Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-02

FWe denouuce the silver bill, So
called, recently enacted, as an ignomini-
GUS surrender to the money power. 1t
| perpetuates the demonstration OF silver
and the single gold standard, whereas
the interests of the people require the
complete reconciliation of silver and Its
restoration 70 perfect equality with gold
in our coinage. We demand the free
| and unrestricted coinage of silver upon
the basis existing prior to 1878.
eve ars in favor, as we always have
been, of q just and liberal pension sys-
tenn. We denounce the Republican
party for making pledges to the veterans
in 1888 which have not been redeemed
and were not intended TO be redeemed,
and we warn the soldiers against further
attempts at deception from the same
quarter.
awe are rejoiced at the evidences of
an awakening of the farmers of the
country to the necessity for organized
efforts TO better their own condition and
protect themselves against unjust legis-
tion and oppressive administration. We
invite attention to the fact that the farm
ers are demanding in substance the same
measures of relief which the Democratic
party has been advocating for years but
has not had the power to enact, and that
the surest and speediest way of obtaining
this relief is to restore the Democracy to
power in every department of the gov
eminent
"We demand legislation prohibiting
aliens from acquiring land in America
and for the forfeiture of titles to the co.
742 200 acres of our public lands now
held by them.
eve favor the election of United
States senators By the people.
awe indorse most heartily the legis-
lation of the general assembly of 1883.
We applaud the election reform laws and
pledge ourselves TO their support and full
enforcement. We applaud the school
text book laws, by which the people are
given school books at one half the for
mer price. We favor suoh additional
legislation as will give full effect to the
objects of this act, and will extend it's
scope as far as practicable. We pledge
ourselves to resist every attempt of the
school book trust to regain its old control
over our township trustees and county
superintendent, and favor simplifioa-
ton of the several laws in regard to the
public school system.
THE FRIEND OF THE FARMER.
''We applaud the bill for county
farmers institutes, and pledge ourselves
to countenence and extend that valua-
BILE means of universal instruction in
agricultural science.
ave applaud the state board of chart
ties law and commend the excellent
work done by that board in improving
the condition and methods of our benevo-
lent reformatory institutions. The Gre
alton of our splendid system of public
charities, and their honest and efficient
management, constitutes one of the
strongest titles of the Indiana Democracy
to popular confidence and support.
1--WE applaud the law for funding the
school debt by which the state is sayed
annually Sl20 900 in interest, and nearly
81 900, 600 has been distributed to the
counties to be loaned to the people at
per cent. interest.
"We denounce the conspiracy of GER
tain Republican state officials and news
papers to destroy the states credit for
partisan purposes by disseminating false
statements as TO her financial condition
and resources. Indiana is not bankrupt.
Her taxes are low and her debt is not OPP
pressive. and for every dollar of lt she
has more than value received in the
great public institutional fact which
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tegrity, economy and efficiency.
''The state debt obligations should not
be hawked over the country, but should
be made popular domestic security, is
sued direct to the people of the state in
bonds of small denominations, drawing
low rate OF interest and non-taxable,
that the interest paid may remain at
home and the securities may be safe in
vestment tor trust funds and the peo-
ple's savings.
owe demand the adoption of q sys-
tenn equalizing the system of appraise-
ment of real and personal property in this
state, to the end that an equal and proper
uniformity in such assessments shall be
secured, for the reason that under ex-
isting regulations many counties are
compelled to pay an unjust proportion of
the states expenses, which others as
unjustIy escape.
"We applaud the eight-hour, law
the law TO prevent blacklist
ing the law prohibiting pluck
me- stores, the law, prevent
ing the importation of Pinkerton detec-
tives and the repeal of the Rspubl Icsn
intimidation law of 1881 as manifesto
tions of the steadfast friendship of the
Democratic party TO the worklngmaD.
We point to these laws as evidence that
our friendship to American labor is not
confined to words alone.
PINKERToN' PRIVATE ARMY DENOUNCED. !
"We denounce the employment or the |
Pinkertons by Il railroad corporation in |
New York in the pending contest with its
employees, and hold it to be the duty of |
state and local officials everywhere to |
prevent such an usurpation by capital of |
the police powers of the state. We are |
in favor of arbitration as the only just as |
and fair method of settling labor contro-
and we demand OF the next leg |
islature the passage of a law creating q |
permanent tribunal of arbitration for |
that purpose. We insist that labor has
good right to organize in self-prote ction
as capital, and that labor organizations
should be placed on a perfect equality
before the law with organizations of cap
ital, known af corporations.
''We favor the just and equitable ap-
of the school revenue of the
state.
''We favor the total abandonment of
the system of fees and perquisites in the
payment of state and county officers, and
we demand the enactment of q law by
the next legislature fixing fair salaries
for all public officials, the same to go into
effect as soon as practicable.