

The Committee on Platform, consisting of D. K. Kinscy, of Wichita; C. F. Derby, Delano, and Wm.

Burns, of Union township, submitted their report, after being slightly changed so as td read as follow, was adopted: or common carriers bo limited by law in tJieir charges to living and equitable rates. 13. We demand that education be fully equalized and enforced, under proper restrictions, that no child be allowed to grow up in ignorance. 14. We demand that all citizens of the United States be granted tho privilege and protection in the right to the exercise of the elective franchise at all elections.

15. Wc demand tho enactment of a law limiting the legal rate of interest to five per cent, in all cases whatever, and that the taking oi any more or h'gher rate of interest under any pro-text whatever, be deemed usurous and shall work a forfeiture of all interest; and that the purchaser of any chose in action is bound to take notice whether said contract is effected with usury or suffer the consequence of the forfeiture. Fohxey gives special attention to all case in the U. S. Land Office.

If you have notes or accjunts to collect, Sumner county, forwardtliemto J. W. Forney atP.clle I'laine. Money. The result of the diposal of the Cherokee Strip at the rubiic sale was not Very flattering, enly about eight thousand acres out of the seventy thousand were disposed of.

The balaneo of the land will be sold at pr ivate sale, Eagle, J. W. Forney has made arrangement by which lie is now prepared to loan money at the lowest ever offered in Kuimici County. Call on him, or write to him at De'le I'laine,.

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Years Available:
1879-1879