The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-07-18

ence for free institutions: IL organized and
tried to legsilize q control Of the State cleo
10 elevate labor. 1t has subjected american
worSngmen 10 the competition OF convict
and imported contract labor. II processes
gratitude to all who were disabled or died in
war. leaving widows aud orphans. II Jeff to .
Democratic House of Representatives the
first effort to equslize both bounties and pen
sions. IL Processes a pledge to correct ths
Irregularities OF
II created and has continued il. It's own tarfG
commission confessed the need of more than
twenty per cent. reduction II Congress gave
n reduction OF less than four per cent, IL pro-
fesses protection of American manufacturers
IL has subjected them To an increasing Hood
of manufactured goods and a hopeless COM
petition with manufacturing nations. not one
OF which faxes raw materials: il processes to
protect all American industries: il has i'm
poverished many to substitute a few: il pro-
fesses the protection of American labor. il
ture, an industry followed by half our people:
il processes the equality of all men before the
law. Attempting to TX the status OF coiored
citizens. the acts of its Congress were overset
by the decisions of its courts 1t accepts
anew the duty of leading in the work of
progress and REFORM" Its caught criminals
are permitted to escape through contrived de-
lays or actual connivance in the prosecutions;
honeycombed corruption. out breaking ex-
pOsures no longer shock its morality; its hon.
est members, its independent journals no
longer mainiN sin successful contest for au-
thority in its counsels or q veto to its nomina-
tions. That a change is necessary is proved
by an existing surplus Of more than $10O.OoO,-
90 which has yearly been collected from q
suffering people. Unnecessary taxation Is
unjust taxation. We denounce the Repubii-
can party for having failed to relieve the peo-
pie from crushing
dustry and depressed labor Of employ ment
and of Just reward. The Democracy pledges
itself TO purify the administration from cor
ruption. to restore economy. to revive re-
spect for law and to reduce taxation TO the
lowest limit consistent with due regard to the
preservation of the faith of the Nation to
creditors and pensioners, knowing full well
how rare that legislation. Affecting the occu.
patton of the people, should be cautious and
conservative in its method and not in advance
of public opinion. but in response to its de-
mand- The Democratic party is pledged TO
revise the tariff in spirit OF fairness To alftn-
terests. 80 :
But in making reductions In taxes it fs not
proposed to injure any domestic industries,
but rather to promote their healthy growth.
From the foundation of this Government
taxes collected at the Custom House have been
the chief source of federal revenue. Such
they must continue to be. Moreover. many
for successful continuance. so that any
change of law must be 1T every step regard
full of the
LABOR AND CAPITAL
thus involved; the process of reform must be
subject in the execution to this plain dictate
of Justice All taxation shall be limited to
the requirements of economical government.
The necessary reduction in taxation can and
must be effected without depriving American
labor of the ability to compete successfully
with foreign labor and without imposing lower
rates of duty than will be ample to cover any
increased cost of production which may exist
i'm consequence of the higher rate of wages
prevailing in this country. Sufficient revenue
10 pay all the expenses of the Federal Gov
eminent. economically administered. inc!ud-
ing pensions. interest and principal OF the
public debt, can be got under our present sys-
TEN of taxation from Custom House taxes on
fewer imported articles, bearing heaviest on
articles of luxury and bearing lightest on ar
ticles of necessity. We. therefore. denounce
the abuses of the existing tariff; and subject
to the preceding limitations. we demand that
Federal taxation shall De exclusively for pub.
lie purposes and shall not exceed the needs OF
the Government economically administered.
The system of direct taxation known as
THE INTERNAL REVENUE
is a war tax and so long as the law continues
the moneys derived therefrom should be de-
voted to the relief of the people for removing
burdens of the war and be made fund to de.
fray 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 pensions as Congress may from time
TO time grant to such soldiers, like FUND for
sailors having been already provided, and any
surplus should be paid into the Treasury. We
favor an amendment of the continental policy
based upon more intimate commercial and
publics of North. Central and South America.
but entangling alliances with none
THE CURRENCY.
We believe in honest money. all the gold and
silver coinage of the constitution and u circu.
lation medium convertible to such money
without loss. Asserting the equality of al
men before the law, we bold that it is the duty
of the Government in its dealings with the
people to mete out equal and exact justice &c
all citizens of whatever nationality. race, col
or or persuasion-religiouS or political. We
believe in free ballot, and a fair count
and we recall to the memory of the people the
noble struggle of the Democrats in the Forty
fifty and Forty-sixth Congress by which re
luctant Republican opposition was compelled
to assent to legislation making everywhere
illegal the presence of troops at the polls As
the conclusive proof that democratic admin
istration will preserve liberty with order. The
selection of Federal officers for the Territorie:
should be restricted TO citizens previously res
idents therein. We oppose sumptuary laws
dividual liberty We favor honest
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
and the compensation of the United States of
ficers by fixed salaries, the separation OF
church and State and the diffusion of free
education by common schools. so that every
child in the land may be taught the rights ant
duties of citizenship. while in favor Of all leg
is!atiou which will tend to the equitable dis
I
monopoly, and TO the strict enforcement of in
dividual rights against corporate abuse. We
hold that the welfare of society depends upon
a scrupuiOuSI regard for thelrights ofproperty,
as defined by law We believe that labor j:
best rewarded where il is free and most en-
lightened; it should therefore be fostered and
cherished. We favor the repeal of all laws re-
stricting the free action of labor and the en-
actment of laws by which labor organizations
NAV be incorporated. and of all such legisla
ton as will tend to enlighten the people as to
the true relation of capital and labor. ebe
lieye that
THE PUBLIC LANDS
ought. as far as possible, to be kept as home
steads for actual settlers; that all unearned
railroad corporations by the action of the Re
publican party should be restored to the pub
lie domain and that no more grants of land
shall be made to corporations or be allowed tC
fall into the ownership of alien absentees.
We are opposed to all propositions, which
upon any pretext, will convert the general
Government into a machine for collecting
taxes to be distributed among the States OF
the citizens thereof.
In reaffrming the declaration of the Demo
cratic platform of ls56 that the liberal prin.
ciples embodied by Jefferson in the Declare
ton of Independence and sanctioned in the
Constitution. which make ours the land OF
liberty and the home of the oppressed of every
Nation. have ever been cardinal principls in
the Democratic faith" we nevertheless do moi
sanction the importation of
FOREIGN LABOR
or the admission of servile races. untitled by
habits training, religion or kindred for ab
sorption into the great body OF our people
or for the citizenship which our laws confer.
American civilization demands. that agains,
the.im migration or Importation of Mongolians
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 citizens
native an naturalizei. at home and abroad
and to the end that this protection may be as
issued by courts of competent jurisdiction
must be respected by the executive and legis
lative departments of our own Government
and by all foreign powers. 1t is an impera.
tive duty of this Government to efficiently
protect all the rights OF person and property
of every American citizen in foreign lands