The Progress., 1896-09-03
THE sEMI-WEEKLY PROGRESS.

laid, to the END tNat wealth. mAy o''aA
its due propor-olate expenses OF tho
government.
We 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 that tho value Of the homo market
to our American farmers and artisans
is greatly reduced by a vicious moneta,
ry system which depTesses the price OF
their products below the cost OF produc-
ton and thus deprives them on enc
means OF purchasing the products CT
our home manufactures.
The absorption Of wealth by the
few, the consolidation OF our leaulhg
railroad systems and the formation OF
trusts and pools requires a strlcter con.
troll by the Federal government OF
those arteries OF commerce. we dellia!lo
the enlargement Of the powers OF the
interstate commerce COMMISSION auo
such restrictions and guarantees IN inc
control of railroads. as will protect lne
nenn]e from robbery and oppression.
eve d.nounce the profigate waste
OF the money wrung from the peopie
NV oppressive taxation and the lavish
concentrations of the recon. RepuDilcah
congresses, which have kept taxes hlsA
while the labor that pays them IS usleln
Moved and the products OF the peopie
toll are depressed in price until thev
mo longer repay the cost OF productlon'
We demand a return to that slnl.
r,ic,tv and economy which best Deha
q democratic government ana reuuc-
ton in the number OF useless onlces'
fine salaries of which drain one Suo'
stance Of the people.
We denounos arbitrary interference
nv Federal authorities in local ai.ai hs
as violation OF the constitution Oh NV
! limited States and a crime against i.et
institutions, and we especially opJeo'
10 government by injunction as ne"
and highly dangerous form OF oppres'
sion by which Federal judges, IN con-
tempt OF the laws of the States and INC
rights Of citizens, become at once !es s
islators, judges and executloneIs' ans
we approve the bill passed at the las:
session of the United States SENATE
and now pending in the House rela,
tive to cortempts in Federal courts anu
nroviding for trials by jury in certain
cases OF contempt. :, :,
M discrimination should be IN
du,ged in by the government Oh lno
United States In favor OF any OF II.
debtors. We approve Of the refusal OF
} Hhe Fifty-third Congress to pass tn'
| pacific railroad refunding bill ana ae'
, nounce the effort OF the present RepuD'
: lican Congress to enact similar meas
, ure. ~.
We heartily lndorse the RUE OF IN,
present Commissioner OF Pensions, Una,
no names shall be arbitrarily dropped
from the pension roll, and tho TACT O
enlistment and service should be deem
Cd conclusive evidence against dlseas'
or disability before enlistment.
We favor tho admission OF the LET
I r,tories OF New Mexico and Arizon'
> into the Union as States, and we iavo ave,
, the early admission Of all the Terri
tories having the necessary popu.atlo'
and resources entitling them to state
mood and while they remain TERRIFIC
1 ries We hold that the officials appointe'
Q to administer the government OF an
t Territory, together with the Dlstrlc
y of Columbia and Alaska, should De pon
q f,de residents OF the Territory or Us
y trict in which their duties are 10 D
!. performed. The Democratic party De
Il lieyes in home rule, and that all puoi1
r lands OF the United States should U
e applied to the establishment OF ire
d homes tor American citizens.
|. We recommend that the Ierrltoi
n, Alaska be granted q delegate
Congress, and that the general ian
q and timber laws Of the United Suate
s he extended to said Territory.
% We extend our sympathy to the PEI
= ME of Cuba in their heroic struggle le
Is liberty and independence. .,
1--WE are opposed to life tenure in u
public service. We favor appointment
l. based upon merit, fixed terms OF ottlc
"a and such an administration OF the CIV
n Laws as will afford equal OPPORTUNITY
as to all citizens OF ascertained fitness.
at We declare it to be the unwrltte
~ law Of this Republic, established
= custom and usages Of 100 years, al
~ sanctioned by the examples OF II
u greatest and wiset Of those who formt
and have maintained our governmel
to that no man should be eligible for
Mt third term of the Presidential office.
"a The federal government shou
" care for the Improvement OF the Nj
u sippi river and other great waterwa
at of the Republic, SO as to secure
as the interior States easy and enc
al TRANSPORTATION to tide water. Wh
all any waterway Of the Republic Is
To- sufficient importance to demand ala
~. the government, such aid should be
ln tended upon a definite plan OF 60
III tinuous work until permanent lmpro'
ment is secured.
I'D Confding in the Justice Of Q
ch cause. and the necessity Of Its succe
ia at the polls, We submit the foregoi
~, declaration OF principles and purpo:
loe to the considerate Judgment OF
On, American people. We invite the ST.
by mort OF all good citizens who appro
thy them. and we desire to have them ma
de- effective through legislation for the
tho lief Of the people and the restoration
Ic. the country's prosperity"
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