The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-07-09

'ANNA
nov a few railroad and nonresident
aliens, individual and corporate, possess
Il larger area than that of all our farms
between the two seas. The last demo-
cratic administration reversed the i'm
provident and unwise policy of the re-
publican party touching the public do
main, and reclaimed from corporations
and syndicates, alien and domestic, and
restored to the people nearly 0 1900, 900
acresof valuable land to be sacredly held
as homesteads for M 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.
COINAGE.
We denounce the republican legisIa-
ton known as the Sherman act of 1890
as a cOwardly makeShift fraught with
possibilities of danger III the future.
which should make all of its supporters,
peal. We hold to the Use of both gold
and silver rs the standard money of the
country, and TO the coinage of both gold
and silverwithOut discriminating against
either metal or charge for mintage, but
the dollar unit of coinage of both metals
must be of equal intrinsic and exchang-
able value or be adjusted through inter
national agreement or by such safe
,,nrln Of In,r;,Int.ln nu phnII i,a,,,n tI,n
maintenance of the parity of the two
metals and the equal power of every dol
lar 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 protection of our far
mers and laboring classes, the first and
most defenseless victims of a f uctuating
currency.
We recommend that the ~prohibitory
10 per cent tax on state bank issues be
repealed.
Public office is a public trust. We re-
affirm the declaration of the democratic
national convention of 1876 for the re-
form of the civil service, and call for the
honest enforcement of all laws regula-
ting the same. The nomination of a
President, as i'll the recent republican
convention, by delegates composed
largely of his appointees, holding Office
at his pleasure, is a scandalous satire
upon free popular institutions and a
startling illustration of the methods by
which a President may crafty his am
bition. We denounce a policy under
which the federal officeholders usurp
control of party conventions in the states
and we pledge the democratic party to
reform these and all other abuses which
threaten individual liberty and local self
government.
The democratic party is the only par
ty that has ever given the country a for
eign policy consistent and vigorous,
respect abroad and inspiring
at home. While avoiding ell
tangling alliances, it has aimed to cult
vate friendly relations with other ma
tons, and especially with our neighbors
the American continent whose desti-
ny is closely linked with our own, and
view with alarm the tendency to a
policy of irritation and buster which is
liable at any time to confront us with
the alternative of humiliation or war.
We favor the maintenance of a navy
strong enough for all purposes of nation
nj defense and to properly maintain the
honor and dignity of the country abroad.
This country has always been the ref
lge of the oppressed from every land
exiles for conscience sake-and in the
spirit Of the founders of our government
condemn the oppression practised by
.he Russian government upon its Luth-
Gran and Jewish subjects, and we call
upon IL national government, i'll the
interest of justice and humanity, by all
.ust and proper means to use its prompt
md best efforts to bring about a cessa-
ion of these cruel prosecutions in the
lominions of the Gar and to secure to
he oppressed equal rights.
We tender our profound and earnest
sympathy to those lovers of freedom
who are struggling for home rule and
5he great cause of local self-goyernment
Ireland.
We heartily approve all legitimate eff
forts to prevent the United States from
being used as the dumping ground for
jhe known criminals and professional
Daupers of Europe; and we demand the
.igid enforcement of the laws against
chinese immigration and the impOrta-
ion of foreign workmen under contract
% degrade American labor and lessen
is wages, but we condemn and de-
lounce any and all attempts to restrict
he immigration of the worthy and in
lustrious of foreign lands.
This convention hereby renews the
expression of appreciation of the pat
'iOtism of the soldiers and sailors of the
Union in the wal for its preservation,
md we favor just and liberal pensions
or all disabled Union soldiers, their
and dependents, but we demand
hat the work of Pension Office shall be
lone industriously, impartially and hon.
,stly. We denounce the present ad-
ninistration of that Office as incompe-
ent, corrupt, disgraceful and dishonest.
The federal government should care
or and improve the Mississippi river
md other great waterways of the Re-
so as to secure for the interior
states easy and cheap transportation to
idewater. When any waterway of the
Republic is of sufficient Importance to
aid of the Government, such
aid should be extended upon a definite
)lan of continuous work until perma-
lant improvement is secured.
For purposes of national defense and
he promotion of commerce between the
tates, we recognize the early coDstruc-
ion of the Nicaragua Canal and its pro-
ection against foreign control IS of
;reat Importance to the United States.
Recognizing the Worlds Columbian
Exposition us a national Undertaking of
asst Importance, in7which the General
Government has invited the co-Opera-
ion of all the Powers of the world, and
ppreciating the acceptance by many
# such Powers of the invitation so eX-
ended and of the broad and liberal eff
orts being made by them to contribute
o the grandeur of the undertaking, we
re of the opinion that Congress should
make such financial provision as shall