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SCHOOLS.-Opposes any division or diversion of public school funds to sectarian uses, denounces Bennett law as local manifestation of settled Republican policy of paternalism, and demands its repeal.

LIQUOR. "We oppose sumptuary laws as unnecessay and unwise with individual liberty."

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MISCELLANEOUS.-Opposes employment in shops or factories of children under fourteen and favors stringent laws prohibiting it.

WISCONSIN FARMERS' ALLIANCE, June 4, 1890.*

LABOR.-"Resolved, That we favor co-operation of all the agricultural and laboring classes of the Nation to protect themselves from the robberies of non-producers. That we sympathize with the just demand of labor of every class, and recognize that many of the evils from which the farming community suffers oppreis universal labor, and that, therefore, producers should unite in a demand for reform of unjust systems and the repeal of laws that bear unequally upon the people."

COMMERCIAL.-Demands that General Government, with the States, shall control all railroads; that option gambling on boards of trade be abolished; that the telegraph be owned by Government and operated ly Fostal Department.

CURRENCY.-"We are opposed to any system of finance that necessarily perpetuates the public debt, but that we are in favor of paying the same as Iast as possible, that the surplus in the Treasury may be reduced; and we are further in favor of the free coinage of silver, and we demand that the Government shall issue all paper money direct to the people, thus placing our circulating medium beyond the control or influence of corporate or private capital."

MISCELLANEOUS.-Opposes alien land-ownership; favors delinquent collection of tax on whiskey in bonded warehouses; demands that U. S. Senators, President and Vice-President be elected by people.

It was also resolved to submit following questions to candidates for legislative positions: Will you commit yourself to support abolition of National banks and substitution of legal-tender Treasury notes, said notes to be in sufficient quantity tor transaction of business of country; enactment of such laws as shall effectually prevent dealing in futures, free and unlimited coinage of silver, laws prohibiting alien ownership of land, limitation of all National revenues to necessary expenses of Government, and maintenance of Interstate Commerrce law until our means of transportation shall be operated in interests of people?

INDUSTRIAL CONFEDERATION, WASHINGTON CITY, January 23, 1891. Demands abolition of National banks as banks of issue, and as a substitute for National bank notes that legal Treasury notes be issued in sufficient volume to transact the business of the country without damage or especial advantage to any class or calling, such notes to be legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, and such notes when demanded by the people shall be loaned to them at no more than 2 per cent per annum upon non-perishable products as indicated in the sub-Treasury plan, and also upon real estate, with proper limitation upon the quantity of land and amount of money; demands free and unlimited coinage of silver; laws prohibiting alien ownership of land, and that Congress take prompt action to obtain all lands now owned by aliens and foreign syndicates; that all lands held by railroads and other corporations in excess of such as are actually used and needed by them be reclaimed by the Government and held for actual settlers only; demands that taxation, National, State, or municipal, shall not be used to build up one interest or class at the expense of another; that all revenues, National, State and county, shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the Government economically and honestly administered; a just and equitable system of graduated tax on incomes; the most rigid, honest and just, and National control and supervision of the means of public communication and transportation, or Government ownership; that Congress submit an amendment to the Constitution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote; also of the President and Vice-President by popular vote.

"Resolved, That this confederation of industrial organizations demand that in each State a system shall be provided and faithfully executed that will insure an honest and accurate registration of all voters, a free, fair, secret and official ballot and an honest public count; and we demand that each State Legislature shall make it a felony for any improper interference with the exercise of registration, ballot or count." NATIONAL PLATFORM OF PEOPLE'S PARTY. Cincinnati, May 20, 1891. "We most heartily indorse the demands of the platforms as adopted at St. Louis, Mo., in 1889; Ocala, Fla., in 1890, and Omaha, Neb., in 1891, by industrial organizations there represented, summarized as follows:

"The right to make and issue money is a sovereign power to be maintained by the people for the common benefit; hence we demand the abolition of National banks as banks of issue, and as a substitute for National bank notes we demand that legal-tender Treasury notes be issued in sufficient volume to transact the business of the country on a cash basis, without damage or especial advantage to any class or calling, such notes to be legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, and such notes, when demanded by the people, shall be loaned to them at not more than 2 per cent per annum upon nonperishable products, as indicated in the Sub-Treasury plan, and also upon real estate, with proper limitation upon the quantity of land and amount of money.

