Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-10-08
FOR FREE SILVER.

We. the Democrats Of tie United States, d
eonvention assembled. do afArm our sllegianc
70 those great ESSENTIAL principles Of tustic
and liberty upon which our institutions ar
founded and which the Democratic party hn
advocated from JsffersSn's time to our own
t'eedom Of speech. freedom of the press, free
dom Of conscience. the preservation Of per
sonal rights, the equality Of all citizens befor,
the law. and the faithful observance Of con
stitutionAl limitations
During all thsse years the Democratic party
has resisted tbs tendency Of selfish Interests
70 the Capitalization Of governmental powel
and steadfastiy maintained the integrity O.
the dual scheme Of government established b.
the founders OF this republic Of repub lie
Under Its guidance and teachings the greai
principle Of local self govei nment has found
Its best expression in the maintenance Of the
rights Of the states and its assertion Of the
necessity OF conhning the geaernl government
70 the exercise Of the powers granted by tha
constitution Of the United States
The constitution of the United States guar
antees to every citizen the rights of civil and
religious liberty. The Democratic party has
always been the exponent OF political liberty
and Of religious freedom. and 10 renews it's OBJ
legations and reafflrms tho devotion to those
fundamental principles of the constitution
Recognizing that the money question is par
amount to all others ct this time, we invite
attention to the fact that tho federal constttu.
ton names silver and gold together as the
money metals Of the United States, and that
the first coinage law passed by congress under
the constitution made the silver dollar the
monetary unit and admitted gold to free coin.
age at ratio based upon she silver unit.
We are opposed TO the policy and practice
Of surrendering to the holders of the obliga-
tons of the United States the option reserved
| ~ 1avxy kO fha kaR
obligation in either silver coin or gold coin.
We are opposed to the issuing Of interest
bearing bonds of the United States in times Of
peace, and condemn the traficldng with bank
ng syndicates which, in exchange for bonds
snd enormous profit to themselves. supply thh
federal treasury with gold to maintain the
policy Of gold monometallism
Congress alone has the power to coin or issue
money, as President Jaslxon declared that
this power could not be delegated TO corpora
tons or individuals.
| We therefore denounce the issuance of
notes intended to circulate as money by ma
tional banks as in derogation. of the consti-
made legal tender for public and private
| debts or which is receivable for dues to the
United States. shall be issued by the govern
ment OF the United States and shall be re-
| deemable in coin.
| We hold that tariff duties should be levied
for purposes of revenue, such duties to be 80 adj
iusted as TO operate equally throughout the
country, and not discriminate between class
| or section, and that taxation should be limited
| by the needs Of the government honestly and
economically administered. We denounce an
disturbing TO business the Republican threat
to restore the Mckinley law.
Until the money question Is settled we are
opposed to any agitation for further changes
In our tariff laws except such as are neces.
nos trN a.af Ak1l a
the adverse decision Of the supreme court on
| the income tax.
But for this decision by the supreme court
| there would be nodeficit in the revenue under
the law passed by a democratic congress in
strict pursuance of the uniform decisions of
that court for nearly one hundred years. that
court having under that decision sustained
constitutional objections TO its enactment
winch nave been overruled by the ablest
Judges who have ever sat on that bench,
We declare that IL Is the duty Of congress to
Csc ali the constitutional power which re-
mains after that decision, or which nav come
from It's reversal by the court as 1t may here.
after be constituted, so that the burdens OF
taxation may be equally aud impartially laid,
to the end that wealth may bear its due pro
portion of the expenses Of the government
We hold that the most efficient way of pro
tecting American labor is to prevent the i'm.
portation OF foreign pauper labor to comp.te
OF the home market to our American farmers
aud artisans is greatly reduced by vicious
monetary system which depresses the prices
OF their products below the cost of production
and thus dsprives them of the means of pu-.
chasing thn products Of our home manufacto-
ries.
And as labor creates the wealth ofthe coun-
try, we demand the passage of such laws as
may be necesSaryto protect 1t in all its rights.
ANS absorption or wealth by the few, the
consolidation of our leading railroad systems
and the formation of trusts and pools require
a stricter control by the federal government
OF those arteries of commerce. We demand
the enlargem' ut Of the powers Of the inter.
state CONNIE oe commission, aud such restric-
tlons and qua rantees in the control of rail.
roads as Will protect the people from robbery
and oppression
We denounce the profigate waste of the
nsney wrung from the people by op pressivs
taxaton and the lavish appropriations of re-
cent Republican congresses, which have Kept
taxes high, while the labor that pays them is
unemployed, and the products Of the peoples
toll are depressed in price till they no longer
repay the cost of production.
We demand return to that simplicity and
economy which befits democratic govern
ment and reduction of the number Of use
less offices, the salaries of which drain the
substance of the people.
We dsnouncs arbitrary interference by fed.
eral authorities In local affairs as violation
OF the constitution OF the United States and q
crime against free institutions, and we es.
pecially object to government by Injunction
ss new and highly dangerous form of op-
preston by which federal judges. in contempt
IT the laws of the states and rights of citizens,
become at once legislators, judges and execu-
TONERS, 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 contempts in federal courts and
nrovidinG for trials hv iury cases Of CON tannt
, NO DISCRIMINATION should he indulged in by
the government ofthe United States in favor
Of its debtors. We approve of the refusal Of
the Fifty third congress to pass the Pacific
railroad funding bill and denounee the effort
OF the present republican congress to enact
a similar measure.
Recognizing the, Just claims Of the deserving
Union soldiers we heartily endorse the rules
OF the present commission of pensions, that
no names shall be arbitrarily dropped from
the pension roll. and the fact of enlistment
end service should be deemed conclusive evi.
dence against disease and disability before en-.
listment.
We favor the admission of the territories OF
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona to the |
union as states, and we favor the early |
admission Of all the territories to state
hood, and while they remain territories we
hold that the officials appointed to admins |
with the District of Columbia and Alaska |
should he bona ttde residents Of the territory
or district in which their duties are to be per-
formed
The democrtic party believe in home rule |
and that all public lands of the United States |
should be appropriated to the establishment |
of free homes for American citizens.
We recommend that the territory of Alaska |
be granted q delegate in congress, and that |
the general land and timber laws of the |
United States be extended to said territory
The, Monroe doctrine, as originally de- |
clared and as Interpreted by succeeding |
is q permanent part ofthe foreign |