St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-08

While carefully guarding the interest
to the principles of justice and equity,
ii has paid out more for
PENSIONS AND BoUNTIES
to the soldiers and sailors of the Re-
public, than was ever paid before dur
ing an equal period.
1t has adopted and consistently pur-
sued firm and prudent foreign policy,
preserving peace with all nations, while
scrupulOusly maintaining all the rights
and interests of our own governments
and people at home and abroad.
The exclusion from our shores of
Chinese laborers, has been etfectually
secured under the provision of treaty,
the operation of which has been post
pOned by the action of Republican
majority in the senate.
Honest reform in the civil service has
been inaugurated and maintained by
President Cleveland, and he has brought
the public service to the
HIGHEST STANDARD OF EFFICIENCY,
not only by rule and precept. but by
the example of his own untirlng and
unseliSh administration of public af
fairs.
In every branch and department of
the government under Democratic con-
troll, the rights and the welfare of all
the people have been guarded and de-
Tended; every public interest has been
protected, and the equality of all our
citizens before the law without regard
to race or color, has been SteadfaStly
maintained.
Upon its record, thus exhibited and
upon the pledge of a continuance to the
people of the benefits of Democracy, it
asks
RENEWAL OF POPULAR TRUST
pIprtIDn nf q
who has been faithful, able and pru-
dent. TO invoke in addition to that
trust by the transfer also to the DEM
ocracy of the entire legislative power.
The Republican party controlling the
senate and resisting in both houses of
congress a reformation of unjust and
unequal tax laws, which have Outlasted
the necessities Of war and are now
undermining the abundance of a long
peace,
DENY TO THE PEOPLE
equality before the law and the fairness
and justice which are their right. Then
the cry of American labor for better
share in the rewards of industry is
stit1ed with false pretenseS, enterprise
is fettered and bound down to home
markets. capital is discouraged with
doubt, and unequal, unjust laws can
neither be properly amended or re-
pealed.
The Democratic party will continue
with all the power cOntided to it the
struggle to reform these laws, in ac-
cOrdance with the pledges of its last
platform, indOrSed at the ballOt-boX by
the suffrages of the people. Of all the
industrious freemen of our land, the i'm
menSe majority, including
EVERY TILLER OF THE SOIL,
gain no advantage from excessive tax
laws. but the price of nearly everything
they buy is increased by the favOritism
of an unequal system of tax legislation.
All unnecessary taxation is unjust tax
alton.
1t is repugnant to the creed of Democ-
racy that by such taxation the cost of
the necessaries of life should be un-
justifiably increased to all our people.
Judged by Democratic principles the
interests of the people are betrayed
when, by unnecessary taxation. trusts
and combinations are permitted to eX-
iSt, which while unduly
ENRICHING THE FEW
that combine, rob the body of our clti-
Zens by depriving them of the benefits
of natural competition. Every Demo
crat rule of governmental action is viO-
| lated when, through unnecessary taxa
| ton, a vast sum OF money, far beyond
| ton is drawn from the people and the
channels of trade and accumulated as a
| demoraliZing surplus in the national
| treasury. The money now lying idle in
the federal treasury, resulting from SUI
| pertiuOuS taxation, amounts to more
| than s125,000,000 and the surplus col
| lected is reaching the sum of more than
| 0,0O0,000 annually. Debauched by
this immense temptation, the remedy of
the Republican party is to meet and ex-
| haust by eXtravagant appropriations
and expenses, whether constitutional or
not, the accumulation of eXtravagant
taxation. The Democratic policy is
TO ENFORCE FRUGALITY
| in public expense and abolish unneceS-
sary taxation. Our established domeS
| tic industries and enterprises should
| not, and need not be endangered by the
reduction, and correction of the burdens
of taxation. On the contrary, fair and
! careful revision of our tax laws, with
due allowance for the difference be-
tween the wages of American and for
| eign labor, must promote and encOur-
age every branch of such industries by
| giving them assurance of an extended
market and steady and continuous Op-
erations. In the interests of American
labor, which should in no event be neg
| lccted. the
REVISION OF OUR TAX LAWS,
contemplated by the Democratic party
should promote the advantage of such
labor, by cheapening the cost of neces-
saries of life in the home of every work
ing man, and at the same time securing
to him steady and remunerative EN-
| plOyment.
Upon this question of tariff reform, so
| closely concerning every phase of our
|
involved in the problem of good govern
ment, the Democratic party submits its
principles and professions to the intelli-
gent suffrages of the American people