Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-07-02

Civ II away the peoples heritage till now
u few railroads and nonresident aliens,
indt yidual and corporate. possess. a larger
area than that of all the farms between
the two seas. The last democratic ad-
ministration reversed the improvident
and uuwise policy of the republican party
touching the public domain and reclaimed
+ ON corporations and sy~ndicates,
alien and domestic, and restored to the
people near y 10000 00 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 unlawfully held shall be reclaimed
and restored TO the people.
We denounce the republican legislation
known as the Sherman act of 1890 as q
cowardlv makeshift fraught with possibil-
tiles OF LANCER III the future which should
make all its supporters. as we'll as its au-
thor, 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 silver with
out discriminating against either metal or
u charge for mintage, but the dollar unit
of coinage for both metals must be equal
in intrinsic and exchangeable value or adj
justed through international agreement
or by such safeguards of legislation as
shall insure the maintenance of the par
ity between the two metals and the equal
power of every dollar ut all times in the
market and in the payment of debts; and
we demand that paper currency be kept
at par with and redeemable in such coin.
We insist upon this policy as especially
necessary for the protection Of the farm
e RS and laboring classes, the first and
most defcnseleSs victims OF unstable
money and fuetiating currency.
We recommend that the prohibito v 10
per cent. tax Oh state bank issues be re-
pealed.
Public Office Is a public trust. We rcaf-
firm the declaration of the democratic ma
tional convention of 1876 for reform In the
civil service and call for the honest en-
forcement of all laws regulating the same
The nom ination OF a president, as in the
recent republican convention, by del ,ga-
tions composed largely of his appointees.
holding office at his pleasure, Is q scanda-
lous satire upon free popular institutions
and a startling illustration of the meth
DDS by which the president may crafty
his ambition. We denounce the policy
under which federal oficeholdcrs usurp
the control of party conventions In states
and pledge the democratic party to re form
these and all other abuses which threaten
individual liberty aud local self govern
ment
The democratic party Is tho only party
that has ever given the country n foreign
policy consistent and vigorous, compell-
ing respect abroad In inspiring condolences
at home. While avoiding e~ntanglinp al
l~iances, IL has aimed to Gu tivate friendly
relations with other nations and espe.
cially with its ~neighbors on the American
continent whose destiny Is closely linked
with our own, and we view with aia.m the
tendency of n policy of Irritation and blus-
ter which Is liable at any time TO confront
u, with the alternative of humiliation or
war. We favor the maintenance of a payvl
strong enough for all purposes of national
defense and to properly maintain the
honor and dig aity of the country abroad |
This country has always been the re-.
fuge OF tho oppressed from every land
exiles for conscience sake-and In the
spirit OF the founders of our governments
we condemn'the oppression practiced bv
the Russian government upon Ans
trian and Jewish subjects, and we call
upon the national government In the in
terest of justice aud humanity, by ali lust
and proper means to use It's prompt and
best effort TO bang about o cessation Of
these cruel prosecutions In the dominions |
of the ear and secure TO the opp: essed
their lawful rights.
We tepder profound and intense sym.
pnthy to those lovers of freedom who are
Struggling for home rule and she great