Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-01

NtONttHueo yTOHt HHet puye)
arch enemy of popular government and pub
lie nuisance. 1t is the citadel of the forces that
corrupt politics promote poverty and crime
degrade the nations home life, thwart the
will of the people and deliver our country into
the hands of rapacious class interests All laws
that, under the guise of regulation, legalize and
protect this traffic, or make the government
share in its Ill gotten gains, are vicious in prin.
slple and powerless as a remedy. We declare
anew for the entire suppression of the manu-
facture, sale importation, expectation and
transportation of alcoholic liquors as a beyer-
age by federal and state legislation, and the
full powers of government should be cx-
erted to secu~e this result. No party that fails
to recognize the nature Of this issue in Amer
lean politics is deserving of the support Of the
people
No citizen should be denied the right to vote
on account Of sex and equal labor should re-
celVe equal wages without regard to Sex
The Money of tn, country consist of gold.
silver and paper should be issued
by the general government only, and in suf
hcoat quantity TO meet the demands OF bust
ness and give fun opportunity for tine employ
melIt OF labor To This end al increase in the
volume OF money is demanded. No individual
or corporation should b. allowed to make any
profit through its issue. II should be made a
legal tender for the payment of al debts, puA-
lie and private. Its volume should be fixed ut
a definite sum per capita and made 70 in,rca &c
In proportion.
Tariff should be levieI only rs q defense
against foreign governments which levy tariff
upon or bar our products from their markets,
revenue being incidental The residue Of
means necessary to an economical admiuistra-
llon OF the government should be rails d by
leYying the burden on what the people possess
instead of upon what We consume
RalIroE ds. lsEraDhs. AMI other public cor
poraticns should be controlled l,y the govern
ment IN the interest of the peoPle andno higher
eharSes allowed than necessary TO give fair in
terest on the capital actually invested.
Foreign nigration has become a burden upon
industry, one of the factors in depressing wages
ana causing discomfort; therefore our immi-
grafton laws should be revised and strictly en-
forced The time Of residence for naturaliza-
ton should be extended, and no naturali~ed
person should be allowed to vote until one year
after he becomes a cit zen No resident aliens
should be allowed to acquire land in this coun-
try, and we favor the limitation of individual
ana corporate ownership of land all unearrad
grants OF lands to. railroads or other corpora
tons should be reclaimed
Years of inaction and treachery on the part
OF the Republican and Democratic parties have
resulted in the present reign of mob law, and
we demand that every citizen be protected IN
the right of TT al by constitutional tribunals
All men should be protected by law in their
right TO one day of rest Il seven.
Arbitration : the wisest and most econom-
ical and humane method of settling national
differences.
Speculatons in margins, the cornering of
grain, money and products, ami the formation
OF pools trusts and combinations Tor the arbi-
trary advancement of prices should be sup
pressed.
We arraign the Republican and Democratic
parties as false to the standards reared by their
founders, faithless to the principles of the
1lustrious leaders of the past to whom they
do homage with the lips. as recreant to the
higher law which is as inhexible in political
affairs as in personal life, and Is no longer en-
bodying the aspirations Of the American peo-
pie or inviting the confidence OF enlightened,
progressive patriotism. Their protest against
the admission of moral issues into politics is
a confession of their own moral degeueracy.
The declaration of an eminent authority that
municipal ms.ule is the one conspicuous fail
ure of American politics, follows as a natural
consequence Of such degcneracy. and is true
alike Of cities under Republican and Democrat
&c control
Each accuses the other of extravaganza in
congressional appropriations and both are
alike guilty Each protests when out Of poTer
against infractiOn of the civil service laws and
each when in power violates those laws in let
ter and spirit. Each processes fealty to tho
interests Of the toiling masses, but both covert
ly tpckle to the money power in the admins
tration Of public affairs Even the tariff issue
as represented in the Democratic Mills BIN and
lhe Republican NJ Kinley bill is no longer
troated b. them an issue between great and
oVergent principles OF government but is IA
n. catering TO different sectional and class
in'.rnsts.
4,s attempt in many states to wrcst the Au-
strdi.n ballot system from its true pu1pOso
ana u o deform it as to render it extremely
dlihcN.. for new parties to exercise the rights
Oh sun o Is an outrage upon popular govern
ment' Ire competition OF both these rarties
Tor the vote of the slums and their assiduoIls
courtinE she liquor powe. aud sabsert-icncy
10 the p. power has resulted in placing
tho7- pow. n til pOs;ti j. of practical al.liiel
Oh 'As A'N-. 20. the nation. We renew our
pro. e5' a'a these parilDIs tendencies and
invite an 'l.. to join us in the uuhuil1 .pe Of
party that shown in five national cam
paigns that i- afcrs Temporary defeat T., an
apanc illne2t s rhn claims of Justice eglr7af,-
personal rights md the protection Of Anne lean
homes.
We pledge Cha. the Prohibition pqriv II
elected to power, VIII ever grant Just ne lsions
to disabled veteran of the Union army and
navy, their widows and orphans
We stand unequiTo.aly Cor the American
public school and opposed to any apDronrio
tons OF public money Tor sectarian sobooJs
We believe that only br united s1nno,.t ~
such common schools taught in the Engli h
language can we hope to bee me and remain a
homogeneous and harmonious people.
Recognizing and declaring that prohibition
of the liquor traffic has become the dominant
issue in national politics, we invite to fuII nv.
ty fellowship all those who on this ono dom
inant ISSUE are with us agreed in tho full belief
that this party can and will remove sectional
differences, promote national unity and insure
the best welfare of our entire land
CERTAIN GRESHAM WILL Rim.