Shenandoah Herald

The Farmers' Reform Movement.
ILLINOIS.

SPRINGFIELD, June 10.—The platform reported and unanimously adopted by the Illinois Farmers' Reform convention to-day, in substance is as follows:

The preamble declares an independent political movement needful in behalf of the industrial and other business classes, and in opposition to corporate monopolies.

The resolutions demand the attention of every voter to primary nominations and elections to insure the election of competent and honest men; assert that the record of existing parties is such as to forfeit the confidence and respect of the people, and insist upon severe retrenchment, reform, and economy in all branches of our public affairs; demand immediate reform of abuses in the civil service through which the patronage of the Government is dispensed; favor improving and perfecting of navigation on the lakes and rivers as water connection; oppose further granting of public lands or local subscription in aid of corporations; demand the repeal of the national banking law, and favors the issue of government notes; interchangeable for bonds bearing a low rate of interest; ask a revision of the patent laws; ask that the existing legislation in regard to railroads be sustained and enforced until it is thoroughly tested before the courts; oppose any legislation by Congress which shall deprive the people of their present control and influence through State legislation; oppose the claim of the railroad companies to fix their freight and fares independent of the people, as involving the highest attributes of sovereignty, and the right of conquerors to levy contribution at will upon subjugated people or State, and this power must be resisted; that the right of the Legislature to control the railroads of the State must be vindicated, established and maintained, and no compromise or truce will be agreed to short of supremacy of the State government, in its right through the Legislature, to supervise and control railroads in such manner as the public interests may demand; favor tariff for revenue only; call on the independent voters of the State to nominate at an early day and use their best efforts to elect candidates who support this platform, and call for revision and reformation in methods of performing government labor.

The following nominations were then made: For State treasurer: David Gore, of Macoupin county; superintendent of public instruction, G. M. Etter, of McLean county. Gore is a democrat, and Etter a republican.