New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-09


DEMAND FOR ECONOMY.
We denounce the profgate waste Of the money
wrung from the people by oppressive taxation
and the lavish appropriations of recent Republi-
can Congresses. which have kept taxes high
while the labor that pays them is unemployed
and the products of the peoples toll de-
pressed In price till they longer repay the
cost of production. We demand a return to that
simplicity and economy which beft Demo-
cratic Government, and reduction in the num-
ber Of useless officers the salaries of which drain
the substance Of the people.
FEDERAL JUDGES AsSAILED.
We denounce arbitrary interference by Federal
authorities in local affairs as violation OF the
Constitution of the United States and crime
against free institutions and we especially OBJ
ject to government by injunction as a new and
highly dangerous form of oppression by which
Federal judges, in contempt Of the laws Of the
States and rights Of citizens. become at once
legislators judges and executioners; and we ap-
prove the bill passed at the last session Of the
United States Senate and now pending in the
House Of Representatives relative to contempts
In Federal courts, and providing for trials by
jury in certain cases OF contempt
THE FUNDING BILL
No discrimination should he INDUCED in by the
Government Of the United States in favor of any
OF its debtors We approve of the refusal of the
Lid Congress TO pass the Pacific Railroad
Funding BILL denounce the effort Of the present
Republican Congress to enact similar measure.
PENSIONS.
RECOGNIZING the lust claims Of deserving Union
soldiers. we heartily indorse the rule OF the pres
ent Commissioner of Pensions that no names
shall be arbitrarily dropped from the pension list
and the fact of enlistment and service should be
deemed conclusive evidence against disease and
disability before enlistment
NEW STATES PROPOSED.
We favor the admission of the Territories 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 resource to eEtite them to Statehood, and
while they remain Territories. we hold that the
officials appointed to administer the government
of any Territory. together with the District OF
Columbia and Alaska. should he bona-hde resi-
dents of the Territory or District in which the
duties are to be performed The Democratic
party believes in home rule and that al pubic
lands of the United States should be appropriated
10 the establishment Of free homes for American
citizens.
ALASKA.
We recommend 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 Territory.
A WORD FOR CUBA
We extend our sympathy to the people Of Cuba
in their heroic struggle for liberty and inde-
pendence.
We arc opposed to life tenure In the public ser
vice. We favor appointments based upon merit.
fixed terms OF Office and such administration
Of the Civil Service laws as will AFFORD equal op-
portunities to all citizens OF ascertained htnens
NO THIRD TERN.
We declare 1t to be the unwritten law Of this
Republic, established by custom and usage Of
100 years and sanctioned by the examples OF the
greates. ard wises. of those who founded AMI
have maintained Government. that no man
should be eligible for a third terri Of the Pres-
Dental office.
INTERNAL WATERWAYS.
The Federal Government should care for ari
improve the Mississippi River and Other great
waterways OF the Republic. so as to secure for
the interior States easy and cheap transportation
to tidewater. When any waterway of the Re-
public is Of sufficient importance to demand aid
of the Government, such aid should be extended
upon definite plan of continuous work until
permanent improvement is secured.
Confiding in the justice of our cause and the
necessity of its success at the polls. we submit
the foregoing declaration Of principles and pur-
poses to the considerate judgment Of the Ameri-
can people. We invite the support of all citi-
zens who approve them and who desire to
have them made effective through legislation for
the relief of the people and the restoration OF the
country's prosperity.
A HITCH ON THE MONEY PLANK.
THERE MAY RE A LONG sTRrGGLE IN THE REso-
LUTIONs COMMITTEE TO DAY
Chicago July S-Durng the evening Repre-
sentative Bailey. Of Texas and Mr. Bryan. of
Nebraska entered a protest against the wording
Of the last clause of the money plank. which re-
fers TO legal-tender money. The sentence is re-
gArded by them as weak and misleading. and
they understand that many Of the silver men op-
pose II on those grounds 1t was this disagree
ment among the silver men themselves that
caused the adjournment tonight. it is hoped
that an agreement can be speedily reached to-
morrow morning. but the indications are that
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