The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-09

puSee ".o ever SAT Oh thQt Oench. We
declare that It is the duty of Congress
TO use all the constitutional power
wnich remains after that decision, or
WWhlch may come from Its reversal by
the court. as 1t may hereafter be con-
stituted. so that the burdens of taxa
tion may be equally and impartially
laid to the end that wealth may bear It's
due proportion of the expense of the
government
LABOR.
We hold that the most efficient way
or protecting American labor Is to pre-
vent the importation of foreign pauper
labor TO compete with It in the home
market, and that the value of the home
market 10 our American farmers and ar
tisans Is greatly reduced by a vicious
monetary system which depresses the
prices OF their products below the cost
OF production, and uaus deprives them
OF the means of purchasing the products
OF our home manufactures.
TRUSTS.
The absorption OF wealth by the few,
the consolidation OF our leading railroad d
systems and the formation OF trusts and
pools. require II strlcter control by the
Federal government of those arteries OF
commerce. We demand the enlargemnt
OF the power OF the Inteistat Commerce
Commission and such restrictions and
guarantees in the control OF railroads as
oppression.
REPUBLICAN, PROFLICaACY.
We denounce the profligate waste OF
the money wrung from the people by on
pressive taxation and the lavish appro-
priations OF recent Republican Con-
Eresses. which have kept taxes high while
the labor that pays them Is unemployed
ana the products of the peoples toll are
depressed in price till they no longer re-
pay the cost of production.
We demand n return to that simplicity
and economy which bcfits n Democratic
government and reduction In the num-
per or useless Offices, the salaries of
which drain the substance of the people.
FEDERAL LNTDRFupRENCE.
we denounce arbitrary interference
by Federal authorities In local affairs
as violati Of the Constitution of .,the
United states and crime against free
institutions. and we especially object to
government by Injunction as u new and
mighty dangerous form of oppression by
which Federal judges In contempt of the
laws OF the States and rights OF cit tlzens
become at once legislators judges and
eNecutloners, and we approve the bill
passed at the last session of the United
States Senate and now pending in the
House OF Representatives relative to con
tempts In Federal courts and providing
trials by jury in certain cases of con-
tempt
UNNJUGT DISCRTMINA ArrION.
No Discrimination should be INDUCED
In 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 Funding bill
and denounce the efforts of the present
Republican Congress TO enact a similar
measure
PENSIONS.
Recognizing the just claims of desery-
Ing Union soldiers. we heartily endorse
the rule OF the present Commissioner of
Pensions. tina. no names shall be arbi-
trarily dropped from the pension roll
and the fact of enlistment and service
should be deemed conclusive evidence
against disease and disa bility before enc
liStmemt.
NEW STATES.
We favor the admission of the Terrific
ries OF New Mexico and Arizona into the
Union as States and we favor the early
admission of all the territories having
the necessary population and resources
TO enthtle them to statehood and while
they remain territories we hold thar the
officials appointed to administer the gov
ernment of any territory together with
the District of Columbia and Alaska
should he bona fide residenss of the ter
ritory or district in which the duties are
to be performed.
AMERICA FOR AMERICANS.
The Democratic pai.y believes In
home rule. and that all public lands of
the United States should be appro
priated to the establishment of free
homes for American citizens
ALASKA
We recommend that the territory of
Alaska be granted a delegate in Con-
gress and that the general land and tim
Dor laws of the United States be extend.
ed TO said territory.
CUBA.
we extend our sympathy 10 the people
OF Cuba IN their heroic struggle for lib
erty and independence.
ROTATION IN OFFICE.
We are opposed to life tenure in the
public service. We favor appointments
based upon merit, fixed terms of office
and such AN administration of the civil
service laws as will afford equal oppor-
tunites to all citizens Of ascertatned
fitness.
A THIRD TERM.
We declare It to be the unwrltten law
OF this Republic. established by custom
and usage of one hundred years. and
sanctioned hy the examples OF the great
est and wisest OF those who founded and
have maintained our government. that
no man should be eligible for a third
term OF the Presidential office