Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-04-09

tiles are practically DISTINGUISHED by in
timdation, by frauds upon the ballot box
and false returns. Thus is the Constitu
ton nulIitied. The present Democratic
ascendency in the House of Representa-
tives and the Executive branch of the
Government is Il usurpation. Never he
fore, except by hostile armies, had pop
ular government been so seriously i'm
periltd. We know but one remedy and
that is a restoration tn power of the par
| ty which saved the Union and established
the equality of all meu before the law,
and which alone has shown a purpose to
obey and enforce the Constitution and
see that it protects the civil and politi-
cal rights OF every man beneath the flag.
Second-All revenue laws require occa-
| SiOnal revision to adapt them to the
changing circumstances OF the country,
but we believe in protecting American
markets for American citizens. The
! Democratic President and the dominant
faction of his party propose to repeal
much external taxation which serves to
exclude foreign productions. We favor
such taxation OF any sort as will yield
only the revenue that the general well
| fare" requires. and since the revenue is
| often Increased by reductions in duties,
we favor such IA tariff as will obviate a
| large surplus in the treasury and protect
| our producers and artisans from serious
| competition here with the productions
of foreign capital and degraded labor.
Third-The guiding principle of our
/ relations with other countries should be
| peace, with honor and the means of
preserving both. Under this we should
| find the best markets for our surplus
| productions; build up IA merchant marine:
control for the credit and protection OF
American Republics the most feasible
canal route between the oceans and
treat for our fishermen without a surren-
der of dignity or essential rights.
FourLh-The policy of civil service re-
form, as inau2urated ny the Republican
party, should be honestly executed and
gradually extended, considering PreS-
dent Cievtand's brave PROMISES by
which he dlew from the Rtpu blicans Il
small but sufficient vote; that policy has
sadly fallen into disaster and disgrace
under his administration. BY the con-
fession of his friends, he has permitted
it to become farce in Maryland and In
diana it has been totally overthrow by
his officials i'll Vermont: aud by his par
W III Massachusetts it has been aban-
doned and denounced. He has remained
silent, while his appointees deserted
their official duties, and by means of per-
niciouS activity and election frauds con-
ferrtd some OF the offices of large city
upon convicted criminals; and in another
city he leut influence, his name ami pat
ronaSe, in violation of his earlier pro-
feosions to the election of Il man who
was opposed for good reasons by nearly
all the friends of honesty and reform
Recognizing, as we do, that in reformed
civil service there will he and should be
ii fair distribution of offices between the
adheranLs OF each party, not as spOils
but tile most efftctual way of pre-
venting an unSeemly scramble, we insist
that There should be Il rectitication of the
Migrant abuses by which so many com
potent and worthy officials have been
turned out to make room for men who
were once described by the President
himself, as besleging, importunAte, tn
muiLuous and discontinued, land whose
appointment greatly impaired the public
service"
Flfth-Mindful of the power for good
or evil of great corporations and the
enormous aggregation of capital in the
form of trusts, we favor such extension
OF the policy of public relations of the
combination may render advisable, and
which is already in successful operation
in respect to railroads.
SixIh-Considering the rapid accum-
ulation of surplus in the treasury and
CONSEQUENT embarrassment to business
by the contraction of the currency, re-
sulting from the failure of the Executive
to carry out the law of Congress author
izing the purchase of bonds, which is
but one OF many instances of partisan
perversity. we insist that the laws should
be enforced according to the intention
OF Congress, and not according to the
will or caprice of the Executive.
Seventh-rhe Republican party will
never cease to be grateful to the soldiers
aud sailors who saved our country.
Those who survive have reached Il period
of life when the effects of hardships are
rapidly impar!ng their earning capacity
and shortening their lives. We favor
generous provision for their comfort by
the way OF pensions and soldiers homes:
such discharge of just obligation will
make the people no poorer, for The mon
ey will go to the people, and we shall
not forget the presence of these veterans
among US during the last twenty years
years engaged in productive industry,
but understanding that the war has great
ly promoted that prosperity and abSo-
Iutely preserved the peace of the coun
try, thus saving the expense of large
standing army.
EighLh-SLill believing this country to
be an asylum for the oppressed of other
lands, with whose struggles for freedom
that the foreign contract labor law
should be so amended as to permit the
engagement abroad of clergymen, pro
fes>OrS or skilled artisans, we yet opp0Sr
Immigration of masses of people of th' Sc
naIionalLieS which do not readily aSSim-
late with our own, of eXpatriated pau
pers of any race, and criminals, Anarch
lists, polySamyists aud other enemies oil
social order.
Nit,fh oAn iS th.l
chief corner stone of free Government
and the nation, by its great acts OF
emancipation and enfranchiSement brot'
into the electorate large numbers OF men
who are illiterate we consider 1T the duty
and interest of the general Government
to provide means, to some extent, at
least, for the education of these men anu
| their children, so far as it can be done
without invading the rights of the states
Tenth.-True to its impulses, history
| and traditions of liberty, equality and
progress, the Republican party in Yer
mont will welcome women to- equal par
| ticIpation in the Government whenever
hey give an earnest of their desire for
acknowledgements in sufficient numbers to
| indicate its practical success.
| Eleventh After thrty-fve years of
| the liquor traffic in Vermont, and not
| withSianding many infractiOnS of the
| law, we HdN6 IL new HUu TEMPERATE gen
| GRAFTON, which teStiteS to the general
| efficacy of this method of managing
| g eat evil. We ecommrnd such amend
| mentS as recent decisions of the supreme
| court of the United States may render
| desirable. We look upon the saloon as
| an unmixed social evil and political ma
| chine, and we believe the friends OF teIh-
| perance should work together politically
| for the most restrictive measures and
| their enforcement.
| Twelfth-The Importance of selecting
| the best possible candidate for public
| offices is obvious, but among many good
| men it is less important who is President
| than it is which party is in power. We
| invite the people to study the records,
| compositions and tendencies of parties
and subordinate personal preferences
| aud grievances, even for union of all
| forces, whatever their present alliances
| or past differences which favor freedom,
| protection, non political civil service,
| national dignity and enterprise, over
| throw sectionalism, a patriotic and eco
nomical administration and the social
| aud moral progress OF the people By
this sign and under the Republican ban
| ner we expect to conquer.