Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-27

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pacity Its platform promises are now list OF
Its past failures. II demands the restoration OF
our navy II has squandorcd hundreds Of mil
lions 10 create q navy that does not exist u
calls upon Congress u remove the burdens under
which American shipping has been depressed. IL
imposed and has continued those burdens. IL
Processes preference for free institutions u
organized and tried TO legalze a control OF State
elections By Federal troops. IL processes a de
sire 10 elevate labor. IL has subjected American
workingnen TO the competition Of convict and
imported contract labor. II PROCESSES gratitude
TO all who were disabled or died In the war. lcay-
ing widows and orphans. 1t left 70 Democratic
House Of Representatives the FIRST effort 10
equilizo both bounties and pensions. II proffer
ed pledge TO correct the Irregularities OF our
tariff. II created am has continued them. Its
own Tariff Commission confessed the need OF
more than 20 per cent reduction It's Congress-
gave a reduction OF less than per cent IL pro
fesses the protection OF Amarican manufacturers.
II has subj ected them TO an Increasing flood OF
manufactured good, and hopeless competition
with manufacturing nations, not one OF which
taxes raw materials. " Processes to prot ct all
American industries. II has Impoverished many
TO subsidize n few II Processes the protection OF
American labor has depleted the returns OF
Am rican agrioultu an industry followed by
half our people,. Processes the equality Of all
citizens before the law. Attempting to FIX the
status OF colored citizens, the Acts OF It's Con
gress were oyersct by tn, decisions Of its courts
Its caught criminals are permitted to escape
through contrived delays CT actual conniyance In
the prosecution. Honeycombed with corruption,
outrageous exposures no longer shock its moral
sense Its honest members and Its independent
journals no longer maintain q successful contest
for authority In Its connsels or veto on bad
nominations.
That change Ia necessary Is proved by an ex.
listing surplus OF more than 500. 900, O0,, which
has yearly been collected from q suffering PEG
pie Unnecessary taxation Is unjust taxation,
We denounce the Republican party for having
failed TO relieve the people from the crushing war
taxes, which have paraiyzod business, crippled
industry and deprived labor OF employment and
OF it, Just reward.
The Democracy pledges itself to purify TIE Ad-
mnistrsiion from corruption, to restore economy.
TO revive respect for law, and to reduce taxation
TO the lowest limit consistent with due regard
TO the preservation Of the faith Of the nation to
its creditors and Its pensioners, knowing full
well, however, that legislation pffectng the vel
fare OF the people should be cautious and CON
sentative In method not in advance OF public
opinion. but responsive TO Its demands.
The Democratic party is pledged to revise the
tariff In a spirit OF fairness to all interests but
In making reduction in taxes IL is not proposed
to injure any domestic industries but rather to
promote theif healthy growth From the foun.
dalton OF this Government, taxes collected mt the
custom. house have been the chief source OF Fed
oral reyer ne, and such they must continue to be.
Moreover many Industries have come TO rely up
on legislation for their successful continuance
that auy change Of the law must be at every step
regardful OF the labor and capital thus involved
The process OF reform must be subject TO the exc
cution OF this plain dictate Of justice, All taxa
ton shall be limited to the require Of an
economical Government. The nt,fsrt reduc-
ton in taxation can and must be I'M | with
out dcpriying American labor OF lie Iility to
o. inpete successfully with foreign lab r. and
without imposing lower rates OF duty than viii
be ample TO cover any increased cost Of produo'
ton which may exist in consequence OF the
higher rate of wages prevailing In this country
sufficient revenue To ply all the expenses OF the
Fe ieral Government. economically administered.
including pensions and interest and principal OF
the pbblic debt. can be got under our present
system OF taxation from custom house taxes on
fewer imported articles. bearing heaviest on ar
tlcles OF luxury and bearing lightest on articles
OF necessity. We therefore denounce the abuses
Of the exis ing tariff and. subject to these lmi-
tations, we demand that Federal taxation shall
Nv exclusively for public purposes and shall not
exceed the needs OF the Government, cconomi.
cally administered.
internal revenue is q war tax and 30 long as the
law continues the duty derived thcrefrom should
be sacredly devoted to the relief OF the people
from the remaining burdens Of the war and be
made fund to defray the expense Of the care
and comfort OF worthy soldiers disabled in the
line Of duty in the wars OF the republic and for
the payment of sucn pei sions as Congress may
from time TO time grant TO such soldiers, like
fund for the sailors having been already provid-
cd, and any surplus should be paid into the
Treasury.
We favor an American continental policy,
based on more intimate commercial and political
relations with the fifteen sister republics OF
North, Central and South America, but entanging
alliance with uone.
