Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-07-16
Pension Laws.

poeocnizinr the just claims of deserving.
14n;on soldiers, we heartily endorse the rule
| Of Commissioner, Murphy thaI no names.
| Shall be arbitrarily dropped from the PEN
| sinn roll and the fact that enlistment and
| service should be deemed conclusive evil.
| dence against disease and disability before
We favor the admission of the territories.
~ New Mexico Arizona and Oklahoma into
the Union as states.s ana we iaFor the early
admission of all the territories having The.
necessary population and resources to en-
4;t,e thotn to statehood. and while they re-
main territories we hold that the officials
anpointcd to administer the government Of
any territory together with the District of
coiumbia and Alaska. should be bona iGe.
residents of the territory or district in
which their duties are to De performed.
Th,. Democratic party believes In home rule
and that all public lands of the EnitaE
States should be appropriated to the estab~
ushmen, OF fire. homes for American citi--
Zens. ;+ ,
ka be granted delegate III congress, and
that the general land and timber laws of
the United States be extended to said terri
tory. 4.; os or;o;nou,.
clared and as interpreted by our leading
Presidents, is permanent part OF the for
eign policy of the United States, and must
at all times be maintained.
sympathy for Cuba.
We extend our sympathy. to the people Of
Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and
Independence
No Third Presidential Terms.
We declare it to be the unwritten law oa'
this republic, established by custom and
usage of 100 years and sanctioned oy inc eX-
amples of the greatest and wisest Of those
who founded and have maintained our gov
eminent, that no man should be eligible for
a third term of the presidential office.
and Improve the Mississippi river and other
great waterways of the republic so as to,
secure for the interior states easy and cheap
waterway Of the republic is of sufficient i'm
portance to demand aid of the government
such aid should be extended upon definite
plan Of continuous work until permanent
Improvement is secured.
Coniding in the justice of our case and
the necessity of its success at the polls we.
submit the foregoing declaration of princi-
pies and purposes to the considerable judg-
mant Of the American people. We invite the.
support of all voters who approve them ana
through legislation for the relief of the peo-,
pie make the restoration of the country's.
prosperity. 5
The Minority Report.
The full minority report was as fol-
lows:
To the Democratic National Conventions:
Sixteen delegates, constituting the minority
of the committee on resolutions, find many
to which they cannot give their assent.
Some<of these are wholly unnecessary, some
are ill-considered and anbiguousiy phrased
while others are extreme and revolutionary
to the wel-recognized principles of the
party. The minority content themselves,
with this general expression Of mex. dis
sent without going into specific statelasnt
Of these Objectionable features of the re-
port of the majority.
engages at this time the chief share of pub
lie attention, the views of the majority
differ SO fundamentally, from what the
minority regard as vital Democratic doc
& q demand q Stnr
of what they hold to as the only just and
true expression of Democratic faith upon
offered as a substitute for the fnancial-
pianks in the majority report
We declare a our belief Ii that the experiment.
free silver coinage and a change of the eX-
listing standard of value independently of
the action of other great nations would not
only imperil our finances but would reerd
or entirely prevent the establishment of in
ternationa! Dimetallism, to Which the cf-
directed. 1t would place this country at
once upon a silver basis. impair contracts,
disturb business diminish the purchasing
power of the wages of labor and infi;ct IT.
evils upon our nations commerce
and industry.
Until international cooperation among
leading nations for the free coinage af-~silii--
yer can be secured we favor the rigid main NJ
tenance of the existing gold standard us
essential to the preservation of our nation"l
and the keeping inviolate of our country's;
honor. We insist that all our paper and
silver currency shall be kept absolutely at
a parity with gold. The Democratic party.
is the party of hard money and is opposed
to legal tender paper money as a part of
our permanent financial system, and we,
therefore favor the gradual retirement and
cancellation of all United States notes and
treasury notes under such legislative pro-
Visions as will prevent undue contraction
We demand that the national credit shajI
be resolutely maintained at all times and
under all circumstances
The minority also feels that the rcoort of .x
the majority is defective in failing to make M
any recognition of the honesty economic. u
courage and fidelity OF the present Demo n
cratic administration and they therefore y
offer the following declaration as an amend
ment to the majority report:
I'VE commend the honest economic
courageous and fidelity of the present
Democrats national administration.
;. (SignedO David =. Hill. New York: Will
liam f. Villas Wisconsin; George GRAY. 4
Delaware; John Prentiss Poe MARYLAND IN
Irving w. Drew. New Hampshire: G.. o. \
Holman. Maryland =. J. Farrell, Vermont n
Lynde Harrison: Connecticut; David +
Baker Rhode Island; Thomas A. c. Wea- ~
lock, Michigan: James f. O'Brien. Mirn&s :
sofa: John r. Russell. Massachusetts: Roll
art p. Wright. Pennsylvania; William Rs3
steele. South Dakota; Allen A. McI)ermotM
New Jersey; Charles o. Rogers, Alaska
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