Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-10-05

American labor v mas ueplttft tine returns OF
Am rcan agficultu an industry followed by
half our people. Processes the equality uf all
citizens before the law. Attempting to fS the
status Of o0ored citizens, the Acts OF its Con
gress were 0verset by thu decisions OF its courts
Its caught criminals are permitted to escape
through cOntriVed delays CT actual comm vance In
the prosecution. Honoyeombed with corruption,
outrageous exposures no longer shock lts moral
sense. Its honest members and iti independent
journals no longer maintain successful contest
tor authority In It's connsels OF = veto on bad
nominations.
That u change IL necessary is proved by an ca.
isting surplus of more than sl0O, 0O0, 0Oh, which
has yearly been collected from suffering peo-
pie. Unnecessary taxation ~ unjust taxation
We denounce the Republican party for having
failed to relieve the people from the crushing war
taxes, which have parnyzed tnsinoss crippled
industry and deprived labor Of employment aud
Of its Just reward.
The Democracy pledges itself 10 purify the Ad.
ministraiion from corruption, to restore economy,
to revive respect for law and TO reduce taxation
10 the lowest limit consistent with n due regard
To the preservation of the faith OF the nation to
Its creditors and lts pensioners knowing full
we'll, however, that legislation affecting the wei.
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 s pledged to revise the
tariff In spirit OF fairness to all interests, but
In making reduction in taxes 1t Is not proposed
to injure any domestic industries, but rather to
daton Of this Government. taxes collected at the
custom house In, e been the chief source OF Fed
cral rcvctue, and such they must continue to be
Moreover, many Industries have come to rely up
on ley i4lntian for their successful continuance 40
that an, change Of the law must be at every step
regarlni of the labor and capital thus involved
The process OF reform must be subject TO the
cution Of this plain dictate OF Justice, All taxa
ton shall be limited to the requirements Of an
economical Government. The necessary reduc-
ton IL taxation can and must be eife, ted with
out deprying American labor OF the ability to
compete successfully with foreign labor and
without imposing lower rates Of dut, than WIN
be ample to cover any increased cost OF produc-
| ton which may exist III consequence of the
higher rate Of wages prevailing in this country
sufficient revenue to pay all the expenses Of the
| Fedora, Government, economically administered,
| including pensions and interest and principal OF
| the pbhliU debt, can be got under our present
| system OF taxation from custom.house taxes on
| fewer imported articles bearing heaviest on ar
ticles sf luxury and bearing lightest on articles
| of Necessity. We therefore dcnouncc the abuses
Of the existing tariff and subject to these limi.
tatons, we demand that Fedora taxation shall
he exclusively for public purposes and shall not
| exceed the needs OF the Government, economi-
| cally administered.
| The system OF direct taxation known NJ the
| internal rev enue IL a war tax and long as the
! law continues the duty derived therefrom should
| be sacredly devoted to the relief OF the people
| from the remaining burdens OF the war and he
made fund to dcfray 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 such pei sons Congress may
| from time to time grant to such soldiers a like
| fund lot the sailors having been already proyd
ed and any surplus should he 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, Contral and South America, but entanging
| alliance with hone.
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 mon before the
| law We hold that II IL the duty OF the Govern.
| ment IN its dealings with the people to mete out
| equal aud exact Justice to all citizens, of what
ever nativity, race, color or persuasion, religious
or political,
We believe in 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 the polls, - the con
elusive proof that Democratic administration
| will preserve liberty with order
The election of Federal officers for the Terri
! orics should be restricted to citizens previously
| resident therein.
| We oppose sumptuary laws, which voN the cit.
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,
so that every child in the aud may be taught the
| i-hts and duties Of citizenship.
While We favor all legislation which will tend
to the equitable distribution OF property, to the
preNe cation Of monopoly and TO the strict en-
torcemont OF individual rights against corporate
| abuses, we mold that the welfare of society de
ponds on a scrupulous regard for the rights OF
| property as defined by law, We believe that la
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enlightened, 1t should be fostered and cherish.
| ed We favor the repeal of all laws restoring the
| free action OF labor and the enactment of laws
! by which labor organizations may be increased
| and OF all such legislation as will tend to en-.
! tighten the people AS to the true relations Of
| capital and labor.
| We believe that the public lands ought as tar
| rs possible. To be kept as homesteads for actual
] settlers, that all unearucd lands heretofore i'm
] prnNldentlt granted 10 railroad corporations by
/ the action OF the Repub lean party should be
restored to the public domain and no more
grants shall he made to corporations OF he allow.
ed to tall INTO tbs Ownership OF alien ahscnteos
We are opposed to all propositions which up-
on any preteNt, would convert the general Coy.
ernIneht into machine tol the collection Of tax
IS To De distributed anuug the states or the cti
Iens thereof.
In effect the declaration OF the Democrats plat
form OF 1896 that "Tht liberal principle en-
bodied hy jefferson in the Declaration OF Indie.
peudence and sanctioned in the Constitution,
which make ours the md OF liberty aud the as,
ium OF the oppressed OF every natl. a. have ever
been the cardinal principles in the Democratic
ttith. We, nevertheless. de not sanction the im.
purtAtiuu OF foreign labor or the admission OF
serN i.r utsr' untitled Dog habits. Training uliLi
ur kIudrcd Tor absorption INTO the great b d,
! at our people ur Tor the citizenship which our
/ Laws vuuirr. American civilization demand,
that against thv IGuls ration OF importation OF
| Mnngolians to these shore, our gates be- closed
The Democratic party insists that il is the
D duty Of The Gov protect