Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-07-17

ing American labor is to prevent the importation
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 reduced by vicious monetary system
which depresses the prices of their products be-
low the cost Of production, and thus deprives
them OF the means Of purchasing the products OF
our home manufactures, and as labor creates the
wealth Of the country we demand the passage OF
such laws as may be necessary to protect II In all
its rights
We are in favor Of the arbitration Of differences
between employers engaged in interstate com
merce and their employees, and recommend such
legislation as necessary to carry out this prin-
ciple.
solidation Of our leading railroad systems and
the formation Of trusts and pools require strcer
control by the federal government OF those ar
ment of the powers of the Interstate commerce
commission, and such restrictions and guarantees
In the control OF railroads as VIII protect the peo'
pie from robbery and oppression
Republican Extravaganza.
We denounce prongate waste of the money
wrung from the people by oppressive taxation
and the lavish appropriations of recent Republi-
can Congresses, which have kept taxes high,
while the labor that pays them Is unemployed
and the products Of the peoples toll are depress.
ed In price till they no longer repay the cost OF
production. We demand return to that sim
plicty and economy which best befit Democratic
government and a reduction in the number of
useless offices, the salaries of which drain the
substance of the people.
Federal Interference in Local Affairs.
We denounce the arbitrary interference by
federal authorities in local affairs as violation
Of the constitution Of the United States and
crime against free institutions. and we espec ally
object to government by Injunction as a new and
highly dangerous form of oppression by which
federal judges, In contempt of the laws of the
states and rights Of citizens, become at once leg
isators, judges and executioners, and we approve
the bill passed at the last session Of the United
states Senate and now pending in the House rel
alive to contempts In federal courts and provid-
ing for trials by jury in certain cases Of con-
tempt.
No discrimination should be INDUCED in by the
government Cf the United States in favor Of any
OF its debtors. We approve of the refusal of the
sd Congress to pass the Pacific railroad funding
bill, and denounce the effort of the present Re
publican Congress TO enact a similar measure.
Pensions.
Recognizing the just claims of deserving Union
soldiers we heartily endorse the rule Of the pres
ent commissioner Of pensions that no names
shall be arbitrarily dropped from the pension roll
and the fact Of enlistment and service should be
deemed conclusive evidence against disease and
disability before enlistment.
Admission of Territories.
We favor the admission of the territories OF New
Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma into the Union
as states, and we favor the early admission of
all the territories having the necessary popula
ton and resources TO entitle them to statehood,
and while they remain territories we hold that
the officials appointed to administer the govern
ment OF any territory, together with the District
Of Columbia and Alaska, should be bonaide resi-
dents of the territery or district in which the du-
ties are to be performed.
The Democratic party believes in home rule
and that all public lands of the United States
should be appropriated to the establishment of
free homes for American citizens
We recommend that the territory Of Alaska be
granted delegate in Congress and that the gen
eral land and timber laws OF the United States be
extended to said territory.
Monroe Doctrine.
The Monroe doctrine. as originally declared and
as interpreted by succeeding presidents, is a per
manent part Of the foreign policy Of the United
States aud must at all times be maintained.
Cuba.
We extend our sympathy 10 the people Of Cuba
in their heroic struggle for liberty and independ-
ence
The CIvIl Service.
We are opposed to life tenure in the public ser.
vice. We favor appointments based upon merit,
fixed terms of Office, aud such an adm nistration
Of the civll-service laws as will afford equal Cd
portunites to all citizens Of ascertained fitness.
No Third Term.
We declare 1t to be the unwrtten law Of thi
republic established by custom and usage 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
dental office.
Improvement OF Waterways.
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
tlde-water. When any waterway of the republic
is Of sufficient Importance to demand aid OF the