The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-30

ment OF the force bill and the ueurpation OF dcs.
potic control over elections in all the states.
government in the United States is dependent
upon tho defeat Of tl.:s policy OF lcgaizcd forco
and feud, we invite the surpor, Of all citizens
il Its Integrity with the laws pursuant thereto,
which have given our country hundreds OF years
Of uncxaEooled prosperity; aat we pledge the
power, rot only to the defeat OF tho force bill,
but also to relentless opposition TO tho repub
lican policy OF proljgate expenditure, which in
the short space OF two years has sTuandcrcd all
enormous surplus and e:npted an overlooking
treasury after piljng new burdens OF taxation
uron the already over,axcd labor Of tho country.
W. d"nounce republican protection as a
fraud. The labor II the great majority Of the
American people for tho benefit Of tho few. We
declare 1T TO be the fundamental principle of
the democratic party that the federal govern
| ment has no constitutional power to impose and
collect tariff duties, except for the purposes OF
| revenue only, and we demand that tho collcc
ton of such taxes shall nc limited to the neces
stiles Of the government when honestly and
economically administered.
1he tifty-tirst congress as The cnormity and
| atroclty OF class legislation. We indorse the
efforts made by the democrats of the present
congress to modify its most oppressive fea-
lures in the direction OF free materials and
cheaper manufactured goods that enter into
general consumption: and we promise repeal as
one of the beneficial results that win follow the
| action OF the people in intrusting power TO the
! democratic party.
there have been ten reductions of the wages of
laborng men to one increase
We deny that there has been any increase of
prosperity TO the country since that tariff went
| into operation; and We point TO the duncss and
distress of wage reductions and strikes in the
iron trade as the best possible evidence that no
SUI, sueh prosperity has resulted from tho Mckin-
Icy W. ne t,,, tho attention ., t,oua,,,t ,, 49,
to the fact that after thirty years Of restrictive
taxes against the importation Of foreign wealth
III exchange for our agricultural surplus the
homes OF farmers of the country have become
burdened With real estate mortgage debt Of
over $25Oo, OOOO0, exclusive of all other
forms of Indebtedness; and that in
one OF the chief agricultural states
OF the west est there appears real estate
total population, and that similar conditions
| and tendencies are shown to exist in the other
agricultural exporting states.
We denounce a policy which fosters no in
dustry SO much lit does that of the sheriff.
Trade interchange on the basis of reciprocal
| timc-honore,i doctrine of the democratic faith
| but we dcnounce the sham reciprocity which
}o og;SS with the peoples desire for enlarged
pretending to establish closer trade re-
lauons for country whose articles of
products with other countries that are also ag-
! ricultural, while erecting a cnstomhousc bar
! rier OF prohihitive tariff taxes against the
ready to take our entire surplus Of
r rpoumotS and to exchange therefor
pie. We recognize in the trusts and combine
tons which are designed to enable capital to
secure mere than its just share OF the joint
product OF capital and labor natural COnSe-
quence OF the prohibitive taxes which prevent
| the free competition which is the life of honest
trade, but we believe their worst evils can be
abatcd by law, and we demand the rigid en-.
| forcemcnt Of the laws made to prevent and con-
troll them together with such further legisla
ton in restraint of they abuses as experience
NAV show to be necessary
the republican partr, while protesting a
poliSy OF rescrving the public lands for small
peoples heritage until now tcw railroad and
nonresident aliens, individual and corpora t.
farms area t than , We
The last democratic administration re-
versed the inlprovident and unwise policy Of
the the; republican party touching the public do
syndicates, alien and domestic and restored to
the people nearly loo,oJoooo acres of valuable
citizens And we pledge ourselves to continue
this policy until every acre of land so unlawful
~ held shall be reclaimed and restored to the
people
We dcnouncc the republican legisa ton known
as the Sherman act of 1890 as a cowardly make
shift, fraught with possibilities of danger in the
as wen as Its author, anxious for its speedy
repeal. We hold to the of both gold
ana silver as the standard money of the
silver without discriminating against either
metal but charge for coinage But the policy of
united coinage of both metals must be OF
equal intrinsic and ostensihlr value and he adj
| ]usted through Internal onal agreement with
such safeguards Of legislation as shall insure
the maintenance OF the parity of the two metals
and the equal power of every dollar at all times
we demand that all paper currency shall be
Kept on par with and redrcmable in such coin
We insist upon this policy as especially ncces-
sary for the protection Of tn" farmer and labor
ing classes as the most uefensrless victim of
unstable money and tGctuatiny currency
We recommend that the prunibtory 10 per
cent tax on state bank issues be repealed. Pub
lie office is public trust.
we rcaf1irm the declaration of the democratic
national convention Of 1876 for the reform of
the civil service: and we call for the honest
enforcement of AL laws regulating the same
The nomination of a president, as in the re-
cent republican convention by delegations
SomMsrd E,r*rl; OF his employees, his henc
nc'ar'eS, holding office at his pleasure, is I.
Scan>lilouS Sliilc upon free popular iistitu.
tons and startling illustration of the methods
uy " hIch president may CRAFTY his ambition.
we drnr,'ncc ne policy under which federal
ollcenoldtrs u>urp control of public conven.
tlonS in the states and pledge the demo
cratic party 1oa reform of these and all other
abuses which threaten individual liberty and
local self-govcrnment.