White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-07-23

we demand the Tree and unlimited coinage 0i
both gold and silver at the present legal ratio
OF 10 To without waiting for the aid and con
sent OF any OTHER ma tion. We demand that the
standard silver dollar shall be full legal tender
| equally with gold for all debts. public and
private. and We favor such legislation as will
prevent for the future the demonstration oi
| any Eind of legal tender money by private con-
tract.
BOND DEALS.
We are opposed to the policy and practice OF
| surrenderinc to the holders of obligations Of
the United States the option, reserved by law
| to the government of redeeming such ohliga-
tions In silver or in gold coin.
We are opposed to the issuing of interest
bearing bonds of the United States in time of
peace and condemn traIicing with banking
| syndicates which, in exchange for bonds at
! an enormous profit 10 themselves, supply the
federal treasury with gold to maintain the
| policy of gold monometalllsm.
| NATIONAL BANKS.
Congress alone has power to coin money, and
| President Jackson declared that this power
| could not be delegated to corporations or in
dividu0ls. We, therefore, demand that the
| power to issue notes to circulate as money be
taken from the national banks. and that all
| paper m"ney thall be issued directly by the
| treasury department, be redeemable in coin
and receivable for all debts, public and private.
THE TARIFF.
| We favor a tariff for revenue sufficient to
| defray the necessary expenses of the govern
ment. economically administered and so ad-
| iuStcd as not to discriminate gainst industries
| of any section and especially the raw materials
| of the south and west, including their wool,
hides sheep, cattle and other live stock inter-
ests, We denounce as disturbing to business
the Republican threats to restore the Mckinley
| law which has been twice condemned by the
people in national elections and which, enacted
under tho false plea of protection to home in
dustry, proved prolific breeder of trusts and
monopolies, enriched the few at the expense of
the many, restricted trade and deprived the
producers of great American st:,plpc np-
cess to their natural markets. Until the
money question is settled, we are opposed to
any agitation for further changes in our tariff
laws except such as are necessary to make good
the deficit i'll the revenue caused by the adverse
decision of the supleme court on the income
tax law.
INCOME TAX
But for this decision by the supreme court
there would be no deficit in the revenue passed
by Democratic congress, in strict accordance
with the uniform decisions of that court for
nearly 100 years, and that the court having
under that decision sustained the constitutional
objections to its enactment which have been
overruled 10y the ablest judges who have ever
sat on the bench. We declare that it is the
duty of congress to use all constitutional
power which remains after that decision or
which may come from it's reversal by the
courts, as it may hereafter be constituted so
that the burdens of taxation may be equally
and impartlally divided, to the end that wealth
may bear its due proportion of the expenses
| of the government.
ARBITRATION.
We are in favor of arbitration of differences
between employers engaged in interstate cCm-
merce and their employees, aud recommend
such legislation as Is necessary to cary on this
principle
RESTRICTING IMMIGRATIoN.
We hold that the most efficient way of pro-
tecting American labor is to prevent the i'm
portation of foreign pauper labor to compete
with 1t in tie home market, and that the value
OF our nome market to American farmers and
artisans is gl leatly reduced by the vicious none
tary system which depresses the prices of their
products below the cost of production, and
thus dcprives them of the means of purchasing
the products of our home manufact ories.
RAILN iYs AND CORPORATIONS.
Tho absorption of wealth by the few, the
consolidation of our leading railway systems
aud the formation of trusts aud pools require
stricter control by the federal government Of
the arteries of commerce. We demand the
enlargement of the powers of the Interstate
commerce commission and such restrictions and
guarantees in control of railroads will pro-
tect the people from robbery and oppression.
REPUBLICAN ESTRAvAcAYCE.
We denounce the profigate waste of money
wrung from the people by oppressive taxation
and the lavish appropriations of recent Republi-
can congresses which have kept taxes high,
while he labor that pays them is unemployed
and the products of the peoples toll are de-
pressed in price till they no longer repay the
cost of production. We demand a return to
that simplicity and economy which BELTS n
Democratic government, and Il reduction I'm
the number ofusClcss Offices, the salaries of
which drain the substance Of the peaple.
FEDERAL INTERFERENCE.
We denounce arbitrary interference by the
federal authorities in local affairs as a viola
tion of the constitution of the United States
and crime against free institutions and we
especially object to government inter ference
by njnnctio as new and highly dangerous
form OF oppression, by which federal Judges
in contempt of the laws of states and the
rights of citizens, become at once legislators
Judges and eIecutioucrs and we approve
the bill passed at the last session of the
United States senate ana now pending in the
house, relative 10 contempt in federal courts
and providing for trials by jury in certain
cases OF contempt.
PACIFIC FUNDING BILL.
No, discrimination should he INDUCED i'm by
the government of the United States in favor
Of any of the debtors. We approve of the
refusal of the I'D congress to pass the Pacific
railroad funding bill and denouncc the effort
OF the present congress to enact similar
measure.
UNION SOLDIERS.
Recognizing the just claims of deserving
Union soldiers, we heartily endorse the rule
of the present commissioner of pensions that
no man shall be arbitrarily dropped from
the pension rolls. and that the fact of enlist
mcnt aud service should be deemed conclu-
sivc evidence against disease or disability be-
fore enlistment.
NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA.
We favor the admission of the territories of
New Mexico and Arizona into the Union as
stntcs and we favor the early admission of
all territories having the necessary population
and the resources to entitle them to state
hood, ana while they remain territories we
hold that the oiicials adpOintci t. admins.
tor the government Of any territory, together
with the District Of Columbia and Alaska,
should be bona iidC residents Of the terri |
tory or district IN which their duties are t. be |
performed. The DemOerl ic party believes |
IN home rule and that gll the public lands Of !
the United states should bc appropriated to [
the establishment OF free hOmJs for American
citizens. -
We recommend tn1t the territory OF AMski |
hc granted q delegate II con ross, and that |
the general lund and timber laws of tie |
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