Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-07-08


perfect ability and perfect readiness any of its
promises ut the call its creditors entitled payment
ed TO competent hands of execution, time
artificial scarcity of currency, and at time alarl-
| ing the public mind in withdrawal Of that ms
chnery of credit by which 6 per cent OF all business
transactions are pcrOrned-a system open, public end
inspiring general confidence, would from the day of
adoption bring hcang its wings to all hsrrassed
ndustres; sci in motion the wheels Of commerce. man
uactures and the mechanic restore employ meut
to Labor and prosperity the people. REFORM is eces
sary III the sum and mOGe Of Federal taxaiiop To the
end that capital he set free from dis,rlst and labor
40O articles as masterpiece Of injustice and false
pretenses. hyieds dwindiny, yearly rising rev
enue. II has impoverished many industries to suosi-
dizc few. prohibits imports that might purchase
the products OF the country. IL has rcduced American
commerce from the first TO an inferior upon high
seas. IL has lowered the sale Of American Manuac.
lures at home and abroad and depleles the returns
American agriculture and industries followed by half OF
our people. II Costs the p ope live times than
it produces to the treasury It obsructs the
OF production and vast the fruits of labor II pro
oa. snd hanass dsnones,
that clson house taxation shall be only for revenue
Reform is necessary in the scale Of public expense, ma.
iona, State anu municipal. Our Federal taxation has
swollen from $tooO.ON gold. in 1860 to <a5O 0OOO O0O
currency in lSl0. Our Aggregate taxation has grown
or in decade from less than S per head to mofc
than SIS per head. Since the peace the people nave
amount OF the national debt, and more than twice OF
that sum for Federal Outlays Above sl we demand
trugay in all tho departments aud every office Of the
| GOysrnn}ent
reform is necessary to put stop to the prof a,e
waste of public lands and their diversion from actual
settlers BY the party in power which has sQuauderc1.
out Of than twice that aggregate has disposed OF
less than sixth to the tilers Of the soil.
Reform Is necessary to correct the omissions Of Re-
publican Congress and the errors Of treaties and d
plomacy, which have stripped our fellow citiaens Of
foreign birth ami Kindred race crossing tic Atlantic of
the snicld Of American citizens and exposed our bret
ern OF the Pacific coast 10 the incrsiUns of not
speaking hRsqage from the same great parent stock
ahd In fact now by law denied citizenship through nat
urazation as being neither accustomed 10 the trad-
tlons Of progressive civilization exercised In lib.
erty under equal laws We denounce the policy which
thus discurds the ibc ty loving German and ioerates
the cooiic trade in MongOan women imported for i'm
moral purposes and Molian men held TO perform ser
vile labor contracts, and demand such modification
of the treaty with the Chinese Empire or such gisla
tion by Congress within Constt ltora Limitation as
snail prevent the further importation, Immigration
OF the MOngUlian race
Reform is necessary and can never be effected but
by making II the controlling issue Of the elections and
hitting it above the false issues with which the or
ceholdng class aud the party in power seek 10 smo
crit, !. Tne .aise issue with which they would en-
kde scctailan siie IN respect TO the public schools
Of which the establishment and support belong excl
sivey to the States which the Democratic party has
cherished from their foundation and is Resolved TO
maintain without partialy preference for any class
sect creed and without contribution from the Treas
ary & nG T;n nS Issue ~ which they seek TO light
dred people once unnanally estanged, but united
IN ons indiyisible republic and common destiny
Reform is necessary In civil service. Experience
pfs that the efficient economical conduct of the gov
crnmeM Npsness is not possible II its civil service be
prize ouEat for ut the ballot box be brief reward of
party zeal instead Of posts OF honor assigned for proved
competency. AMI held for fidelity in public employ
That the dispensing OF patronage should neither be
tax On the time OF all our public the insru-
mcnt of their ambition. Here again profession alss
fled in the performance attest that the party in power
now can work out no practical satisfactory reform Re-
form Il necessary even more in higher grades of public
scrvice-President Vice Presidents Judges Represen.
tativcs Cabinet Ocers-these and all in au,horlty are
OeODles Their Offices
qusites they are public trust When the annals Of
this Republic show the disgiace and censure Of Vice
Presdent of late Speaker Of The House OF Represen.
tatives marketings his rulings q presiding officer
three Senators pro6ting secretly by their voting as
tees of the late HOuse OF Representatives exposed in
robbery Of late Secretary Of the Treasury, forcing
balances In the public accounts Of late Attorney Cen
the Navy enriched or enriching friends, by percentage
levied o the profits OF contractors with his depart
nent; of IN Embassador u England ccnsured for dis
honorable speculation of the Presidents private Sec
retary barely escaping conviction upon trial guilty
completely in frauds the revenue; OF Secretary
Of War n,peached for high crimes and confessed mis-
demeanOrs. he demonstration Ii complete that the
first step n reform must be the peoples choice for hon
est men from another party lest the disease OF one no.
tca orgaxatOn infect the body polite aud lest by
making no change Of men rparty we get change
crimes. That the production OF sixteen years Of a.
cendancy Of the Republican party create necessity
Is ey es tes ~
displaced from the Cabinet The party's mass Of the
honest voters Is powerless to resist tue 5000 occ-
holders, its leaders and guides. Reform ouly be
| had by peaceful, civic revolution. We dem nd q
change or parties that We may have change Of
ures and OF men.
The reading was frequently Interrupt
by applause, the denunciation OF the re-
sumption act and the demand for its
repeal were received with special favor.
Ewing of Ohio took the platform
and said at the request of several mem
bers of the committee he presented q
minority report commencing the strik-
ing out of ths following clause in the
majority repoua; aAs suehs Mndrsncs
lNs denonn1e The pssnmpti0 ion el4nse Of
set of 187 ard ~ sdeW6nd ~ peteal. :
IHA propesed a eubsfitniS thSlSl6r the
spent;on 81 & -. (as sasspiSf 81 s. 81 i -
| lst n Iaasas 2sll axsd
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