The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-07-11

fgTeatlySreau by a. vicious monetary
system which depresses the price OF theil
products below tile cost Of production anl
/ thus depriyes them 81 the means Of salts.
/ flying theirssneeds. Is NJ
We denounce the prof1igate waste Of
the money .Wrung from the people by op-
pressiva taxation and the lavish appropri.
ations Of recent Republican congresses
which have kept taxes high, while the
| labor that pays them is unemployed, and
/ the products of the peoples toll are de-
pressed in price till tney on longer re.
pay the cost of production. We demand
a return to that simplicity and economy
which best BELTS a Democratic govern.
ment, and a reduction in the number
OF useless offices, the salaries Of which
drain The substance Of the people.
We denounce arbitrary interference by
federal authorities in local affairs as q
violation of the constitution Of the United
States and a crime against free lnstltu-
tons, and we especially object to gov
eminent by injunction, as new and
highly dangerous form Of oppression by
which federal judges, in contempt OF
laws OF states, and the rights of citizens,
become at once legislator, Judge and exc
cutioner, and we approve the bill passed
at the last session of the United States
senate and now pending in the house,
relative to contempt in federal courts
and providing for trials BY jury in GER
tain cases Of contempt 80.
Z No discrimination should be INDUCED
by the government of the United States
in favor of any Of its debtors. We ap-
prove of the refusal of the ifty-third
congress to pass the Pacific railroad
funding bill, and denounce the effort of
the present Republican congress to enact
a similar measure.
Recognizing the just claims Of deserv-
ing Union soldiers we heartily endorse
the rule of Commissioner Murphy that
no names shall be arbitrarily dropped
from the pension roll and the fact of en-
Hst,nent and service should be deemed
conclusive evidence against disease and
disability before enlistment.
We favor the admission of the terri
tories of New Mexico and Arizona into
the Union as states, and we favor the ad-
mission of all the territories having the
necessary population and resources to
entitle them to statehood, and while they
remain territories we hold that the Off
Gals appointed to administer the govern
ment of any territory. together with the
District of Columbia and Alaska, should
be bona fide residents of the territory of
THE district in which their duties are to
be performed. The Democratic party be-
lieyes in home rule and that all public
lands Of the United States should be ap-
propriated 70 the establishment OF free
homes for American citizens.
We recommend that the territory OF
Alaska be granted delegate in congress,
and that the general land and timber
laws of the United Staets be extended to
said territory. ..--
We extend our sympathy to the people
of Cuba in their heroic struggle for lib
erty and independence. e
We are opposed to life tenured 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 opportunities to
all citizens Of ascertained fitness.
We declare it to be the unwritten law
of this 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 main
tanned our government, that no man
should be eligible for third term Of the
Office.
The federal government should care
for and improve the Mississippi river
and other great waterways of the repub
lie SO as to secure for the interior states
easy an dcheap transportation to tide
water. When any waterway of the re-
public is of sufficient importance to de-
mand aid Of the government, such aid
should be extended upon a definite plan
Of continuous work until permanent i'm
provement is secured.
Coniding in the justice Of our cause
and the necessity Of its success at the
polls, we submit the foregoing declara-
ticn Of principles and purposes to the
considerable Judgment of the American
people We invite the support Of all cit
liens who approve them, and who desire
to have them made effective through leg
islation for the relief of the people and
the restoration of the country's prosper
thy. .s., 1.