Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-07-21

vocated from Jeffersons time to our own
freedom of speech, freedom of press. free
dom of conscience, the preservation OF |
personal rights, the equality of all citizens
before the law, and the faithful obserV-
ance of constitutional limitations.
Founded on the Constitution.
During all these years the democratic
party has resisted the tendency or sellsh
interest toward the Capitalization OF gov
ernmental power and steadfastly mann
tanned the integrity of the dual scheHe Vi
government established by the fouhoers
of this republic of republics. Unoer us
guidance and teachings the great primer
pie of local self-government has FOUND It's
best expression in the maintenance OF the
rights of the states and in the assertion
of the necessity of combining the genera
government to the exercise OF the powers
granted by the constitution OF the ohi'eu
States.
1.-The constitution of the United States
guarantees to every citizen the rights Oh
civil and religious liberty. The democratic
party has always been the exponent Vi
| political liberty and religious treeuoli,
| and 1t renews its obligations and arnrms
| it's devotion to these fundamental primer
Piles of the constitution.
Money OF the Constitution.
| Recognizing that the money question
| is paramount TO all others at this tline'
/
| federal constitution names silver anu
| gold together as the money metals OF tue
| United States. and that the hrst colhase
| law passed by congress under the constr
| tuition made the silver dollar the monetary
unit and admitted gold to free coinage at
| a ratio based upon the silver unit.
| I'VE declare that the act of 1913. oe-
| monetizing silver without the knowledge
| or approval of the American people, mas
| resulted in the appreciation OF golo anu
| in a corresponding fall of the prices Oh
| commodities produced by the people cap
| plause), heavy increase III the puruen
| of taxation and of all debts, pubic ana
| private: the enrichment of the money
| lending class at home and abroad; the
| Vrostration of industry and the impoVer-
ishment of the people.
Opposed to Recommendation
| We are unalterably opposed TO mono
| metallism. which has locked fast the pros
| perty of an industrial people in the par
| alysis of hard times. Gold monometalllsm
| is British policy, and its adoption mas
| brought otner nations into financial serVi-
tude to London. 1t is not only un-Ameri-
| can but il is anti american, and 1t can DE
| fastened on the United States only by
sitting that spirit and love OF liberty
which proclaimed our political lndepenu-
ence in l176, and won it in the war OIL .ne
revolution. We demand the free ana uil-
limited coinage of both silver anu Sold
at the present legal ratio of 10 TO !, WITH
out waiting for the consent or ala Oh any
other nation.
| We demand that the standard silver
dollar shall be full legal tender, equa-y
| with gold, for all dauts, public and private
| and we favor such lcgisla ton as will pre-
| vent for the future the decentralization
of any kind of legal tender money by
private contract
Against National Banks.
1--WE are opposed TO the policy and prac-
| tice of surrenderlng to the holders or the
| obligations of the United States the OPP
ton reserved by law TO the government,
OF redeeming such obligations in eithci
| silver coin or gold coin. We are opposed
| to the issuing of interest bearing bonds
2, of the United States in time OF peace
and condemn the trafticking with banking
syndicates which, in exchange for pond'
and at enormous profits TO themselves
supply the Federal treasury with gold Z
maintain the policy OF gold monometai
| ism.
Congress alone has power to coin an
issue money and President Jackson de
clared that this power could not DE uele
| gated to corporations or to indiVlouais
- | We therefore denounce the issuance o
notes as money for national banks as II
{ derogation of the constitution ana W.
Q demand that all paper which Is mao
legal tender for public and private depu
or which is receivable for dues TO TN
d United States shall be issued by the gov
G eminent of the United States and shal
" be redcemable in coin.
n Tariff for Revenue.
> 1--WE hold that the tarin duties shoui
oe levied for the purpose or revenue sue
y duties to be so adjusted as 10 operal
/ equally throughout the country ana no
discriminate between class or sections an
that taxation should be limited by TN
needs of the government, honestly an
economically administered We denouhc
. | as disturbing to business the repupilca
- threat to restore the Mckinley law, wnlc
/ has been twice condemned by the peopi
d I'm national elections. and which, enacte
al under .he false plea OF protection I
:, home industry proved prolific breede
~ OF trusts and monopolies, enriched TN
a few at the expense or the many, restric'
10 ed trade and deprived the producers c
- the great American staples of access
% their natural markets.
- Mus. Not Agitats Tariff Revision.
~ mn the money question is settle
we are opposed to any agitation for fun
m Their changes in our tariff, except such a
- are necessary to make good the deficit
H. revenue caused by the adverse decision
20 Of the supreme court on the income ia,
SIS But for the decision of the supreme cou
o there would be no deficit in the revent
under the law passed by a democrat
congress in strict pursuance of the un
lie form decision of that court for near
ar | 100 years. that court having in that dec
sion overruled what had been previous
confirmed by the ablest judges that ha'
sat ON that bench. We declare that II
the duty of congress to use all the CO.
I stituional powers which remain after u
decision or which may come from It's T
versal by the court as II may hereatt
DO constituted, so that the burden or Ia
alton may be equally and impartialiy la
To the end that wealth may bear its oil
proportion of the expenses OF the COVER
ment.
Protection for Labor.
eve hold that the most efficient ws
of protecting American labor is to pr
vent the Importation OF foreign paup
labor TO compete with 1t i'm the hon
market, and that the value of tho hon
market to our American farmers and a
| tisans is greatly reduced by vicio
: monetary system. which depresses {
X prices of their product below the cost
productions and thus deprives them of I
means of purchasing the products OF o
4 home manufactures.
Governments Control
1.-THE absorption of wealth by the fe
the consolidation of our leading railw
= systems and the formation OF trusts a
pools require a stricter control by the fe
co eral government of those arteries or col
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