The herald., 1896-06-18
while Handicapped by ten thousand
niles of perilous ocean navigation.
THE GREAT CANAL.

wua maritime canal is of the creates
uolitica! and commercial importance
70 our country, especially to the Pacific
coast states, and we respectfully urge
the Democratic national convention t
pronounce distinctly in favor of taking
such action by congress as will provide
for its early construction under nationa
auspices, but we are opposed to a sub
nidy being granted to any corporation
for that purpose.
ENDORSEMENT OF CLEVELAND
Resolved, That we hereby endorse the
administration of President Cleveland
except as to his financial policy. His
foreign policy has been wise. statesman
like and patriotic and his domestic pol
icy has been pure and incorruptible.
ENDORSEMENT OF BUDD.
We endorse the administration of Gov
ernor Budd and earnestly commend his
earnest efforts to enforce economy and
efficiency in the public service. and con-
gratulate the tax payers on the great
saving he has made in the cost of ad-
ministering the public institutions of the
state.
PERSONAL AND RELIGIOUS LIB
ERTY.
Resolved, That the Democratic party
is the defender of the unabridged funda-
mental right of religious freedom
guaranteed every citizen by section 3,
article 6, of the national constitution,
which declares that mo religious test
shall ever be required as a qualification
to any office of public trust under the
United States" and holds all secret po-
litical societies as mschievous in pur-
pose and contrary to the spirit of Re
publican institutions, democratic form
Of government the constitution of the
United States and of the state of Cali
forna.
AS an upholder of the constitution and
the civil religious and personal rights
It guarantees, the Democratic party de-
nounces the methods and aims of the
secret political organization miscalled
the American Protective Association
for having religious prescription as its
basis and the eXaction of religious test
as qualification to Office for its rule of
action
Resolved That we hereby denounce
the action of the Republican party for
raising the false issue Of the possibility
of state aid being granted to sectarian
schools, and we re-affirm our loyalty
to the constitution of California, which,
in section s, article 9, declares that no
public money shall ever be appropriated
for the support of any seotarion or de-
nominatonal school, or any school not
under the exclusive control of the Off
GERS of the public schools; nor shall any
sectarian or denomna tional doctrine be
taught or instruction thereon be per-
mitted, directly or indirectly in any of
the common schools of this state"
MINES AND MINING.
We congratulate the Democratic party
and the people of the state of California
on the fact that by the legislation in
Stated by the Democratic party under
the platforms of our conventions held
respectively in 1890 and 1892. the mining
industry in all its branches has receiv-
ed an impetus which today gives it a
leading position in the development and
progress of the state.
We favor a continuation of the work
so auspiciously commenced, and recon-
mend continued aid by the national and
state governments on the lines laid down
in the law, to the end that all interests
involved be fully and adequately pro-
tected and each given the recognition
demanded by the important bearing
each has upon the general welfare.
We believe in fostering the mining in
dustry in all its branches and favor the
rehabilitation of hydraulic mining
wherever it can be carried on without
material injury to any other industry.
The preservation of the naviga bility !
re ha CoJ to ,;,- t., l.,
importance to the commerce of the state, |
and we therefore urge upon our delega- |
tion in congress the Importance of secur- |
ing liberal government appropriations |
for the improvement and maintenance |
of the navigability of our rivers and for |
the preservation of the San Francisco
bay and all harbors in this state.
We pledge the utmost endeavors of our |
delegation in congress in the effort to
place the improvement of the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin rivers under the |
contract system.
Resolved. That we are in favor of the |
mineral land bill passed by the last
congress and we denounce the conduct !
of those whose action prevented its be- |
coming law
PROTECTION OF LABOR
Resolved, That we are proud to record |
the fact that the present Democratic |
administration in the state of California |
has accomplished more for the cause of |
labor than any previous administration; |
that many of the evils aud hardships to |
which the working classes have been |
subjected have been removed and abol- |
ished through the intervention OF the de- |
partmeht of labor that the said classes |
have had a department administered in !
careful and just manner to which they |
have carried their grievances, to the end !
that the wrongs and impositions upon !
them have found speedy redress without |
fear or favor; and be it further
Resolved, That the Democratic party, |
representing the large majority affected |
by the domination of capital upon de-
fenseless labor, pledges itself and its |
standard bearers to continue in the good !
work of assisting and protecting those |
hampered by the tyrannical acts of cap
ital monopoly; that it is the sense of this |
convention that labor be placed upon |
the plane 10 which it is entitled; that |
legislative action be had and the laws
of the state so framed that full and ade-
quate protection be extended to its la
boring classes where the same is now |
wanting.
TARIFF AND TAXATION
First-We re-afirm our adherence 10