The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-23
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ukinr Declaration of Princl-
gl.lE.g! plss ~ IN Party d the
People.
u eS Great National Issues Clearly
Donnsd and Ably set
Forth.
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SSAe Iand Oaestion and Other Important
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CHICAGO, Juno 22.-Ths following y th,
tspoit of She majority Of the COMMITTEES OF
~xesolutions:
The representatives Of the democratic
psrty az Tho United States. In national con-
S@venticn assembled, do reafarm their al
lneQiencs 10 the principles Of that party n
formulated by Jefferson M exemplifod BY
lonr illustrious line Of successors In dsm-
oS;ratic leadership from Madison to Clsvs-
Hand; NJ believe the public welfare de-
nands that these principles DO applied to
~ conduct Of tina federal government
through the accession to power OF the party
that advocates them; and w ssolsnnly de-
alars that the need OF return TO these
fundamental principles OF free popular
government. based on homo rule and indi-
svidual liberty, was never. moro urgent b
nov, whom the tendency TO centralize all
Power at the federal capital has
become . menace to the reserved
rights Or tho states that strikes at the
roots or our government under
The constitution a. framed BY the fathers
VI she republic. We warn the people OF
our common country, jealous for the pre-
esrvAtion Of their FREQ institutions. that
the policy Of federal control Of elections, to
which the republican party has committed
ltsslf, 10 fraught with the gravest dangers,
s~csrcely less nlomentoua than would result
from 1 revolution practically establishing q
monarchy on the ruins OF the republic. 1t
strikes AZ the north o. well 40 the south.
and iniures the colored citizens more than
tha whites; 1t means hordss Of deputy mar
shalls at every polling place. armed with
federal power, returning boards appointed
and controlled BY federal autho titles; the
outrage Of the electoral rights Of the peo-
pls ID the states; the subjugation Of the
oolored people to the control OF the party
iii power; and the reviving OF race sntag-
sscnism, now happily abated, Of the
utmost peril to the ssfety and
happiness OF all; a measure
deliberately and juetly described by . lead
Ing republican senator a. the most infam-
pns bill that ever crossed tho threshold of
the senate. Such a policy, ii sanctioned By
law, would mean the dominance Of . self
psrpetuRting oiiRarchy OF Office hold err,
and the party first intrussed With the ma
&AlUUky b0 At6AOAkpN 4AuAA ~ VAAA
~ an appeal TO the renewed rights Of the
people TO resist oppression, which 10 inher-
ent In all self governing communities. Two
years ago this revolutionary policy was en-
8phatically condemned by tina people at the
polls, but in contempt OF that verdict the
republican party has defiantly declared in
ita latest authoritative utterances that its
success in the coming elections will mean
the enactment Of a force bill. and the usur-
patton of despotic control over elections in
al the states. Believing that the prsserva-
tion Of : republican form Of government
ID dependent upon the defeat Of . policy OF
lsgalized force and fraud, we invite the
support Of all citizens who desire to zee the
constitution maintained in its integrity.
with laws pursuant thereto, which have
given our country q hundred years Of unex-
Ampled prosperity; u we pledge the dem
bill, bnt also to offer 4 relentless opposition
TO the republican policy of prohiRate e1-
penditures which in the short space OF two
years has squandered an enormous surplus
and enptied an OVERLOOKING treasury. after
piling new burdens of taxation upon the
already overtaxed labor Of the country.
We reiterate the oft-repsatsd doctrines
OF the democratic party, that the necessity
OF the government is the only justification
for taxation, and whenever a tax is unnees-
sary it is unjustifiable; or that whsn custom
house taxation is levied upon articles of
another kind produced In this country, the
difference between the cost OF labor here
and labor abroad, when suoh difference ex-
ists. fully measures any possible benefits to
labor, aud the 0 additional i'm posi-
tions Of the existing tariff fall with crush
ing force upon our farmers n working
men, and for the mere advantage Of q few
whom 1t enriches, exacts from labor q
grossly unjust share of the expenses OF
government; and we demand such a revision
of tariff laws rs will remove their iniQuitous
inequalities. tighten expressions, and put
them on a constitutional and equitable basis.
But i'll making q reduction of taxes it ia
not proposed to iniure any domestic indus
tries, but rather to promote their healthy
growth. From the foundation OF the govern
ment the taxes collected at the custom house
have been the chief source of federal rev.
enue. Such they must continue to be-.
Moreover. many industries have come to
rely upon legislation for their successful
continuance, SO any change of law must be
1T every step reaardful of the labor and
capital thus involved; the process of re-
form must be a subject in execution of this
plain dictate of justice. We denounce the
Mckinley tariff law as the eliminating
~atrocity of class legislation; we endorse
tho efforts of the democrats OF the present
congress to modify its most oppressive feat
ures III the direction of free raw material and
cheaper manufactured goods that enter into
consumption. and we promise that their re-
peal 10 one or the benefcient results that
will follow the action of the people in en-
trusting power to the democratic party.
Since the Mckinley tariff went into opera
ton there have been ten reductions Of wages
OF laborlng men to one increase. As to the
prosperity of the country since the tariff
went into operation, We point to the dull
ness and distress, to wage reductions and
strikes in various trades as the best evil
dence that no such prosperity resulted from
the Mckinley act. We call attention Of
thoughtful Americans to tho fact tina after
thirty years Of restrictive taxes against
the importation OF foreign wealth in ex-
change for agricultural surplus, the homes
and the farms of the country have become
burdened with real estate mortgages
amounting to over So, 800. 900, 600, e.
elusive of all other indebtedness;
that in one of the chief a%ericul.
tural states of the west there appears
= real estate mortgage averaging $165 pei
capita of the total population; anu that a
similar condition ia shown to exist in other
agricultural and expo ting states. We de-
nounce the policy which fosters no indus.
try 80 much as it does that Of the sheriff,
The trade Interchange on a basia of recip.
rocal advantages to the countries %partici.
patinR, ia a ti~me-honored doctrine OF dem
ocratic faith, but We dencunce the sham
reciprocity which juRgles with the peoples
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