Evening star., 1896-07-21

surplus revenues be continued by annual
or biennial nactnnent ana applied in time
Of peace to the improvement Of our country
BY canals, roads and other useful institu-
tions.'
The Money 0uestion.
Recognizing the money question as the
great question we declare: Congress alone
HAS the power to coin and issue money,
and this power cannot be delegated to cor
porations and individuals. This govern
rnent mas no power to emit bills Of credit
Mr.. Madison, who helped to draft the Con-
stitution. tells US that when the instru-
ment was being formed a clause giving
Congress the power to emit biifs Of credit
or redeemable paper money was voted
down by a majority Of nine to two. The
power to coin meney, regulate the value
thereof and Of foreign coin.'
we therefore demand that Congress
snail coin gold. silver and paper into mon
ey and shall regulate its value SO as to
make ma every dollar a full legal tender for
an debts. both public and private and give
L., ~ each the same legal standard and func-
,nons1s non as money. We demand that all paper
money shall be issued directly by the
t,t treasury Department and be made receiva-
t,le for all debts, public and private. We
demand the free and unlimited coinage Of
pe,ia uotn siiver and gold at the present legal
latlo OF IL TO without waiting for the aid
or consent of any other nation. Congress
alone mas the power to coin and issue mon
ey ana PRESIDENT Jackson declared that
's .nIs power could not be delegated to cor
porat;ons or individua1s.
inomas Jefferson tells l1s that when the
constitution was being formed q PROPOSE
ZION, bon to give Congress authority to charter
banks was twice voted down: we there
fore declare that Congress has no right
to charter a bank
Ihe Constitution says: No state shall
com money, emit bills Of credit, make any
thing but gold or silver coin q tender in
Ddymont
clare that the states having no power to
emit bills can no more charter state banks
with power to coin money. We repeat the
fntarS,ot oi Mr.. Jefferson wherein he said:
Ihterdlct forever 10 both state and nation
the power to establish paper bank
Inc effort now being made by the gold
power to convert all the vast debt that has
been legtslated upon US into a gold debt
and fasten this system by charter contract
10 banks and with bonds running fifty
years and to bind US by compact with
o.ner nations under the guise Of an inter-
maaonai conference which permanently de-
Iionetizes silver, makes gold the only
money to pay debts and bank bills, the
only money of circulation. must be averted
or liberty In this republic will soon perish.
ana we call upon all patriotic citizens to
crisis.
we arraign the republican party for
ndvlns established tho gold standard in
I'M onas IT, country @ and We arraign the demo-
IL.
clare that the act Of 1873 demonetfzing Sill
yer has resulted In the appreciation of gold
ana corresponding fall in the prices of
to,lnoaitles tuin produced by the people of
tniS nation; 1t has resulted in a heavy in
crease OF the burden Of taxation and Of all
debts, public or private: 1t has resulted tn
tne enrichment Of the money-lending
class at home and abroad: 1t has resulted
In the prostratfon Of industry and the i'm
poVerishment OF the people
we arraign the democratic and republi-
can parties for surrendering to the holders
OF the obligations Of the United States the
option reserved by law to the government
Of redeeming such obligations In either SILL
yer coin or gold coin.
we arratgn the republican and demo-
cratic parties for Issuing interest -hea ring
bonds OF the United States in time of peace
ana condemn the democratic party for traf-
licking with banking syndicates which in
excnange for bonds. and at an enormous
pront to themselves, supply the federal
treasury with gold to maintain the repub-
hcan policy Of gold monometallism.
Rights of the States.
I'VE declare this to be AN indissoluble
union of indestructible states and that the
powers of our constitutional union and the
rights of the several states shall be Sac
redly preserved
I'VE. therefore, repeat that portion of the
republican platform of 1850 on which Abra-
nam Lincoln was elected, which says: The
maintenance inviolably of the rights of the
state. and especially of each state. to CON
troll its own domestic institutions. exclusive
Iy, is essential to that balance Of power on
which the perfection and endurance of our
political fabric depends
We also repeat that section of the demo-
cratic platform Of 1880 on which Hancock
stood for election. which says We are
opposed to centraliZation and that danger.
Gus spirit OF encroachment which tends to
consolidate the powers Of all the depart
ments of government into one and thus
creates whatever be the form of govern.
ment, a real despotism.'
we repeat from the same platform the
declaration favoring the subordination of
the military powers to the civil authority.
For violation of the welI-known prfn-
clples OF our government, set forth in these
declarations, we arraign both the republi.
can and democratic parties.
we arrafgn the democratic party for its
arbitrary interference by federal authority
In local affairs as being guilty of violation
or the Constitution Of the United States
and crime against free institutions.
I've arraign the democratic party for
establishing precedent of government by
injunction. a new and highly dangerous
form OF oppression. by which federal judges
In contempt Of the laws of the states and
just rights of the citizens, become at once
legislators, judges and executioners-a
tyrannical departure from those principles
Americans.
We repeat section of the democratic
platform Of 1880. where it says: The right
to free ballot Is right preservative of
all rights, and must and shall be main
tanned In all parts of the United States
1--WE arrafgn the democratic party for its
wanton. brutal and unscrupulous violation
of this sacred doctrine.
The Tariff.
I'VE are opposed to the importation of
pauper labor or Of pauper 1abor-made goods
to beat down American wages. If the
American people buy their factory-made
goods In foreign countries because they can
buy them cheap. 1t will destroy our Ameri-
can industry and force US to sell our raw
material in the same cheap foreign market
Our plan is to coin money enough to enable
our own people to buy, use and consume the
products Of this country. Then wages
prices, everything, will be prosperous; then
some just system of protection will be ab-
solutely essential, not only to raise revenue
for current expenses but to prevent foreign
competition, either by importing foreign
paupers themselves or by pauper-made
goods.
I'VE pledge ourselves to q speedy adjust
ment Of our federal and state constitutions
SO as to provide for q permanent system
of government by direct legislation. SO that
no act Of legislation shall become a law un-
til ratified by the votes Of the people, giving
the people right to demand just legislation
and to vote upon all unjust and undesirable
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