The Progress., 1896-08-20
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ton may b. equally and tmpartial!y
laid, TO he end that wealth may bear
its due prolnWiouate expenses OF the
government.
We hold uhat 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 the value of the home market
to our American farmers and artisans
is greatly reduced by a vicious moneta-
Ty system which depreSSeS the price OF
Their products below the cost of produc-
ton and thus depriveS them Of the
means OF purchasing the products OF
Cur home manufactures.
The absorption Of wealth by the
few, the consolidation Of our leading
railroad systems and the formation or
trusts and pools requires a, strictcr con-
troll by the Federal government or
those arteries of commerce. We demand
the enlargement Of the powers OF the
interstate commerce commission and
such restrictions and guarantees III the
control of railroads as will protect the
people from robbery and oppression.
I'VE denouuce the protiga;e waste
of the money wrung from the people
by oppressive taxation and the lavish
appropriations OF the recent Republican
congresses, which have kept taxes hlgh
while the labor that pays them is unem-
ployed and the products OF the peoples
toll are depressed in price until they
NO longer repay the cost or pNoducuon'
We demand a return to that SIM
plcity and economy which best bellIs
a Democratic government an! !euuc-
ton in the number Of useless offices,
the salaries Of which drain the SUD-
stance Of the people.
We denounce arbitrary interference
by Federal authorities in local affairs
as a violation Of the constitution OF the
United States and n crime against free
institutions, and we especially object
to government by injunction as a new
and highly dangerous form Of oppres-
sion by which Federal judges, in con-
temp. Of the laws Of the States and the
rights Of citizens, become at once leg
islators, Judges and executioners, and
We approve the bill passed at the last
session Of the United States Senate
and now pending in the House rela-
tive to contcmps in Federal courts and
providing for trials by jury in certain
cases Of contempt.
No discrimination should be IN.
dulged In by the government Of the
United States in favor OF any OF Its
debtors We approve of the refusal OF
The Fifty-third Congress to pass the
Pacific railroad refunding bill and de-
nOunce the effort Of the present Repub-
lican Congress to enact similar meas
ure.
We heartily indorse the rule OF the
present Commissioner of Pensions, that
no names shall be arbitrarily dropped
from the pension roll, and the fact OF
enlistment and service should be deem
ed conclusive evidence against disease
or disability before enlistment.
We favor the admission Of the Ter.
ntores OF New Mexico and Arizona
into the Union as States, and we favor
the early admission Of all the Terri
tories having the necessary population
and resources entltl!ng them to state.
hood, and while they remain Terrific.
ries we hold that the officials appointed
to administer the government OF any
Territory, together with the District
of Columbia and Alaska should be bona
tide residents OF the Territory or Dis
trict in which their duties are to be
performed. The Democratic Yartv he.
lieves in home rue, and that all public
lands Of the United States should be
applied to the establishment of free
homes for American citizens.
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.
We extend our sympathy to the PEG.
p,e Of Cuba in their heroic struggle for
liberty and Independence.
I'VE are opposed to life tenure in the
public service. We favor appointments
based upon merit, fixed terms Of office
and such an administration of the civil
laws as viii afford equal opportunities
to all citizens of ascertaned fitness
We declare it to be the unwritter
law CT this Republic, established by
custom and usages Of 100 years, and
sanctioned by the examples of the
greatest and wiset Of those who formed
and have maintained our government
that no man should be eligible for
third term OF the Presidential office.
The federal government SHOULD
care for the Improvement Of the Mis-.
sippi river and other great waterways
of the Republic, so as to secure 70,
the interior States easy and chear
transportation 10 tide water. When
any waterway Of the Republic IS OF
sufficient Importance to demand aid Of
the government, such aid should be ey.
tended upon definite plan Of con.
tinuous work until permanent improve.
ment is secured.
Coaiding in the justice OF ouj
cause, and the necessity of its success.
at the polls, We submit the foregoing
declaration Of principles and purposes
to the Considerate Judgment Of the
American people We invite The sun.
port OF all good citizens who approve
them, AID we desire to have hem made
effective through legislation for the re.
lief CT the people and the restoration OF
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