Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-09

persistently demand that those United
States notes, which draw no interest,
shall give place to interest bearing
bonds in order that the banks may collect
the interest which the people now save.
To empower national banks to issue cir
culating notes is to grant valuable
privilege to favored class, to surrender
to private corporations control over the
volume of paper money, and bnild up a
class which will claim vested interest in
the nations financial policy. Our United
States notes, commonly known as green
backs, being redeemable in either gold
or silver at the option of the government,
and not at the option of the hulder, are
safer and cheaper for the people than ma
tional bank notes based upon interest
bearing bonds"
SALIENT FEATURES SUMMARIZED.
The letter advocates economy in public
expenditures; favors the firm mainte-
nance OF the Monroe doctrine; advises
liberal pensions; says that the Demo-
cratic party pledges itself ''to enact such
legislation as is necessary to protect the
masses in the free exercise of every po-
litical right and in the enjoyment of their
Just share of the rewards of their labor;''
emphatically indorses the plank (which
recommends such legislation as is neces-
sary to secure arbitration of differences
between employers engaged in inter
state commerce and their employees"
opposes the importation of pauper and
contract labor; declares that the recent
abuses, which have grown out OF lnlunc-
tion proceedings, have been 80 emphatl'
cally condemned by public opinion that
the senate bill providing for trial by jury
in certain contempt cases will meet with
general APPROVAL" declares opposition
to trusts; favors "such enlargement OF
the powers of the interstate commerce
commission as will enable>it to prevent
determinations between persons and
places and protect patrons from un-
reasonable charges; says that the gov
ernment can not afford to discriminate
between it's debtors and must therefore
prosecute it's legal claims against the Pa
cifc roads," expresses sympathy for the
struggling Cubaps.
On the subject of civil service the let
ter says: "That the American people are
not in favor of life tenure in the civil
service is evident from the fact that they,
as rule, make frequent changes in their
official representatives, when those repre-
sentatives are chosen by ballot. per-
manent Office holding class is not in har-
mony with our institutions. A fixed
term in sppointive offices, except where
the federal constitution now provides
otherwise, would open the public service
to larger number of citizens without
impairing it's efficiency"
STATEHOOD AND HOME RULE.
Regarding the territories Mr.. Bryan
said:
"The territorial form of government is
temporary in its nature and should give
away as soon as the territory is sufficient
ly advanced to take it's place among the
states. New Mexico, Oklahoma and Ari-
zona are entitled to statehood and their
early admission is demanded by their
material and political interests. The de-
mand of the platform that the officials
appointed to administer the government
of the territories, District of Columbia
and Alaska should be bona fide residents
of the territories or district is entirely in
keeping with the Democratic theory of
home rule. I am also heartily in sym
pathy with the declaration that all public
lands should be reserved for the establish
4ment of free homes for American citizens"
. The letter concludes as follows: ut is
not necessary to discuss the tariff ques-
tion at this time. Whatever may be in
dividual opinion as to the relative merits
c~;m al ar
recognize that, until the money question
is fully and finally settled, the American
people will never consent to the con-
sideration of any other important ques-
tion. Taxation presents a problem,
which, in some form, is continually pres
ent, and postponement of definite action
upon it involves no sacrifice of personal
opinion nor politic principles. But the
crisis presented by financial conditions
can not be postponed. Tremendous re-
suits will follow the action taken by the
United States on the money question and
delay is impossible. The people of this
nation, sitting as high court, must rem
der Judgment in the cause which greed is
prosecuting against humanity. The de-
cision will either give hope and inspira-
tion to those who toll or shut the doors
of money on mankind. In the presence
of this overshadowing issue, differences
of opinion upon minor questions must be
laid aside in order that there may be
united action among those who are de-
termined that the progress toward uni
versal gold standard shall be stayed and
the gold and silver coinage of the consti-
tuition restored"