Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-05-07
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Whilst the resolutions passed by the Dem
ocratic County Convention do not contain
all that should be embodied in a state platform
they do contain many practical propositions
suitable TO the wants of Douglas county and
on these we commend them to every intelli-
gent voter for careful consideration.
That public Office is a public trust is the
declaration Of principle which should be
upheld by all good citizens in Office and out
OF Office both in state, nation and municipality.
The more general the. principle becomes
recognized tha public officers are trustees Of
express trust and directly accountable to the
people who elect them, the purer will become
the public service. The more that candidates
for public Office are made TO feel that the
Office Is intended for the public good instead
OF perqusites for the successful candidate, the
better will the Office be administered. Thc
stricter we hold eur public servants to account
directly TO the people for their stewardship
and recognize in faithful and honest public
official his fitness for place and position and
visit our condemnation upon such as are der
elict in their duty, the less cause will we have
for complaint in public matters. The duties
ofno Office are SO complex or difficult but
every intelligent voter may readily comprehend
its workings and the more general the people
| become acquainted with officials actions the
better will it be for us all and the more eco
| nomical will our affairs be conducted.
| So much inequality exists between capital
and labor that society is almost overthrow
and the business Of the country in chaotic con-
fusion. This condition of affairs is attribu-
table in measure to vicious legislation in the
interest Of organized capital which has grown
opulent from the sweat of the toiling millions.
That legislation is demanded upon this labor
question is attested by the numerous strikes
which the strong arm of the law is called up
on to control II just equality was main
tanned between the workman and his employ
or there would be no occasion for military or
martial interference in free Republic in times
of peace, and the voter who is unwilling to
favor legislation which will secure to the hired
laborer bis earnings is unworthy the privileges
of citizenship.
The trickster who will attempt TO maintain
by sophlstry the pernicious practice of hiring
out the convict labor Of the state at price be-
low the cost Of guarding and maintaining the
prisoners, deserves no consideration at your
hands, When viewed IN the light of truth
and intelligence no conscientious voter can
maintain the practice Of placing the labor of
these convicts in competition with the products
of honest workmen and mechanics, that con
tractors and spectators may make profit at
the expense of the state.
The public lands Of, right belong to the
people and the pernicious principle ofgranting
them by the wholesale to corporations for
spcculations should forever cease. The bone
hde homestead and pre-emption settler must
be protected, and should be encouraged to
lay deep his hearth-stone and erect the home
roof on a solid foundation that his children's
children may call him blessed and the country
rejoice in their patriotism.
The evil of the Chinese scourge IS upon u.
we the people of the Pacific coast feel il more
keenly than any other section Of the country
we have right to and do demand wise and
prompt action on this question. Homes
laborers and mechanics should not be forcee
into competition with these serfs who can ans
do live upon garbage and cheap food which i
neither palatablc or sufficient to sustain tn
white laborers. They are not Of our peopl
and do not affiliate with us and self preser
vation demands that they should be removed
from our land. That the wealth which the,
are sending from our shores to China be turnec
nto legitimate channels and that the golc
they send away may remain with us and b,
used by our own laborers to build and decorat
the homes Of our own people.
The Democratic party is essentially part,
of the people and for the people and work
for the good Of society and whenever occasion
demands a change in the organic laws is equa
to all emergencies. We have spoken in favo
Of submitting the pending constitutions
amendment TO prohibit the liquor traffic to
i, vote Of the people Of the state. Further thai
this the most ardent agitator cannot go; moth
ing beyond this can be demanded at this time
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