Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-01

should DC exerted 10 secure tnls result
No party that fails - recognize the
nature Of tnIs issue II American poll
ties IL deserving OF tbs support VI the
people.
No citizen should be denied the right
TO vote on account OF sex, and equal
labor snouid receive equal wages with.
out regard 20 sex.
The money OF ths esnEtry should
cons.st Of gold. sllyer and paper, be
Issued by the general government only
and N sufficient quantity 10 meet the
demands OF business and give full op-
portuniEy Tor the employment OF
labor. To this end an increase
IN the volume or the money is
demanded. No Individual or corpora
ton should be allowed 10 make any
profit through its lssues. II should he
made legal tender for the payment of
all debts. public and private. It's vol
ume should be fixed at definite SUM
per capita sud made To increase with
popuiatlon.
Tariff should be levied only as a de-
Tense against foreign governments
which levy tariff upon. or bar out, our
products from their markets, revenue
being incidental. The residue OF means
Incidental 10 an economical admins
tTation of the government should be
ralsed by leyyiug the burden on what
the people hopes instead OF what We
consume.
Railroads, telegrsphs and other pub
ilc corporations should be controlled
by the government IN the interest OF
the people ana 40 higher charges al
lowed than necessary TO give fair inter-
est on the capital actually invested.
Foreign immigration has become a
burden upon industry, one Of the fac
tors IN depressing wages and causing
dIscontent; therefore our immigration
laws should be revised and strictly en-
forced. The time OF residence for
naturalization should be extended and
no nsturalIzed person snould be al
lowed TO vote until one year after he
becomes a citizen. No resident aliens
shonld be allowed TO acquire land IN
this COUNTRY and WE favor the limlta-
ton OF individual and corporate owner
snip OF land; all unredeemed grants of
lands TO railroads, companies or other
corporations should be reclaimed.
Years OF lnactlon and treschery on
the part OF the republican and demo-
cratic parties have resulted in the pres
ent reign OF mob law, and We demand
that every citizen be- protected in the
night of trial by judicial tribune. All
men should De protected by law in their
right TO one day Of rest in seven. Ar
| bltration 10 the wIsest and most eco
uomical and humane method of settling
national differences.
Speculations in margins, the corner
ing of gram, money and products and
the formation of pools, trusts ald COM
blnations for the arbitrary advance
ment of prices should be suppressed.
We arraign the republican and dem
ocratic parties as false to the standards
reared by their founders, as faithless TO
the principles of the illustrious leaders
Of the past to whom they do homage
with the lips and are recreant 70 the
higher law which is IS inflex-
| ible in political affairs as
IN personal life, and rs no
longer embodying the aspirations of
the American people or inviting the
confidence To enlightened progressive
patriotism. Their protests against the
admission Of moral issues'' into poll
tics is q confession Of their own moral
degeneracy. The declaration of an
eminent authority. that munlcipal mis-
rule ~ the ono conspicuous failure of
American politics, follows as natural
Consequence OF such degeneracy and is
true alike of cities under republican
and democratic control. Each accuses
the other of extravsgance in congress
sional appropriations and both are alike
guilty.
each protests when out of power
against infraction of the civil service
| laws and each, when in power, violates
| those laws IN letter and in spirit. Each
| processes feaity to the interests of the
tolling masses, but both covertly
| trucxIe To the money power in tbs ad-
ministration of pubic affairs. Even the
tariff issue, as represented in the demo.
cratic Mills bill and republican McKin-
| Icy bill, IS no longer treated by them as
an issue between great and divergent
principles of the government, but rs a
mere catering To different sectional
! aud class interests.
The attempts IN many states to wresi
the Australian ballot system from its
true purpose and TO reform 1t, to rem
der 10 extremely difficult for new par
ties to exercise the rights of suffrage
is an outrage upon popular govern
! ment.
The competition of both of these par
ties for the vote of the slums, and their
assldious courting of the liquor power
and subservsng To the money power,
has resulted IN placing these powers
in the position of practical arblters of
the destinIes OF the nation.
We renew our protest against these
tendencies and believe ali citizens will
JON ne IN the upbuiIding of party
that has shown IN FIVE national cam
psigns that II prefers TEMPORARY defeat
90 an Abandonment of the claims of Jus
tice. sobriety, personal rights and the
protection OF American homes.
We pledge that the prohibition party
IL elected to power will ever grant jus'
pensions to disabled veterans of the
union army aad navy, their widows
and orphans.
Recognizing and declaring that pro
hihition of the LIQUOR traffic has be-
come the dominant issue IN national
politics, We invite 10 full party fellow
snip all those who on this one domi
nsut issue are with us agreed on ths
full belief that this party can and wil
remove sectional differences, promote
national unity and insure the best vel.
fsre Of our entire lsnd.
Hart Offers q Substitute.