The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-06
DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.
The Platform of the Party Adopted at
the State Convention.
a Clear and Unequiyoeal EUunciatfon OF
Principles - Sentiments Which
the Masses VIII IndOrse.


The democracy OF the state of Indiana as
eembled in delegate convention declare:
That national bank notes shall be retired,
and in lieu thereof there shall be issued by
the government an equal amount OF treasury
notes with fnll legal tender quality.
That we are in favor OF making the United
States notes, commonly called greenbacks, a
full legal tender in payment OF all debts,
public and private except. such oOllgauons
only as are by the terms of the original con-
tracts under which they were Issued. ex-
pressly payable in coin.
That the right to issue paper money as
well as coin is the exclusive prerogative of
the government, and such money should be
Issued in such amounts as thesoCnd business
interests OF the country may from time to
time require.
We are in favor of such legislation by con-
gress as will authOrze the taxation by the
states OF tee United States notes IN common
with all other money.
That we deem it unwise and inexpedient
10 enact any further legislation Tor the
fundingof the national debt aoroad, 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 subseryed by legislating 50
as to distribute said debt among our people
at home ffording them the most favorable
and practical opportunities for the invest
meDt of their savings in the funded DEBT OF
the L nited States
That we are in favor of such legislation
which shsll fix the legal rate OF interest at
not exceeding SIX per centun per annum.
We demand the restoration OF the silver
dollar, OF 4I21& grains, to the coin of the
country and with full legal tender quality
in the payment of all debts, both public and
private; and that the coinage thereof shall
be unlimited, and upon the same terms and
ha cd fOr r.
age of gold.
That we are in favor of the immediate and
unconditional repeal Of the resumption act.
We are in favor of the most rlgid 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 vio-
lent collision between labor and caDitsl.
and to prevent the recurrence thereof and
10 protect the future public order and Sc
curity we believe that the wages of cor
porations engaged in the business of
mining, manufacturing and traDsporta-
ton should be q first lien upon the
property, receipts and earnings of said cor
porations, and that such lien should be
declared. defined and enforced by sppropri
ate legislation.
That we favor the passage of a law for the
ventilation of coal mines-One that would
be Just to the miner and owner.
TIE democratic party is the friend OF the
common school system, and will in every
leg innate way labor for its success, and
will oppose any attempt to divert any por-
ton of the common school fund to any sec
tartan purpose.
That the last apportionment of the state
for legislative purposes was grossly uni ust
and dishonOrable. and we demand that the
next legislature, in apnor,ioning the state
for legislative purposes. as will be their i'm
perative duty, shall have regard alone TO
population and contguity of territory.
That the jurisdiction claimed and ex-
ercised by the circuit courts of the
United States over questions OF cor
poTate and individual rights arising
under the laws OF the states tends 10
Oppress and burden litigants TO such an ex
tent IS 10 amount to a practical denial OF
justice in many cases; and we consider the
legislation which has conferred such juris
dictiOn as unwise and hurtful to the true
interests OF the peonle 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 act OF 1888.
We are opposed 10 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.
detestation the leaders in the repubh-
can party who secretly connived and
with barefsced effrontery carried out
the scheme, by and through venal
returning boards, whereby Samuel j.
Tilden and Thomas a. Hendricks, the peo-
pies choice for president and vice president
were wrongfully kept out of the positions to
which free people had called them. We
hold it up as the monster crime OF the age
n crime against free government crime
against the elective franchise, and a crime
that can only he condoned when the
malefsctors who seated fraud in the pres
identiai chair are driven from power
and consigned to everlasting infsmy by
thepeopie whom they have outraged. And
we tenounce 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 orr senators and representatives in
congress be and are hereby requested 10 Sc
cure 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 1912.
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