Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

changes in our tariff laws except such as
are necessary to make the deficit in reve-
nue. caused by the adverse decision of the
supreme court on the income tax. But
for this decision by the supreme court
there would be no deficit in the revenue
under the law passed by democratic
congress, In strict pursuance OF the uni
form decisions of that court for nearly
100 years, that court having under that
decision sustained constitutional objec-
tons to its enactment which had been
overruled by the ablest judges who have
ever sat on that bench.
I'VE declare that 1t is the duty of con-
gress to use all the constitutional power
which remains after that decision, or
| which may come from its reversal by the
court it may hereafter be constituted,
SO that the burdens of taxations may be
equally and impartially be divided, to the
end that wealth may bear Its due proper
ton of the expenses of the government.
1--WE hold that the most efficient way Of
| protecting American labor Is to prevent
the importation of foreign pauper labor
| to compete with 1t in the home market
and that the value Of the home market
to our American farmers and artisans Is
| greatly reduced by a vicious monetary
system which depresses the prices of their
products below the cost Of production
and thus deprives them of the means Of
| purchasing the products of our nome
manufactures. The absorption of wealth
| by the few, the consolidation of our lead
ing railway systems and the formation Of
| trusts and pools require a stricter con-
troll by the federal government Of those
| arteries of commerce.
1--WE demand the enlargement OF the
| powers of the interstate commerce COM
mission and such restrictions and such
| guarantees from the railroads as will
| protect the people from robbery and op-
preston.
I'VE denounce the profiigate waste of
| the money, wrung from the people by OPP
pressive taxation, and the lavish appro-
priations of recent republican congresses,
which have kept taxes high, while the
labor that pays them is unemployed and
the products of the people are depressed
in prices until they no longer repay the
cost of production.
I'VE demand return to that simplicity
and economy which BELTS democratic
government, and reduction in the num-
Der of useless Offices, the salaries of which
drain the substance of the people.
I'VE denounce arbitrary interference by
the federal authorities in local affairs as
violation Of the constitution of the Uni
ted States and crime against free in
situations; and we especially object to
government interference by injunction as
new and highly dangerous form Of OPP
preston by which the federal judges, in
contempt of the laws of the states and
rights of citizens, become at once legisla-
prove the bill passed a. the last session OF
| the United States senate and now pend
ing IN the house OF representatives, :ela-
tive to contempts in federal courts, and
providing for trials by jury in certain
cases of contempt.
mo discrimination should be INDUCED
| in by the government of the United States
in favor of any of its debtors. We ap-
prove of the refusal of the Fifty-third
| congress to pass the Pacific railroad fund
ing bill, and denounce the effort of the
present congress to enact similar meas
ure.
Pensions and Territories.
Recognizing the just claim of deserv-
| ing Union soldiers, we heartily indorse
the rule of the present commissioner OF
pensions, that no names shall be arbitrar-
| lily dropped from the pension rolls, and
that the fact of enlistment and service
should be deemed conclusive evidence
against disease and disability before en-
listment
I'VE favor the admission of the terri
tories of New Mexico and Arizona into
the Union as states and We favor the
early admission of all the territories,
having the necessary population and re-
sources to entitle them to statehood, and
while they remain territories, we hold
that the officials appointed to administer
the government of any territory togeth-
er with the District of Columbia and
Alaska, should be bona fide residents of
the territory or districts in which their
duties are to be performed. The demo-
cratic party believes in home rule and
that all public lands of the United States
should be appropriated to the establish
ment of free homes for American citi-
ZenS.
I'VE 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.
I'VE extend our sympathy to the peo-
pie of Cuba in their heroic struggle for
liberty and independece.
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 tide
water When any waterway of the re-
| public is of sufficient Importance to de-
| mand aid of the government, such aid
| should be extended upon definite plan
of continuous work until permanent i'm
provement is secured.
we are opposed to life tenure in the
public service. We favor appointments
based upon merits, fixed terms of office
and such an administration of the civil
service laws as will afford equal oppor-
tunties to all citizens of ascertaining
| fitness.
I'VE declare 1t to be the unwritten law
of this republic, established by the ex-
| amples of the greatest and wisest of
those who founded and have maintain
ed our government. that no man shall be
eligible for u third term of the presiden-
| tial office.
confident in the justice of our cause
and the necessity of it's success at the
polls, we submit the foregoing declara-
ton of principles and purpose to the con-
siderate judgment of the American peo-
pie 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 restoration of the country's pros
perity."