The morning call., 1892-06-23


son ana exemplihed by a long and illustrlous line
OF successors IN Democratic leadership from
Madison 10 Cleveland. we believe that the pub
lie welfare demands that these principles be
applied to The conduct Of the Federal Govern
l1ent through the accession 10 power OF tie
party that advocates them; ana we solemnly
declare that the need OF return 10 these fupda-
mental principles Of free popular government,
based on home rule and individual liberty, was
never more urgent than now, when the tendency
TO centTallze all power at the Federal capital has
become menace to the reserved rights Of the
States that strikes al The roots OF our Govern
ment under the constitution as framed by the
fathers OF the republic.
We warn the people OF our common country
Jealous for tie preservation OF their free institu-
iions that tie policy Of Federal control
Of elections TO which the Republican
nariy has committed Itself is fraught
win tie grayest dangers, scarcely less
mOmentous than would result from q Teyo-
luton practically establishing monarchy on the
luns Of lhls republic. 1t strikes at the NoFth as
We'll as at The SOuih and Injuries the colored
citizen more than the white l. means horoe
Of deputy marshals at every polling place armed
with Federal power, returning boards appointed
and controlled by Federal authority oatrage oil
tbe electoral rights Of the people In the States,
the subjugatlon OF The cOlOred people 10 the con-
troll OF The party in power and The revivlng OF
race antagonlsms, now happily abated, OF the
utmost Peril 10 the safey ana happiness OF all.
The measure has been deliberately and justly
described by a leading Republican Senator as
the most Infamous bill that ever crossed tie
threshold Of the Senate. Such a policy, if sane
toned by law, would mean the dominance OF
self-peWetuatlDg Oligarehy 81 Ofice-holders and
the party first intrusted with lis machinery conld
be dslodged from power only by an appeal the
reserved right OF the PEOPLE TO resist oppression
which Is Inherent 10 all selfgOyerning communl-
Ties. TWO years ago This revolutionary policy
was practically condemned ly The people al the
polls; but in contempt Of that verdict
The Republican party has dehantly de-
clared, In It's latest authoritative utierances,
that its success in the coming elections Will
mean tie enactment OF the force bill and The
usuTpaton Of despOtic control over elections Ia
all the States. Believing that tie preservation
Of republican government is dependent upon The
defeat Of policy Of legaliZed force and fraud.
we Invite The support OF all citizens WHO desire
10 see tie constitution maintained IN IFS integrity
with laws pursuant thereto which have given
cur country a hundred years Of unexampled
prosperity, and We pledge tie Democratic party
not only 10 defeat tie f0rce BIN, but also TO
relentless opposition 10 tie Republican policy Of
pofigate expenditure, which IN a short space OF
two years has sCu8udei ed an enormous surplus
and emptied an OVERLOOKING treasury, after pill
oyertaX-d labor OF The country.
We rel, crate the oft-repeated doctrines Of the
DemOcf attic party that the necessity OF Tie Gov
eminent is the only justification for taxation,
aud whenever tax is unnecessary il IS unJus-
tfable; that when custOm-house taxation IS
levied upon articles Of any Kind produced 10 this
county The difference between the cost OF labor
here ara Of labor abroad, when such difference
exists, fully measures any possible benefits 10
In hoF nd 10
OF The existing tariff fan with CRUSHING force
upon our farmers and workingmeui and for tie
mere advantage Of a few, whom Il enrlcheS ex-
acts from labor grossly unjust share OF tie ex-
penses Of The Government, and We demand such
revision of the tariff laws as viii remove their in
iQuitOuS inequalities. tighten oppression and
put them on a constitutional and equitable basis.
In making he reduction of taxes II is not pro
posed 10 njure any domestic industries, but
rather 10 promote healthy growth. From the
foundation OF The Government taxes collected
al tie custom-hOuses have been the chief source
az Federal revenue. Such they must continue
10 be. Moreover, many industries nave come to
Isy upon legislation for successful continuance,
so any change Of the law must be al every step
Tegardiul Of The labor and capital thus involved.
