The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-07-15
We are unaltcrably opposed tc

mOnOmctalllSn, which mas locked
fast the prosperity Of an Industrious
people in the paralysis Of hard times.
Gold monometalism is Il British poll
cy,. founded on British greed for gain
and power, and its general adoption
has brought other nations into tinan-
cial scrvitude to London. 1t is not
only un-American, but anti-Ameri-
can, and it can be fastened upon the
United States only by the Sitting of
that indomitable spirit and love Of
liberty which proclaimed our politi-
Cal independence in 177G and won it
in the war Of the revolution.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage Of gold and silver at the
present legal ratio Of l6 to !, with
out waiting for the aid or consent of
any nation. We demand that the
standard silver dollar shall be Il full
legal tender, equally with gold, fo1
all debts, public or private, and VIC
favor such legislation as will prevent
the demonetization Of any kind OF
legal tender money by private con.
tract.
We are opposed to the policy an6
practice Of surrendering to the hold
crs Of the obligations Of the United
States the option reserved by law t(
the government Of rcdccming such
obligations in either silver coin OF
gold coin.
We are opposed to the issuing of
interest bearing bonds Of the United
States in time Of peace, and condemn
the trat1iclling with banking syndi-
Gates, which in exchange for bonds
ut an enormous profit to themselves,
supply the federal treasury with gold
to maintain the policy Of gold mono
mctallism.
Congress alone has the power tc
coin and issue money, and President
Jackson declared that this power
could not be delegated to corpora
tions or individuals. We therefore
| demand that the power to issue notes
be taken from the banks, and that
all paper money shall be issued d
/ rectly by the treasury Department.
We hold that tariff duties shoul(
be levied solely for the purpose 0
revenue and that taxation should b.
limited by the needs of the govern
mcnt, honestly and economically ad
ministercd. We dcnouncc as dis
turbing to business the republca>
threat to restore the Mckinley law
which has been twice condemned b
the people in national elections, an
which, enacted under the false pie
of protection to home industry
proved d prolific breeder of trusts an
monopolics, enriched the few at til
expense Of the many, rcstrictct
trade and deprived the producers 9
the great American staples Of acccs
to their natural markets, Until til
money question is settled, we are OF
posed to any agitation for furthc
changes in our tariff law except sue
as are necessary to make up the dc
ficlt caused by the adverse dccisio
OF the supreme court on :thc incom
tax law
| There would be no deficit il
revenue but for the annulmcnt by
the supreme court of laws passed b,
q democratic congress in strict pur.
suancc Of uniform decisions of that
court for nearly 100 years, that court
having sustained constitutional OBJ
jcctions to its enactment which
had been ovcrrulcd by the ablcst
Judges who had ever sat on that
bench. We declare that it is the
! duty Of congress to use all constitu
tional pv,v;ccrr which remains after
that decision or winch may come
from it's reversal by the court as i
may hcreattcr1 be constituted, sc
that the burden Of taxation may
equally and impartially lead to the
end that wealth may bear it's due
proportion of the expenses Of the
| government.
We hold that the efficient. way of
| protecting American labor is to pre-
vent the importation Of foreign pau,
per 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 re-
duccd' by a vicious monetary system
which dcprcsscs the prices of their
products below the cost Of produc-
tion. and thus deprvcs them Of the
means Of satisfying their needs. We
dcnouncc the 'proti9atc waste Of
the money wrung from the people by
oppressive taxation and the lavish
appropriations Of recent republican
congresses which have kept the taxes
high, while the laborcr that pays
them is unemployed and the pro
ducts Of the people 'arcs csdeprcsscd in
price until they no longer pay the
cost Of production. We demand Il
return to that implicitly and economy
which best BELTS a democratic gov
crnlncnt and Il reduction in the num-
Der Of useless offices, the salaries Of
which drain the substance of the
people.
We dcnounCc the arbitrary inter
ference by federal authorities in
local affairs is Il violation Of the con-
stitutiOn of the United States and Il
crime against free Institutions, and
we especially object to government
interference lN injunction as Il new
and highly dangerous form Of op-
preston by which federal Judges in
contempt OF the laws of states and
rights Of citizens become at once
Legislators. Judges and cXccutioncrs,
and we approve the bill passed at the
last session Of the United States SEN
ate and now pending in the house re-
lativc to contemptS in federal courts
and providing for trials by jury in