Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-17
may bear its due proportion Of the expenses Of

may bear It's due proportion OF tne expenses Oh
the government.
TO PROTECT AMERICAN LABOR
eve hold that the efficient way Of protecting
American labor is to prevent the importation
OF foreign pauper labor to compete with itin
the homo market and that the value OF the
home market to our American farmers and ar
tisans is greatly reduced by vicious monetary
system which depresses the prices OF their pro-
ducts below the cost OF production. and thus
deprives them of the means Of purchasing the
products of our home manufactures
HOLDING DOWN THE RAILROADS.
THE absorption OF wealth by the few. the
consoli dalton of our leading railway systems
and the formation OF trusts and pools require
a stricter control by tho Federal government
of thos, arteries of commerce. We demand
the enlargement of the powers OF tho intsr-
State commerce commission and such restric-
tions and guarantees in tho control OF rail-
roads as will protect the people from robbery
and oppression
ave denou zee the profleate waste of tho
MONEY wrung from the people by oppressive
taxation, and the lavish appropriations OF re-
cent Republican congresses which have kept
taxes high while the labor'r that paws them
is unemployed, and the products of the peoples
toll are depressed in price till they no longer
repay the cost of produ ,tion. We demand a re-
turn to that implicitly and economy which be-
fits democratic government and a re luction
In Tie numDcr OF useless OFFICES, tno sdiurie5 "a
which drain the substance of tbs people.
NO FEDERAL INTERFERENCE.
We denounce arbitrary interference by Fed
eral authorities in local affairs a violation
of tho constitution of the United States and
crime against free institutions and we
especially object to government by Injunction
as now and highly dangerous form of oppre'-
sion by which Federal judges, in contempt OF
the laws of tho State and the rights OF citizens,
become at once legislators, judges and execu-
TONERS. and we approve the bill passed at tho
last session of the United States Senate and
now pending in the House, relative to con-
tempts in Federal courts, and providing for
trials by ju les in certain cases of contempt.
PACIFIC ROADS AND PENSIONS.
No discrimination should be indu ged by
the government of the United States in favor
of any of its debtors We approve OF the re-
fusal of the Fiftv-thiri Congress to pas, the
Pacific railroad funding bill, and denounce the
effort of tho present Republican Congress to
enact similar measure.
Recognizing the just claims OF deserving
Union soldiers, we heartily indorss the rule OF
the present COMMISSIONS of pensions that no
names shall be arbitrarily dropped from the
pension roll. and TIE fact Of enlistment and
service should be deemed conclusive evidence
against disease and disability bcfora enlist
ment.
TERRITORIAL ADMISSION FAVORED.
New Mexico and Arizona into the Union as
states and we favor the early admission of all
the territories having the n necessary populati on
and resources to cntitlc them to statehood and
while they remain territori les we hold that the
officials appointed to administer the govern
ment of any territory. together with the Dis
trict of Columbia and Ala ska. should be bona
fide residents of the territory or distri;t in
which their duties to be performed.
Tho Democrat party believes in homo rule
and that all publ, lands of the Unitei States
should be appropriated to the establishment OF
free homes for American citizens.
We recommend tnat the Territory of Alaska
be granted delegate in Congress and that the
general land and timber laws of the United
States be exten led to said Territorf
SYMPATHY FOR CUBA-CIVIL SERVICE.
We extend our sympathy to the people OF
Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and
Independence. -,
service. We favor appointments based upon
merits, fixed terms of office, and such an adj
ministration of the civil service laws as will
afford equal opportunities to all citizens OF
ascertained fitness
NO THIRD PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
We declare it to b, the unwritten law of this
republic, established by cust' IN and usage OF
one hundred years and sanctioned by the ex-
| amples of the greatest and wisest of those who
| founded it and have maintained our govern
ment that no man shall b, eligible for third
term of the Presidential office
Tho Federal government should care for
and improve the Mississippi river and other
great waterways of the republic so as to secure
for the interior States easy and cheap trans
portation to tide water. When any waterway
of the republic is of sufficient Importance to
demaul aid of the government such aid should
be extended upon defnit, plan of contin.
| nous work until permanent Improvement is ss-
| cured.
"Confiding in the justice of our cause and
| the necessity OF its success ut the polls We
submit tho foregoing declaration of principles
and purpo.es to the considerate Judgment OF
tho American people. We invite the support
of all citizens who approve them. and who de-
sire to have them made effective through leg
Station for the relief of tho people and the
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