the second half of the platform were included demands for the
nmnicipal ownership of public utility enterprises, for carreney
reform and for simplifying government and courts, as well as
labor demands stated in general and loose terms ; in short, all
such issues as Henry George characterized as "insignificant,"*
when compared with that of the singletax.
The majority platform was adopted. The minority report
was quickly voted down. Besides the singletax issue it called
greater attention to the corruption in administration and courts
(md contained a demand for woman suffrage, and for propor-
tional representation.
The committee on resolutions and several individual delegates
proposed a series of resolutions. One proposed that the State
Committee in cooperation with the Central Committee of Land
and Labor call a national conference of the party. Another de-
manded woman suffrage. A third expressed the heartiest sym-
pathy for the Irish people in their stru^le for a national legis-
lature. A fourth wanted a better regulation of civil service, AU
these resolutions were adopted. But the flow of resolutions con-
tinued. One denounced the Democratic party. Another criti-
cized Congress for not passing an eight-hour bill for letter car-
riers. A third demanded a check upon the use of the Pinkerton
men. A fourth wanted the prohibition of child-labor under six-
teen years of age. The flow of resolutions containing such prac-
tical labor demands would have continued longer if it had not
been for the opposition of Henry George, who criticized the pro-
posed resolutions in a short speech in which he exclaimed: "It
seems to me we are adopting two platforms. "•

The state ticket for the coming fall campaign was made up as
follows: For secretary of state, Henry George of New York;*'



'Sew York World, Auk- 18, 1887, p. 2.
