The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-01

| olutionary policy was emphatical condemned
by the people at the polls, but In contempt OF
that verdict the republican party has defiantly
| declared in its latest authoritative utterance
that its success in the coming elections will
mean the enactment of the force bill and the
| usurpation OF despotie control over elections in
all the states. Believing that the preservation
| OF republican government in the United States
is dependent upon the defeat of this policy
OF legalized force and fraud. we invite the sup
port Of all citizens who desire 10 see the consti
| tuition maintained in its integrity with the
| laws pursuant thereto, which have given
our country 100 years OF unexampled
prosperity; and we pledge the democratic party.
If 1t be entrusted with power, not only TO the
defeat OF the force bill, but also to relentless
opposition TO the republican policy of profligate
expenditure which, in the short space OF two
years, has squandered an enormous surplus
and emptied an overfiowing treasury, after
| piling new burdens of taxation upon the already
| overtaXed labor Of the country.
| Sec. We denounce republican protection as
q fraud The labor of the great majority Of the
| American people for the benefit of the few. We
declare it to be fundamental principle of the
democratic party that the federal government
| has no constitutional power to impose and col
lect tariff duties, except for the purpose Of rev.
| enue only and we demand that the collection of
| such taxes shall be limited to the necessities OF
| the government when honestly and economic
| ally administered.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law enacted
| by the Fifty-frst congress as the eliminating
| atrocity OF class legislation: we indorse
| the efforts made by the democrats OF the pres
ent congress to modify its most oppres-
| sive features in the direction OF free raw mate
/ rials and cheaper manufactured goods that en-
| ter into general consumption: and we promise
its repeal as one Of the beneHcent results that
will follow the action of the people in entrust-
| ing power TO the democratic party Since the
| Mckinley tariff went into operation there have
| been ten reductions of the wages of labOring
| men to one increase We deny that there has
| been any increase Of prosperity to the country
| since that tariff went into operation; third,
we point TO the dullness and dis
tress with wage reductions and strikes
| in the iron trade as the best possible
evidence that no such prosperity has resulted
from the Mckinley act We call the attention
OF thoughtful Americans to the fact that after
thirty years OF restrictive tariff against the i'm
portation Of foreign wealth in exchange for our
agricultural surplus the homes and farms of
the country have become burdened with a
real estate mortgage debt of over 2, 2,5OO.-
OO000 exclusive Of all other forms Of
Indebtedness: that in one of the chief agri-
cultural states OF the west there appears real
estate mortgage debt averaging S165 per
capita Of the total population, and that similar
conditions and tendencies are shown TO exist
j
denounce policy which fosters no industry so
much as II does that of the sheriff.
Sec. Trade interchange on the basis OF re-
ciprocal advantages to the countries participat-
ing is time honored doctrine OF the democratic
faith. but we denounce the sham reciprocity
which tuggles with the peoples desire for en-
larged foreign markets and freer exchange by
pretending TO establish closer trade relations for
a country whose articles OF export are almost ex-
clusively agricultural products with other coun
tries that are also agricultural, while erecting
custom house barrier of prohibitive tariff
taxes against the richest countries OF the
world, that stand ready 10 take our entire sur
plus OF products and to exchange therefor COM
modities which are necessaries and comforts Of
life emong our own people.
Sec We recognize in the trusts and
combinations which are designed to
enable capital to secure more than its
just share OF the joint product of capi-
tai and labor q natural consequence
of the prohibitive taxes which prevent the free
competition which is the life Of honest trade:
but we believe their worst evils can be abated
by law and we demand the rigid enforcement of
the laws made TO prevent and control them to-
gether with such further legislation in restraint
Of the abuses as experience may show to be nee
essary.
Sec The republican party, while protesting
policy of reserving the public land for small
peoples heritage till now q few railroad
and nonresident aliens, individual and cor
porate, possess larger area than that
of all our farms between the two seas
The last democratic administration reversed
the improvident and unwise policy of
the republican party touching the public do
main, and reclaimed from corporations and
syndicates, alien and domestic and restored to
the people nearly l00,OO0,O)0 acres OF valuable
land to be sacredly held as homesteads for our
citizens. and we pledge ourselves to continue
this policy until every acre of land so unlaw
fully held shall be reclaimed and restored TO
the people.
Sec. :. We denounce the republican leCisla
tion known as the Sherman act of 1880 as cow
ardly malSeshift, fraught with possibilities OF
danger in the future which should make all of
its supporters as well as its author anxious for
its speedy repeal. We hold TO the use OF both
gold and silver as the standard money Of the
country and to the coinage OF both gold and sill
yer without discriminating against either
metal or charge for mintage. but the dol |
lar unit OF coinage of both metals must be
of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value or be |
adjusted through international agreement or |
by such safeguards of legislation as shall in |
sure the maintenance of the parity OF the two |
metals and the equal power of every dollar at |
all times in the markets and in the payment of |
debts: and we demand that all paper currency |
shall be kept at pa with and redeemable in |
such coin We insist upon this policy as e5-
peciallY necessary for the protection of the |
farmers and laboring classes, the first and most |
defenselesS victims of unstable money and a |
fiuctuating currency
Sec S. We recommend that the prohibitory /
10 per cent tax on state bank issues be re-
pealed.
Sec 9. Public office is public trust We |
reafirm the declaration of the democratic ma
tional convention of 1873 for the reform of the
civil service and we call for the honest enforce
ment Of all laws regulating the same. The nom
ination of president as in the recent repub-
lican convention by delegates composed large
Is Of his appointees. holding office at his pleas
ure, is q scandalous satire upon free popular
institutions and a striking illustration OF the
methods by which president may crafty his
ambition We denounce a policy under which
federal offceholders usurp control OF party
in the states. and we pledge the
democratic party TO the reform of these and all
other abuses which threaten liberty and local
Sec. Il. The democratic party is the only
party that has ever given The country foreign
policy consistent and vigorous. compelling re-
spect abroad and inspiring confidence at home.
While avoiding entanyling alliances it has aimed
to cultivate friendly relations with other nations
and especially with our neishboTs on the Amer
lean continent, whose destiny is closely linked
with our own. and we view with alarm the ten
iency 10 policy Of irritation and bluster which
is liable at any time 10 confront US with the
alternative Of humiliation or war. We favor
the maintenance OF navy strong enough for
ln purposes Of defense and TO properly main
tain the honor and dignity OF the country
abroad
Sec. II. This country has always been the
refuge Of the oppressed from every lard-exiles
for conscience-acd in the spirit OF the found
Frs Of our government. we condemn the oppres-
sion practiced by the Russian government upon
It's Austrian ard Jewish subjects and we call
upon our national government in the
interest Of justice and humanity, by all
ust and proper means, to use its