The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-09

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bility in conducting the affairs Of state
He declared that if the Democratic
convention would take this position Il
would make the territories Democratic
when they became states. The amend
ment suggested by the gentleman from
New Mexico was adopted.
The Cuban paragraph aroused consid.
erabSedebate and numerous amend
ments were offered.
THE PLATFORM.
Chicago, July S.-The report on the
platform as a whole was adopted by the
| and is as follows:
We. the Democrats of the United
| States, in national convention assem-
! bled, do reaffirm our allegiance &c
those great essential principles of JUS
tice and liberty upon which our insti-
tutions are founded and which the Dem
ocratic party has advocated from JEFF
fersOn's time TO our own-freedom OF
| speech, freedom of press, freedom Of
conscience, the preservation of personal
| rights, the equality Of all citizens be-
fore the law and the faithful observ-
ance Of constitutional limitations
During all these years the Democratic
party has resisted the tendency to the
Capitalization of governmental power.
| and steadfastly maintained the integri-
ty Of the dual system of government as
established by the founders of this re-
public of republics. Under its guidance
and teachings the great principle OF
local self-government has found its
best expression in the maintenance of
the rights of the states and it's aSser-
ton of the necessity Of confirming the
general government to the exercise of
the powers granted by the constitu-
ton of the United States.
FINANCIAL.
Recognizing that the money system Is
paramount to all others, at this time,
We invite attention to the fact that the
federal constitution 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 coinage at a ratio based upon the
silver dollar unit.
We declare that the act of 1873, de-
mOnetiZng silver without the knowl-
edge or approval of the American peo-
pie, has resulted in the appreciation Of
gold and a corresponding fall in the
prices Of commodities produced by the
people; heavy increase in the burden
Of taxation and of ali debts public and
private; the enrichment Of the money
lending class AT home and abroad, pros
tration of industries and impoverish-
ment Of the people
We are unalterabiy opposed to mono
metallism, which has locked fast the
prosperity of an industrial people in
the paralysis Of hard times. Gold mon
ometallism is a British policy and its
adoption has brought other nations into
financial servitude to London. 1t is not
only un-American, but anti-American,
and II can be fastened on the United
States only by the Sitting of that spirit
and love liberty which proclaimed our
political independence in 1875. and won
1t In the war Of the revolution
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage Of both gold and silver at the
present legal rate Of Is to l, without
waiting for the aid or consent Of any
other nation. 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 viii prevent the demone-
tiZation Of any kind of legal tender
money by private contract.
We are opposed to the policy and
practice Of surrendering to the holders
OF the obligations Of the United States
the option reserved by law to the gov
eminent of redeeming such obligations
IN either silver coin or gold coin We
are opposed to the issuing of interest
bearing bonds of the United States in
time Of peace and condemn the triffiick-
ing with banking syndicates which in
exchange for bonds at an enormous
profit to themselves, supply the federal
treasury with gold to maintain the
policy Of gold monometallism.
Congress alone had the power to coin
and issue money and President Jack
son declared that this power could not
be delegated TO corporations or indi-
viduals. We, therefore, demand that
the power TO issue notes to circulate 3
money be taken from the national
banks and that all paper money shall
be issued directly by the treasury de-
partment
THE TARIFF.
We hold that tariff duties should be
levied for the purposes of revenue. such
duties to be so readjusted as to operate
throughout and not discrimi-
nate between classes or sections, and
that taxation should be limited by the
needs OF the government honestly and
economically administered. We de-
nounce as disturbing to business the Re-
publican threat to restore the Mckinley
law, which has been twice condemned
by the people in national elections. and
which enacted under the false plea of
protection to home industries. proved a
prolific breeder of trusts and monopo-
lies, enriched the few at the expense of
the many, restricted trade, and de-
prived the producers Of the great Amer
lean staples OF access to their natural
ma rkets.
Until the money question is settled
we are opposed to any agitation for
further changes in our tariff laws. eX-
cept such as are necessary to make the
deficit in revenue caused by the adverse
decision Of the supreme court on tn in
come tax
But for this decision by the supreme
court there would be no deficit in the
revenue under the law passed by a
Democratic congress, that court hav-
Ing sustained constitutional objections
10 its enactment which have been over
ruled by the ablest judges which have
ever sat on that bench. We declare
N-ie~t a. - tiS NutS u SOflSTeSS 10 use Gil
the constitutional power which remains
after that decision or which may come
from its reversal by the court as OF may
hereafter be constituted. so that the
burdens Of taxation may equally and
lead 20 the end that wealth
may hear its due proportion of the ex-
penSe of the government
LABOR.
We hold that the most efficient way of |
American labor is to prevent
the importation OF foreign labor TO COM |
pete with II in the home market, and |
that the value OF the home market 20 our !
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