Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-06-23

exact IRON I,oor grossly unjust snare ot the
| expense Of the government. and we demand
| such revision of the tariff as viii remove
| their iniqntous inequalities, tighten their op-
| pressions and put them ON constitutional ana
| equitable basis.
| Bat IN making reduction in taxes, IL is not
| prop sed 10 iniure any domestic Industries,
| but rather 20 promo: .frr ralthy growth.
| From the fOundat'Yl % Il government,
| taxes collected at the custom >lse have been
| the chief source OF federal revenue. such
| they must continue 70 be. Moreover, many
| industries have como TO rely upon legislation
| for successful continuance, so that any change
| OF law must be NJ ereFy step rc sfrd9ul OF tho
| labor aud capital thus involved. Tao process
| OF reform must be subject In the execution to
| this plain dictate of Justice.
Wodenounce the Mckinley tariff law enacted
| by the fifty-irst congress as the eliminating
| airocity OF class legislation: we endorse the
efforts made by the Democrats Of the present
congress To modify its most oppressive feht-
| ures in the direction OF free raw materials
| and cheaper manufactured goods that enter
| into general consumption: and we promise It's
| repeal as one OF the beneficent results that
| will follow the action Of the people In entrust-
| ina power 10 the Democratic party.
Since the Mckinley tariff went into opera
| tion,th have been ten reductions of wages of
| laboring men TO one increase We deny that
| there has been any increase OF prosperity To
| the country since that tariff went into opera
ton, and we point TO the dullness and distress,
| the wage reductions and strikes In the iron
| trade as the best possible evidence that no
such prosperity has resulted from the Mckin-
| ley act.
| We call the attention OF thoughtful Amerl-
| cans TO the fact that after thirty years OF re-
strictive taxes against the importation OF
1 foreign wealth In exchange for our agricul-
| tural surplus. the homes and farms OF the
country have become burdened with real
estate mortgage debt Of over S2,5OJ 100000 ex-
| elusive OF all other forms of indebtedness;
that ia one Of the chief agricultural states in
| the west there appears a real estate mortgage
| debt averaging sl53 per capita OF the total
population, and that similar conditions and
| tendencies are shown to exist in the other
| agricultural exporting states. We denounce
policy which fosters no industry so much as
| IL does that OF the sheriff.
| Reciprocity.
Sec. 4. Trade interchange on the basis Of
| reciprocal advantage to the countries partici-
| pating Is time-honored doctrine Of the
| Democratic faith. but we denounce the sham
reciprocity which juggles with the peoples
| desire for enlarged foreign markets and freer
exchanges by pretending TO establish closer
| trade relations for country whose articles of
| export are almost exclusively agricultural
| with other countries that are also agricultural,
| while erecting custom house barrier OF pro-
| bibitive tarin taxes against the richest coun-
tries Of the world that stand ready 20 take our
| entire suplus Of products and 70 exchange
| therefor commodities which are necessaries
| and comforts Of life among our own people.
| Sec. 8. We recognize in the trusts and com.
| binations, which are designed to enable cap
ital to secure more than it's Just share OF the
| Joint product Of capital and labor, n natural
| consequence OF the prohibitive taxes which
| prevent the free competition which is the life
| Of honest trade, but we believe there the worst
| evils can be abated by law, and we demand
/ the rigid enforcement of the laws made n
prevent and control them, together with such
| further legislation In restraint OF their abuses
| as experience may show to be necessary.
Sec. 0. The Republican party, while profess
| ing policy OF reserving the public land for
| small holdings by actual settlers, has given
| away the peoples heritage. till now few rail-
| roads and nonresident Aliens individual and
| corporate, possess larger area than that OF
all our farms between tho two seas. The last
| Democratic administration reversed the I'm
| provident and unwise policy of the Republican
| party touching the public domain, and re-
| claimed from corporations and syndicates
| alien and domestic and restored 20 the people
| nearly l00,000,OO0 acres OF valuable land TO be
| held as homesteads for our citizens. and we
| pledge ourselves TO continue this policy until
| every acre Of land so unlawfully held shall be
reclaimed and restored TO the people.
Sherman Act Denounced.
Sec. Z. We denounce tho Republican legisla-
| tion known as the Sherman act of 1890 as a
| cowardly makeshift, fraught with possibilities
| OF danger In the future which should make
| all OF its supporters, well as its author,
| anxious for its speedy repeal. We hold 10 the
| use of both gold and silver as the standard
| money OF the country, and 10 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 exchangeable
| value or be adjusted through international
agreement, or by such safeguards of legisla-
1 lation as shall insure the maintenance Of the
parity OF the metals and the equal power of
! any dollar at all times In the markets, and in
| the payment 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 especially necessary for the protec-
ton of the farmers and laboring classes, the
| first and most defenseess victims Of unstable
| money and fiuctuating currency
Sec. 8. We recommend that the prohibitory
| 10 per cent. tax Oh state bank issues be re-
pealed.
| Civil Service Reform.
Sec. O. Public Office is public trust. We re-
| affirm the declaration of the Democratic ma
| tional convention of 1875 for the reform of the
| civil service, and we call for the honest en-
| forceme"' ~ all laws regulating the same.
| The nom Ton Of president In the re-
cent Req. lean conventions, by delegations
| composed largely of his appontccs holding
| Office AZ his pleasure, Is a scandalous satire
L -
| illustration Of the methods by which a presi-
| dent may crafty his ambition. We denounc
| a policy under which federal offceholders
| 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.
| Sec. 10. The Democratic party Is the only
| party that has ever given the country n for
| eign policy consistent and vigorous compel
| ling respect abroad and inspiring confidence
| at home. While avoiding entangling alliances.
| II has aimed 10 cultivate friendly relations
| with other nations, and especially with our
| neighbors on the American continent whose
| destiny is closely linked with our own and We
| view with alarm the tendency TO policy OF
| irritation and bluster, which Is liable at any
| time to confront US with the alternative Of
| humiliation or war. We favor the main
tcnance Of a navy strong enough for sll pur-
| pose. Of national defense and TO properly
maintain the honor and dignity Of the country
abroad.
| Our Foreign brethren.
| Sec II. THIS country has always been the
| refuge OF the oppressed from every land,
| triles for conscience sake, and in the spirit Of
| the founders of our government condemn
| the oppression practiced by the Russian gov
eminent upon It's Lutheran and Jewish sub
| jects and we call upon our national govern
| ment, in the interest of Justice and humanity,
| by all Just and proper means, 20 use its prompt
| and best efforts 10 bring about a cessation Of