The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

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any kind of legal tender money ~
private contract.
eve ate opposed IS tle policy and
practice Of surreadering to the
holders Of the ALLEGATIONS of the
United states the option reserved by
law . the government of redee M
ing snch obligations IN either nlvef
coin 81 gold coin.
awe arc opposed to tho issuing Of
intsrsst-bearing bonds " tho United
siates il time Of peace and condemn
lie tfaticking with banking sYndl
cares which, II exchange for tile bonds
and at an ENORMOUS profit Is them.
Selves supply the Federal treasnry
with gold to maintain the policy &c
g0ld recommendation.
Congress alone has tile power to
coin and issne money. aud presiaenS
jackson declared that this power
could not be delegated to corporations
or to individuals. We therefore
denoance the issuance Of notes as
money for national banks az in viola
tion Of the Constitution, ana We
demaEd that all paper which Is made
legal tender for public and pirate
debts, Or which is receivable tor duas
to the United States, shall be issued
by the government Of the Quilted
States and shall be detm abis in coin.
..We hold that the tariff duties
should be levied fOf purposes Of
revenue, such duties to be 80 adj
usted as to operate equally through
out the country, and not discriminate
between class ind section, aud that
taxation should be limited By the
needs of the government. honestly
and economically administered. We
denOunce as disturbing to business the
Republican threat to restore the
Mckinley law.Iwhen 1t has twice been
condemned by the people 10 NATIONAL
elections, and which, enacted under
the false plea Of protection to home
industry, proved a prolific breeder Of
trusts and monOplies, enriched the few
at the expense Of che many, restricted
trade and deprived the producers Of
the great American staples Of access
to their natural markets
.sUntil tho money question Ii settIed
we are opposed to any agitation tot.
further changes ia our tariff laws,
except such rs aro necessary to make
up the deficit 10 revenue, CHASED III
the adverse decision Of the Supreme
Court on tho income tax. Bat for
this there would he no deficit "a rsps
nue. Under The law paused
Democratic Congress, III strict pursa
ance Of the uniform decisions Of chat
court for nearly one hundred years,
thai court having, under that decision,
sustained constitutional objections 70
It's enactment, which has been over
ruled BY the ablest judges who have
ever sat on that bench. We declare
that it il the duty Of Congress to uss
all the constitutional power which
remains after that decision OrswhIch
may come from its reversal by the
coUIt as it mag hereafter be- Conssitu-
ted, 90 that the burdens Of taxation
may be equally and impartiaIly laid
to the end that wealth may bear. it's
due propOrtiOnate expenses Of the
government.
eve hold that the most efficient
way to protect American labor is to
prevent the importation Of foreign
pauper labor to compete with it In the
home market, and Chat tile value Of
the home market TO our farmers and
artisaus is greatly reduced by aviciOus
monetary system, which depresses the
price Of their products below the cost
Of production. and thus depriyes them
Of the means Of purchasing the pro-
ducts of cur home manufacturers.
Inc absorption OF wealth By the
few, the consolidation Of our leading
railway systems and the the formation
of trusts and pools, require a stricter
control by che Federal government Of
those arteries Of commerce. We
demand the enlargement Of the powers
Of the Insterstatc Commerce Comnis-
sion and such restrictions and guaran.
tees in the control OF railroads as will
project the people from robbery and
oppression.
1--WE denOunce the proAigate waste
Of the money wrung from the people
by oppressive taxation and the lavish
appropriations Of recent Republican
Congresses, which have kept taxes
high while the labor that pays them Is
is unemployed and the produet Of the
people who pay il are depressed ID
price ill they no longer repay the
cost Of production.
"We demand . return 70 that sim