Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-11
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:, 1896.
staples of access to their natural mark
cts. Until the money question is set
tied we are opposed to any agitation
for further changes in our tariff law
except such as are necessary to meet
the deficit in revenue caused by the ad
verse decision of the supreme court OF
the income tax. But for this decis
ion by the supreme court, there would
be no deficit in the revenue under the
law passed by Democratic congress
in strict pursuance of the uniform de
cisions of that court for nearly Ion
years, that court having in that decis
ion sustained constitutional objections
to its enactment which had previously
been oyerruled by the ablest judges
who have ever sat on the bench. We
declare that it is the duty of con
gress to use all the constitutional
power which remains after thai
decision or which may come from its
reversal by the court as it may here
after be constituted so that the burdens
of taxation may be equally and impsr'
TALLY laid to the end that wealth may
bear its due proportion of the expenses
of the government.
We hold that the most efficient way
of protecting American labor is tc
prevent the Importation of foreign
pauper labor to compete with it in the
home market and the value of the
home market to our American farmers
and artisans is greatly reduced by
vicious monetary system which de-
presses the prices Of their products be;
low the cost Of production, and thus
deprives them of the means of pur.
the products ofour home man
and as labor creates the
wealth Of the country, we demand
the passage of such laws as may be
necessary to protect it in all its rights
1--WE are in favor of the arbitration
of differences between the employers
edgaged in Interstate commerce and
their employees, and recommend such
legislation as is necessary to carry
out this principle. The absorption
of wealth by the few, the consolida-
tion Of our leading railroad systems
and the formation of trusts and
pools require q stricter control by
the Federal government of those ar
teries of commerce. We demand the
enlargement of the powers Of the inter
state commerce commission and such
and guarantees in the con-
troll of the railroads as will protect
the people from robbery and oppres-
sion.
We denounce the profigate waste
of the money wrung from the people
by oppressive taxation and the lavish
appropriation of recent Republican
which have kept taxes high
while the labor that pays them is un-
employed and the products of the
peoples toll are depressed in price till
they no longer repay the cost of pro-
duction. -,
We demand a return to that simpli-
city and economy which BELTS a
Democratic government and a reduc-
ton in the number of useless officers,
the salaries of which drain the sub
stance of the people.
We denounce arbitrary interference
by Federal authorities in local affairs
as violation of the constitution of the
United States and a crime against free
institutions, and we especially object
to government by injunction as new
and highly dangerous form of oppres-
sion by which Federal judges, in con-
tempt of the laws of the states and
rights of citizens, become at once legis-
lators, judges and executioners, and we
approve the bill passed at the last ses.
sion of the United States senate and
now pending in the house of represen-
tatives relative to coniempts in FEEDER
al courts and providing trials by jury
in certain cases of contempt.
No discrimination should be indulg-
ed by the government of the United
States in favor of any of its debtors.
We approve of the refusal of the Fifty
third congress to pass the Pacific rail-
road funding bill and denounce the ef-
forts of the present Republican con-
gress to enact similar measure.
Recognizing the just claims OF de-
serving Union soldiers, we heartily en-
dorse the rule of the present commits.
sioner of pensions that no names shall
be arbitrarily dropped from the pen
sion roll; and the fact of enrolment
and service should be deemed conclu-
sive evidence against disease and dis
ability before enlistment.
We favor the admission of the terri
tories of New Mexico, Oklahoma and
Arizona as states and we favor the early
admission of all the territories having
the necessary population and resources
to entitle them to statehood, and while
they remain territories we hold that
the officials appointed to administer
the government of any territory, to-
sether with the District of Columbia
and Alaska, should be bona fde resi-
dents of the territory or district in
which the duties are to be performed.
The Democratic party believes in
home rule and that all public lands OF
the United States should be apportion-
ed to the establishment Of free homes