Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-28
| DEMOCRAT TICKET.
For President:
WILLIAM j. BRYAN, of Nebraska.
For Vice-President:
ARTHUR j. SEWALL, of Maine.
THE PLATFoRM.

kTsedom Of speech. REGION q Of the the PRESS press,
fights, the eauatyy u ali etisen es
before the law, and the faithful OBJ
party has resisted the tendency OF selfish
mental power. and steadfastiy @ M EaHa
p Sy h Gnde f s Ct
ance and teachings thesgreat principle of
IN he has and If best sns
rights Of the states and in its assertion of
the necessity Of combining the general gov
granted by the constitution of the United
ssThe constitution of the United States
e!vii and religious liberty. The demoer rs ie
Poiitscai liberty S and Religious freedom and
4 - renews its obligations and reaffirms its
devotion to these fundamental principles
of the constitution.
Financial Plank.
Recognizing that the money question
as paramount to all others at this time,
Federal Constitution names silver and gold
together as the money metals Of the United
eng sas tn nsd za the s%
made the silver dollar the unit of value and
admitted gold to free daagr at the ratio
I'VE declare that the act Of 1873 demone-
sd IN the e the pH Fl sod Of ana
n 'e Of and
all debts, public and private; the enrich-
and abroad; ppostration Of t industry tt He and
1mpoyerishment of the people.
ged MSeP sas as aa
the paralysis OF hard times.
Gold recommendation is a British policy,
and Its adoption has brought other nations
into financial seryitude to London. It is
and it can be fastened on the United States
by the oye st TT Of That
It in the war Of the. revolution.
age Of both silver and gold at the present
legal ratio of sixteen to one without waiting
We demand that the standard silver dollar
shall be full legal tender, equally with
We faVor 81 Such lt egislation as viii prevent
the demonstration Of any kind Of legal
70 policy and prac
t,Se Of surre f to the holders Of the
Ideeming such obligations in either silver
I'VE are opposed to the issuing of inter-
est-bearing bonds of the United States in
TINE TINE Of f. Peace and condemn the trafcking
change, for bonds and at an enormous
profit to themselves. supply the federal
. of gold recommendation.
alone mas the Power to coin
declared that this power could not be dele
Eated to corporations or individuals; We.
tntended 10 Circulate as money by national
banks as in derogation of the constitution.
and we den, demand that all paper which is
debts }1 Or wsieh is reeeiyabe for dues to
government of the United States, and shall
be redeemable in coin.
Tariff and Taxation.
I'VE hold that tariff duties should be
levied for purposes, of revenue, and that
ally administered. We denounce as dis
to restore the Mckinley Jaw, which has
been twice condemned by the people in
aer sh p a of to
industry. proved a prolific breeder of
trusts and o} 5s the fey
trade and deprived the producers Of the
great American staples Of access to their
Ftion is settled we are opposed to any agi-.
tation for further changes in our tariff
in revenue b ad
verse decision Of the supreme court on
in the revenue but for the annulment by
the supreme court Of law passed by q
fse unform decons that court for
NEARLY 100 years, that court having sus-
lactment, which has been overruled by the
sblest jqdges Who % had had eyer r sat sat on that
congress to use all the Constitutional pow
Ter which remains after that decision. or
aa nay a4 M Re Ry a
equally and and impartialiy laid. e the end
that wealth may bear it's proportion or the
Expenses of the government.
Pauper Labor Plank.
1--WE hold that the most efficient way Of
protecting american labor is to prevent
lcompete with it in the home market, and
that the value of the home market to our
reduced by a vicious monetary system
which depresses the PRICES of their prod
thus deprives them of the n means Iio Of p lre
chasing the products of our home manu-
dsscttSSres, and as labor creates the wealth
such laws as may be necessary to protect
1--WE are in favor of the arbitration OF
Interstate commerce and their employees,
and recommend such legislation as Is nee
iessary to carry out this principle.
8. Restraint on Railroad Corporations.
"The absorption Of wealth by the few,
the consolidation Of our. leading railroad
pools REQUIRE stricter control by the fed fed
eral government Of those arteries of COM
THE powers Of the interstate commerce.
commission and such restrictions and guar
nntees in the control Of railroads as Will
protect the people from robbery and 3D.
pression.
Republican Congresses.
I'VE denounce the profigate waste of the
money Wrung from the people by oppressive
taxation and the lavish appropriations of
recent republican congresses, Which have
Kept taxes high while the labor that pays
them 1s unemployed and the products Of the
peoples toll are depressed in price till they
mo longer repay the cost of production. We
demand return to that simplicity and
economy which best BELTS a democratic
government and reduction in the number
drain the substance of the people.
Federal Interference.
I'VE denounce the arbitrary interference
by federal authorities in local affairs as q
violation of the constitution of the United
States and a crime against free institu-
tons. and We especially object to govern
t!nent by injunction as a new and highly
dangerous form of oppression by which
aMdg a II 81 Ct the aws Of
lat once Legislators, judges and execution
last session of the United States senate and and
now pending in the house relative to con-
tcmpts in federal courts and providing for
trials by jury in certain cases of contempt.
Admission of Territories.
I'VE favor the admission of the terri
tories OF New Mexico, Arizona and Okla
homa into the union as states and we favor
the early admission OF all the territories
source to entitle them to statehood, and
while they remain territories we hold that
the officials appointed to administer the
psret Of o fqnS ana gasKa
should be bona fide residents of the terri
tory or district in which the duties are to
he performed. The democratic party be.
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