Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-17

And tp ~s o. the people should pe cauf,ou.
q public opinion "a method and not in advance
tarte 1mocIatic party Is pledged 10 revise ala
Rnt = spiilt OF fairness 10 ali Interests
proposed - mtakling q reduction in taxes ii "a not
ratbe. ~ ~ In)ure any domestic tndustries hnt
.ssnef 70 promote their healthy $3.50 nut
~ ,hnusLion OF the government taYes collae,a5
sedera J custom house have been the source ~
be. Moreover MANI SuSa they must continue to
80 iesislation for successful Continuance 80
,s@sr any ci,snge OF law must be AZ every sten
T6s nrana tne labor and capital thus involved.
execution ~ ~ = reform must be subject in the
an atino " TINS plain dictate OF Justice, All
snssIon snail be limited TO tha reoniremsn,s "a
I'M taSa.tsaL government. The necessary reduction
Driyinr Sm can and 'nust be effected without de-
sncccsS ,aiihetloah labor of the ability to compete
rnsGSessiuIy with foreign labor, and withnnt i'm
ccovnn.s lower rates of duty than will be ammo 10
nav sr any increased cost Of production which
wages nrsn va consequence OF the higher rate ~
rsxspy prevailing In this country SUFFICIENT
,nennue 70 pay expenses OF the federal govern
msehnh economically administered. inolndf,,y nen-
can h n ,,ss and principal of the public debt,
san oe under our present system III TAXATION
uoin custom house taxes on fewer ,ranoyteh
~ bearing heaviest on articles of lnxurv
Tvu fearing highest on articles OF neoessity''
VIZ therefore denounce the
.u ABUSES OF THE EXISTING TARIFF
~ surrey TO the preceding limitations ua
celnand that federal taxation shaIi no e.s"S
ne na nos pnbiic purposes and shall not exceed
! ,ninIstus VI InS government economically adj
nihlstered. The system OF direct .ayatior
hnoWn as the internal revenue ia 4 war tsS. 30
tbns s. the law continues the money derived
nmISItoIn should be devoted to the relief Of the
people from the remaining burdens ~ Az w, ~
sna . made q fnnd 70 defray the expense 81 the
1aLe ahd comfort OF worthy soldiers disahied IN
he aasy IN the vars Of the republic, and for
AhN DdNTntnI Ill VInh nanasaa.
rom Time to time grant 10 such soldiers : jiIss
Tor the sailors having been already prn.
sa a, and any surplus should be paid into the
We favor an American continental no,,cv hasoa
Gpon more intimate commercial and political re-
Lstloh with the fifteen ulster republics of North.
S Hal ahd south America, but entangling al
We believe in honest money, the gold and sill
heE coinage OF the constitution, and a circuiat-
NY medium convertible into such money with
fore ne a asserting the equality Of all men be-
,gte lne Jaw, we mold that II Is IN the duty Of
.he government IN its dealings with the psopIe
" nete out equal and exact Justice To aff cti-
1Ins OF whatever nativity, race, color or persna-
nallot and a fair count, and we recall 10
the memory OF the people that nobls
struggle OF the Democrats in the Forty-fftb and
n nUstsshAoh congresses, BY which a Republican
opPosition was compelled to assent TO legisla-
non making everywhere illegal the presence OF
troops az the polls, as the conclusive proof that
a Ia administration Will present liberty
THE TERRITORIES
me selection OF federal officers for the tori
tories should be reverted TO citizens preyiously
aesItenI thetcln. We oppose sumptuary laws
ual liberty. avn
We favor honest civil service reform and the
compensation OF all United States officers by
hAed salaries, the separation of church and
state, and the diffusion OF free education nv
common schools, so that every child in the land
ship. " oA-
While we favor legislation which will tend 90
the equitable distribution OF property to tho
prevention Of monopoly and 70 the strict en-
t~orcenent OF individua trights against corporate
abuses, we hold that the welfare Of society de-
pehds upon a scrupulous regard for the rights Of
property as defined by law. We believe that the
TABOR Is best rewarded where IL is freest and
most enlightened, it should therefore he fos-
tered and cherished. We favor the reneaI NJ all
laws restricting the free action of labor. and the
enactment Of laws by which labor organizations
may be Incorporated, and Of all such legislation
as WIN tend to enlighten the people as TO the
true relations Of capital gld labor.