Demands free and unlimited coinage of silver, laws prohibiting alien ownership of Printed at length in Tribune Almanac for 1891.

land, that Congress reclaim all lands now owned by alien and foreign syndicates, and that land held by railroads and other corporations not actually used and needed be reclaimed by Government; demands that taxation shall not be used to build up one interest or class at expense of another; that all revenues shall be limited to necessary expenses of Government; just and equitable system of graduated tax on income; the most rigid, honest and just national control and supervision of means of public communication and transportation, or Government ownership; election of President, VicePresident and U. S. Senators by direct vote; urges united action of all progressive organizations in attending conference called for February 22, 1892; that a committee be appointed by this conference comprising a chairman elected by this body and three members from each State represented, to be named by each State delegation; that this Central Committee shall attend the National Conference on February 22, 1892, and if possible unite with all other reform organizations; if no satisfactory arrangement can be effected this committee shall call a National Convention not later than June 1, 1892, to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President; that the members of the Central Committee for each State where there is no independent political organization con. duct an active political agitation. Additional resolutions presented recommended favorable consideration of universal suffrage, demanded Treasury notes to pay soldiers equivalent to coin, favored eight-hour workday, and condemned action of World's Fair Commission respecting wages. Resolutions were also adopted recommending universal suffrage, full legal-tender payment of pensions as well as Government bonds, an eighthour day for all laborers; broader construction of Territorial Homestead laws. and prevention of monopolistic trusts. After overwhelmingly voting down a prohibition amendment, the Convention adopted the platform with three dissenting votes.

OCALA PLATFORM, FARMERS' ALLIANCE, December 8, 1890. "1. We demand the abolition of National banks; we demand that the Government sball establish sub-treasuries or depositories, in the several States, which shall loan money direct to the people at a low rate of interest, not to exceed 2 per cent per annum, on non-perishable farm products, and also upon real estate with proper limitations upon the quantity of land and amount of money. We demand that the amount of the circulating medium be speedily increased to not less than $50 per capita.

"2. We demand that Congress shall pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the dealing in futures on all agricultural and mechanical productions, preserving a stringent procedure in trials, such as shall secure prompt conviction and the imposition of such penalties as shall secure the most perfect compliance with the law.

3. We condemn the silver bill recently passed by Congress and demand in lieu thereof the free and unlimited coinage of silver.

"4. We demand the passage of laws prohibiting alien ownership of land, and that Congress take prompt action to devise some plan to obtain all lands now owned by aliens and foreign syndicates, and that all lands now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of such as are actually used and needed by them be reclaimed by the Government and held for actual settlers only.

"5. Believing in the doctrine of equal rights to all and special privileges to none, we demand that our National legislation shall be so framed in the future as not to build up one industry at the expense of another. We further demand a removal of the existing heavy tariff from the necessaries of life that the poor of our land must have. We further demand a just and equitable system of graduated tax on incomes. 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 limited to the necessary expenses of the Government, 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 supervision do not remove the abuses now existing, we demand the Government ownership of such means of communication and transportation." PLATFORM OF FARMERS' ALLIANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION, AND KNIGHTS OF LABOR, St. Louis, December 6, 1889.

Demands abolition of National banks and substitution of legal-tender Treasury notes, issued in sufficient volume to do the business of the country on a cash system; regulating the amount needed on a per capita basis as the business interests of the country demand; and that all money issued by the Government shall be legal-tender in payment of all debts, both public and private; demands that Congress shall pass laws to prevent dealing in futures, demands free and unlimited coinage of silver, laws prohibiting alien ownership of land, and that Congress take early action to obtain ali lands now owned by aliens and foreign syndicates; and that all land now held by railroads and cther corporations not actually needed be reclaimed; that taxation shall not be used to build up one interest or class at expense of another; that Congress issue fractional paper currency; that the means of communication and transportation be controlled by and operated in interest of people.

TEXAS FARMERS' ALLIANCE, August 23, 1890.* TARIFF.-Demands speedy repeal of all discriminating laws; that Tariff be based on an ad valorem value. CURRENCY.-"We demand the unlimited coinage of gold and silver, and that this be supplemented by legal-tender Treasury notes in sufficient volume to meet the demands of the country without the intervention of the National banks."

LAND.-Demands that land be held in reserve for homesteads for Americans, and that laws be passed to compel aliens to forfeit titles; and such a revision of lar laws as will open up western part of State to actual settlers only.

Printed in Tribune Almanac for 1891.

ARKANSAS.

