The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-26

. NO. IL
ties possible to secure an economical govern
ment.
We favor enactments both state and ma
tional for tie
PREVENTION OF TRUSTS
and combines, and that win insure free and
fair competition in the regulation Of prices in
all commodities.
We reiterate our commentator of the organ
ization of the Industrial classes for self-pro-
lection against trusts combines and monop
Giles and recall the attention of farmers and
laborers TO the fact that everything they com
plain Of is the result Of thirty-five years of
corporate wealth, Capitalization of class legis-
lation, wanton squandering OF the public domain
utera protection and silver denomination and
unrestricted pauper immigration AL are
REPUBLICAN INIQUITIEs.
We recognize agriculture as the basis of ma
tional prosperity and we are opposed to all
laws that tend to discourage or Cypress that
branch of our national industry,
We deplore the impoverished and mortgage
burdened condition of our agricultural inter
ests which is the result of long continued ex-
cessive and unnecessary taxation, and we favor
the repsal Of custom duties on raw material en-
tering into the manufacture of farm machin-
cry. household utensils and necessaries of life.
We denounce the policy of the special gov
ernmental protection 10 gold as a
FRAUD UPON LABOR
and in favor of the non producing classes.
We favor the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver and that the same be made full and
legal tender for ell debts both private and
public. We denounce the Republican legis-
lation known as the Sherman act OF 1890 as q
cowardly makeshift fraught with possibilities
of danger in the future which should make all
its supporters as well as its author. anxious for
its speedy repeal.
We denounce the Republican scheme for an
International monetary conference as
FRAUD AND AS sUBTERFUGE
originated by gold spectators and Wall street
money sharks. and insist that our government
is fully able to manage its own financial affairs
and monetary system without calling oniforeign
powers for assistance.
We favor the election of United States sena-
tors by direct vote of the people. and the es-
Enlistment of postal savings banks OF deposit.
We protest against the enactment of the force
bill, advocated by the late Republican conven-
ton at Minneapolis as menace to the freedom
pedient calculated to create discomfort and dis
cord between the sections OF the country in the
interest of partisan rather than public beneflts
placing the treasury of the United States at the
disposal of the party in power for partisan pur-
poses and designed by the Republican admins
tration to ntrench itself and party behind the
centralized and consolidated power, and by the
employment of
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to render it impossible for the citizens to obtain
peaceably a redress OF their grievances a
reformation of abuses and dislodgment OF un-
worthy and uufaithful officials
We hereby express our appreciation of those
" 10 fought for the preservation of the union
d we favor
JUST AND LIBERAL PENSIONS
or al disabled soldiers, their widows and de.
pendents. but We denounce the Inauguration OF
the asperant pension system for parties and
purposes and the sQuandering of public funds
under the pretext of bounties to veterans.
We also favor the prompt settlement of the
long deferred claims of that other large and
patriotic body of veteran pioneers, who. in
making home in the far west, have suffered
property losses from Indian depredations and
speculations
The mineral and all other public lands of the
United States are the poor mans Inheritance
and we pledge the Democratic party to pre-.
serve them from the aggressons of greedy land
corporations which fraudulently in violation
of the express terms of their contract, are try
ing to secure them. The public interests de
mand an immediate survey of the public do
main within this state.
Recognizing the Columbian exposition as an
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general government has invited the co-opera-
ton of all the powers of the world and appre-
ciating this opp ortunity to make an exhibition
of the industrial products and display OF the
skill, energy and industry of our mechanics la
borers. artisans and farmers, we pledge the sup
port OF the Democrats of the next legislature of
Idahe~ to a reasonable appropriation to aid the
commissioner OF the state in his efforts to make
suitable display of our natural resources and
grand possibilities.
We recognize The importance OF the competi-
ton in transportation, and therefore favor the
improvement by the general government of the
navigation Of the Columb ia and Snake rivers,
thereby insuring to our people reasonable rates
and
PROTECTION AGAINST RAILWAY MONOPOLY
We favor the Democratic policy OF the speedy
allotment in severalty OF land to Indians. and
the opening to actual settlement OF all other
unallotted lands now within the bounds of In
dian reservations
We arraign the Republican administration
for its failure to carry into effect the order of
Democratic executive to survey and allot the
land OF the Nez Perez Indian reservation made
more than four years ago.
We pledge tie representatives OF the Demo
cratic party to vigorous and determined ef-
fort TO secure the opening of ali Indian reserva-
tions in the state without delay.
We congratulate our IrlshzAmercan citizens.
and rejoice with them over the near approach
of Homo Rule in their native land; and we
sympathize with all people struggling for
liberty against oppression.
We renew our faith in the success Of this
great country through the encouragement of
labor. and urge upon representatives, both
state and national, the speedy enactment of all
legislation necessary to encourage and
PROTECT THE LABoRING CLASSES
Of the people. We favor an eight hour system
Of labor; the enactment and enforcement of
laws which prohibit the immigration of a SER
vile class with the intent of acquiring citizen
ship to compete with American labor, and who
bring with them and retain habits and customs
repugnant to our civilization, and the rigid en-
forcement of the statutes excluding Chinese
labor.
We oppose the employment of Monaghan
labor by corporate companies, and convict and
foreign contract labor upon public works to the
exclusion at American citizens.
We denounce the Republican legislature for
&c failure N enact laws carrvino int aToo.