The progress Of reform must be subject 10 exc
cutiOn 10 tins plain dictate Of justice. We de-
nounce lie Mckinley tariff law as enacted as Tie
eliminating auOeiiy Of class legislation. We
indorse lie efforts Of The Democrats Of the pres
ent Congress TO modify its most oppressive feat
ures 10 tie direction OF free raw materials and
cheaper manufactured goods that enter into
consumption, and We promise It's repeal as one Of
the beueeut results that viii follow the action Of
tie people IN entTusting power TO the Democratic
party. Since The Mckinley tariff went into
operation there have been 10 reductions in the
wages Of labOTing men 10 one increase. The
prosperity Of the country has been injured since
The taiif went into operation, and ne point
10 tie dullHess ard distress, the wage
reductions a1d The strikes ~ the iron trade
as tie test evidence that no increase OF pros
perity has resulted from the Mckinley act. We
call tile attention OF thoughtful Americans TO
the fact that 10 80 years Of restrictive taxes
against Tie importation OF foreign wealth. in
exchange for our agricultural surplus, The homes
and fans Of tie country have become buidened
with real estate mortgages TO the amount OF
ever s. 500 COO 900, exclusive OF all other forms
Of lnCebtedness; that in one OF the chief agfE
cultural States OF the West there appear real
estate mortgages averaging S165 per capita OF
tie total population, and that similar conditions
ale shown TO exist IN other agricultural export
ing states. We denOunee the policy which
fosters no Industry much as It does that Of he
sheriff. Trade Interchange on the basis OF Te-
TiproCal advantages 10 tie countries participant
ing IN it is the tme-hODOTed doctrine Of the Demo
cratic faith, but we deDcunee the sham reepr0e-
iiy which juggles with The peoples desire for
enlarged foreign markets and freer exchanges
by pretending to establish closer trade relations
for county whose articles Of export are almost
eXclus lively agricultural produces with other
countries that are also agricultural While erect
iBg a tUstCm-house barrier OF pTohlbitlve tariff
taxes against the richest countries Of the world
that stand ready to lake our entire surplus prod
ucls and exchange therefor commodities which
form the necessaries and comforts Of lie among
our PEOPLE.
We recognize 10 trusts aud combinations,
which are designed 10 enable capital 10 secure
more han its just share OF The joint product Of
capital and labor, the natural consequence Of
pr0hibitiYe taxes which prevent that free corr
petition 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 thelaw
made 10 prevent and control them, together with
such further legislation IN restraint Of their
abuses as experience may show 10 be necessary.
Tie Republican party while protesting policy
Of reserying public land for small holdings by
actual settlers, has given away the peoples In
heTlahce, until now few railroads and non
resident aliens, Individual and corporate possess
a larger area than that Of all the farms between
the Two seas. The last Democratic adminiStra-
ton reversed this imprOTldent and uBWise policy
Of the Republican party touching The pnblie DO
main, aud reclaimed from corporations aud syn
dicaies alien and domestic, and restored TO the
people nearly one hundred millions OF acres OF
valuable land to be sacFedly held as homesteads
for cur citizens aud we pledge ourselves to con
tinue ihs policy until every acre Of land so un-
lawfully held snail be reclaimed aud restored 10
tie people.
We denounee the Republican legislation
known as the Sherman Act Of 1890 as a COW
aIdly makeshift fraught with possibilities Of
danger IN The future which should make all Its
supporters, as well as author anxious for It's
speedy repeal We hold 10 the use Of both gold
ard silver as The standard money Of tile country.
and to The coinage Of both gold and silver with
out discriminating against either metal or any
charge for mintsge but dollar unit coinage
Both metals must be OF equal intrinsic and ex-
chaDgeabe value or adjusted through inlerna-
tionaI agreement or by such safeguards OF legis-
lation shall Insure the maintenance OF the
parity of the two metals and equal power for