The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-31

very EfLtluH OF EL4G GDlsEi[l-NluA- must -a
strictsd
me democratic party IS therefore and ever
has been the constitutional party OF this
country and it's opponents whether federal
ISIS. Whig, knoWnOthings republican or what
not. have been and are now the enemies OF
these Statutory restraints and sound cOnsti-
tutiOuaI principles, the maintenance OF
which Is necessary TO the protection Of the
individual against usurpations corruption
eXtraVagsnces RIGHTEOUSNESS and criminal
Ity OF those in authority Through all the
past in every free government the question
has been and thrOughOut the future what
measure or poWer dare we IntFusE TO those
ia authority.
Back of every question OF what it is wise
20 do lies the question what il is safe TO in
trust the Official to do.
Questions of jurisdiction and power are
primary in their nature and in the very
the wisdom Of policies In themselves
party therefore like the democratic
party which has clear and defined views re-
spectinR the nature, doctrine and powers OF
government must be permanent party and
will endure As long as the people have sum-
cient Intelligence to appreciate the primary
Importance of strictly limiting govern
mental power.
The democratic party stands for indIvId-
ualism against INSTRUMENTATION or the scat
tered and segregated individuals who con-
stitute the great mass of society against
COZ pOratiOns and all manner Of concentrated
forces by which the united energies OF the
many are nodded by the few.
1t believes in the freedom OF each indiVid-
ual so long as it results in no possible or pal
pabIe wrong to another; it believes that each
1nuiVlQuHE Is emtlLleQ 10 tnat large liberty
which he may enjoy Without denying to
another equal liberty. 1t realizes that mod
ern progress has brought as face 20 face
with new conditions and problems that i'm
peratively demand solution, but it is not
prepared TO assent to the proposition that
the solution of these problems involves the
shutting of our eyes to the admOnitiOns of
history. We believe in abOliShing the in
EQUITIES of class Legislation in tariff taxation,
thereby adjusting the burdens OF the gov
eminent equitably upon ALI
We believe in the return to that fiscal pol
icy which Is clearly warranted and tndtsput-
ably contemplated by the constitution, and
which was practiced by this government
from its foundation until 1873 at which time
e was suspended by the republican party to
satisfy its masters in Wall street. We be-
lieve in the abolition of the national bank
ing system ana its attendant evils, and in a
wise and wholesome control of the trans
pOrtation system of the country.
To those who say that the governments
should loan money TO all we commend the
maxim or the tathers-''That the govern
ment must not become 4 banker" and We
remind them of their own Oft-Fepeated NAL
edictiOns 'heaped upon the national
banks -
To those who say that the government
cannot control tine railroads without own
that the railroads are beyond control exhib-
its them in the form of such mOnstrOus
power that the very thought OF their eXer-
else by official authority Is app llltn2, while
to purchase and pay for them would bank
rupt the nation.
We therefore recommend legislation with
a view to control the railroads of the cOun-
try in the interest of the people, whose
chartered servants they are, and we believe
there is sufficient virtue and Intelligence in
the people to accomplish tails desirable
end
To those vino would have the government
become q purchaser of the products of the
land We say such a course is In PLAIN viola
ton of the constitution and if followed
would result in government control OF the
whole substance of the land and in doing
ont the necessaries of life to the people by
OfiiciaI dispensatiOn. 1t is decentralization,
of which not even the down trodden ana
half crazed communists of the world have
permitted themseIve s to dream.