The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-02


a Scandalous satire upon free popular IN
| stltuiions and startling illustration of the
| methods by which Il President may crafty
his ambition. We dcnounce policy under
| which the federal o!llcc-holdcrS uStrp con-
| troll of party conventions in the states, and
| we pledge the Democratic party 10 he re
| .orm VI these and all ether abuses which
| threaten individual liberty and 10: al self
| government.
10. The Democratic party Is the onl!
! gariy that has ever given the country Il
! o!eiGn policy consistent and vigorous
| compelling respect abroad and inspiring
! confidence at home. While avoiding en-
/ angling alliances, ii has aimed to cult
! yatc friendly relations with otter nations,
and csi.ecially with our ncighborS on the
! american continent, whose destiny is
! closely linked with our own. and we view
with alarm the tendency to a policy OF ii
| rItailOl and plustcr which is liable at any
| tlmt 10 confront US with the alternative OF
| humiliation or war We favor the main
| trnance of navy strong enough for ali
| purposes of national defense and to prop
| eriy maintain the honor and dignity of til,
ii. lnS country has always been tn,
refuge ot the oppressed from every land.
! eNileS for cUnScIc'Icc SAKE, and IN the
| Split OF the founders OF Our government
we condemn the oppression practiccd By
| the huSSlan government upon IFS Austrian
| and Jewish subjects, aud we call upon our
national gotcrInient in the interest of
justice and hlniauliy by all just and
| proper means TO use its pronipt and best
| efforts 10 brili. about Il cessation of these
cruel prosecutions in tile dOnlnions Of the
cZar, and TO secure to the oppressed equal
| rights: We tender Ortr profound an Il
earnest sympathy to those lovers of free
dom who are struggling for home rule and
| the great cause OF local self government in
| Ireland.
| ~ No l,o,r+),- ,,nroro 81, ,o.;.;,o.,
| efforts to prevent the United States from
being used as the dumping ground for the
known criminals and professional paupcrs
| OF Europe, and we demand the rigid en-
| forcemcnt Of laws against Chinese immi-
| grafton and the importation of foreign
| WOrkmcn under contract to degrade
| American labor and lessen It's wages, but
we condemn and denounced any and all at
| tcmptS to restrict the Immigration of the
| industrious and worthy of foreign lands.
| IL. This convention hereby renew; the
| expression OF appreciation of the patriot
ism of the soldiers and sailors of the Union
| in the war for Its preservation, and we ia
vor just and liberal pensions for all dis
| ablcd Union soldiers. their widows and de-
pcndcntS; but we demand that the work
Of the pension office shall be done indus
triouSly, impartially and honestly. We
denOunce the present ADMINISTRATION as in
competent, corrupt, dIsgraceful and dis
| honest
| IA. The federal government should care
for and improve the Mississippi River and
| other great waterways of the republic
so as to secure for the interlcr states easy
and cheap transportation to the tIdcwater.
Hhcn any waterway of the republic is of
sufficient Importance to demand aid OF the
| government, that such aid should be eX-
| tended on definite plan of continuous
work until permanent Improvement is Sc
| cured.
Is. In support OF the national defense
and the promotion of commerce between
| the states, we recommend the early con-
| structon OF the Nicaragua Canal and con-
sldcr its protection against foreign control
| of great Importance to the United States.
| Ii. Recognizing the Worlds Columbian
! Exposition as national undertaking OF
| vast Importance. in which the general
government has invited the co orcratron
OF all the powers of the world ana appre-
| eiatin9 the acceptance by many of such
| powers of the invitation SO extended and
the broad and liberal efforts being made
! by them to contribute to the gran icur of
| the undertaking, we are of the opinion
| that Congress should make such necessary
financial provisions as shall be requisite to
| the maintenance of the national honor and
public faith.
IL. Popular education being the only
safe basis OF popular suffrage. we recon-
| mend to the several states most liberal ap-
preparations for the public schools. Free
common schools are the nursery of good
government, and they have always re-
| ceived the fostering care of the Democratic
| party, which tayorS every means of in
crcaSing intelligence. Freedom OF cduca.
| ton being an essential of civil and re
iigiOuS liberty as well as necessity fol
the development of intelligence must not
| be intcrfered with under any preteXt
whatever. We are opposed to state inter
ference with PARENTAL rights and rights CT
conscience in the education of children, as
| an infringement OF the fundamental Dem
ocratic doctrine that the largest individual
liberty consistent with the r ghtS of others
| inSureS the highest phase of citizenship
| and best government.
IS. We approve the action of the prcSen,
| House of Representatives i'll passing bills
for the admission into the Union as states
of the territories of New Mexico and All
! ZOna. ana we favor the admission of all
territories having the necessary population
| and resources emitting them to statehood
and while they remain territories. we hOlu
that the officials appointed to administer
| the government of any territory. tourthc,
| with the districts OF Columbia and Alask
| should be bona tidc residents of the terri
tory or districts in which their duties arr
to be performed. The Democratic part,
believes in home rule and the control O1
their own affairs by the people of the vic
mage.
~ We favor legislation, by Congress.
and state legislatures, to protect the live:
and limbs of railway employees and th0S.
of other hazardous transportation compa
MES. and denouncc the inactivity OF tn,
| Republican party, and particu 'arly tn,
| Repuhllcan Senate, fol causing the dcfea
of measures beneficial and protective u
this class of Wage-workcrS.
| 20. We are IN favor of the enactment by
the states OF laws for aboliShing the nOtorl
ous sweating system, Tor aholShing COZ
tract-cpnvlct labor, and for prohibiting tn,
employment IN factories of children unde
10 years OF age.
IL We are opposed to all sumptuar,
| laws as an interference with the indIl idua
rights OF the citizen.
| - pOn this statement of principle
and policies the Democratic party asks tn
intelligent judgment of the American peo
pie.
1t asks . change of administration and
change OF party. i'll order that there ma
be a Grange of system and a change O
methods. this assuring the maintcnanc
unimuaired of institutions under whc
the republic has grown great and power