Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-10-01

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change Il demanded. Such a change was alike
necessary In 1879, but tho will OF the people was
then defeated by fraud which Can never be for
gotten OF oondoned Again In 1850 the change
lavish use Of money contributed BY unscruOulous
contractors and shameless jobbers. who had bar
gained for unlawful profits or Tor high Office.
The Republican party. during ITS legal, It's
stolen and Its bought teDures OF power, has steadi
ly decayed In moral character and pollcical ca
pacity. Its platform promises are now list Of
It's past failures. IL demands the restoration OF
our navy. II has sluaDdered hundreds Of NIL
lions 10 create navy that does not exist. 1t
calls upon Congress- remove the burdens under
which American shipping has been depressed II
imposed and has continued those burdens. u
processes preference for free institutions. IL
organized aid tried 10 legalsze control OF State
elections by Federal troops. II Processes a de
sire TO elevate labor II has subjected American
workiDgmen TO tho competition Of convict and
imported contract labor. II Processes gratitude
70 all who were disabled or died In the war. leay
ing widows and orphans. II left 10 Democratic
House OF Representatives this hrst effort to
equallze both bountlos and pensions. II proffor
ed pledge 10 correct the Irregularities OF our
tariff. IL created ana has continued them. Its
own Tariff Commission confessed the noed OF
more than 20 per cent. reduction. Its Congress
gave a reduction OF less thant per cent. 1t pro
iesses the protection OF Amarican manufacturers.
II has subjected them 10 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 industries IL has impoverished many
to subsidize few II processes the protection Of
American labor IL has depleted the returns OF
Am rcan agriculture, an industry followed by
nail our people. processes tne equality Oh All
citizens before the law. Attempting to tx the
status OF colOred citizens, the Acts Of its Con
gross were oversee Dy th occasions Of US courts
Us caught criminals are permitted 10 escape
through contrived aclhys o. actual CONVEYANCE 10
the prosecution. noheyGomDed WIN corruption,
outrageous exposures no longer snock us moral
sense us honest members and its Independent
Journals no longer maintain = SUCCESSFUL contest
Tor authority IN its connSe's or 'eto on DAD
nominations
inat a chAhee ~ necessary ~ proved by an OK
listing surplus OF more than 500 .O0O. 00o, which
has yearly been collected from sunerlng peo
PIE unnecessary taNhtloh ~ unjust tahhuoh.
we denounoc me kepubiioan party Tor having
iailed 10 relieve the people from the crushing war
taxes, Whicn haNo paraiy@eu bhsiness, Crippled
nuusiy ana uePfiFed iapor Oh employment ana
OF It's JuN reward.
inc Democracy pledges itself TO purify TIE Ad-
ministraiion from corruption, 10 restore economy,
70 revive respeet ior law, anu 10 reduce taxation
10 the lowest limit consistent with q due regard
70 tho preservation OF tho faith OF the nation 70
It's creditors and It's pensioners knowing full
Wen, however, that Legislation ahectinR tine wei
lare q the people should ne cautious anu con
sentative In method, not IN advances OF public
opinion. but responsive TO Its demands.
Inc Democratlc party u pledged 10 revise tine
tarin IN spNit OF Ieitness 70 ~ interests, put
10 making reduction IN taxes u y not proposed
70 inJuro niy uohesuc industries, put rather 70
promote their heaithy growth from the ioun-
uAe,on " .is poN otn'en,, .aAes coiuo.eu ~ wy
custoini-house have been the chief source OF Fed
era re'ei ue, anu Such tney must continue 70 DE-
M ILL., a,'n,, 'oms ~ 10y up
On ieglslatlon Io' tner suveessiu continuhnco, 30
tnae AnN onanse ., .ne my Iluse pe q. esery stsp
nesaruiu' OF the iapor anu capita, mus in,oNeu'
ING Process o. rciotl, must DC suolect 70 the exc
.u'aon y, I'M p,a a., =, M .AAa
.ion Sinai pe ,iil'ecu 70 Tue Iequ'reiheNs on an
economical government inc necessary reduc'
tion w taxauoh can anu must We ent'to1 WIN
OUT ueprNihe amet,ean iaooI OF the .plJ 70
cnIaPcte successfully WIN ioihgn hapYf. aha
witnout imposing ioweI rates oi uu.y than van
De ample 10 Cover any ihereaseo Cost Oh Ptouuc-
tion which may exist iu uou,equenee OF the
nlgnei rate Oh wages preVaihng IN TINS country
sunicleht revenue 70 pay M ino expenses OF tne
Federal Government, economically administerei,
inciudiny pensions and interest and principal OF
the pDpic ueDt, can ne got under our present
system OF taNatioh from custom'house taxes on
fewer imported articles, bearing heaviest on ar
icios o. IuNury anu bearing hghIest on ARTICLES
OF necessary. we therefore nehounce tine ABUSES
OF the eSisting tarin, anu, subject TO these iim.
.atiohs, we demand mat feneral taxation snail
pceNuusfe,y ior PuoLe purposes shu snaii not
eNoeco the heeus OF the government, econoini'
cay auininstcr1;
lad. L. .
internal revenue sh war TAX ana 80 long as the
law continues the duty derived thercfroIn should
De sacredly devoted TO the relief oil the people
Irotn the reniuh'ng burdens OF Tue war anu Dc
nade iuhd 70 defray the expense OF the care
anu confort OF worthy soldiers Disabled IN the
line Oh uuty IN the wars OF the republic and Tor
the payment o. suoh PEI sons as congress may
from Time 70 tiine grant 70 such soiniers, IKE
tund Tor tine sailors having Deen already proyid-
ed, and any surplus should be paid into the
rrevsury.
we hVor an American continental policy,
naseu on more intimate commercial anu political
relations with the ihteen sister republics OF
North, central and South America. but ENHANCING
ailance with none
we oeneNe IN honest money, the gold and sill
yer coinage, ana OF the cultivation ana circula-
tlon OF me dium convertible into such money,
without loss
Asserting the equality oil all men before the
law, we holu That II Is the duty OF the Govern
ment in It's 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
NTH 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, - the con-
elusive proof that Democratic administration
VIII preserve liberty with order.
tories should be restricted to citizens previously
resident therein.
We oppose sumptuary laws, which vex the citl-
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 offree education by common schools
so that every child In the land may be taught 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-. |
forcement of individual rights against corporate
abuses we hold that the welfare OF society de- |
ponds on scrupulous 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 be fostered and cherish. |
ed We favor the repeal OF all laws restoring the |
free action of labor and the enactment of law.
BY which labor organizations NAV be increased |
and OF all such legislation as will tend to en- |
tighten the people AS to the true rotations of |
capital and labor
We believe that the public land. ought. as far |
as possible, to be kept AS homesteatis for actual
settlers: that all unesrned lands heretofore i'm