Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-07-17
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

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we invite attention to the 70 that
the federal constitution mar g silver
and gold together as money metals Of
the United States and 4at the FIRST
coinage law passed by congress under
the constitution made the silver dol
lar the monetary I lit.
We declare tn. the act OF 1873 de-
monetizing sill lr without the knowl-
edge or app oval Of the American peo-
pie has resulted 10 the appreciation of
gold and a corresponding fall in the
price Of commodities produced by the
people, heavy increase in the bur-
den of taxation and of all debts, pub
lie and private, the enrichment of
the money lending class at home
and abroad, the prostration of in
dustry and the impoyerishment Of the
people.
We are unalterably opposed to mon
ometalism, which has locked fast the
prosperity of an industrial people in
the paralysis of hard times. Gold
menometalism is British policy and
its adoption has brought other ma
tions into financial servitude to Lon
don. 1t is not only un-American, but
it is anti-American, and it can be
fastened on the United States only by
the sinking Of that spirit Of love of
liberty which proclaimed our political
independence in 17T6 and won it In the
war OF the revolution.
We demand tho free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver at the
present legal ratio of l6 to l without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation.
We demand that standard silver
dollars shall be full legal tender equal
ly with gold and for all debts, public
and private, and we favor such legis-
lation as will prevent in the future
the decentralization of any kind of le-
gal tender money by private contract.
We are opposed to the policy and
practice Of surrendering to the hold
ers of obligations OF the United States
the option reserved by law to the gOv-
ernment of redeeming such obligations
in silver or in gold coin.
We are opposed to the issuing Of in
terest bearing bonds of the United
States in time of peace and condemn
trafiicking with banking syndlcates
which in exchange for bonds at an
enormous profit to themselves SUI
ply the federal treasury with gold to
maintain the policy of gold menomet-
alism.
Congress alone has the power to
coin and issue money and President
Jackson declared that this power
could not be delegated to corporations
or individuals. We therefore demand
that the power to issue notes to circu-
late as money be taken from the ma
tional banks. and thatall paper money
shall be issued directly by the treasu-
ry department to be redeemable in
coin and receivable for all debts, pub
lie and private.
We hold that tariff duties should be
levied for the purpose of revenue, such
duties to be readjusted so as to oper-
ate equally throughout the country
and not discriminate between class OF
section, and that taxation should be
limited by the needs OF the govern
ment honestly and economically ad-
: ministered
We denounce as disturbing to bust
, ness the republican threat to restore
the Mckinley law which has beer
twice condemned by the people in ma
tional elections, and which, enacted
under the false plea of protection tC
home industry, proved prolific
breeder of trusts and monopolies, en-
riched the few at the expense Of The
many, restricted trade and deprived
the producers of the great American
staples of access to their natural mar
kets.
We hold that the most efficient wa.
OF protecting American labor is to pre-
!. vent the importation Of foreign paupe
labor to compete with it in the hom,
market, and that the value of hom
market to our American farmers ant
artisans is greatly reduced by a vi
cious monetary system which de
presses the prices Of their product
below the cost Of production and thu
deprives them Ct the means OF puI
chasing the products Of our hom
manufactures.
We favor the admission of the terri
tories Of New Mexico and Arizona int
the union of states, and we favor th
early admission of all territories hay
ing the necessary population and II
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