Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-23

but rather - promote tneaf neAssAs = .
From the foundation Of this govcFnment TIC
taxes collected at The custom bouse have been
the chief source u federal revenue sueh
they must continue TO be- Moreover. many
industries have come 90 reply upon iegisie-
tlon for successful continuance 50 that any
change az law must be at every step regardful
OF the labor and capital thus involved; the pro-
cess Of reform must be subject 70 the execu-
Non Of this plain dictate OF justice.
We denounee the Mckinley tariff Law en-
acted by the Fifty first congress as tbs cub
minAting afrocity of class Legislation We In
dorse the efforts made by the Democrats OF
the present congress 10 modify rs most OPP
preakdve features In the direction OF free raw
material and cheaper manufactured goods
that enter into home consumption, and we
propose its repeal as one Of the hene1cent re-
suits that viii follow the action OF the people
In fntrusting power 10 the Democratic party
Since the Mckinley tariff went into operation
there have been ten reductions OF wages oI
laboring men to one increase We deny .that
there has been any increase OF prosperity 70
the country since that tariff went into opera
ton, and we poiRt 10 the dullness and distress.
the wage reductions and strikes In the iron
trade the best possible evidence that no
such prosperity has resulted ffom the Nc
Kinley act
We call the attention Of thoughtful Ameri-
cans to the fact that after thirty years OF re-
strictive taxation against tmportAfAons OF tor-
eign products In exchange for our agricultural
have become burdened with a real estate mart
gage OF over two and one-hah billion dollars,
exclusive Of all other forms Of Indebtedness.
that in one Of the chief agricultural states OF
the west there appears real estate mortgage
debt averaging $l65 per capita, and that sim
liar conditions are shown Ia exist in other
other agricultural exporting states. We de-
nounce a policy which fosters no industry so
much that OF the sheriff.
Trade interchange on the basis of reciprocal
81 ting ID
time honored doctrine of the Democratic
faith, but we denounce the sham reciprocity
which juggies with the peoples desire for en-
larged foreign markets and freer exchanges
by pretending 20 establish trade relations for
a country whose articles of export are almost
exclusively agricultural While erecting q
custom house barrier of prohibitiye tarfn
taxes against the richest countries of the
world, they stand ready 10 take our entire
surplus of products and exchange their COM
modities, which are necessary and are COM
forts of life among our own people.
We recognize In trusts and monopolies,
which are designed by capital to secure more
than their just share OF the Joint product of
capital and labor, natural consequence of
prohibitive taxes which prevent the free com
petition which is the life of honest trade, but
we believe their worst evils can be abated by
law, and we demand the rigid enforcement of
laws made To prevent and control them, to-
gether with such further legislation In re-
TO be necessary
The Republican party, while protesting a
policy OF reserying the public lands for small
holdings by actual settlers, has given away the
peoples heritage until now q few railroads
and non- resident aliens, individual and cor
porate. possess a larger area than that of all
our farms between the two seas The last
Democratic administration reversed the inn
provldent aud unwise policy OF the Repnb-
lcan party touching the public domain, and
reclaimed from corporations and syndicates,
alien and domestic. and restored to the people
nearly one hundred million acres OF valuable
land. 90 be sacrcdly held as homesteads for
our citizens and we pledge ourselves to con-
tinue this policy until every of land so
unlawfully held shall be reclaimed and re-
stored tn the people.
We denounce the Republican legislation
known the sherman act of 1890 as "A cow
ardly makeshift, fraught with possibilities of
danger in the future, which should make all
of It's supporters, as well as It's author, anxious
for its speedy repeal. We hold to the use of
both gold and silver, without discrimination
against either metal or charge for mintage,
hut the dollar unit of coinage of both metals
must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable
value, or TO be adjusted by international
agreement or by such safeguards OF legislation
~ shall insure the maintenance of the parity
of the two metals and the equal power OF any
dollar at all times in the market and In the
payment of debts and we demand that all
paper currency shall be kept at par with and
redlcemable in such coin. We insist upon tn q
policy as especially necessary for the proteo-
ton of the farmers and laboring Glasses, the
first and most defensoless victims of Unstable
money and a fluctuating currency.
We recommend that the prohibitive 10 per
cent. tax on the state bank issues be repealed.
Public office rs d public trust. We reaf1rm
the declaration of the Democratic national
convention of 1879 for the rcform of the civil
service. and we call for the honest enforce
ment of all laws regarding che same. The
nomination of president at the last Republi-
can convention by delegates consisting largely
of his appointees. holding Office at his pleas
ure. is scandaiosts satire upon free popular
institutions and q startling Illustration ef the
method by which q president may crafty his
ambition. We denounce policy under which
federal office holders 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 individual
liberty and local self government
The Democratic party Is the only party that
has ever given tho country foreign policy
consistent and vigorous, compelling respect
abroad and inspiring confidence at home.
While avoiding entangling alliances, it has
aimed to cultivate friendly relations with
other nations, and especially with our neigh
bors ON the American continent, whose des-
tiny is closely linked with our own, and we
view with alarm the tendency to u policy of
irritation and buster which Is liable az any
time to confront us with the alternative Of
humiliation or war.
We favor the maintenance of a navy strong
enough for eli purposes OF national defense,
and to properly maintain the honor and dig
nifty of the country abroad
This country has always been the refuge of
the oppressed from every land-exiles for con-
science sake and Ia this spirit Of the found
Svs Of the government we condemn the op-
preston practiccd by the Russian government
mon its Lutheran and Jewish Subjects and