The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-03-08
THE fSDIANA DEMOCRACY
In state Convention Assembled,
Prom algate a Platform of
Principles.

J At the lieehng of the Indiana demo
l cratic convention held at rndianaooli
t last week, the committee on resolu
tions made the following report, which
: was unanimo'lsiy adopted:
The democracy of Indiana, assembled
in delegate convention, declare that the
national bars notes shall be retired, and
in lieu thereof there shall be issued bv
the government an equal amount OF
treasury notes, with full legal-tender
quality; that we are. in f vor Of making
; the United States notes, commonly called
greenbacks, full legal-tender IN paw
medt of allseebts, public and private.
except such, OBLIGATIONS only as are by
the terms q aspriginal contract under
which thes issued expressly pay
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That the rirbt to issue paper money,
as well as coin, is the sole prerogative of
the government, an{ such money should
be issued in such amounts as the sound
business interests If the country NAV,
from time to tine, require.
We are in faYorof such legislation by
congress as viii athorize the taxation
by the states of United States notes in
common with all ther money.
That we deem unwise and Inexpedi-
ent to enact furher legislation for the
funding of the rational debt abroad
through the means of home syndicates or
other methods; ard we believe the true
policy of the government and the best
interests of the people would be sub.
served by legislation 50 as to distribute
said deft among our people at home, IS
af0rding them the mot favorable and
practicable opportunity for the invest
ment of their earniIgs in the funded
debt of the United Safes.
That we are in iawr of snch legislation
as shall fix the LEGAL rate of interest at
not exceeding si1pe centum per annum;
we demand the restration OF the silver
dollar of four hunded and twelve and
one-half grains to til coin in the coun-
try, and with full sgal-tender quality
in the payment of dots, both public and
private, and that he coinage thereof
shall be unlimited, Uon the same terms
and conditions as nay be provided for
the coinage of gold.
That we are in faor of the immediate
and unconditional rpeal of the resump-
tion act that we re in favor of the
most rigid economIn public expendi-
lures, and we declas that the fees and
salaries Of all pubc officers should be
reduced that we re in favor of the
repeal of the bankrupt act.
That we sincerely teplore the recent |
violent collisions bewsen labor and cap
ital, and to preyen the occurrence
thereof, and torprottc the future public
order and security, W believe
That the wages * employes Of corpo
rations engaged in the business of min
ing, manufacturing and transportation,
should be a 6rst lien upon the property,
receipts and eaningso of said corporation,
and that said lien should be declared, |
defined and enbrced by appropriate leg
islation.
That we faTor a passage of a law
for the ventilation of coal mines-one
that would bcjust to the miner aud the
owner. The democratic party is the |
friend OF the mmmon school system, aud /
will, in every legitimate way, labor
for its success, and will oppose any /
attempt to divert any portion of the COM
mon school fund TO any sectarian puI-
pose.
That the lsstapportionmento of the state
for Legislative purposes was grossly IN
just and dishonorable, and we demand |
that the next legislature, in apportion-
lug the state for legislative purposes, as
will be their im perative duty, shall have
regard alone to population and contigu-
ity of territory.
That the Jurisdiction claimed and ex-
ercised by the circuit courts of the
United States over questions of corporate
and individual rights, arising under the
laws of the States, tends to Oppress and
burden litigants to such an extent as to |
amount to practical denial of justice in
many cases, and we consider the legisla-
tion which has conferred such jurisdic-
tioD as unwise and hurtful to the true
interests of the people, and we demand
such Legislation as will restrict and limit
the jurisdiction OF such courts to such
matters as are clearly contemplated by |
the constitution and expressed in the |
judiciary actof 1889.
We are opposed to class legislation, and |
protest against the grant OF subsidies by
the federal government, either in lands,
bonds, money, or by the pledge of the
public credit.
That we abhor and hold up
to public detestation the leaders
of the republican party who Sc
cretly connived at, and with barefaced
effrontery carried out the scheme, by and
through venalreturning boards, whereby
Samuel ]. Tilden and Thomas A. Hen
bricks, the peoples choice for president
and vioe-president, were wrongfully kept
out of the positions to which a free
people had called them. We hold 1t up
as the monster crime of the age-a crime
against free government, a crime against
the elective franchise, and a crime that
can only be condoned when the malefac-
tors who seated fraud in the presiden-
tial chair are driven from power and
consigned 10 everlasting infamy by the
people whom they have outraged and
we denounce the,act OF the president of
the United States in appointing to high
and lucrative positions the corrupt
members Of the returning.boards, and
condemn the acts of federal officers in
attempting 10 interfere with the rights
and powers Of the state courts in the
prosecution OF these criminals.
That our senaters and representatives
in congress be, and are hereby requested
to secure the passage of law giving to
the soldiers OF the Mexican war a pension
similar to that now given to the soldiers
of the war of 1872.
1t is related that once when a pub