Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-07-01

the N maintenance CT The parity of the two met
ais and the eQusl po wer Of any dollar at all
times i'll the market and the payment of debts
and we demand that all paper currency shall
be kept at rar with and rclecinaGle in such
coin. We insist upon this policy us especially
necessary for the protection of the farmers
and laboring classes, the first and most de-
fenseless victims of unstable money and q
huctuai1on of currency.
Sec. 8. We recommend that the prohibitory
10 per cent tax on state bank issues be re-
pealed.
Civil Service Reform.
Sec. 9. Public office is . public trust. We
reafirm the declaration of the Democratic ma
tional convention of 1876 for the reform of the
civil service, and we call for the honest en-.
forcement of the laws regulating the same.
The nomination of a president, as In the recent
Republican convention, by delegations COM
posed largely of his appointees, holding Office
at his pleasure, Is a scandalous satire upon
free popular institutions and q startling illus
tration of the methods by which Il president
may crafty his ambition. We denounce a
policy under which federal officeholders 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 Foreign Policy.
Sec. III. The Democratic party is the only
party that has ever given the country a foreign
policy consistent and vigorous, compelling re-
spect 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 a policy of
irritation and buster, which is liable Mt any
Time tn cnnfrnnt TIC wifi, tho n1tArnufix,a If
humiliation or war. We favor the mainten-
ance OF a navy strong enough for all purposes
OF national defense and to properly maintain
the honor and dignity of the country abroad.
Protest Against Jewish Persecution.
Sec. IL. This country has always been the
refuge of the oppressed from every laud-ex-
lies for conscience sake-and in the spirit of the
founders OF our government, we condem the
oppression practiced by the Russian govern
ment upon its Austrian and Jewish subjects,
and we call upon our national government in
the interest Of justice and humanity, b. all
just and proper means. to use its prompt and
best efforts to bring about II cessation of these
cruel prosecutions in the dominions of the
car, and to secure to the oppressed equal
rights. We tender our profound and heartiest
sympathy to those lovers Of freedom who are
struggling for home rule and the great cause
OF self-government in Ireland.
Pauper immigration.
Sec. IL. We heartily approve all legitimate
efforts to prevent the United States from be-
ing used as the dumping ground for the known
criminals and professional paupers Of Europe.
and we demand the rigid enforcement of the
laws against Chinese immigration and the i'm
portatlon OF foreign workmen under contract
to degrade American labor and less n its
wages, but we condemn anudenounce any and
all attempts to restrict the immigration of the
industrious and worthy of foreign lands.
Pensions
Sec. -. This convention hereby renews the
expression of appreciation of p .triotism of the
soldiers and sailors of the Union in the war for
its preservation, and we favor just and liberal
pensions for all disabled Union soldiers, their
wive. and dependents, but we demand that
the work Of the pension office shall be done
indu %triously. impartially and honestly. We
denuuncc the present administration as incom,
pctcnt, corrupt, disgraceful and dishonest.
Public improvements.
Sec. IA. The federal government should care
for anu improve the Mississippi river and
other great waterways of the republic so as to
secure for the interior states easy and cheap
transportation to the tidewater. When any
waterway of the republic is of sufficient i'm
p~ortance to demand aid of the government
that such aid should be extended on q definite
plan of continuous work until permanent i'm
p~rovelnent is secured.
Sec. ID. In the support of national defense
and the promotion of commerce between the
states we recognize the early construction Of
the Nicaragua canal and its protection against
foreign control of great Importance to the
United States.
Sec. l8. Recognizing the worlds Columbian
exposition as a national undertaking of vast
Importance, in which the general government
has invited the cooperation Of all the powers
OF the world, and appreciating the acceptance
by many of such powers Of the invitation so
extended and the broad and liberal efforts be-
ing made by them to contribute to the
grandeur Of the undertaking., we are of the
opinion that congress should make such neces-
sary financial provisions as shall be requisite
to the maintenance of the national honor and
public faith.
The Common School.
Sec. II. Popular education being the only
| safe basis of popular suffrage, WI recommend
to the several states most liberal appropria-
ton. for the public schools. Free common
schools are the nursery of good government,
and they have always received the fostering
care of the Democratic party, which favors
every means of increasing intelligence. Free
dom of education being an essential Of civil
and religious liberty as well as q necessity for
the development of intelligence, must not be
interfered with under any pretext whatever.
We are opposed to state interference with
| paternal rights and rights of conscience in the
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the fundamental Demo ratio doctrine that the
largest individual liberty consistent with tho
rights of others insures the highest type Of
American citizenship and the best govern
ment. -
Want Territories Admitted.
Sec. Is. We approve the action of the pres-
ent house of representatives in passing bills
for the admission into the union as states of
the territories of New Mexico and Arizona,
and we favor the early admission Of all the
territories having the necessary population
and resources to entitle them to statehood,
and while they remain territories we hold that
the officials appointed to administer the gov
ernment'of any territory, together with the
District of Columbia and Alaska, should be
bona fide residents of the territory or district
in which their duties are to be performed.
The Democratic party believes in home rule
and the control of their own affairs by the
people of the vicinage.
The Protection of Railway Employees.
Sec. 10. We favor legislation by congress
and state legislatures. to protect the lives and
limbs of railway employees and those Of other
hazardous transportation companies, and de-
nounce the inactivity of the Republican party,
and particularly the Republican senate, for
rar1sipo tho dafaat If mea anreS hapa6oiol opd