1891, January 20.-Hon. James K. Jones (Dem.) was re-elected for six years, from March 3, 1891. The vote was: SenateBaker (F. A.) 2, Jones 26. House-Jacob

Frieber (Rep.) 12, Barker 3, Jones 80.

CALIFORNIA.

1891, January 13.-Hon. Leland Stanford was re-elected for six years from March 3, 1891. The vote was: SenateStanford 27, Stephen White (Dem.) 12. House-Stanford 59, White 18. March 19, Hon. Charles M. Felton (Rep.), chosen to succeed Hon. Geo. Hearst (Dem.), deceased; term expires March 3, 1893. COLORADO.

1891, January 20.-Hon. Henry M. Teller (Rep.) was erected for six years from March 3, 1891. The vote in each house was: Senate-Teller 14, Caldwell Yeaman (Dem.) 10. House-Teller 19, Yeaman 3, in one body, and Teller 13, Yeaman 9, not voting and absent 4), in the other. January 20, in joint convention, Mr. Teller had 47, Mr. Yeaman 27. (The Supreme Court on 23d settled the controversy by deciding in favor of the "White," and against the "Hanna" House.

CONNECTICUT.

1891, January 21.-Hon. Orville H. Platt (Rep.) was re-elected for six years from March 3, 1891. The vote in joint con vention was: Platt 141, Carlos French 134.

vote scattered thus: Charles R. Ingersoll 4, William W. Eaton 8, A. E. Burr 3, Carlos French 28, M. G. Bulkeley 3, J. H. Hale 13, James H. Olmstead 7, H. S. Stevens 8, Thomas M. Waller 30, David M. Reed 3, E. W. Seymour 2, H. R. Graves 1, Clinton B. Davis 8.

FLORIDA.

1891, May 26-Hon Wilkinson Call (Dem.). was declared re-elected for six years from March 3, 1891. The vote in joint convention was: Call 51 (of whom 14 were Senators and 37 Representatives), D. H. Mays (F. A.) 1. (On the roll-calí in joint convention, prior to the vote, 54 persons answered to their names, of whom 15 were Senators and 39 Representatives. But 15 of the 30 Senators were present; 16 Senators and 30 Representatives failed to vote. The presiding officer declared Mr. Call elected, as "having received a majority of all the votes cast, a majority of all the members elected to both houses being present and voting." He had previously ruled that a "quorum of the joint session was present," and the voting proceeded.)

The Democratic caucus met about April 15, and had 86 ballots, the last on May 25, when, by a vote of 49 to 47, the caucus adjourned sine die. A resolution had been unanimously adopted at one of the early sessions of the caucus that a committee should be appointed so to divide the vote The vote in each house, January 20, in the Legislature as to prevent an election was: Senate-Platt 7, Carlos French (Dem.) till the caucus made a nomination. 17. House-Platt 134, with the Democratic lowing are some of the ballots : 3 4 5 19 20 21 22 23 24 36 37 41 59 58 58 56 57 57 57 55 56 54 55 55 37 38 38 40 40 40 37 41 30 39 39 39

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1890, December 18.-Hon. William J. McConnell (Rep.) and Hon. George L. Shoup (Rep.) were elected Senators for Idaho in joint convention, and Hon. Fred. T. Dubois (Rep.) was elected to fill the vacancy to occur March 3, 1891.

The vote in each house, December 16, 1890, was: Senate-McConnell 4, Shoup 3, Dubois 4, Stevenson (Dem.) 4, Clagett 2. House-McConnell 5, Shoup 5, Dubois 13, Stevenson (Dem.) 6. Clagett 6.

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(Before proceeding to vote in joint convention on the 18th, a resolution was adopted-yeas 29, nays 25--that the convention would proceed to elect two U. S. Senators to fill existing vacancies, and immediately thereafter proceed to elect a Senator for full term of six years from March 4, 1891.)

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THE SENATE-Continued.

Feb. 10.-In the Senate, the vote on U. S. Senator for the term to begin March 4, 1891, was: Clagett 9, McConnell 2, Joseph Kinney 1, James Gunn 1, J. L. Underwood 1,.George B. Rogers 1, W. M. McPherson 1, W. J. Sharp 1. In the House the vote was: Clagett 19, George W. Brizee 1, declined to vote 15, absent 5. Feb. 11.-The vote in joint convention was: Clagett 28, Alexander E. Mayhew 2, John A. Finch 1, R. H. Barton 1, not voting 17, absent 5. The majority of the Republicans refused to vote, claiming that the proceedings were illegal and void, and requested permission to spread on the journal a written protest by 18 Republican members of the House against the proceedings.

