The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-08-25

escence in the lawfully expressed will
of the majority, and the maintenance
and perfection of II common school
system. lH
B. That the investigation of the
frauds committed at the last Prcsi-
dental election in Florida and Louis
lana ought TO have been made by the
electoral commission; its refusal To
do so was violation Of the spirit Of
the law under which it was organ-
lied, and gross outrage on the pco-
pie of the United States; and whilst
the decision, as made by the Forty
fourth Congress, on the question as
to who should be declared President
of the United States for the present
Presidential term should not. in our
judgment, be disturbed that decision
ought not to preclude an invcstiga-
ton and exposure by proper author
ity of all the frauds connected with
that election and the due accounia-
bility of all who were guilty con
nected herewith.
6. That commercial and industrial
stagnation which has so long pre-
vailed throughout the country. and
| the consequent widespread want and
suffering are due to the pernicious fl
nancial legislation of the Republican
party, which we hereby arraign for
its acts and charge
/. That at time when the country
was weighed down with debt created
| Oh the basis of the full volume of pa
per, added to both the precious met
ais as money, il enacted sweeping
change in the measure of value.
wholly in the interest of moneyed
capital, by demOnetizing silver and
decrecing the destruction of legal
tender paper, and thereby wrongful
" added, in fact, hundreds of mil
lions TO the burden of debt and taxes
upon the people.
2. BY pursuing its mercilcss policy
of contracting the paper currency
and boarding gold il has greatly APP
preciated the value of money and
correspondingly depreciates the val.
ne of all other property, and espe-
cially of capital designed for produc-
tive use and required for the employ
ment of labor, thus REFRESHING i'll
stead Of fostering industry, COMPEL
ing idlcncss instead of sustaining
trade and commerce, and now this
party declare that the question OF
finance has been settled. We deny
this declaration, and while we con.
graduate the country that the down.
ward course to bankruptcy and ruin
involved in the Republican policy
has been partially arrested by the
Democratic measures passed at tho
late session of Congress, restoring
the dcbt-paying powers 10 the silver
dollar, made II law in spite of tho
Presidents veto, and stopping the
further retirement of grccnbacks, W,
demand, rs further acts of justice a,
well as measures of relief, the repeal
of the resumption act, the lawful IL
baton of the coin boarded in III,
treasury, the removal of all rcstric
tions to the coinage of silver, fraud
ulently demonctizcd, the substitute
ton of United States legal tender
for national bank notes, and It's per
mancnt re-establishment rs the sol,
paper money of the country, mad,
receivable for all dues to the Govern
mcnt and of equal tender with coin
the amount of such issue to be rcgu
; lated by legislative or organic law
so rs to give TO the people an assur
ancc of suilicicncy and stability il
the volume of the currency and con
sequcnt stability of value. No fur
thur increase in the bonded debt: n,
further sale of bonds for the pur
chase of coin for resumption purpo
, , scs, but II gradual reduction of In
: public debt by payment according t.
the original contract by which il wa
created; rigid economy in al
branches of the public service, and
; tariff for revenue only. 'I..f..
]. We favor one currency for III
government and the people, the la
borer and the ofiicehOldcr, the pen
sioner and the soldier, the produce
and the bondhOlder. .F
2. We hold that the right of State
n to tax property in the States is inyi
olable, and the United States bond
should bear the burden of govern
ment equally with all other propert
> and any legislation that eXempts sal
o bonds from taxation is unjust an
!, oppressive. - ,.. ..
g 8. We declare that all bonds an
obligations of the national govern
: ment ought To he paid in legal tel
der notes of the United States, eN
! cept where il is otherwise provide
by the original law under which the
. were issued: and all that can b
: called in and paid now should b
paid at once, and the remainder d
soon as il can be lawfully done.
A. We heartily approve the actio
of congress in passing the act know
as the silver bill, thereby increasin
the circulating medium of the cour
try, and restoring TO us tins dollar
~ our fathers.
l. s. We demand of the United Stat,
:, government ample and full protc
!" ton of the Texas frontier, and "
81 recommend for that purpose a law
y congress authorizing the raising of
n. sufficient cavalry force in Texas, of
rs ccred by citizens of. Texas; 81
= should the general government III
at To extend protection, then the Sta
of Texas should protect her oW
r. border.