The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-08

to issue notes be taken from the banks
and that all paper money shall be issued
directly by the government We hold
THAT tariff duties should be levied sole
iy for purposes of revenue, and that
taxation should be limited to the needs
OF the government, honestly and eco
nomically administered We denounce,
as disturbing to business. the Republl-
can threat 10 restore the Mckinley law.
which has been twice condemned by
the people in National elections, and
which was enacted under the false.
plea of protection to home industry.
1t has proved prolific
breeder of trust and monop-
olies, enriched the few at the
expense of the many, restricted trade
and deprived the producers OF the
great American staples access to their
natural markets. Until the money
question is settled we are opposed to
any agitation of further changes
III our tariff laws, except such as are
necessary to make up the deficit in rev
enue caused by the adverse decision of
the Suprem Court on the income
tax.
There should have been no deficit in.
the Federal revenue during the last +yv,,
years, but for the annulment nv +be
Supreme Court of the income tax law.
placed upon the statute books bv a
Democratic Congress. The obstruction
TO the income tax which the Supreme
Court discovered in the Constitution.
AFTER it had lain hidden for hundred
years must be removed 10 the end that
accumulated wealth may be made TO
bear its just share of the burdens of
the government, We therefore. favor
an amendment TO the Federal Consti-
tuuon that will permit the levy of an
income tax. We hold that the most
efficient way of protection to American
laoor IS 70 prevent the importation OF
foreign pauper labor to compete with
10 an the nome market, and that the
| value of the home market to our Amer
Hcan farmers and artisans is greatly
reduced by vicious monetary system
WhfGh depresses the prices of their
| products below the cost of produc-
| ton, and thus deprives them of the
means of satisfying needs.
We denounce the profigate waste If
the money wrung from the people bv
| oppressive taxation and the lavish an
| preparations of recent Republican
congresses which have kept taxes
high while the labor that paws them is
unemployed and the products of the
| peoples toll are depressed in price till
they no longer repay the cost of pro-
| duction. We demand a return to that
simplicity and economy which best
| BELTS a Democratic government
and reduction in the number of use
less offices, the salaries of which drain
the substance of the people.
"We denounce arbitrary interference
by Federal authorities in local affairs
as a violation of the Constitution of
the United States and a crime against
free institutions, and we especially OBJ
| ject to government interference by
| injunction as a new and highly danger
GUS form OF oppression, by which &he
| Federal judges in contempt of the laws
! of the States and the rights of citizens,
become at once legislator judge and
exeeutioner.
'We are opposed to life tenure in
the public service. We favor appoint
ments based upon merit, fixed terms
of Office, and such an administration of
the civil service laws as will afford
equal opportunities to all citizens Of
aseertained fitness.
eve declare it to be the unwritten
law of this republic as established by
custom and usages of 100 years and
sanctioned by the examples of the
greatest and wisest of those who
founded and have maintained our gov
eminent that no man should be eligible
for third term Of the Presidential Of
fee. Confding in the justice of our
cause and the necessity of it's success
at the polls, we submit the foregoing
declaration and principles and pur-
poses to the considerate judgment of
the American people. We invite the
support Of all citizens who approve
them and who desire to have them
made effective through legislation for
the relief OF the people and the restora--
tion of the country's prosperity