Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

about by moving the previous question on
the motion 20 appoint a subcommittee.
This motion had the effect Of quitting of /
All debate and nothing was left 70 them |
but TO demand roll call, which they did. |
The call resulted ss 20 IA for the motion.
The Platform.
The following is the platform az agreed |
TO hy the subcommittee. II is believed
that FEW II any ohhnges will be made be-
fore the resolutions are presented TO the
convention;
We. the Democrats Of the United States, IN
national convention assembled, do reeflrm
our allegiance 60 those great essential prin-
ciples Of Justice and liberty upon which our
institutions are founded and which the Demo
cratic party has maintained from Jeherson's
time 70 our own-freedom Of speech freedom
of the press freedom Of conscience the pres-
srvation Of personal rights. the equality OF
ali citizens before the law and the faithful
observance Of constitutional limitations.
Recognizing that the money question Is par
amount 10 ali others at this time, we invite
attention to the fact that the federal constitu-
tion names silver and gold together as the
money metals Of the United States, and that
the arst coinage law passed by congress I'M
der the constitution made the silver dollar
the unit OF value and admitted gold to free
coinage at n ratio measured by the silver DOL
lar unit.
We declare that the act of 1873 demonetisins
silver without the knowledge approval Of
American people has resulted in the apprecia'
tion of gold and a corresponding fall In the
prices of commodities produced by the people,
a heavy increase in the burden Of taxation
and Of all debts public and private, the en-
richment Of the money lending class at home
! and abroad, paralysis Of industry and iI1poy'
erishment Of the people.
We are unnlternbiy opposed TO the single
| gold standard which hos locked fast the pros
perity Of an industrious people In the Paraly'
sis Of hard times. Gold monometallism is .
| British policy, founded upon British greed for
gain and power and its general adoption has
brought other nations to financial servituds
| to London. It IA not only un- American, but
! anti. American, and u can be fastened upon the
United States only by the sitting Of that in
| domatable spirit and love Of liberty which
| proclaimed our political independence In IT'S
/ and won it IN the war of revolution.
We demand the immediate restoration Of the
/ free and unlimited coinage Of gold and silver
ut the present legal ratio Of 10 TO /, without
| waiting for the aid or consent Of any other
nation We demand that the standard silver
dollar shall be full legal tender, equally with
gold, fox all debts, public qnd private, and we
/ favor such Legislation as will prevent the de-
! monetisatiop of any kind Of legal tender mon
| ey by private contract.
We are opposed TO the policy and practice Of
| 8t1ErenuSHlnk 70 tnb nOtubfb oA bne OuAlHutlpnb
Of the United States the option reserved by
lazy to the governments Of redeeming such OBJ
ligataons in either silver coin or gold coin.
We are opposed to the issuing Of interest
bearing bonds of the United States In times Of
peace and condemn the trafflching with bank
ing syndicates, which, In exchange for boRds
and at an enoromus profit to themselves, sup
ply the federal treasury with gold 10 main
tain the policy Of gold mQDometallism.
Congress alone has the power to coin and
Issue money, and President jackson declared
thatNthIs power could not be delegated TO cor
poratinns or indidividuals. We therefore de
inand thet the power to issue notes be taken
from the JianlJs, and that all paper money shall
be issued directly by the treasury depart
ment.
We hold that tariff duties should be levied
solely for purpoees of revepue and that taxa
tion should be limited by the needs of the
government, honestly and economically ad-
ministered. We denounce As disturbing to
business the Republican threat 60 restore the
Mckinley law. which has been twice con-
demned by the people NJ national elections
and which, enacted under the false plea Of
protection TO home industry. proved prolific
breeder Of trusts and monopolies, enriched
the few at the expense of the many. restricted
trade and deprived the producers Of the great
American staples of access to their natural
markets. Until the money question is settled
we are opposed to any agitation for further
changes In our tariff laws except such as are
necessary to make up the deficit In revenue
caused by the adverse decision Of the supreme
| court the income tax.
There would have been no deficit In federal
revenue during the last two years but for the
ennulment by the supreme court Of the In
come tax law placed upon the statute books
by a Democratic congress. The obstruction
to an income tax. which the supreme court
discovered In the constitution after II had
lain hidden for 100 years, must be removed, to
A. A.l 10, 1r
to bear its just share Of the burdens Of the
government. We. therefore, favor an amend
ment to the federal constitution that will per
init the levy of an income tax.
We hold that the most efficient way of pro-
| tecting American labor is TO prevent the i'm
portation 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 reduoede by a vicious
monetary. system which depresses the prices
Of their products below the cost of produo-
hion, and thus deprives them Of the means Of
satisfying their needs.
We denounoe the prohigAte waste Of the
money wrung from the people by the oppress-
| i've taxation and the lavish appropriations Of
recent Republican congresses, which have kept
| taxes high while the labor that pays them ia
unemployed and the products Of The peoples
toll are depressed in price till they no longer
repay the cost Of production. We demand
return 10 that simplicity and economy which
| best BELTS Democratic government and q re-
| duotion In the number of useless Offices, the
salaries of which drain the substance Of the
| people.
We denounce arbitrary interference by fed
eral authorities in local affairs as o violation
Of the constitution OF the United States and
crime against free institutions and we espe-
cialiy object to government by injunction as
a new and highly dangerous form of oppres-
sion by which federal Judges In contempt OF
the laws Of the states and the rights Of citi-
gems become at once legislator, Judge and ox'
eutioner
We are opposed to life tenure In the public
service. We favor appointments based upon
merit, fixed terms Of office and such an ad-
ministration Of the civil service laws sas will
afford equal opportunities TO all citizens Of as
certained fitness.
We declare 1t to be the unwritten law Of this
republic, established by custom and usages of
100 years and sanctioned by the examples Of
the greatest and wisest Of those who founded
and have maintained our government, that no
| man should be eligible for a third term Of the
presidential office.
Conhding In the justice Of cur cause and the
necessity OF its success at the polls, sub
init the foregoing declaration Of principles
aud purposes TO the considerate Judgment OF
the American people. We invite the support
Of all citizens who approve them and who de-
sire 70 have them made effective through leg
islation for the relief Of the people and the
restoration Of the country's prosperity.
The Rules and Order.
At the meeting of the committee on
rules Senator Money Of Mississippi moved
that the rules of the last convection and
| the Fifty -thiTd congress be continued un-
I'll further orders Mr.. Scott OF New York
moved as a substitute that the same rules
be made permanent. This would include