Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1884-09-30

gained for unlawful profits or for high Office
The Republican party. during It's legal, ~
stolen and Its bought tenures OF power has stssai
ly decayed In moral character and polioicai ca.
pacity Its platform promises are now list o.
its past failures. II demands the restoration OF
our navy. It has squandored hundreds o. mil.
Lions TO create . navy that does not exist ~
calls upon Congress l., remove the burdens undeI
which American shipping has been depressed. y
imposed and has continued those burdens y
Processes preference for free institutions; ~
Organized and tried to legalixe control Oh stste
elections by Federal troops. 1t processes oe-
sire to elevate labor. 1t has subjected IA
imported contract labor. II proiesses grausude
70 All who ware disabled or died In the war, Ieav-
ing widows and Orphans. It left 70 Democtauc
House of Representatives the hfst enoIt
equslze both bounties and pensions. II proher
ed 4 pledge TO correct the Irregularities Of our
tariff. 1t created AM has continued them. It's
own Tariff Commission confessed the need OF
more than 20 per cont reduction. Its Congress
gave reduction Of less than per cent; ~ pro
II has subjected them TO an increasing mood OF
manufact,Ired goods and hopeless competition
with manufacturing nations, not one OF which
taxes raw materials. y processes to protect all
TO subsidize few. 1t processes the protection Of
American labor. II has depleted the returns OF
American agriculture, an industry followed BY
half our people. processes the equality OF all
citizens before the law. Attempting to TX the
status Of coIored citizens, the Acts Of its Con
gress were overset By tn. decisions Of It's courts
IT, caught criminals are permitted TO escape
through contriyed delays or actual conniyance In
the prosecution. H0neycombed with corruption,
outrageous exposures no longer shock It's moral
sense Its honest members and its Independent
journals no longer maintain . successful contest
Tor authority In liz connsels or o veto on bad
nominations
That a change is necessary Is proved by an ex.
Istlnq mrpIus of more than 500. 900. O0o. which
has yearly been collected from . suffering peo-
pie. Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation.
We depounce the Republican party for having
failed 70 relieve the people from the crushing war
taxes, which have paraiyzed business, crippled
industry and deprived labor Of employment and
al H. iust reward.
The Democracy pledges itself TO purify tie Ad-
mnistrxiion from corruption TO restore economy
% revive respect for law, and TO reduce taxation
70 the lowest limit consistent with . due regard
% the preservation Of the faith Of the nation to
IL credltory and It's pensioners. knowing full
we'll however that leeislstion Affecting the vel
Are of the people should be cautious and con-
seryatiye In method not In advance Of public
oninion hut responsiye 70 ita dernanda
iThs I,emocr. NJ marty Il piedUed to revise the
tariff in a spirt Of fairness 10 all interests but
in making 4 reduction In taxes Il Is not propo sed
10 iuiure any domestic industries. but rather TO
promote their healthy growth. Prom the foun-
dation Of this C0yernmept. taxes collected ct the
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erai reveu ue, and such they must continue to be-
Moreoyer tnanv industries have come TO RELY up-
on leQislation Tor their successful continuance 50
that sny change Of the law must be at every step
regardful Of the labor and capital thus involved.
me process Of reform must be subject TO the exc
mtion Il this plsin dictate Of Justice. All taxa.
tion nhail he limited 10 the requirements Of an
economical Goyernment. The nee esna v reduc-
ton in taxation can and must be easc ed with
mt sIepriying American labor of a.. ability 10
ous WI. ..s n.'s - sa., - -. II
without Imposing lower rates Of duty than will
be ample to cover any increased cost Of produc.
ton which NAV exist in consequence of the
hirber rate Of waecs prevailing IN thu country
sufiicent revenue 70 Day ali the expenses Of the
Federal Government economically sdministered,
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.
ticles Of luxury and bearing lghtest on articles
Of necessity. We therefore denounce the abuses
Of the existing tariff, and, subject to these imi-
tations we demand that Federal taxation shall
be exclusively for public purposes and shall not
exceed the needs Of the Government. economi.
caIIy administered.
The system oil direct taxation known as the
internal revenue IL war tax and so long as the
law continues the duty derived therefrom should
be sscredly devoted TO the relief OF the people
from the remaining burdens OF the war and be
made . fund 70 delrxy the expense Of the care
and comfort Of worthy soldiers disabled In the
line Of duty il the wars Of the republic and for
the payment Of sucn pensions as Congress may
from time 70 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 ENHANCING
alliance with none.
We believe In honest money, the gold and sill
YER coinage. and OF the cultivation and circuIa-
ton a q M dunn convertible into such money
without loss.
As.ertinp the equality Of all men before the
law We hold thst ii Il the dutv Of The Govern.
ment in its dealings with the people to mete out
caual and exact Justice to ali citizens, Of what.
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and We recall Ia The memory OF the peopje the
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sssh M sests .sixth co,,grsssss nv ~hich a -
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settlers: that All asrnsd ,a,.a, ior actual
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restored 10 the public doa. ti"y, should be
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on any pretext. would convert the genersi c ~
ernment into machine for The collie. sio,' -,
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form of ls5e that 'sTht liberal nrinc;nls ~
bodied by Jefferson in the Declaration n Ipde.
pcpdencs And sanctioued in the Constit,ticr
which make ours the land Of liberty and ths ssr,
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