The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-09-12

determined by the appropriations made by
congress. The demand of the Republican
party for an increase in tariff tax has its
pretext in the deficiency of revenue which
has its causes in the stagnation of trade
and reduced consumption, due entirely to
the loss of confidence that has followed
the Populist threat of free coinage and de-
probation OF our money, and the Repub-
llcan practice of extravagant appropria-
tions beyond the needs of good govern
ment. We arraign and condemn the Pop.
ulistic conventions of Chicago and St.
Louis for their cooperation.
! With the Republican party increasing
these conditions, which are pleaded in JUS
tification of a heavy increase of burdens
of the people and a further resort to pro-
lection, we therefore denounce protection
and its ally, free coinage of silver, as
schemes for the personal profit of few
at the expenses of the many, and oppose
the parties which stand for these schemes
as hostile to the people of the republic,
whose food and shelter, comfort and prop
preciated money.
cratic doctrine of tariff for revenue only.
LlUcTb1 EOllCy 1OWdrO SnlppluE,
We demand that henceforth modern
and liberal policies toward American
shipping shall take the place of our imita-
tion of the restricted statutes of the
eighteenth century, which were abandoned
by every maritime power but the United
States, and which to the nations humilia-
tion, have driven American capital and
enterprise to the use of alien flags and
Slien crews, have made the Stars and
stripes an almost unknown emblem in
foreign countries, and have virtually ex-
tinguished the race Of American seamen.
We oppose the pretense that discrimi-
mating duties will promote shipping, and
that scheme is an invitation to CONNER
cial warfare upon the United States, eun-
American in the light Of our great com.
mercial treaties. offering no gain what
ever to American shipping. while greatly
increasing ocean freights on our agricul-
tural and manufactured products.
As to Gold and Silver.
The experience Of mankind has shown
that by reason of their natural qualities.
gold is the necessary money of the large
affairs of commerce and business, while
silver is conveniently adapted to minor
transactions and the most beneficial use
of both together can be ensured only by
the adoption of the former as standard
of monetary measure, and the mainten-
ance of silver at parity. with gold by its
limited coinage under such safeguards of
law. Thus is the largest possible enjoy
ment of both metals gained, with the
value universally accepted throughout the
world, which constitutes the only
practical currency assuring the most
stable standard and especially the best and
safest money for all who earn livelihood
by labor or the produce of husbandry.
They cannot suffer when raid in the best
money known to man, but are the pecu-
liar and most defenceless victims of a de-
based and huctuating currency which
offers continued profits to the money
changers at their cost.
Realizing these truths, demonstrated by
long public inconvenience and loss, the
Democratic party, in the interest of the
masses and of equal Justice to all, prac-
tically established by the legislation of
1884 and 1868 the gold standard of none
tary measurement and likewise entirely
divorced the government from banking
and currency issues. To this long estab
lished Democratic policy we adhere and
insist upon the
Maintenance of the Gold Standard,
and of the parity Herewith of every dollar
issued by the government and are firmly
opposed to the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and to the compulsory purchase
of silver bullion. But we denounce also
the further maintenance of the present
costly patchwork scheme of national paper
currency as a constant source of injury
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intelligent currency reform as will con-
fine the government to its legitimate
functions, completely separated from the
banking business and afford to all Sec
tions of our country uniform, safe and
elastic bank currency, under government
supervision, measured in volume by the
needs of business
A Compliment for Cleveland.
The patriotism, fidelity and courage
with which President Cleveland has full
filed his great public trust, the high char
acter of the administration, its wisdom
and energy in the maintenance of civil or
der and the enforcement of the laws, its
equal regard for the rights of every class
and every section, it's firm and dignified
conduct of foreign affairs and it's sturdy
persistence in upholding the honor and
credit of the nation are fully recognized
by the Democratic party, and will secure
to him place in history beside the faith
ers of the republic.
We also commend the administration
for the great progress made in the reform
of the public service and we endorse Its
effort to extend the merit system still
further. We demand that no backward
step be taken, but that the reform be sup
norted and advanced until the undemo-
cratic spoilo system Of appointments shall
be eradicated.
we demand strict economy in the ap
nropriations and in the administration Of
the government.
Favor. international Arbitration.
Wa favor arbitration for the settlement
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