The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-17
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1875 !: 81 $ RR|||l0!SIR|'!BCRUS. .l875,
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE n 81
The Leading Newspaper Of
the West.
Daily, Tri-Weskly, and Weekly.

/ ance OF us FORMER editor, has resumed ite
old position at the head Of Republican
journals, and will do battle in the future for
the true principles of free government, and
! fora purified and honest administration of,
National, State, and Municipal affairs. :,
While giving to the Republican party T.
cordial and earnest support in all wise
measures and;to all 1T candidates., THETR1-I
BgNE will never be the organ Of any ,indi,
vidua1, faction, or i'm, nor Will It cease to
combat Oppressive monopolies Of. fail to ex-'
pose and denounce all corrupt schemes for
plundering the Treasury or, the people. 1t
Will wage perpetual war on lobby rings who
prowl around the halls Of legislation in
quest of spoil. =
! THE RECENT ELECTIONS.
The recent elections, while inAicting tenn
porary defeat on the Republican party, have
done great good in sweeping away fanatical
and side issues which embarrassed it's free.
dom of action, and In crushing out those
baneful and corrupting influences knownas
:Butlerisms," which. poisoned the channels
of the public life. Purified, as by fire, of
the evil things which bad infested it's gar
ments, the Republican party will enter up
on the tremendous struggle of 1875 with
renewed vigor for the possession Of the
government and the shaping of the policy
of the nation when it enters upon the Sec
ond century of its existence.
| PER1Ls OF THE FUTURE.
The Democratic leaders, misinterpretiup
the real causes of their: triumph, are pro-
claiming the result reaction" Of the pop
ular mind against the principles of the Re-
publican party, and an Endorsement of the
fundamental doctrines Of the Democratic
party, which means Estate Sovereignty"
and all that expression includes When.
that party obtains possession ofthe Govern,
ment, under the resumed leadership, of
their Southern right wing, steps will surely
be taken in Congress to refund the Cotton
War Tax from the Federal Treasury, prin-
cipal and interest amounting to 500, 900 900
or more: A bill will be passed to eompen-
safe the Democratic rebels for losses -and,
damages sustained by them while resisting
the Union armies and dPholding the 9sov-
elgn State right Of accession. And lastly
will come a demand for the value, of the
emancipated slaves, who, under the doc
trine of State Sovereignty, are alleged to
have been unconstitutionaHy liberated. In
the mean time what will become of the
rights, and; freedom of the :c0loped race thus
placed under the absolute control Of their
old masters Against those <perils to the
future peace and welfare Of the country ill
true Republicans must present a solid front
against the danger. /:
THE TRIBUNE's PLATFORM.
The CHICAGO: TR1BUNE's position on
the leading measures now before the cQun-
try may be condensed into the following
ennuciations
As Agriculture is the basis of National
wealth, whatever policy benefits that great
interest promotes the prosperity Of the
whole country. The cost of transportation
Of Western farm products to foreign mar
kets consumes half tbs selling value and
the high duties levied to EsubsEidize special
interests doubles the retail price Of the goods
received in exchange for the. crops,-thus
bleeding and burdening the farmer until
ne staggers from weakness under the weight
of the load. Hence thechief cause oflard
times among farmers.
TARIFF AND TRANSFORMATION CHARGES.
| The TRIBUNE will advocate the ,adop
ton OF such measures as will cheaper trans
portation and reduce the taxes on goods
The lightest tariff which will provide tho
Government with necessary fundsto carry
it on and maintain its credit should only
be imposed on imports, and the national
highways should be improved to create q
stronger competition with the railroad mo- g.;
noPolies, which will compel them to lower
their tariff Of charges.
REDUCTION OF STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION.
The utmost reduction Of all direct taxes
must be insisted upo.a:by the people, With
in few years county, township, and mu-
nicipal taxation has enormously increased,
and become almost beyond endurance,
throughout the Western States Steps
must be taken to rettench these expenditures
as well as those of the National Govern
ment, and choke down the Unsuitable greed
of the local tax-eaters, before all the sur
plus earnings of the industrious classes are
confscated by those tax-devourers.
THE CURRENCY. j.;
Plenty of currency for all the Legitimate
wants of the country, with elasticity as to
quality, and stability as to value by convert
Utility into coin. An end should be put to
the continual fluctuations in the value of
the currency, which inficts incalculab]e in
jury on industry and enterprise, as it intro
duces an element Of doubt and uncertainty
In all transactions, and makes business lit
tie better than gambling. 1t is i national
disgrace as well as evil for: tho: monetary
standard Of values to- be kept in such vacil-
lating and changeable condition.
| NO REPUTATION. =,
THE. TRIBUNE i will aternly: combat re-
pudiation Of public obligations in the form
Of watering and debasing the currency or
o,,xy Gf11nr nt,,,x>,. ;11s.t:.
dollar out of which the public creditors
may be cheated by any form of currency
delusion or repudiatio3n the people will SUI
from the destruction Of credit thatrwin fall
like blight on State and Municipal Gov
ernments a. we'll az on corporations and in
maintained pure ana :uin6snllied ana ike
the virtue ofsCesar Wife, above sstnspicion.
NO MORE suB B:;n IL Or Boor!rr1dEEs. ;'4
Subsidies and Sb b mites ii public lands,
money, Of credit to en1rich railroad Hriint3pps.
run steamship companies, or furnish ,capi-
tai to other Corporations IL "a: Migrant abuses
Of the powers Of government, and tend to
promote corruption, :extpavagance and pec-
ulation. The TRIBUNE will therefore ,,i,,
the future, as in the past fight all such
schemes of; public. pluf1dar., - ..
sTheiigeneral eharaeteref The tTR44VNE
is too well established 5to. need recepitula-
ton. 1t is always imdsPendeIit. ana "a i fear
less in the expression Of its Views. rfFn aiitt liz
news department it is second to none in the
United States: The weekly . edition con
tains a careful ~, prepared summary Of the
news Of the week, brought down to the
hour Of going to press.
Literary, political, financial social, and
agricultural topics will constitute, as here
tofore, leading fensures of the weekly edi-
ton, and no pains will bespared toincrease
its atlractiyeness in those departments. Its
market reports are unsurpassed, embracing
all the information which farmers require
for the intelligent transaction of business,
both as sellers and buyers.
The WEEKLY TRIBUNE is large eight
page sheet, the same size Of the Daily Trib-
une, consisting Of tifty-sixy columns ofclose-
Imprinted matter, and, as family news
paper, andin its general makeup, Is I'M
surpassed by any paper in the land.
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