The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-09

NtillttADlt ullllk utlu lONt VI llbtlNS
which proclaimed our political indie
pendcncc In i17G and won !, III the war
Of tho revolution.
We demand tho free und unlImlt.
cd coinage Of both gold and silver nt tho
present legal ratio Of 10 to ! without
waiting for the aid or consent OF amy
other nation. We demand That tho
standard silver dollar phall he a full
LEGAL tender, equally with gold, for NIL
debts public aud private, and wa favor
such legislation MS will prevent the dc.
monetisntion OF any kind OF legal tender
money hy'prlvato contract.
We are opposed to the policy and prnc-
tlcc OF SurrCnderlng TO the holders Of the
obligations OF thu United States tho Op-
ton r"ScrvCd by law to tho government
of rcileemlrE such obligations In either
silver coin or gold coin.
Wo are opposed to the Issuing Of inter-
cat-hcaring bonds OF tho United States
In time Of peace and condemn the
%trailcklng with bank pyn1ICatCs which,
III exchange for bonds and at an Cnnr.
nous profit In themselves, supply the
federal treasury with gold to maintain
the policy OF gold munOmGtalllsm,
Congress alone has tho power TO coin
and Issue money. and President Jackson
declared that this power could not he
delegated 10 corporations or individuals.
We therefore dsni3n1 TINT The power to
Issue notes to circulate as money he
taken from the national banks and that
NIL paper money shall be Issued directly
by the treasury department.
We hold that tariff duties should be
levied for PURPOSES OF revenue, and that
taxation should be limited by tho needs
OF tho government honestly and ccOn-
oinlcRlly administered. W. denOuncG
ns disturbing To business the Tcpuhll-
eau threat to restore the Mckinley law
which has hcen twice condemned by the
peOpla In national elections und which,
enacted under the fnlsc plea nt protec-
tion, to home industry, proved u prolific
breeder OF trusts and %mOnopOllcJ. en-
richpd the few at the expense OF thu
many, restricted trade and deprived the
producers OF the great American staples
Of access to their natural markets.
Until the money question IL settled we
nre opposed 10 any agitation for further
changes In our turlr laws, except such
ns are necessary to make UP the deficit In
revenue caused by the advers. decision
uf the supreme court on the income tax.
Their" would he no deficit In the rcvc-
u but for the nnnulmCnt by the SUI
preme court Of a law passed hy q DEM
ocratic Congress In strict pursuance OF
the uniform decisions OF that court for
nearly nre hundred years. that court
having sustained constitutional 0h1ec-
tinns to Its enforcement which has been
ovHrrulcd by the ablest Judges who have
ever sat on The bench. We declare that
1t Is the duty OF Congress to use all the
constitutional power which remains af-
ter that decision, or which may come
from It's reversal by the court as 1t may
hereafter he constituted. so that the
burdens OF taxation may be equally and
impnrtIally laid to the end that wealth
may bear Its due proportion OF the ex.
perkes OF the government.
We hold that the most efficient way To
protect American labor ID to prevent
the importation OF foreign paupHr la
bcr 10 compete with II In the home mar
ket and that the value OF the home mar
kct 10 u farmers and artisans ARE
greatly reduced by a vicious monetary
system! which dcpreSses the prices Of
their products below the cost NJ produc-
ton and thus dcprives them Of the
means OF satisfying their needs.
We dennunce the proillgate waste OF
the money wrung from the people by op-
prSsslre taxation and the lavish apprO-
prlatlons OF resent Republican Congress
ses, which have kept taxes high while
the labor that pays them is unemployed
and the products of the peoples toll are
depressed In price till they no longer
repay the cost Of production. We de-
mand u return to that simplicity and
economy which best BELTS Il democratic
government and a reduction In the num-
Der Of useless offices, the salaries OF
which drain the substance OF the peO-
pie.
We denounce arbitrary interference by
federal authorities In local affairs as u
violation Of the constitution Of the Unit
cd States and q crime against free insti-
tutlons, and We especially object to gov
eminent by Injunction as a new and
highly dangerous form OF oppression by
which federal Judges, In contempt Of the
laws or the states and rights OF citi-
zens, become at once legislators, judges
and executloners: and we approve the
bill passed by the last session OF the
United States senate and now pending
In the house relative to contempts In
federal courts and providing for trials
by jury In certain cases OF contempt.
No discrimination should be INDUCED
by the government In favor OF any OF It's
debtors. We approve OF the refusal OF
the Fifty-third Congress TO pass the Pa
cIflc milroad funding bill and denouncA
the effort OF the present Republican
Congress to enact q similar measure.
Recognizing the Just claims OF descrv-
ing union soldiers. we heartily endorse
the rule OF Commissioner Murphy that
no should be arbitrarily dropped
from the pension roll and the fact OF en-
listment and service should be decisive
evidence against disease or disability
before enlistment.
We extend our sympathy to the peo-
pie OF Cuba In their heroic struggle for
liberty and independence.
We are opposed to life tenure In the
public service. We favor appointments
based upon merits, fixed terms OF office
and such administration OF the civil SER
VICE laws as VIII afford equal opportuni-
tics 10 NIL citizens OF aScertalned fitness.
We declare II TO be the unwritten law
OF this republic, established by custom
and usage OF one hundred years and
sanctioned by the examples OF tho
greatest and wlscst OF those who found
ed and maintained our government. that
no man should be eligible for a third
term OF the presidential Office.
Conilding In the Justice OF u cause
and. the necessity OF Its success al the
polls. we submit the foregoing decllra-
ton OF principles and purposes TO the
considerable Judgment OF the American
people. We Invite the support OF all
~cltlzcns who approve them and who de-
sire to have them made effective through
legislation for the relief OF tho people
and the restoration OF the country's
prosperity,
A SAMPLE sILVER1TE.
An Iowa Doctor Arrested for Sending Dc.