New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10
guarantees IN the control Of railroads % will pro-
tsct the people from robbery and oppression.
DEMAND FOR ECONOMY


We denounce the pronigate waste Of the money
wruns from the people by oppressive taxation
and the lavish appropriations of recent Republic
can Congresses. which have kept taxes high
while the labor that pays them Is unemployed
and the products of the peoples toll are de-
pressed in price till they no longer repay the
cost OF production. We demand a return to that
simplicity and economy which beft q Demo-
cratic Government. and a reduction in the num-
Der OF useless officers the salaries Of which drain
the substance Of the people.
FEDERAL JUDGES AaSAILED.
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
5ect to government by injunction 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 be INDUCED In by the
Of its dea.ors 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 a similar measure.
PENSIONS
Recognizing the Just 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
aohN, ,1d ho
deemed conclusive evidence against disease and
disability before enlistment.
NEW STATES PROPOSED.
We favor the admission Of the Territories OF
New Mexico Oklahoma and Arizona into the
Union as States and We favor the early ad-
mission Of ali the Territories having the neces-
sary population and resources to entitle them
to Statehood, and while they remain Terri
tories we hold that the officials appointed to
administer the government of any Territory.
together with the District of Columbia and
Alaska, should be bona-hde residents of the
Territory or District in which the duties are
TO be performed The Democratic party be-
iieves in home rule. and that all public lands
OF the United States should be appropriated
70 the establishment Of free homes for American
citizens
We recommend that the Territory Of Alaska be
granted a Delegate in Congress. and that the
general land and timber laws Of the United
States be extended to said Territory.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
The Monroe Doctrine. as originally declared
and as interpreted by succeeding Presidents, IS
a permanent part of the foreign policy OF the
United States, and must at all times be main
tanned.
WORD FOR CUBA
We extend our sympathy to the people Of Cuba
in their heroic struggle for liberty and inde-
THE CIVIL SERVICE
We arc opposed to life tenure In the public ser
vice We favor appointments based upon merit
fixed terms OF office and such an administration
OF the Civil Service laws as will AFFORD equai OPP
portunities to all citizens OF ascertaineo nthess'
NO THIRD TERM.
We declare 1t to be the unwrtten law Of this
Republic established by custom and usage OF
100 years and sanctioned by the examples Of the
greatest and wsest of those who founded and
have maintained our Government. that no man
should be eligible for third term OF the Presi-
Dental Office
INTERNAL WATERWAYS.
The 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 transportation
to tidewater When any waterway OF the Re
public is of sufficient Importance 20 demand AID
of the Government such aid should be extended
upon a definite plan of continuous work until
permanent improvement is secured.
Confding in the justice Of our cause and the
necessity of it's success at the polls we submit
the foregoing declaration of principles and pur-
poses to the considerable 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
countrys prosperity.
PLATFORM THE WORK OF COL JONES.
THE REVOLUTIONARY DOCUMENT DRAFTED By
THE ST. LOUIS EDITOR
Chicago July "a morning paper says: Ono
man may be credited with the authorship OF the
Democratic platform. This honor belongs to COD
mel Charles X. Jones. publisher OF The St LOUIS
Post Dispatch Colonel Jones wrote the nrst oral-
OF the declaration OF principles Inc oocunen'
was arranged and worded by him after consuita-
ton with Senators Cockrel, and Vest and other
Democratic leaders and his draft was adopted by
the Committee on Resolutions after three minor
blanks had been added and some changes made
in the wording which did not affect the princl.
PIES or spk Of Of tn. decarat that
dealing with the financial question and outlining
WITH considerable detail the articles OF faith ned
by the silver leaders. almost entirely the prof.
net n the St Louis editors pen. he also crys-
taIlized into verbal form the other points OF the
narty creed foremost among them the tarin ana
income tax plank. and those Of lesser .mportssnce
blanks relating to Federal interference IN state
WARS the denunc.a alton OF Republican Congresses,
The Cv,i Service plank and the declaration against
third terms for Presidents
A PLANK AGAINST THE A. P. A.
CALIFORNIA DELEGATES AND EX-SENATOR