The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
SAGE LYMAN TRUMBULL.
He Suggests Declaration of Prin-
ciples for the Party.

Judge Lyman Trumbull expressed
in the following resolutions thought
that will live and burn into the hearts
of patriotic men long after the pres
ent cut throat competition of pluto
Gratis and paupers has given place to a
government of equal rights to all and
special privileges to none:
l. Resolved, that human brother
hood and equality of rights are cardin-
al principles of true democracy.
2. Resolved, that forgetting all past
political differences we unite in the
common purpose to rescue the gov
ernment from the control of monopo-
lists and concentrated wealth; to linn
it their powers Of perpetuation by cur
failing their privileges, and to secure
the right of free speech, free press,
free labor and trial by jury-all rules,
regulations and judicial dicta in dero-
cation Of either Of which are arbitrary
and unconstitutional and not to be
tolerated by free people.
3. We indorse the resolution adopt
ed by the national Republican convcn-
tion of 1860, which was Incorporated
by President Lincoln in his inaugural
address as follows: "That the main
| tenance, inviolate, of the rights of
each state, to order and control it's
own domestic institutions, according
to its own judgment, exclusively, is
essential to that balance Of power on
| which the perfectness and endurance
of our political fabric depends, and we
| denounce the laWless invasion of
armed force on the soil of any state or
territory, no matter under what pre-
4. Resolved, that the power given
Congress by the constitution to pro-
vide for calling forth the militia to
execute the laws of the Union to sup
| press instructions, to repel in vasions,
| does, not warrant the government in
making use of a standing army in aid
| ing monopolies in the oppression of
their employees. When free men un-
shield the sword it should be to strike
for liberty, not for despotism or to up
hold privileged monopOlies in the op-
preston Of the poor.
5. Resolved, that to check the rapid
absorption of the wealth of the coun-
try and its perpetuation in few
| nanQS we QcmanQ the enactment OF
laws limiting the amount of property
to be acquired by devise or Inherit
ance.
6. Resolved, that we denounce the
issuing of interest bearing bonds by
the government in time of peace to
be paid for in part at least by gold
drawn from the treasury, which results
in the government paying interest on
it's own money.
Resolved that we demand that con-
! gress perform its constitutional duty
to coin money. regulate the value
thereof, and of foreign coin by the en-
actment of laws for the free coinage
of silver with that of gold at the ratio
of 16 to !.
s. Resolved. that monopolies affect
ing the public interests should be
owned and operated by the govern
ment in the interest of the people: all
employees of the same to be governed
by civil service rules, and no one to
! be employed or displaced on account
of politics.
8. Resolved, that we inscribe on oul
| banners. "Down with monopolies and
| millionaire control; up with the rights
of man and the Masses" and under
this banner we march to the polls and
to victory.