Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-07-14
chasing the products of our home manu-
factoreis

chasing the products of our home manu-
factories.
The absorption of wealth by the few,
the consolidation of our leading railroad |
systems and the formation of trusts and !
pools require stricter control by the fed
eral government of these arteries of COM |
perce. We demand the enlargement Of |
the powers Of the interstate commerce |
commission and such restrictions and |
guarantees in the control of railroads as
Will protect the people from robbery and
oppression.
Denounce Prohigate Waste.
We deneuuee the profigate waste of the
Uehey wrung from the people By oppres-
dve taxation and the lavish appropriations
of the recent Republican congresses, 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 produc-
t1on. We demand a return to that SIM
pllclty and economy which best BELTS
democratic government. and reduction
in the number of useless officers, the sala-
ries OF which drain the substance of the
people.
No Federal Interference.
We denounce arbitrary interference by
federal authorities in local affairs as
violation of the constitution of the United
states and a crime against institutions,
and especially object to government by
injunction, as new and highly danger
Gus form OF oppression, by which federal
judges, in contempt of the laws of the
states and rights of citizens, become at
once legislators, judges and executioners;
and we approve the bill passed at the last
session of the United States senate and
now pending in the house relative to con-
temptsin federal courts, and providing for
trial by jury in certain cases of contempt
No discrimination should be indulgcd in
by the governmental the United States,
In favor of any of its debtors We ap-
prove Of the refusal of tho Fifty.third
congress to pass the Pacific railroad fund
ing BILL and denounce the effort of the
present Republican congress TO enact q
Similar measure
Position on Pensions
Recognizing the just claims of deserv-
ing Unlon soldiers, we heartily endorse
the rule OF the present commissioner of
pensions that no names shall be arbitrarily
dropped from the pension roll, and the
fact of enlistment and service should be
deemed conclusive evidence against dis
ease and disability before enlistment
We favor the admission of the territories
Of New Mexico and Arizona into the
Union as states and we favor the early
admission of the territories having the
necessary population and resources to en-
title them to statehood, and while they re-
main territories we hold that the officials
appointed to administer the government
| OF any territory, together with the District
Of Columbia and Alaska, should be bona
fde residents of the territory or district
| in which their duties are to be performed.
The Democratic party believes in home
rule, and that all public lands Of the
| United States should be appropriated to
| the establishment of free homes for Amer
lean citizens.
We recommend that the Territory OF
Alaska be granted a delegate in congress,
and that the general land and timber laws
| OF the United States be extended to said
| territory.
We extend our sympathy to the people
of Cuba, in their heroic struggle fo1
| liberty and Independence.
I "O e4S oppOSCN " 1lIc GCuUlG III CUe
public service. We favor appointments
based upon merit, fixed terms Of Office,
! and such an administration Of the civil
service laws as will afford equal oppor-
| tunity to all citizens Of ascertained fit
| ness
| No Third Term.
| We declare it to be the unwritteu law Of
this republic, established by the custom
| nd ~ L
the examples of the greatest and wisest OF
! those who founded and have maintained
our government, that no man should be
eligible for third term of the presidential
office
The federal government should care fo,
and improve the Mississippi river and
other great waterways of the republic 50
as to secure for the interior states easy and
cheap transportation to tide-water
Whenever any waterway of the republic
ii OF sufficient Importance to demand aid
! of the government such aid should be ex
tended upon definite plan of continuous
work until permanent improvement il
| secured.
Confding in the justice of our cause and
the necessity of its success at the polls, VT
submit the foregoing declaration of prin
ciples and purposes to the considcrat<
judgments of the American people. W.
invite the support of all citizens who ap
! prove them and who desire to have them
made effective through legislation for thu
relief Of the people and the restoration oi
the country's prosperity.
THE MINORITY REPORT.
Platform Presented by the Sound Ms1e,
Democrats.
CHICAGO. July 11.-Following is tn.
financial plank of the minority rcpor1
Of the committee on resolutions, pre-
sented by Senator David B. Hill:
t We declare our belief that the expert
ment on the part of the United States
alone of free silver coinage, and. a chang
Of the existing standard Of value, inde
pendeptE of the action Of other grea
! nations, would not only imperil ou]
finances, but would retard or entirely pre-
vent the establishment of internationa
bimeta1lism, to which the efforts of tn
government should be speedily directed
1t would place this country at once upo1
| q silver basis, impair contracts, disturb
business, diminish the purchasing powe
Of the wages Of labor, and inhict irrep
arabic evils upon our nations commerc
and industry. ...5z. x -.y....s-s.ss: 49,
4 Until International cooperation anon,
leading nations for the free coinags o
silver can be secured, we favor the rigi,
4 maintenance Of the existing gold standar,
+ as essential to the preservation Of our ma
: tional credit, the redemption Of our publi
4 pledges and the keeping inyiolate Of on
3 country's honor. We Insist that an ou
8 paper and silver currency shall be kep
absolutely al parity with gold Tn
Democratic party Is thu party OF har,
money and IS opposed 20 legal tende
q paper money as part Of our permanen