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


sept for good cause, and no assessments
on calaries paid them by the whole people
should be levied for the benefit of the par
ty in power. We therefore demand sys-
tenn of civii,serviceI consistent and harmo-
NOUS with the Naturs of the American gov
ernmeat 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, aad the Willis bill in
regard to assessments of rederal Office
holders.
Thorough and immediate reform of the
tariff. The constitution of the United
States sanctions taxationwhether 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
rs now, needlessly extracted from the earn
ings of our people to lie in the treasury as
temptation to wicked and reckless ap-
propriations for exfravagant 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
judici susIy adjusted that American COM
merce shall be fostered, and above all,
American labor elevated and amply re-
warded: that we affirm that ali the results
a. I be fully realized, and the tariff limited
in an, cunt to sum necessary and adequate
for reveh ue.
Arednctio. of extfavagant state expendi
lures with the direct taxation necessary
to sustain them. W. .ich under the contin-
nous rule of the one party in power for
nore than II years sl,nace the war, has
steadily increased year By year, until IN
1881, by direct taxation the en- ormous sum
OF S5,343,S84 has been drawn from tne
earnings of the people of The state in q aal-
tion to the state tax of $15o0,OOO, and in
the year of 1882 by the ssGsltion OF
half million to one of the direct
state taxes, the vast sum of $7,343. aee4 is
upon the people of the state, 81.
more than 81 to each man. woman ans
child in the commonwealth. We require,
therefore, amendments of laws by which
this immense burden shall be reduced, and
further, that all taxation shall be so levied
that a large proportion of the propeety of |
the commonwealth shall not escape taxa
ton for the benefit of few and the wrong
OF many, and that all taxation shall be an |
equal burden upon all men.
8. No sumptuary laws infringing the |
sacred rights Of personal liberty, no debt |
nor any unequal taxation, no partial en-
forcement of the laws, no class legislation
these are axioms of Democracy dominat-
ing always in its faith and practice.
III this day of giant monopolies, power
full corporations, and concentrated wealth, |
seeking to appropriate every function 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 rights, to the end that |
to be the peoples government as the fathers
IF the republic designed and intended.
Following is the text of the resolutions
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 protect the wages of
The laborer, and that the disclosures madei
BY tho 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 laboring
'lssses is of the most pressing Importance
md demands the immediate attention of
,ur statesmen.
Adjourned.