The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-10-07

silver dollar sllallSbe a full legal
tender, equally with gold for all
debts, public and private, ana we
favor such legislation as Will pre-
vent for the future the demonch-
zation of any kind of legal tender
money by private contract.
We are opposed to the policy
and practice of surrendering to the
holders of the obligations OF the
United States the option reserved
by law to the government OF re-
deeming such obligations in either
silver coin or gold coin.
We are opposed to the issuing
of interest bearing bonds OF the
United States in time of peace,
and condemn the trafficki,g with
banking syndlcatcs, which, III ex
change for bondssat an enormous
profit to themselves, supply the
Federal treasury with gold to
maintain the policy Of gold mono
metallism. Congress alone has
the mower to coin and issue money,
and President Jackson declared
that this power could not be dele
gated to corporations or individu
ais.
We, therefore, denounce the is
suance of notes intended to clrcu-
late as money by national banks
as in derogation of the constltu'
;ion, and We demand that all pa
; per, which is made a legal tender
: for require a stricter control by the
: federal government of these arte-
ries of commerce.
We acknowledgement of the
power of the inter state comm rec
commission, and 81 ch restrictions
and guarantees in the control of
railroads as will protect the people
+ from robbery and oppression.
;. The money wruDg from the PEG
! pie by oppressive taxation and the
: lavish appropriation of the recent
, republican congress, which have
kept taxes high while the Labor
that pays them is unemployed, ant
the products Of the peoples tm
are depressed in price till they NJ
. longer repay the cost Of product
!. ticn.
Il We demand a return to that sim
, plicity and economy which betit'
J. a. democratic government, and
n reduction in the useless offices. TIL
|. salaries of which drain the sub
If stance of the people.
a. We denounce The arbitrary il
rs reference by federal Authority i
D local Affairs as :, violation of th
he constitution of the United States
V and crime against free institl
$ lions, and we especially object t
Is government by injunction as a ne
N and highly dangerous form of OF
1t preston by which Federal judges
r in contempt of the laws of State
y aud rights of citizens, become
I'd once Judges, legislatures aud ex
cutloners; and we approve the bl
ID passed at the last session OF tt
Ell United States Senate, and no
b pending in the House Of Repr
IA sentatives, relative to contempt
it. Federal Courts and providing tt
N, dis by jury i'll certain cases of co
nd tempt.
M No discrimination should be
n dulged by the government in
vor of its debtors. We appro
CIV of the refusal of the Fifty-Thi
,rs Congress to pass the Pacific IA
IN road funding bill, and denoun
raj the efforts of the present repub
I'D can Congress to enact simil
of measure.
he Recognizing the just claims
on deserving Union soldiers, We hea
'de lily endorse the rule of the prese
nit commissioner Of pensions, that
'ge names shall be arbitrarily dropp
YER from the pension rolls and the f;
of enlistment and service shot
,73 be deemed conclusive evidel
the against disease and disability
the fore enlistment.
in We favor the admission of
cor, territories of New Mexico, Ari
of ma and Oklahoma to the Union
'eo- States, and we favor the early