Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-08
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 Whle carefully guarding the interest of the taxpayers and conforming strictly. to the principles of justice and equality, it has paid out more fer pensions and bounties to the soldiers and sailors Of the republic than was ever paid before during an equal period.
 By intelligent management and a Judlcious and cc1nnate,u expenditure of the public mofey, 1t iis set Oil tcob the reconstruction of the American navy npon a system which forblds the recurrence of scandal and insures successful results. It has adopted and con- sistently pursued firm and prudent foreign policy, preserving peace with all nations while scrupulously maintaining all the rights and interests of our own government and people at home and abroad.
 The exclusion from our shores of Chinese laborers has been effectually secured under the provisions of treaty, the operation of which has been postponed by the action of Republican ma jority in the senate.
 Honest reform i'll 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 untiring and unselfsh administration of public affairs.
 In every branch and department of the government under Democratic control, the rights and the welfare of all the people have been guarded and defended; every pulp lie interest has been protected, and the equal ity 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 continuance to the people of the benefits of good government, the national Democracy invoke a renewal of the popular trust by the reelection of @ chief magistrate who has been faithful, able and prudent
 They invoke, ill addition to that trust, the transfer to the Democracy of the entire leg islative power.
 The Republican party controlling the senatd 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 n long peace, deny to the people equality be- fore the law and the fairness and the justice which are their right. Thus the cry of American labor for better share of the re- wards of industry is stifled with false pre-. tenses, enterprise is fettered and bound down to home markets, capital is disturbed with doubt, and unequal, unjust laws can never be properly amended nor repealed.
 The Democratic party will continue with all the power confided to it to struggle to re- form these laws in accordance with pledges of its last platform indorsed at the ballot box by the suffrages of the people.
 Of all the industrious freemen of our land an immense majority including every tiller of the soil, gain no advantage from exces- sive tax laws, but the price of nearly every thing they buy is increased by tho favoritis1n of an unequal system of tax legislation.
 All unnecessary taxation is unjust taxa tion. It is repugnant to the creed of Democ- racy that by such taxation the cost of the necessaries of life should be unjustly increased to all our people. Judged by Democratic principles, the interests of the people are be- trayed when, by unnecessary taxation, trusts and combines are permitted and fOstered which will unduly enrich the few that com bine to rob our citizens by depriving them of the benefit of natural competition. Every Democratic rule of governmental action is vitiated when through unnecessary ta xatiOn e vast sum of money beyond the needs of an economical administration is drawn from the people and the channels of trade and ac. cumulated as demoralizing surplus in the national treasury.
 The money now lying idle in the federal treasury, resulting from superfuous taxation, amounts to more than $125, ,OOO, 900, and the surplus collected is roaching the sum of more than $6O,O0O 900 annually. Debauched by this immense temptation, the remedy of the Republican party is to meet and exhaust 1t by extravagant taxation. The Democratic remedy is to enforce frugality in public ex- penditures and abolish unnecessary tax ation. Our established domestic industries and enterprises should not, and need not be endangered by reduction and cor rection of the burdens of taxation. On the contrary, a fair and careful revision of our tax laws, with due allowance for the differ ence between tho wages of American and foreign labor, must permit and encourage every branch of such industry and ell tsrprss an sa1ss ss'm and ssy and continuous operation in the interest oi American labor, which should in no event be neglected, the revision of our tax laws, con templated by the Democratic party is tc promote the advantage of such labor by cheapening the cost of the necessaries of life in the home of every workingman, and al the same time securing to him steady and l remunerative employment
 Upon this question of tariff reform, SC closely concerning every phase of our ma tional life, and upon every question involved in the problem of good government. the Democratic party submits it's principles and professions to the intelligent suffrages of the American people.
 While MT. Pettit was reading the report he was often interrupted by applause especi ally when he read the part relating to the in dorsement of the presidents message. The convention then rose as one man and cheeret wildly for several minutes.
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