Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1884-07-23

ciples OF the democracy, approved by the u',,,sd
voice Of tho people, romain, and will ever remain,
OF free government; the preservation Of personal
rights. the equality OF all citizens before the lav
the reserved rights Of the States and the ~.
pretnaey OF the Fodaral Government within the
limits OF the Constitution, will eser form the
true basis Of our liberties and can never be sur
rendered without destroying that haIAsce Of
rights and powers which enables a continent 20
be developed In peace and social order and 70 be
maintained by means Of Local self goyeiumsnt.
But IL Is II di-penaable for the practical applica
ton and enforcement Of these fundamental prin.
cfpies that the Government should not always Do
controlled BY cue political party. Frequent
change OF administrator Is m necessary as con
slant recurrence TO the popular will. Otherwise
abuses grew and the Government fundamentally
is used Tor imposing heavy burdens ON the many
who are governed for the benefit u the few who
govern. Public servants thus become arbitrary
rulers. This IL now the condition OF the co,In.
try; hence change Ia demanded.
The Republican party. no far as principle 10
concerned, IL rofniniscence. In Practice IL In
an organization for enriching those who control
its machinery. Tho frauds and jobbery which
have been brought 10 light In every Department
OF the Government are sufficient TO have called
for reform within the Republican party, yet
those In authority. made reckless by the long
possession Of power, have succumbed 10 its cor.
ruptiDg Influence and have placed In nomination
a ticset against which the Independent portion
Of tho party arc In open revolt Therefore
change Is demanded. such change was alike
necessary In 1876 but the will Of the people was
then defeated by fraud which can never DO for.
gotten or condoned. Again In 1880 the change
demanded by the people was defeated by the
lavish use OF money contributed by unscrl pulJus
contractors and shameless jobbcra, who had bar
gained for unlawful profits or for high Office
The Republican party, during Its legal, It's
stolen and its bought tenures Of power, has stpadi
ly decayed In moral character and policical ca
pacity. Its platform promises are now list OF
It's past failures. II demands the restoration Of
our navy. II has squaDdered hundreds Of mil.
lions 70 create navy that does not exist. It
calls upon Congress remove the burdens under
which American shipping has been depressed. 1t
imposed and has continued those burdens. II
Processes preference Tor free institutions. II
organized and tried 10 cgAlize control Of State
elections by Federal troops. II Processes q de
sire TO elevate labor. II has Injected American
workingmen 10 the composition Of convict and
imported contract labor. II Processes gratitude
TO all who were disabled or died In the war ieav-
ing widows and orphans, II left TO u Democratic
House Of Representatives the first effort 70
equ.lize both boubties and pensions. II prefer
ed pledge TO correct the Irregularities Of our
tariff II created AMI has continued them. Its
own Tariff Commission confessed the need Of
more than 20 por cent. reduction. Its Congress
gave reduction Of less than por cent. It pro-
fes-es the protection Of American manufacturers.
IL has subjected them to an increasing food Of
manufactured goods and hopeless competition
with manufacturing nations, not one Of which
taxes raw materials. II Processes To protect all
American iDdustries. 10 has impoverished many
to subsidize few. II processes the protection Of
American labor IL has depleted the returns Of
Am riean agriculture, an Industry followed BY
half our people, IL Processes the equality Of all
citizens before tho law. Attempting TO fix the
status OF ooIorcd citizens, the Acts OF It's Con.
xress were overvst by TN decisions Of Its courts
Its caught criminals are permitted to escape
through tontriyed delays CT actual connivance In
tho prosecution, Honcycombed with corruption,
outrageous exposures no longer shock Its moral
sense. Its honest members and its independent
journals no longer maintain a successful contest
for authority In Its connsels or veto on bad
nominations.
That change IL necessary IL proved by an OK
listing surplus Of more than s1OO, 000, 00i, which
has yearly been collected from a suffering peo.
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 paraiyz business, crippled
industry aHd deprived labor Of employm ent and
OF Its Jus, Tewsru.
The Democracy pledges itself to purify the Ad-
ministrsiion 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 tho faith Of the nation TO
It's creditors and Its pensioners, knowing full
well, however, that legislation affecting the wei.
fare OF tho people should BIO cautious and con-
sentative In method, not In advance OF public
opinion, but responsive to It's demanos.
The Democratic party liz pledged to revise the
tariff In spirit Of fairness TO all interests, but
III making q reduction In taxes II In not proposed
to injure any domestic industries, but rather to
promote their healthy growth From the foun.
daton Of this GoverDment. taxes collected at tho
custom-housc ha Q been the chief source Of Fed
eral revei NC, and such they must continue to be.
Moreover. many industries have come to rely up
on legislation for their successful continuance. so
that any change Of tha law must be at every step
regardfu OF the labor and capital thus involved.
The process OF reform must be subject to the exc.
cuti0n OF this plain dictate OF Justice, All taxa
tion shall be limited to the requirements Of an
economical Government. The necessary reduc-
ton In taxation can and must be effected with
out depriying American labor OF the ability to
compete successfully with foreign lab r, and
without imposing lower rates Of duty than will
be ample to cover any increased cost OF produc.
ton which may exist In cou-equence OF the
higher rate OF wages prevailing In this country. |
sufficient revenue to pay all the expenses Of the
Federal Government. economically administered,
Including pensions and interest and principal Of
the pbblc debt, can be got under our present |
system Of taxation from custom house taxes on |
fewer imported Articles bearing heaviest on ar
ticcs Of luxury aud bearing llghtest on articles
OF necessity. We therefore denounce the abuses |
of the exis ing tariff. and. subject to these limi-
tations, we demand that Federal taxation shall |
he exclusively for public purposes aud shall not |
exceed the needs OF the Government, economi.
oally administered.
The system of direct taxation known as the
internal revenue is q war tax and so long as the
law continues the duty derived therefrom should
be sacredly devoted to tho r,liet OF the people
from the remaining burdens OF the war and he |
made fund to efray the expense OF the care
and comfort Of worthy soldiers disabled In tho
line OF duty In tho wars Of the republic and for |
the payment OF sucn pei sions M Congress may |
from time to time grant TO such soldiers, like |
fund for the sailors having been already provd- |
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 entaDging
ALI tnce with hone.
We believe In honest money, the gold and sill
Yer coinage, and Of the cultivation and c.rcula-
ton of m dium convertible into such money,
without loss
Asserting the equality OF all men before the
law, we hold that it 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 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 re-
luctant Republican opposition was compelled to
assent to legislation making everywhere illegal
the presence OF troops at the polls, 3 the con-
elusive proof that Democratic administration
v i'll preserve liberty with order.
The election Of Federal officers for the Terri
,ofies should be restricted to citizens previously
resident therein.
We oppose sumptuary laws which veN the citi.
zen and interfere with individual liberty
We favor honest civil service reform, the com.
pensation OF all United States officers by fixed
.laries the separation Of Church and state and
the diffusion OF free ,dutation by common schools,
that every chilli in the land may be taus hit the
ri. hts and duties OF citizenship
While we favor all legislation which will tend
to the equitable distribution OF property, to the
prevention of monopoly and to the strict en-.
orcement Of In iividusl rights against corporate
abuses, we hold that the welfare OF society de.
ponds on q ,crupnlous rcgard fr the rights Of
property as defined by law. We believe that Ia |
Dor is best rewarded whore II is freest and most
enlightened, 1t should be fostered and cherish.
ID. We favor the repeal Of all laws restoring the
rec action Of labor and the enactment OF laws
BY which labor organizations may be increased
md of all such legislation as will tend to en-
tighten the people as to the true rotations Of
,apital and labor