The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-06-30

electoral rights OF the people III the
several states, the subjugatlon OF
the colored people to the control OF
the party in over, and the revlvln g
of race antagonism now happily aoat-
ed of the utmost permit to the safety
and happiness of all measure dellber-
ately and Justly described by leading
Republican senator's "as the most IN
flmous bill that ever crossed the
threshold of the senate" Such policy,
if sanctioned by law, would mean the
dominance of a self. perpetuating obll-
garchy of office holders, and the party
first entrusted with its machinery
could be dislocated from power only.
by an appeal to the reserved rights OF
the people to resist oppression which
is inherent in all sell
governing communities. Two years
ago this revolutionary policy was en-
phatically condemned by the people
at the polls, but in contempt of that
verdict the Republican party has de-
family declared in its latest authorl-
tative utterances that its success in
the coming elections will mean the
enactment of a force bill and the
usurpation of despotic control over
III ull bllO SIulCos ipSAAS' LIB
in the preservation of republican
government in the United States de.
pendent upon the defeat of legalized
force and fraud, we invite the support
of all citizens who desire to see the
constitution maintained in its in
;egrity with laws pursuant there
to which have given our country
hundred years of uueXampled
prosperity and we pledge the Demo-
cratic party if it be entrusted with
power, not only to defeat a force DILL
but also to relentlessly oppose the
Republican policy of profligate expen-
diture which in the short space of two
years squandered the enormous sur
plus and emptied an OVERLOOKING
treasury after piling new burdens OF
taxation upon the already overtaXed
labor of the country.
Sec. 3. We reiterate the oft repeated
doctrines of the Democratic party,
that the necessity of the government
is the only justification for taxation
and whenever tax is unnecessary it
is unjustified; that when a
custom house taxation is levied
upon acticles of any kind produced in
this country the difference between
the cost of labor here and abroad,
when such difference exists, fully
measures any possible benefits to
labor and the enormous additional inn
positions of the existing tariff fall
with crushing force upon our farmers
and working men and for the mere
advantage of few whom it enriches
exact from labor a grossly unjust
~ nf t,,n
ment; and we demand such revi S on
of the tariff laws as will re-
move their Ubiquitous inequali-
ties, tighten their oppression and
put them on constitutional
and equitable basis. But in making
reductions in taxes it is not proposed
10 irjure any domestic produce, but
ather promote their healthy growth.
From the foundation of this govern
ment the taxes collected at the GUS
tom houses have been the chief source
of Federal revenue. Such they must
continue to be. Moreover, many in
dustries have come to rely upon legis-
lation for successful continuance, so
that any change of law must be, at
every step, regardful of labor and cap.
ital thus involved. The process OF
reform must be subjected in ex-
ecution to the plain dictates
of Justice. We denounce the
Mckinley tariff law enacted by
the Fifty-first congress as the culmi.
mating atrocity of class legislation,
We endorse the efforts made by the
Democrats of the present congress &c
modify its most oppressive features in
the direction of free raw materials
and cheaper manufactured goods that
enter into general consumption, and
we promise its repeal as one benificent
result that will follow the action Of
the people in entrusting the power tC
the Democratic party. Since the Nc
Kinley tariff went into operation there
have been ten reductions of wages o.
laboring men to one increase. We
deny that there has been any increase
of prosperity to the country since
that tariff went into opera
ton, and we point to the dizziness
and distress which wage reductions
and strikes have caused in the iror
trade as the best possible evidence
that no such prosperity has resulted
from the Mckinley act. We call the
attention of thoughtful Americans tC
the fact that after 30 years OF restrict
i've taxes against the importation o
foreign wealth in exchange for oul
agricultural supplies, the homes anC
farms of our country become burden
ed with real estate mortgage debt
by pretending to establish closer trade
relations for a country whose
articles of export are almost
exclusively agricultural products
with other countries also agricultural
while erecting custom house as 6
barrier of rrohibitive tariff take:
against the richest countries of the
world that stand ready to take oul
entire surplus of products and ex
change therefor commodities which
are necessaries and comforts of life
among our own people.
: Sec. 5. We recognize in the trusts
and combinations which are designed
: to enable capital to secure more thar
it's just share of the joint product o
: capital and labor, natural conse
quence of prohibitive taxes which
prevent free competition, which is tn
life of honest trade, but believ,
their worst evils can be abated by
law, and demand rigid enforcement