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2. That measures be taken to prevent aliens from acquiring titles to 

 lands in the United States and Territories of America, and to force 

 titles, already acquired by aliens, to be relinquished to the national 

 government by purchase, and retain said domain for the use of actual 

 settlers and citizens of the national States, and that the law be rigidly 

 enforced against all railroad corporations which have not complied with 

 the terms of their contract, by which they have received large grants of 

 land. 



3. That we demand the rapid payment of the public debt of the 

 United States, by operating the mints of the government to their full 

 capacity in coining gold and silver, and the tendering the same without 

 discrimination to the public creditors of the nation, according to con- 

 tract, thus saving the interest on the public debt to the industrial 

 masses. 



4. That we demand the abolition of national banks, the substitution 

 of legal tender treasury notes in lieu of national bank 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 expand, and that all money issued by the gov- 

 ernment shall be a legal tender in payment of all debts, both public and 

 private. 



5. That we demand that Congress shall pass such laws as shall effect- 

 ually prevent the Dealing in futures in all agricultural and mechanical 

 productions, preserving a stringent system of procedure in trial that will 

 secure prompt conviction, and imposing such penalties as shall secure 

 the most perfect compliance with the law. 



6. That we demand a graduated income tax, as we believe it is the 

 most equitable system of taxation, placing the burden of the government 

 on those who can best afford to pay, instead of laying it on the farmers 

 and mechanics, and exempting millionnaires, bondholders, and corpora- 

 tions. 



7. That we demand the strict enforcement of all laws prohibiting the 

 importation of foreign labor under the contract system, and that all con- 

 victs be confined within the prison walls, and that all contract systems 

 be abolished. 



8. That we demand the election of all officers of the national govern- 

 ment by a direct vote of the people, and that all wilful violations of the 

 election laws be declared a felony, and a part of the punishment be the 

 prohibition of the party convicted from voting in all future elections. 



9. That we demand the repeal of all laws that do not bear equally 

 upon capital and labor, the strict enforcement of all laws, the removal 



