The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
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State or city affected and operated by it for
the benefit of all the people.
INCOME TAX.
.. Under our present sys tenn the greater part
OF the idle and Understanding wealth of the
country escapes a just taxation. and we there
fore believe in an amendment of the constitu-
ton which shall give to Congress the power to
enact law leyying graduated tax on the in
comes OF all persons residing or corporations
operating in the United States.
TARIFF.
4 In view of the constant agitation of the
questions involved in tariff legislation and the
unsettled condition of business arising there
from, aud until more direct, cheaper and
Just system shall be devised for raising
NATIONAL revenues, We believe that Congress
snould create non-partisan tariff tribunal
States and annually reporting its action to
Congress for general Information.
That within sixty days after the final
gress such tribunal shall fix the rates Of duty
TO be collected upon imports and determine
the goods subject thereto SO as to raise the
amount OF money required to pay the annual
appropriations SO authorized and yearly to pay
one-twentieth of the National debt,
All tariffs shall be SO framed by the tribunal
ana enforced SO as to prevent the formation of
com blnations which, for their own profit, re-
duce the wages OF labor and enhance the prices
OF products
Protection to American citizens in general
ana not to any class or section shall be car
dlnal rule in the selection of the subjects of
duty and the rates imposed
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND SENATORS, ETC
5. The fundamental principle of our Gov
eminent is that its powers are derived from
the consent of the governed, and therefore we
believe that the constitution of the United
States should be so amended that the Presi-
dent and Vice President shall be elected by a
direct vote OF the whole people, and that each
Federal Senator be elected by the direct vote
OF the people of his State.
We further favor an amendment that, if a
lie NJ nm hall
vetoed by the President or declared invalid by
the Supreme Court 1t shall then be submitted
to popular vote and, if approved, it shall be-
come law.
@. We are In favor of granting liberal PEN
sions to all ex-Union soldiers and sailors who
were In active service in the war of the Rebel
lion and who were disabled therein or have
since become so by sickness or old age.
MONROE DOCTRINE
q. The Monroe doctrine should be main
tanned as the permanent policy of the Govern
ment, and 1t should be so enforced that no Eu-
ropean, Asiatic or other foreign power can
hereafter acquire any territory in North or
South America.
In consonance with this idea our Govern
ment should proceed at once to build the Nj
caragua canal, and own and operate it for the
people. and to the exclusion OF every private
person or corporation.
issuance OF GOVERNMENT BONDS.
8. We denounce as unconstitutional in law,
and as unjust in morals, the acts of the adj
ministration in issuing bonds, whereby, in
times of peace, there has been added to the
National debt, in principal and interest, many
millions of dollars.
To prevent further action in this direction
we believe that Congress should prohibit the
secretary OF the Treasury from issuing any
bonds OF the United States, except when ex-
pressly so authorized by law fixing the
amount and purpose thereof.
FUNDING BILL.
8. We are uncompromisingly opposed to
any legislation which proposes to give to the
Pacific railroad corporations an extension of
time in which to pay to the Government the
debts due from them, and each of them; and
we hereby denounce as vicious the act known
as the Pacific railroad funding bill.
TheGovernment should enforce on maturity
the collection of all debts, principal and in
terest, due it from these companies.
IMMIGRATION.
10. Congress should exclude all foreign
immigration which directly or indirectly COM
petes with the American laborer; and in order
to accomplish this we are in favor of law re-
curing an educational qualification in all
immigrants and levying per capita tax on
them, payable to the Federal treasury
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE.
IL. Our sympathy is due to the struggling
patriots of Cuba and we believe that our
Government should extend to them belligerent
rights.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
IL. The right to vote ought to be based
upon intelligence, without regard to sex, and
hence we believe that the elective franchise
should be granted to women on like terms as
to men.
CONTINUANCE OF SETTLED POLICIES
1S. We firmly believe that as the right of