The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-09

under which they were issued, expressly pay
able In coin.
That the right to issue paper money as well
as coin Is the exclusive prerogative of the gov
eminent, and such money should be issued in
such amounts as the sound business interests
OF the country may from time to time require.
We are IN favor of such legislation by con-
gress as will authorize the taxation by the
states OF the United States notes In common
with all other money. i
That we deem it unwise and inexpedlent to
enact any further legislation for the funding
Of the national debt abroad through the means
OF home syndicates or other methods; and we
believe the true policy of the government and
the best interests of the people would be SUBJ
served by legis,ating so as TO distribute said
debt among our people ct DEMONSTRATING
them the most favorable and practical oppor-
tunities for the investment of their savings in
the funded debt of the United States.
That we are in favor of such legislation
which shall fix the legal IA OF interest at not
exceeding six per centum per annum.
We demand the restoration of the silver dol
lar OF 4l2H grains TO the coin of the country,
and with full legal tender quality in the pay
ment of all debts, both pubic and private;
and that the coinage thereof shall be unlimit-
ed, and upon the same terms and conditions
as may be provided for the coinage of gold.
That we are in favor of the immediate and
unconditional repeal of the resumption act.
We are In favor of the most rigid economy
In public expenditures, and we declare that
the fees and salaries of all public officers should
be reduced.
That we are In favor OF the repeal OF the
bankrupt act.
That We sincerely deplore the recent violent
COLLISION between labor and capital, and to
prevent the recurrence thereof and to protect
the future public order and security we be ieve
that the wages of corporations engaged in the
business of mining, manufacturing and trans
portation should be first lien upon the prop
oys 1d tba an sncb Inn bo,d he
defined and enforced by appropriate legisla-
ton.
That we favor the passage of law for the
ventilation OF coal rhinestone that would be
| Just to the miner and owner.
The democratic party is the friend of the
common school system, and will in every
| legitimate way labor for its success, and viii
| oppose any attempt 10 divert any portion of
| the common school fund to any sectarfan
| That the last apportionment of the state for
| legislative purposes was grossly unjust and
dishonorable, and we demand that the next
| lative purposes, as will be their imperative
| duty, shall have regard alone to population
and contguity of territory.
| That the Jurisdiction claimed and exercised
by The circuit court OF the United States over
! questions OF corporate and Individual rights
| arising under the laws of the states, tends to
| Cypress and burden litIgapts to such an extent
as to amount to a practical denial of justice in
many cases; and we consider the ieglslatlon
which has conferred such Jurisdiction as I'M
| wise and hurtful to the true interests of peo-
| pie. And we demand such legislation as will
restrict and limit the jurisdiction of such
/ courts to such matters as are clearly contem-
| plated by the constitution and expressed in
/ he judiciary act of l7o9.
| We are opposed to class legislation, and pro-
test against the grant of subsidies by the fed
| eral government either in lands, bonds, mon
| ey or by the pledge of the public credit
That we abhor and hold up to public detes-
| tation the leaders in the republican party VINO
secretly connived, and with barefaced etfront-
| cry carried out the scheme, by and through
| venal returning boards, whereby Samuel j.
| Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, the people S
| choice for president and vice president, We're
| wrongfully kept out OF the positions to which
| a free people had called them. We hold IL up
as the monster crime of the age, a crime
! against free governme MT, a crime against the
| elective franchise and crime that can only
| be condoned when the Indicators who seated
| fraud in the presidential chair are driven
| from power and consigned to everlasting in
| fanny 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 to interfere with
| the rights and powers of the state courts In
the prosecution of these criminals.
That our senators and representatives in
congress be and are hereby requested to secure
passage of a law giving to the soldiers OF the
| Mexican war a pension similar to that now
given TO the soldiers of the war of 1872