Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-20


cept for good cause. and no assessments
ON salaries paid them by the whole people
should be levied for the benefit of the par
ty in power. We therefore demand "a sys-
tenn of civil service consistent and harmo-
NOUS with the nature of the American gov
eminent established by law protected BY
law, that like the government itself it may
be the agent of law and not of men, to the
end that it may be kept free of all corrupt
ing dependence upon political favor and
patronage. We favor the principles of the
Pendleton bill in regard to appointments
in the civil service, and the Willis. bill in
regard to assessments of Federal Office
holders.
Thorough and immediate reform of the
tariff. The constitution of the United
States sanctions taxation whether by excise,
imports or customs to an amount necessary
for the expenditures of the Government,
whether in war or peace. to which all its
revenues must be limited. The national
expenditures are now so great that all
proper protection can be given American
labor within those limits. Therefore we
call upon Congress to reform the present
taxes that hundreds of millions may not be
as now, needlessly extracted from the earn
lngs of our people to lie in the treasury as
a temptation to wicked and reckless ap-
preparations for extravaganza public build
ings, and useless and wasteful river and
harbor bills; that no taxes shall be levied
upon the necessities of life, or upon raw
material which is not found or produced in
our country; and that the tariff shall be so
iudiciousIy adjusted that American COM
merce shall be fostered, and above all
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warded; that we affirm that all the results
can be fully realized, and the tariff limited
in amount to sum necessary and adequate
for revenue.
A reduction of extravagant state expendi
lures with the direct taxation necessary
to sustain them, which under the contin-
uous rule of the one party in power for
more than II years since the war, has
steadily increased year by year, until in
1881, by direct taxation the enormous SUM
of S5,343.8S4 has been drawn from the
earnings Of the people % tie state in add
ton to the state tax of 31.500,000. and in
the year of 1882 by the addition of
haEf a million to one of the direct
state taxes, the vast sum OF $7,3433 ,ssAa is
im posed upon the peaele of the state. or
more than 81 to each man, woman and
therefore, amendments of laws by which
this immense burden shall be reduced, and
further, that all taxation shall be SO levied
that large proportion of the property of
the commonwealth shall not escape taxa
ton for the benefit of "a few and the wrong
of many, and that all taxation shall be an
equal burden upon all men.
8. No sumptuary DAVIS Infringing the
Sacra6 RIGHTS of norsnpoi liberty 1aht
nor any unequal taxation, no partial en-
forcement of the laws, no class legislation
these are axioms ofDemocracy aominat-
ing always in its faith and practice.
In this day of giant monopolies, power
full corporations, and concentrated wealth,
seeking to appropriate every furction of
government to their own exclusive benefit,
the Democrats of Massachusetts, proclaim
their principles anew in behalf of labor
and all its interests, In behalf OF laborers
and all their rightss.-to the end that
this government may be and may continue
to be the peoples government asthe fathers
of the republic designed and intended.
Following is the text of the resolutions
regarding the labor question as amended
by Mr.. Tarbox and adopted:
That the safety of Democratic institutions
depend upon the material prosperity of
the laboring class; that the Democratic
party pledges itself to support reasonable
Legislation tending to lessen the hours of
labor, to increase and project the wages of
the laborer, and that the disclosures made
by the last report of the late bureau on
the condition of factory operatives at Fall
River shows legislation for the improve
ment of the condition Of the labering
classes is of the most pressing Importance
and demands the immediate attention of
cur statesmen.
Adjourned.