We believe that the public lands ought. as far
al possible, 20 be kept as homesteads for actual
settlers; that all unearned lands heretofore
granted 70 railroad corporations by the act of
the Republican party should be restored to the
public domain, and that no more grants OF lands
shall be made TO corporations or he allowed to
iall into the ownership Il q lien absentees, We
NNNttN'NA W va 1H'ltAttFAH AAl uINln Ally
pretense would convert the general government
intoa machine for collecting taxes 10 be dis
trtbuted among the states or the citizens
thereof.
In reaffrhr;ng the declaration OF the Demo-
cratic platform Of 1856 that the liberal princt-
pies embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration OF
Independence and sanctioned in the cOnstitu-
tlon, which makes ours the land OF liberty and
the asylum OF the oppressed OF every nation,
which have ever been cardinal principles in the
Democratic faith, we nevertheless do not sane
ton the
IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN LABOR
or the admission of a seryile race untitled by
habits, training, religion or kindred for absorption
into the great body Of our people, or for the citi-
Zenshtp which our laws confer. American civ
t~lizatiOn demands that against the immigration
or importation of Mongolians TO these shores
our gates he closed. The Democratic
party insists that the duty OF this
fidelity and vigilance the rights OF its
citizens, native and naturalized, home and
abroad, and to the end that this protection may
be assured In the United States, papers OF natur.
~alization issued by courts Of competent jurisdic-
tion must be respected by the executive and
legislative departments of our own government,
and by all foreign powers. II Is an imperative
duty OF this government to efficiently protect all
the rights OF persons and property of every
American citizen in foreign lands, and demand
and enforce full reparation for invasion thereof
An American citizen is only responsible TO his
own government for any act done In hts own
couiItry or under her flag, and can
only be tried therefor on her own
soil, and according TO her laws, and no
power exists In this government to expatriats
an American citizen to be tried in any foreign
land fer any such act. This country has had a
well defined and executed foreign policy, Under
Democratic administration It's policy has ever
been. in regard TO foreign nations, so long az
they do no act detrimental to the interest Of the
country OF hurtful to our citizens, 60 let them
alone. That as the result OF this policy we re-
call the acquisition of Louisiana, Florida, Cali
fornia and Of the adjacent Mexican territory by
purchase alone, and contrast these grand acqui-
| sitiOns OF Demooattc craftsmanship with the
purchase of Alaska, the sole fruit Of a Repub-
lican administration OF nearly a quarter OF a
century.
-. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
The federal government should care for and
improve the Mississippi river and other great
waterways Of the republic, so MS TO secure for
the interior states easy and cheap transportation
10 tide water. Under a long period OF Demo-
cratic rule and policy our merchant marine was
fast overtaking and on the point OF optstripping
that OF Great Britain. Under twenty years of
Republican rule and policy, our eommerce has
beenlef TO British bottoms. and almost has the
| American flag been swept OF the high seas. In
stead of the Republican party's British policy,
We demand for the people Of the United states
an American policy under Democratic rule ana
policy. Our merchants and sailors nylng the
stars and stripes in every port, successfully
searched out a market for the varied products ot
American industry. Under . quarter century OF
Republican rule and policy, despite our manifest
adyRntage0 over other nattOns III hlEh Patu laoVt,
favorable climate and teeming soils; despite
freedom Of trade among all states; despite their
POPULATION by the foremost races OF men, and
Inc annual immigration of the young, thrifty
and adventurous OF all nations; despite onf iree,
dom here from the Inherited burdens OF life and
irdustry in old world monarchies, their costly
war nayieH, their vast tax-consuming, non-pro-
ducing standing armies; despite twenty years OF
nSaca mat Republican rule and policy have
managed TO surrender to Great Britain along
with our m the control OF the markets
OF the world. instead OF the Republican partys
British policy, we demand, on behalf OF sne
AMERICAN Democracy, an American policy. IN,
stead Of the Republican party's discrediteo
scheme and false preteuse OF friendship toi
American labor expressed by imposing taxes, we
demand. on behalf of the Democracy, freedom
FOR American labor. by reduced taxes, to me end
That these United States may compete Win an
hindered powers for the primacy among nations
in all the arts and fruits OF liberty.
TRIBUTE 10 TuDEN.
nI.L ..oInr,nd rnoret We have heen apprised