The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-24

rigid enforcement OF Ire lOfms Cf law are
/ inseparable from i stable condition OF
private rights
Fcurth-That We accept the admins
trs;ion Of jackson in saying ccncernir z
standing armies az dangerous TO free gov
erDmenI in time OF peace ] shall not seek
| TO enlarge our present establishment nor
disregard the salutsrv lesson OF poiitics, ex-
perience which teaches that the military
should be held subordinate to the civil
power" Accordingly the increase OF the
federal army, or any attempt to employ II
as partisan sgsnt OF federal authority or
| Tor interference with the sovereign rights Of
the States will receive the continued earn
est opposition OF the democracy of the State.
tIFTH-That the enforced Idleness Of
hundreds of thousands oil heretofore indus
trious, honest and patriotic laboring men,
and the threatened spresd of dangerous
spirit OF communism in this country, is the
legitimate ouigrowth OF the vicious finan-
cial legislation Of the Republican party,
AMI that the only etiectual guarantee 10 la
Dor Of It's due and proper reward, and the
cOrrec ion OF the manifold evils that are
| depressing labor, commerce and all legiti-
mate enterprise, i in a complete reversal
OF the policies that have for thirteen years
held sway-that the remedy il not in re-
sort 10 the despotic forms Of Granfism, but
in the ere-establIshmento OF Democratic forms,
and equal instead of class legislation.
SIXTH - That as Congress has the
sole power to coin money and regulate the
value thereof under the Constitution, it
should also exercise the sole power to pro-
vide paper currency to be Used as money.
| That such money be Issued in sufficient
volume az NAV lie necessary for the conve-
nient transaction OF business, al all times
and to stimulate enterprise, secure fair
recompense to labor and its products, AMI
promote due development Of the vast ag-
ricu,tural, mineral and mechanical resources
OF the country.
Seventh-That we favor the uncordition-
al repeal Of the resumption act OF 1875; the
full reconciliation of silver, the removal Of
all restrictions on its coinage, .placing il on
an equal footing with gold, the repeal of the
national bank law, The retirement of na-
tional bank notes ard the substitution of
treasury notes, commonly called greenbscks,
in their place, said notes TO be made :, le-
gal lender for all purposes.
Eighih-That We are in favor Of tariff
for revenue only.
yCaiots ~
tion OF the right Of local self-government to
the State and municipality, in all matters
of local import free from dictation or inter
ference by federal authority, in any form,
political or judicial, depends the perpetuiry
Of our form of government As Democratic
repnblic.
TESTH-That it is the duty OF the State,
in protecting society against convicted Grim
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them useful vocetions and fitting them for
future usefulness, TO provide for the protec-
ton OF mechanical labor against the dam
aging competition involved in the present
system for the employment OF convict Ia
bor, and TO provide that the profits arising
from such labor shall inure TO the State
and not TO corporations or associations.
ELEvENTH-That as measure impera-
lively essential to the protection OF The ag-
ricultural and commercial interests Of the
State, the legislature should at its next ses-
sion enact a law regulating the rates of
charges for transportation and travel on all
railroads within the State
TwELFTH-That for the purpose OF de-
velopIng the agricultural interests of the
West, insuring to the producer the just re-
ward OF his industry We are in favor Of all
proper measures for the Improvement Of our
western rivers.
THIRTEENTH-We demand the repeal Of
the unjust and oppressive act Of Congress
OF March 5, 1875, which compels citizens
OF our State TO travel hundreds of miles
from their homes; at great expense, TO at
tend to cases in the federal courts when the
same cases could he tried in the State courts
and in the county wherein the defendant