The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-28

denim the proposition of the democratic
party to put wool on the free list, and we
insist that the duties thereon shall be
adjusted and maintained, so as to furnish
full and adequate protection to that
industry. The republican party would
effect all needed reduction of the national
revenue by repeating taxes on to-
bacco, which are an annoyance
and a burden to agriculture.
and the tax upon spirits used in arts and
for mechanical purposes, and by such
revision of the tariff laws as will tend TO
check the imports of such articles as are
produced by our people, the production
of which gives employment to our labor
and release from import duties those ar
ticles of foreign production, except lux
urles, the like of which cannot be pro-
duced at home. If there shall still re-
main larger revenue than is requisite
for the wants of the government, we favor
the entire repeal of internal taxes rather
than the surrender of any part of our pro-
tective system as the joint behest of the
whisky trust and agents of foreign manu-
factures.
We declare our hostility to the intro
duction into this country of foreign
contract labor and Chinese labor
as opposed to our civilization and our
onstitution, and we demand the rigid en-
forcement of existing laws against it, and
favor such immediate legislation as will
exclude such labor from our shores.
We declare our opposition to all COM
binations of capital organized in trusts,
or otherwise, to control arbitrarily the
condition of trade among our citizens,
and we recommend to congress and the
state legislatures in their respective juris-
dictions such legislation as will prevent
the execution of all schemes to oppress
the people by undue charges on their
supplies, or by unjust rates for transpor-
tation of their products to their market.
We approve legislation by congress to
prevent alike unjust burdens and unfair
Determinations between states.
We reaffirm the policy of appropriating
the public lands of the United States to
be homesteads for American citizens and
settlers, not aliens, which the republican
party established in 1862 against the pei
sistent opposition of the democrats in
congress, and which has brought our great
western domain to such magnificent de-
velopment. The restoration of unearned
railroad land grants to the public domain
for use of actual settlers, which was begun
under the administration of President
Arthur, should be continued. We deny
that the democratic party has ever re-
stored one acre to the people, but declare
that, by the joint action OF
republicans and democrats, about
50,000,000 of acres of unearned
lands originally granted for the construc-
tion of RAILROADS have been restored to
the public domain in pursuance of condi-
tions inserted by the republican party in
the original grants. We charge tine dem
ooratic administration with failure to
execute the laws securing to settlers title
to their homesteads and with using appro
priations made fcf fthat purpose to harass
innocent settlers with spies and prosecu-
tions under the false pretence of ez posing
frauds and vindicating the law.
The government by congress of the ter
ritories is based upon me-
cessity only to the end that
they may become states in TIE union.
Therefore, when the condition of popula-
tion, material resources, public iDtelii-
gence and morality are such as TO insure
stable local government therein, the peo
pie of such territories should be permit
ted as a right inherent to form for them
selves constitutions and state govern
ments, and be admitted into the union
pending preparation for statehood; all
officers thereof should be selected from
bona fide residents and citizens OF tho
territory wherein they are to serve. South
Dakota should, of right, be immediately
admitted as state. in the union, under
the constitution framed and adopted by
her people, and we heartily endorse
tie sotiOn of republican senate in twice
passing bills for her admission. The
refusal of democratic house of represent
atives, for partisan purposes, to favor
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