The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-30


now few rich and nonresident aliens, in
dividual and corporate, possess a larger
area than that of all our farms between
the two seas. The last Democratic ad-
ministration reversed the improvident
and unwise policy of the Republican
party touching the public domain, and re-
claimed from corporations and syndicates,
alien and domestic, and restored TO the
people nearly lOO,000000 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 unlawfuliy held shall be reclaimed
and restored to the people.
skiIlfuI Handling of the silver Plank.
Sec. z. We denounce the Republican
legislation known as the Sherman act of
1880 as a cowardly makesbift fraught with
possibilities of danger in the future which
should make all of its supporters, as well
as its author, anxious for its speedy re-
peal. 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 without discriminating against
either metal or charge for mintage but
the dollar unit Of coinage of both metals
must be of equal intrinsic and exchange
able valu or be adjusted through inter
national agreement or by such safeguards
OF legislation as shall insure the mainte-
nance of the parity of these metals and
the equal power Of every dollar at all
times in the markets and In the payments
of debts; we demand that all paper cur
rency shall be kept at par with and re-
deemable in such coin. We insist upon
this policy as especially necessary for the
protection of the farmers and laborinR
classes, the first and most defenseless vic,
tins OF unstable money and a nuctuating
currency.
Sec. 8. We recommend that the prohibit
tory 10 per cent. tax on state bank issues
be repealed.
Sec 9. Public office is a public trust.
We reaffirm the declaration of the Demo.
cratic convention Of 1876 for the reform Of
the civil service, and we call for the hon
est enforcement of all laws regulating the
same. The nomination Of a president,
as in the recent Republican convention,
by delegations composed largely of his
appointees holding office at his pleasure,
Is a scandalous satire upon free popular
institutions and startling illustration
OF the methods by which president may
crafty his ambition. We denounce
policy under which federal Office holders
usurp control of party conventions in the
party to the reform of these and all other
abuses which threaten individual liberty
and local self-government.
The Policy for Foreign Relations.
Sec. 10. The Democratic party is the
try foreign policy consistent and vigor-
GUS. compelling respect abroad and in
spring confidence ut home While avoid.
ing entangling alliances, it has aimed to
cultivate friendly relations with other ma
tions. and especially with our neighbors
on the American continent, whose destiny
Is closely linked with our own, and we
view with alarm the tendency to a policy
Of irritation and buster, which is liable
at any time to confront US with the al
Tentative of humiliation or war. We
favor the maintenance of navy strong
enough for all purposes of national de-
fense and to properly maintain the honor
and dignity of the country abroad
Sec. ii. This country has always been
the refuge of the oppressed from every
land-eXiles for conscience sake-and in
the spirit of the founders of our govern
ment we condemn the oppression prac-
ticed by the Russian government upon its
Lutheran and Hebrew subjects, and we
call upon our national government for
the interest of justice and humanity by
all just and proper means, to use its
prompt and best efforts to bring about a
cessation of these cruel prosecutions in
the dominions of the czar and to secure
the oppressed equal rights.
We tender our profound and earnest
sympathy to those lovers of freedom who
are struggling for home rule and the
great cause OF local self-government in
Ireland.
Sec, IL. We heartily approve all legiti-
mate efforts to prevent the United States
being used as the dumping ground for the
known criminals and professional paupers
of Europe, and we demand the rigid en-
forCement of the laws against Chinese
immigration or the importation of for
eign workmen under contract to degrade
American labor and lessen it's wages, but
we condemn and denounce any and all
n ragfrirt Of
the industrious and worthy of foreign
lands.
Sec, 13. This convention hereby renews
the expression of appreciation of the
patriotism of the soldiers and sailors of
the Union in the war for its preservation
and we favor just and liberal pensions for
all disabled Union soldiers, their widows
and dependents, but we demand that the
work of the pension office shall be done
industriOusly, impartially and honestly
We denounce the present administration
OF that office rs incompetent, corrupt,
disgraceful and dishonest.
Communications for the House.
Sec. IS. We approve the action of the
present house of representatives in pass
Ing bills for the admission into
the Union as states of the terri
tories OF New Mexico and Arizona, and
we favor the early admission of all the
territories having the necessary popula-
tion and the resources to entitle them to
statehood and while they remain terri
tories we hold that the officials appointed
to administer the government of any ter
ritory, together with the Districts of
Columbia and Alaska, should be bona
tde residents of the territory or district
in which their duties are to be performed.
The Democratic party believes in home
rule and the control of their own affairs
by the people of this vicinage.
Sec. 10. We favor legislation by congress
and state legislatures to protect the lives
and limbs of railway employees and those
of other hazardous transportation COM
panies and denounce the inactivity of the
Republican party, and particularly the
Republican senate, for causing the defeat
of measures beneficial and protective to
this class of wage workers.
Sec. 20. We are in favor of the enact
ment by the states of laws for abolishing
the notorious sweating system for abol-
ishing contract convict labor and for pro-
hibiting the employment in factories of
children under 10 years of age.
Sec 81. We are opposed to all sumptu.
ary laws as an interference with the in
diyidual rights of the citizen.
Sec. "a Upon this statement of princi-
pies and policies the Democratic party
asks the intelligent judgment of the
American people. 1t asks q change of
ad ADMINISTRATION and change of party, in
order that there may be a change of sys-
q and lIaR Il.