New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-22


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THE PLATFORM SuA ioak9SSA
Resolutions were &gg&$yT
adopted as follows: IN
The Democrats of u IN IN
Minnesota congratu- ! + A-klY
late the Taxpayers Ao-y
OF this state and the asS
the nation upon - nh
unanimous nomina- NJ NL'
ton and the as E'F'
sured election of Grover Cleveland as presi-
dent, and of Allen g. Thurman as vice presi-
dent OF the United States. The long public
record OF these nominees the rare courage
and ability shown by each of them in the
discharge of the official duties repeatedly en-
trusted to them, their indomitable antagon-
Ism to corrupt schemes of corporatemon
and partisan plumber, their conscientious
adherence to the principle that 'spublic office
Is public trust and their stalwart honesty
and fearless devotion to sound political
principles, IN spite of popular camor and
regardless of personal popularity, are the
best guarantees that theexecutiye administra-
ton of this government can be safely COM
mltted to their care The national Democ-
racy invites the country to no experiment
with untried men; it offers the tested fidelity
and craftsmanship of it's candidates as the
best argument for their election. No sus-
plcion of jobbery, timidity or official derelic-
t1on taints the administration of Grover
Cleveland 70 him we owe it that the great
question of the abolition of a superauous
revenue by reduction of the excessive
taxes upon necessaries is made the
prominent issue of this campaign This
issue as declared in the national Democratic
platform, meets our unqualified approval.
At the same time we reiterate the more adj
vanced principles set forth in the platform
a0Onto5 NV tha last noroo toto
Vention ass an explicit statement of that
policy of revenue reform which we believe
should be adopted gradually but as rapidly
as practicable until the entire system of tax
ing the many for the substituting of the few
shall be forever abandoned. We hope that
the slight reduction of AZ per cent in the
existing At per cent tariff as proposed by
the so-called Mills bill, will, when put into
practical operation, fully satisfy the people
that a greater and more thorough reductionin
thesame system oftaXation can safely bemade
with permanent benefit to ourindustrial inter
ests, to the work1ngmen employed therein,
and to all the people of our whole country
But it is not alone the field of national pol
itics that demands the attention of the voters
of Minnesota. The same influences thathave
created extravaganza, prohigacy and corrup-
ton in the national Republican party have
: worked out their inevitable results in the adj
ministration by that party of the affairs of
y
can party has held undisputed control of all
branches of the state government, resulting
in the rapid development in its legislation of
the Republican conception of government rs
the surest fountain of easily acquired
wealth. The complaints of the people
have been either unheeded or, under
the pretense of giving relief, have been met
with remedial laws which, through ignorance
or design, have but aggravated the evils
complained of, while the Legislature, domi-
mated by the party, has departed from the
legitimate functions of q state and has per-
verified its powers to unusual and unwise pur-
poses.
Grain Inspection-The farmers of the state
complained that they were suffering from the
extortions of the elevators; that these, by
perversion of the powers and duties of the
railroads, were, though built and owned by
the roads, given into the exclusive control of
individuals, who operated them in their own
interests, thus creating q monopoly of
grain buying with the usual eoncomitants
of such power in dockage of weight
and systematic undergrading of grain;
and that for this there was no relief aside
from the power of the state of which they APP
peal, ignoring, either through ignorance or
desire, the simple remedy of compelling roads
to resume and perform their properfunctions
as carriers of grain and in their exercise to
operate the elevators for the shippers of
grain as they operate their yards and ware
houses for the shippers of other commodities.
The only remedy a Republican legislature Of
fered was the present cumbrous and ineffi-
Gent grain inspector act, which, if
malevolent. They answered the appeal for
relief from a grinding monopoly by con-
tinuing the monopoly; for an open market
by one sealed by competition; and they armed
the farmer against the undergrading of his
grain by the remarkable provision for its in
spection at point hundreds OF miles from
and at a time days after the time he had
sold it to the local buyer. This masterpiece
oflegislative stupidity or deceit, not only
Injuries the class it assumes to protect, but
adds another to the usual uncertainties of
the market against which the local buyer
can only guard by diminishing the price. But
it takes annually from the treasury about
$50, 900 to feed the officers it creates.
House File 157-While under arbi
trary laws the state enforees the pay
ment of the last cent of tax levied upon the
property of the humblest citizen, a Republic
can legislature by that measure, notorious
as House File No. 1877 RENTED to rail-
road company, enriched by grant OF the
public domain, the taxes upon it's land evad-
ed by it for years, and amounted to about
ST. 900, 900, under the specious pretense of
Fan act to relieve settlers on these lands.
We offer this as q monumental example of
the kind of "protection" modern Republican,
ism affords to 8 tax-burdened people.
Multiplicity ofofices-succes Republican
legislatures have busted themselves in the dis
covery of. places in the civil service fthe state
in which officers could be planted and cultured.
Commission has followed commission. and
bureaus with large salaries appended have
been created, and each successive legislature
taxed its ingenuity to find place for needy
partisans until the charge lies against the
Republican party, which a century ago our
f1% I,.I +h,nSy~ 10
has erected multitude of new officers, and
sent hither swarm of officers to harass
our people and rat out their substance. !"
Extravaganza = 1t has greatly increased
the amount of taxes imposed upon our
people, and with lavish hands it has wan
tonly squandered the funds thus collected.