Morris tribune., 1888-08-22
THE PLATFORM.

Clevsiand and the Mills Bill Endorsed---
b Rspublicsn State omesrs Scored.
The Democrats of Minnesota congrat-
u1ate the taxpayers Of this state and the
nation upon the unanimous nomination
and the assured election of Grover Cleve-
land as president, and Of Allen G. Thur
man as vice president Of the United
States. The national Democracy invites
the country to no experiment with un-
tried men; 1t offers the tested fidelity
and craftsmanship Of its candidates as
the best argument for their election.
No suspicion Of jobbery, timidity or
official derelietion tAints the ad-
ministration Of Grover Cleveland.
10 him we owe 1t that the great ques-
tion Of the abolition of q superf1uous rev.
enue bya reduction OF the excessive
taxes upon necessaries Is made the prom
insnt issue of this campaign. This issue,
a. declared In the national Democratic
platform, meets our unqualified ap-
prevail. At the same time we reiterate
the more advanced principles set forth in
the platform adopted by the last Demo-
cratic state convention as an explicit
statement OF that policy Of rev.
enue reform which we believe
should be adopted gradually, but as
rapidly as practicable, until the
entire system Of taxing the many for the
subsidizing Of the few shall be forever
abandoned. We hope that the slight re-
duction Of ~ per cent in the existing AZ
per cent tariff, as provided by the so
called Mills bill, win, when put into
practical operation, fully satisfy the peo-
pie that o greater and more thorough re-
duction I'm the same system OF taxation
can safely be made.
The same influences that have created
extravaganza, profigacy and corruption
In the national Republican party have
worked out their inevitable results in
the administration by that party of the
affairs of this state. For years past the
Republican party has held undisputed
control Of all branches Of the state gov
ernment, resulting in the rapid de-
publican conception Of government az
the surest fountain of easily acquired
wealth. The complaints of the people
have been either urheeded or, under the
pretellse Of giving relief, have been met
with remedial laws which, through ig-
noranca or design, have but aggravated
the syils complained Of.
r Grain Inspection farmers Of the
state complained that they were suffer
ing from the cxtortions Of the elevators;
that these, by perversion Of the pow
ers and duties Of the railroads, were
though built and owned by the roads,
given into the exclusive control Of indi.
i viduals, who operated them in their OWE
interests, thus creating monopoly o1
grain buying with the usual concomit
ants Of such power In dockage Of weight
and systematic undergrading of grain
The only remedy Republican legisla
ture offered was the present cumbroul
and inefficient grain inspector act, which
IL honest is stupid, and IL not Is malevo
TENT. It takes annually from the treas
ury about $50, 900 to feed the officers 4
i creates.
House File 157-- While under arbitrar,
laws the state enforcss the payment d
the last cent Of tax levied upon the prop
erty of the humblest citizen, q Republi
can Legislature by that measure, I1oto
rious % s'House File No. 157, |" remittet
to railroad company. enriched by |
sEgrant of the public domain, the take
i upon It's land evaded by it for years, ami
amounted to about q, ,0OO, 900, under th
epecfous pretense Of ian act to reliey
ssttlsrs'' on these lands.
Multiplicity Of of1ees- Successive Re