The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-09
strong Document. Alive with
pure Democratic Doc
trine.
Mckinley Bill-The Force Bill
and sham Reciprocity
Denounced.

bicago is as follows:
Oo,,,on |. The representatives Of the
~oocratic party of the United States
Invention assembled do reaffirm
,ir allegiance to the principles of the
prty as formulated by Jefferson and
Fsm.plrfed by the long and illustrious
! # his successors in democratic lead
pS;n from Madison to Cleveland; we
';sre the public welfare demands that
"So principles be applied to the con-
'"t n the federal government through
y accession to power OF the party that
~,yocates them and we solemnly declare
~ the need of a return to these funda-
srtal principles Of a free popular gov
,ment. based on the home rule and in
Idual liberty, was never more urgent
N now when the tendency to central
ali power at the federal capital has
Tome a menace to the reserved rights
the states that strikes at every root of
n government under the constitution
framed by the fathers of the republic.
The Force Biii Condemned.
Sec, y. We warn the people of our
ommon country, Jealous for the pres
Evation of her institutions, that tie
olicy of federal control of elections to
Ehich the republican party has commit
ID itself. is fraught with the gravest
aprers, scarcely less momentous than
[Opld result from a revolution practical
establishing monarchy on the ruins of
% republic. 1t strikes at the north as
ell as the south, and Injuries the cOlored
Itizen even more than the white; it
teans a horde Of deputy marshals at
very polling place armed with federal
ower, returning boards appointed and
Ontrolled by federal authority, the out
age Of the electoral rights of the people
the several states, the subjugation of
he colored people to the control of the
barty in power and the reviving of
lace a~ntagonisms now happily abated,
the utmost peril to the happiness in
measure deliberately and justly
escribed by the leading republican
erator as the most infamous bill that
ver crossed the threshold of the senate.
buch a policy, if sanctioned by law,
EOuld mean the dominance of a self
erpetuating oligarchy of Office holders
nd the party first entrusted with its
bachinery could not be dislodged from
Sower until by an appeal to the reserved
light Of the people to resist oppression
Ehich is inherent in all self. governing
Onmunities. Two years ago this revo-
ntiolary policy was emphatically con-
Iemned by the people at the polls; but
b contempt of that verdict the republi-
Jan party has detiantly declared in its
etest authoritative utterance that its
@uccess in the coming election will mean
be enactment of the force bill and the
Fsurpation of despotic control W cleo
ions in all the states.
Believing that the preservation of re-
kbican government in the United
kaas is dependent upon the defeat of
be policy of legalized force and fraud
k%silvite the support of all citizens who
FaTe 70 see the constitution maintained
its integrity with laws pursuant there
(which have given the country 100
ears Of unexampled prosperity; and we
pledge the democratic party, il it be II
trusted with power, not only to the de-
eat Of the force bill, but also to relent-
ess opposition to the republican policy
profigate expenditure which, in the
Phort space of two years, has expended
u enormous surplus and emptied an
Pverrowing treasury.
The Tariff Plank.
Sec ). We denounce republican
protection as a fraud on the labor of the
great majority of the American people
or the benefit OF the few. We declare
to be a fundamental principal Of
Joe 1emocratic party that the federal
government has no constitutional power
20 impose and collect tariff duties AZ
cePt Tor the purposes of revenue only,
ana We demand that the collection of
such taxes shall be limited to the nee
~|essitles OF the government when honest
y and economically administered.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law
enacted by the tifty-tirst congress az the
Illuminating atrocity of class legislation;
we endorse the effort made by the dem
vCta's OF the present congress to modify
.s most oppressive features in the direc-
.on OF free raw materials and the manu-
iaciured goods, and we promise its re-
.peai as n of the beneficent results
ilat Will follow the action of the people
~ entrusting the power to the demo-
eratc party. Since the Mckinley tariff
|went INTO operation there have been ten
.euuctlons OF the wages of laboring men
" one increase. We deny that there
|aas been an increase of prosperity to the
since the tariff went into opera.
,aoa' and We point to the dullness and
s,sItess, the wage reductions and strikes
,u inc iron trade as the best possible
s'iae9ce that no such prosperity has re-
W,!ted from the Mckinley act. $500,
call the attention of thoughtful
to the fact that after thirty
Years OF restrictive taxes against the i'm
fUt.atlon OF foreign wealth, in exchange
M, MI, our agricultural surplus, the homes
t b farms of the country have become
with a real estate mortgage
sl OF over S2,50O,OOO,O 600 exclusive OF
o'aer forms of indebtedness; that in
vue On the chief agricultural states of the
nesl there appears a real estate mort
tase averaging SlG5 per capita of the
la population; and that similar condi-
nuns and tendencies are shown to exist
~ Inc other agricultural exporting
i'a.es' We denounce a policy which
no industry SO much rs it does
OF the sheriff.
Sham Reciprocity.
sec 4. Trade interchange IN the ba-
OF reciprocal advantages to the coun-
Participating is a time .honored doc
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