The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-06-28
CLEVELAND 1T is.
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we believe their worst evils can ne
abated by law, and we demand tn
rigid enforcement of the laws made to
prevent and control them, together
with such further legislation in re-
straint of their abuses as experience
may show to be necessary.
Against Land Grants.
Section 6. The Republican party,
while protesting the policy of reserv-
ling the public land for small holdings
/ by actual settlers, has given away the
peoples heritage till now a few rail-
road and nonresident aliens, individ-
ual and corporate, possess a larger
area than that of all our
farms between the two seas.
The last Democratic admins
tration reversed the improvident
and unwise policy of the Republican
party touching the public domain, and
reclaimed from corporations and syn
dicates. alien and domestic. and re-
stored to the people nearly 10000, 900
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 60
uniawfully held shall be reclaimed and
RESTORED to the people.
4 The Silver Question.
Section :. We denounce the Repub-
lican legislation known rs the Sherman
act of 1880, as a cowardly makeshift,
fraught with possibilities of danger in
the future, which should make all of
its supporters as well as its author,
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 without discriminating against
either metal, or charge for mintage.
but the dollar unit of coinage of both
metals must be of equal intrinsic
and exchangeabie value, or be adjusted
through international agreement, or
by such safeguards of legislation as
Shan insure the maintenance of the
)parity of the two metals, and the
equal power of every dollar at all times
in the markets and in the payments
of debts; and we demand that
all paper currency shall be kept at
par with and redeemable in such coin.
We insist upon this policy as especial
ly necessary for the protection OF
farmers and laboring classes. the first
and most defenseless victims of unsta-
bic money and huctuating currency.
| Section s. We recommend that the
prohibitory 10 per cent tax on state
bank issues be repealed.
Civil Service Reform.
Section 0. Public office is public
trust. We reaffirm the declaration of
the Democratic national convention OF
60 h. nf ha civil
and we call for the honest enforce
kment of all laws regulating the same.
The nomination of a president, as in
the recent Republican cow ntion, by
delegations composed largely of
appointees, holding office at his
pleasure. is scandalous satire upo n
free popular institutions and a striking
illustration of the methods by which
a president may crafty his ambition.
We denounce a policy under which fed
eral officeholders uSurp control OF
party conventions in the states. and
we pledge the Democratic party to the
reform of these and all other abuses
which threaten liberty and local self
government.
Democ~acy's Foreign Policy.
Section 10. The Democratic party is
the only party that has ever given the
country a foreign policy consistent
and vigorous, compelling respect
abroad and inspiring confidence at
home. While avoiding entangling al
liances, it has aimed to cultivate friend
ly relations with other nations,
and especially with our neigh
bors on the American CONT
tinent, 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
alternative of humiliation or war. We
favor the maintenance of navy strong
enough for all purposes of defense and
to properly maintain the honor and
dignity of the country abroad.
Section IL. This country has always
been the refuge of the oppressed from
every land-exiles for conscienc e-anC
in the spirit of the founders of our
government we condemn the oppreS-
sion practiced by the Russian govern
ment upon its Austrian and Jewish
subjects, and we call upon our nation
81 government in the interest of justice
and humanity, by all just and proper
means, to use its prompt and best eff.
forts to bring about a cessation OF
these cruel prosecutions in the do
minion of the car.
We tender our earnest and profound
sympathy to those lovers of freedom
who are struggling for home rule and
the great cause Of local self-govern-
ment in Ireland.
Against the Chinese.
Section L. We heartily approve . L
legitimate efforts to prevent the
United States from being used as the
dumping ground for the known GRIM
inals and professional paupers of Eu-
rope and we demand the rigid en-
forcement of the laws against Chinese
immigration and the importation OF
foreign workmen under contract to
degrade American labor and lessen its
wages, but we condemn and denounce
any and all attempts to restrict the
Immigration of the industrious and