The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-09-10


dens of taxation may be equally and i'm
paI italy laid to the end that wealth may
bear its due proportion of the expenses of
the Government.
We hold that the most efficient way to
protect American labor is to prevent the
Importation of fOreiqn pauper labor tn
compete with it in the home market, and
that the value OF the home market to our
American farmers and artisans is greatly
reduced by a vicious monetary system
which depresseS the prices of their pro
ducts below the cost of production, and
thus depriveS them of the means of pur-
chasing the products of our home manu-
facturerS.
The absorption of wealth by the few.
the consolidation of our leading railroad
systems and the formation of trusts and
pools require a Stricter control by the
Federal Government of those arte les Of
commerce. 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.
We denounce the prOfligate waste Of the
money wrung from the people by oppres
sive taxation and the lavish appropria-
tionS of recent Republican Congresses
which have kept the taxes high while the
labor that pays them is unemployed and
the products of the peoples toll are de-
pressed in price till they no longer repay
the cost of production. We demand re-
turn of that simplicity and economy
which BELTS Democratic government and
a reduction in the number of useless Off
ces, the'salaries of which drain the sub
stance of the people
We denounce arbitrary interference by
Federal authorities in local afla rs as
violation of the constitution of the Unit
ed States and crime against free inSti
tutiOns, and we especially object to gov
ernment by injunction as new and
highly dangerous form of oppression by
which Federal judges, in contempt of the
laws of the States and the rights of citi-
zens, 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 contempts in Federal
courts and providing for trials by jury in
certain cases of contempt.
No discrimination should be INDUCED
by the government Of the United States
in favor of any of its debtors. We APP
DlONb vi VIt ltluodl VI ullO l. Ilu1 -bullu
Congress to pass the Pacific Railroad
funding bill, and denounce the effort of
the present Republican Congress to enact
similar measure
Recognizing the just claims Of dcServ-
ing union soldiers, we heartily indorse the
rule of the Commissioner of Pensions that
no names shall be arbitrarily dropped
from the pension roll, and the fact of en-
llstment and service should be deemed
conclusive evidence against disease or
disability before enlistment.
We favor the admission of the Terrific
rieS Of New Mexico and Arizona into the
union as States and we favor the early
admission Of all the Territories having
the necessary population and resources to
cntte them to statehood, and while they
remain Territories we hold that the Off
cals appointed to administer the gov
crnment of any Territory, together with
the District Of Columbia and Alaska,
should be bona Iide resd nts Of the Ter
ritOry 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 an
proprated to the establishment of free
homes for American citizens We rec
ommend that the Territory Of Alaska be
granted delegate IN Congress, and that
the general land and timber laws Of the
United States be extended to said Terri
tory,
We extend our sympthy TO the people 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 merit, fixed terms OF Office aud
such an administration Of the civil service
laws rs viii afford equal opportunities TO
all cit'2ens Of ascertaned fitness.
The Federal Government should care
for and improve the Mississippi River and
other great waterways Of the republic, so
rs to secure for the Interior States easy
and cheap transportation 60 tide water. |
When any waterway Of the ropub lc is Of !
sufficient Importance 10 demand aid Of the |
Gov rnmenl such aid should be extended
upon definite plan Of continuous work
until permanent Improvement " secured |
We declare II tO be the unwrItton law |
OF this republic established by the Gus.
toms md UsOgcs Of a hundred years, and |
sanctioned by the examples ot the great,
cstNnd wsest OF those who founded and |
have maintained cur Government. that |
no man should be eligible for third term |
of the Presidential Office.
The constitution Of the United States
guarantees TO every citizen the rights OF |
civil and religions liberty. The Demo. |
cratic party has always been the exponent
OF political liberty aud religious freedom,
and II roncws Its obligations aud rear.
firms its devotion 90 these fundamental
principles Of the constitution
We aroln favor Of The arbitration of
differences between employers engaged In
Interstate commerce and their employees
and recommend such legislation as Is nee.
nssOry 70 curry out this principle,
C0nldng In the justice Of our c0uso
lion of principles aud purpose 20 the con.
'ldorNlo Judgment Of the American peO.
llc We invite the support OF all cltI.
'ons who approve them and who desire 10
lOvNthom made objective through logsa.
Ion Tor the rOllot0f the people aud tho
eatorntlon of the ponntpV'a nioanopltv