The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-08


United States exact and cause to be enforced
and radical Civil Service Reform, by which the
subordinate positions of the Government ser
vice shall be no longer corrupted and used a
which VIII abolish the evils Of the present
spoils and patronage system, and establish the
rule of making honesty and efficiency and fdel
liz position. We have had shameless and false
pretenses enough, and now demand something
earnest, honest and real.
| Seuenth-We demand that the relations be
| tween capital and labor be SO adjusted by wise
and Just legislation rs to secure to each It's 1usl
| rights, and at the same time so as to make I,
| impossible for avarice and greed to override
| and imperil the rights, interest. personal free
dom and independence of wOrkmen, and we
demand that every law, combination and policy
| that is unjust to and OnerOus upon those en-
! destroyed.
Ei0bth-we are in favor of judicious appro-
| priations for the Improvement OF our great
| natural waterways: but wedenOunce the reck-
| less and criminal extravaganza of the present
| Congress in the expenditures of public money
| for useless and fraudulent purposes, and we
especially condemn the passage OF the shame anne
sion to thank the President OF the United
States for his action in vetoing that Ubiquitous
steal.
| taxes, Federal State and Municipal, to the
| lowest rate sufficient to meet all public dues
and obligations. So long as the people are bur-
| try suspended BY labor strikes, and thousands
of men out of employment by reason OF the
| tyranny, avarice and cupidity of exacting and
oppressive monopOies, it is neither right nor
| just to collect money from the people to be
squandered by an incompetent, reckless and
corrupt Congress in the pretended improve
ments of streams, harbors, and waterless nv
ers. And we further demand that the
surplus money in the Treasury be applied in
payment of our National debt.
1enth-We demand that the Congress Of the
United States propose a and submit limit to tns
ments of our Federal Constitution as will dc
complish the following objects: I. The cleo
ton of a President and Vice President by dj-
the term of office of the President
and Vice President TO six years, and
making the President ineligible for a second
term. 3. The election of United States Senator
by direct vote of the people of the United
States respectively. 4. The fixing of the term
of Office of Senators the same as the Presiden-
tial term, and of Representatives in Congress
at four years. 5. The election of Postmaster
by direct vote of the people of the city, town
or district in which the office is located 9. A
biennial Congress. Z. The elections for all
Federal officers to be under the control of the
Federal Government to be held at a time other
than the time of holding a State election.
Elercnth-We demand that the fees and COM
pensation paid all public officers, Federal,
State and Municipal, be so regulated as to give
fair and just compensation for services per-
formed, but not so great as to tempt the appli-
cants to adopt corrupt methods to obtain office,
or to impose unjust burdens upon the people.
TiUclfH-We demand the enactment of addi-
uonal and more stringent laws, botn federai
and State, for the punishment of bribery and
corruption In once, ana 10 secure the purify OF
eieCtlons, general, special ana primary
Ihtrteenh-We are opposedto monopolies OF
every kind, believing them to be at war with
the best interests OF the country, importing its
power, prosperity and security, and contrary
to the genius and spirit spirit of free inStitu-
lions.
FOurtccnh-We are opposed to the doctrine
number of worthy and intelligent women of
this State shall request the right to vote we
shall not oppose the submission of an amend
ment to our Constitution to meet this demand;
but, so far, no such request has been made.
FGtceah-We are opposed to National Banks
and insist that gold, silver and greenback cur
rency shall be the only money of the cOun-
try.
Sirtecnth-That fidelity to the Constitution
and obedience to the laws made in pursuance
thereof is the first duty of good citizenship,
Obedience to the law shields from anarchy
and protects from lawless violence and confil-
sion, and upon its honest, just and impartial
enforcement depends the safety of life. liberty
and property; and we now recall with just sat
isfaction the traditional history of our party
for its constance and unbending fidelity to the
Constitution and laws of the land. And while
we now are, as heretofore we have been. Op-
posed to all sumptuary laws and in favor of the
widest latitude of personal liberty consistent
with the public safety and view with
alarm legislation in effect abridging the
natural right of the citizens, We emphatically
announce that we do and shall insist and de
mand of all public officers, a fair, honest and
impartial enforcement of every law of the
land not for political purposes or reasons. nor
to crafty the clamor and maiIdfin sentiment of
hypocriteS, dcmagogueS and shallow pretend
erS, but because patriotism, good citizenship
and self preservation demand il, and the safe
hAnnlnpSs DpOnlp
: Serenteenth-We are unqualfiedly i'm favor of
and we rely largely upon the wisdom, patriot
ism and honesty of the citizen to so order his
life ond conduct individually as to accomplish
these ends. We are in sympathy with the
cause of temperance in truth and in fact, not
as political hobby for the personal benefit
of ambitious demagogues, unprincipled adj
venturers, and shameless men, and
we demand the enactment and enforcement
of wise and just laws for the purpose of
promoting the Cause of Temperance, and we
submit to the impartial judgment of every
candid man that the law on this subject, by
reason of its unwise, oppressive and tyrannical
provisions, has not been enforced, and that it
now stands as a hindrance and obstruction to
been andis still the cause of neighbOrhood quar-
rels, contentious and strife, of fraud, corrup-
ton, perjury and violence, and because of
these facts we demand the enactment of such
amendments. changes and notifications of the
law as will make the law effective and useful
for the purposes for which il was designed
EigfteenM-It Is cardinal rule in our sys,
rule. II is equally fundamentai that slI e inst