Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Pension Laws.

Pension Laws.
Recognizing the just claims of deserving
Union soldiers, we heartily endorse the rule
of Commissioner Murphy that no names
shall be arbitrarily dropped from the pen
sion roll and the fact that enlistment and
service should be deemed conclusive evil
dence against disease and disability before
enlistment.
We favor the admission OF the territories
o. New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma into.
the Union states and we favor the early
admission of all the territories having the
necessary population and resources to ell
title thofn to statehood. and while thew re-
main territories hold that the officials
appointed to administer the government CT
any territory. together with the District Of
Columbia and Alaska, should be bona file
residents of the territory or district in
which their duties are TO be performed.
The Democratic party believes i'll home rulC,
ana that all pubic lands or the United
States should be appropriated to the eStab~
lishmen, Of FIRE homes for American citi-
Zens.
We recommend that the territory of Alas
ka be granted delegate i'll Congress, and
that the general land ard timber laws of
the United States be extended to said terri
tory.
The Monroe doctrine. as originally de-
clared and as interpreted by our leading
Presidents. is a permanent part Of the for
eign policy Of the United States, and must
at all times be maintained.
sympathy for Cuba.
We extend our sympathy to the people of
Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and
independence.
No Third Presidential Terms.
We declare it to be the unwr;tten law OF
this republic, established by custom and
usage OF 100 years and sanctioned by the eN-
ampleS of the greatest and wiSeSt of those
who founded and have maintained our gov
eminent, that no man should be eligible for
third term of the presidential office.
The Federal government should for
and improve the Mississippi river and other
great waterways of the republic, as TO
for int rin -tstH CA
transportation to tidewater. Whenever any
waterway of the republic is of sufficient i'm
portance to demand aid Of the government
such aid should be extended upon a definite
plan of continuous work until a permanent
Improvement is secured.
Confiding in the justice of our case and
the necessity of its success at the polls, we
submit the foregoing declaration of prnc--
pies and purposes to the considerable judg-
ment Of the American people We invite the
support of all voters who approve them ANA
who desire to have them made effective
through legislation for the relief of the peo-
pie make the restoration of the country
prosperity.
The Minority Report.
The full minority report was as fol-
lows:
To the Democratic National Convention:
Sixteen delegates, constituting the minority
of the committee on resolutions. find many
declarations in the report of the majority
to WHICH they cannot give their assent
Some of these are wholly unnecessary, some.
are ill-considered@ ambiguously phrased.
while others are extreme and revolutionary
to the well-recognized principles of the
party. The minority content themselves.
with this general expression of their dis
sent without going into specific statement
of these Objectionable features of the re-
port of the majority.
But upon the financial question. which
engages at this time the chief share of pub
lie attention, the views of the majority
differ so fundamentally from what the
minority regard as vital Democratic doe
trine as to demand distinct statement
q hold
true expression of Democratic faith upon
this paramount issue, as follows, which is.
offered as a substitute for the financial
planks in the majority report
We declare our belief that the experiment
on the. part of the United States alone of
free silver coinage and change of the ex-
listing standard of value independently of
the action of other great nations would not
only imperl our finances but would retard
or entirely prevent the establishment of in
ternational bimetallism to which the eff
forts of the government should be steadily
once upon a silver basis, impair contracts.
disturb business, diminish the purchasing
power of the wages of labor and inf1ct ir-
reparable evils upon our nations commerce
and industry.
Until international cooperation among
leading nations for the free coinage Of sill
YER can be secured we favor the rigid main
tenance of the existing gold standard as
essential to the preservation of our nation.l
credit, the redemption of our public pledges
and the keeping inviolate of our country's@
honor We insist that all our paper and
silver currency snail De Kept absolutely at
a parity with gold. The Democratic party
is the party of hard money and is opposed
to legal tender paper money as part of
our permanent financial system, and we
therefore favor the gradual retirement and
cancellation of all United States notes and
treasury notes. under such legislative pro-
visions as will prevent undue contra elton.
We demand that the national credit shall
be resolutey maintained at all times ana
under all circumstances.
The minority also feels that the report of
the majority is defective in failing to make
any recognition of the honesty economic
courage and fidelity of the present Demo
cratic administration and they therefore
offer the following declaration as an amend
ment to the majority report:
''We commend the honest economic.
courageous and fidelity of the present
Democrats national administration.
(Signedl David 3. Hill. New York; Will
liam f. Villas Wisconsin,; George Gray
Delaware; John Prentiss Poe. Maryland;
Irving w: Drew, New Hampshire; G. O.
Holman, Maryland; 2. ]. Farrell Vermont:
Lynde Harrison. Connecticut; David +.
Baker, Rhode Island; Thomas A. G. Wea-
dock, Michigan: James e. O'Brien Mime
sofa: John E. Russell. Massachusetts, Rob-
ert f. Wright Pennsylvania; William B.
Steele. South Dakota Allen A. McDermott,-
New Jersey; Charles @. Rogers. Alaska.