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1891, January 20.-Hon. Voorhees (Dem.), was re-elected for six years, from March 3, 1891. The vote was: Senate-Hovey 15, Voorhees 35. House-Hovey 25, Voorhees 74.

In the Republican caucus, January 19, General Alvin P. Hovey had on the first joint ballot 192 votes, and on the second, 22 votes, and was nominated. Charles W. Fairbanks had 1412 and again 14. On the first formal ballot James N. Huston had 4 votes, and William D. Owen, W. R. McNeen and Stanton J. Peele, 1 each.

KANSAS.

1891, January 28.-Hon. William A. Peffer (Farmers' Alliance) was elected, to serve for six years from March 3, 1891, to succeed Hon. John James Ingalls (Republican). The vote in joint convention was: Ingalls 58, Peffer 101, Blair 3, Morrill 1, Kelly 1. The vote in each house, January 27, was: Senate--Ingalls 35, Peffer 2, G. W. Blair (Dem.) 1. H. B. Kelly (Rep.) 1. Edmund N. Morrill (Rep.) 1. House-Ingalls 23, Peffer 96, Blair 5.

In the Farmers' Alliance caucus, January 26. there were 17 ballots. On the 17th Mr. Peffer had 56 votes, Mr. John Willits 38. The votes were not given out for publication.

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O. D. Jones (Labor) 1. House-Headlee 25, Vest 106, Leonard (Labor) 8.

In the Republican caucus, January 19, the vote was: Headlee 20, James F. McGinnis 7, Edward O. Stanard 3, A. C. Dawes 1, William Warner, jr., 1.

NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

1891, January 20-Hon. Jacob H. Gallinger (Rep.) was elected for six years from March 3, 1891, to succeed Hon. The vote was: Henry W. Blair (Rep.). Senator Gallinger 14. Charles A. Sinclair (Dem.) 9, Harry Bingham (Dem.) 1. House-Gallinger 191, Charles H. Burns (Rep.) 1, Sinclair 183.

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1891, January 21-Hon. David B. Hill (Dem.) was elected for six years from March 3, 1891, to succeed Hon. William M. Evarts (Rep.) The vote in joint convention was: Evarts 79 Hill 81.

The vote in each house, January 20, was: Senate-Evarts 19, Hill 13. HouseEvarts 58, Hill 65.

NORTH CAROLINA.

1891, January 20.-Hon. Zebulon B. Vance (Dem.) was re-elected for six years from March 3, 1891. The vote was: Senate-Jeter C. Pritchard (Rep.) 7, Vance 40. House-Pritchard 13, Oliver H. Dockery (Rep.) 1, Vance 86.

NORTH DAKOTA.

1891, January 23.-Hon. Henry C. Hansbrough (Rep.) was elected for six years, from March 3, 1891, to succeed Hon. Gilbert A. Pierce (Rep.)

The vote in each House, January 20, was: Senate Pierce 6, Hansbrough 4, Miller 3. Ball 3, Lounsberry 4. Muir (F. A.) 4, McCormack (Dem.) 6. HousePierce 9, Hansbrough 7, Miller 9, Ball 6, Lounsberry 3, Stimmel 2, Muir 5, McCormack 17.

The votes in joint convention were:

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PENNSYLVANIA.

1891, January 20.-Hon. James Donald Cameron (Rep.) was re-elected for six years from March 3, 1891. The vote was: Senate-Cameron 31, Chauncey F. Black (Dem.) 17, J. C. Sibley (Dem.) 1. House

At a Republican caucus held January 7, and composed of 134, Mr. Cameron was declared the nominee. Eight members refused to support him. There was no opposing candidate.

In the Democratic caucus, January 19 (eighteen absent), Chauncey F. Black had 51 votes and George Ross 30.

SOUTH DAKOTA.

1891, February 16.-Hon. James H. Kyle (Ind.) was chosen for six years from March 3, 1891, to succeed Hon. Gideon C. Moody (Rep.)

The vote in each house, January 20, was: Senate-Moody 22, Wardall 7, Tripp 6, Crose 4, Cosand 3, Harden 2, Pickler 1. House-Moody 53, Harden 22, Tripp 19, Crose 11, Cosand 6, Wardali 5, Preston 3, Melville 1, Elliott 1, Campbell 1, Dye 1, Gifford 1.

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