Ocala Platform

of the Farmers’ Alliance Congre , December 8, 1890. It demanded the abolition of national banks; the establishment of sub-treasuries which should lend money directly to the people at low rates of interest, free coinage of silver, low tariff, the prohibition of alien ownership of land, and a graduated income tax. So called from the place of meeting, Ocala, Fla. O’Conor, Charles (1804-1884), of New York, was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty. He sympathized with the Confederates during the Civil War. He was nominated for President of the United States by the ‘“‘ Labor Reform ’’ branch of the Democratic party in 1872. Ife was counsel for Jefferson Davis when he was indicted for treason. He was largely the means of destroying the ‘“‘ Tweed Ring,’’ and was noted as a lawyer.