We believe In honest money, the gold and sill
Yer coinage and of the cultivation and crcula-
ton OF IN dium convertible into such money.
without loss.
Asserting the equality of all men before the
law, we hold that 1t is the duty OF the Govern.
ment in its dealings with the people to mete out
equal and exact Justice to all citizens, Of what
ever nativity, race, color or persuasion, religious
or political,
We believe In a free ballot and fair count.
and we recall to the memory Of the people the
noble struggle Of the Democrats in the Forty
fifth and Forty sixth Congresses, by which a re-
luctant Republican opposition was compelled to
assent to legislation making everywhere illegal
the presence of troops at tho polls, $ the con-
elusive proof that Democratic administration
will preserve liberty with order.
The election Of Federal officers for the Terri
tories should be restricted to citizens previously
resident therein.
We oppose sumptuary laws, which vex the citi
zen and interfere with individual liberty
We favor honest civil service REFORM the COM
pensation OF all United States officers by fixed
salaries, the separation OF Church and State and
the diffusion OF free education by common schools,
Ri hts and duties of citizenship.
While We favor all legislation which will tend
to the equitable distribution OF properly, tn the
prevention OF monopoly and TO the strict en-.
forcement OF individual rights against corporate
abuses, we mold that the welfare Of society de.
ponds on n scrupnlous regard for the rights OF
property as defined by law. We believe that la.
Dor is best rewarded whore II is freest and most
enlightened, IL should he fostered and cherish.
ed. We favor the repeal OF all laws restoring the
fra QRft In1 tla.. L..
by which labor organizations may be increase
and Of all such legislation as will tend to en-.
tighten the people Ms TO the true rotations OF
capital and labor.
We believe that the public lands ought as far
as possible, to be kept as homesteads for actual
settlers; that all unoarned lands heretofore i'm.
providently granted 10 railroad corporations by
he action OF the Repub lean party should be
restored TO the public domain and no more
grants shall be made TO corporations or be allow.
ed to fall into the ownership OF alien absentees
We are opposed to all propositions which, up
IN any preteXt, would convert the general Gov.
ernmeEt into a machine foI the collection OF tax.
es TO be distributed amotg the States or the citi
zens thereof
In effect the declarat OF the Democratic plat.
form of 1856 that "Tht liberal principle en-.
bodied by Jefferson in the Declaration OF indie
pendence and sanctioned In the Constitution
which make ours the land OF liberty and the asy-
J am OF the oppressed OF every nation, have ever
been the cardinal principles in the Democratic
faith. We, nevertheless, do not sanction the i'm.
portation OF foreign labor or the admission Of
servile race, untitled by habits training religi.
on or kindred, for absorption into the great b.dy
OF our people, or for the citizenship which our
laws confer. American civilization demands
that against the immigration or impoi tat,on Of
MongollAns to these shores our gates be closed
The Democratic party insists that it is the
duty Of the Government to protect with equal
fidelity and vigilance the rights of its citi2ens
native and naturaliled-at home and abroad
and to the end that this protection may be as
sured the United States papers OF naturalization,
issued by courts OF competent jurisdiction. must
he respected by the eXecu i've aud legislative do.
partments Of our own Government and by all
foreign Powers.
It is the imperative duty of this government
TO efficiently protect all the rights OF her SONS
and the property OF every American citizen in
foreign lands and demand and enforce full repair,
alton for any invasion thereof. An american
citizen IL only responsible 70 his own govern.
ment for any act done in his country or under
her flag and laws, and can only be tried therefor
on her own soil and according 10 her laws, aud
no power exists in this government 10 expatriate
an American citizen to be tried in any foreign
land for any such act.
This country has never had a well.defined and
foreign policy save under a Democratic
That policy has ever been in re- |
gard TO foreign nations, 70 long AS they do not |
act In manner detrimental to the interests of |
the country or hurtinl to our citizens TO let them
alone As tno result OF TINS policy We recall the |
acquisition OF Louisiana, Florida California and |
Of the nd jacent Mexican territory by purchase
alone, and contrast these grand acquisitions of |
Democratic craftsmanship with the purchase of |
Alaska, the sole fruit Of a Republican admins
ration Of nearly quarter Of century
The general government should care for and
improve the Mississippi river and the other great
waterways OF the republic, 10 secure for
he interior States easy and cheap transporta
ion 10 tide water.
Under the loi period OF Democratic policy
,uT merchant marine was fast oNertakng and
m the point of outstripping that OF Great Bri
ain, Under twenty years OF Republican rule
md policy our commerce has been lost to the
British and almost has the American flag been
iept of the high seas. Instead Of the Repuhli-
AN paTty's British policy, we demand for the
,eople OF the United States an American policy.
Judsr Democratic rule and policy our merchants