Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-16
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the government.
TO PROTECT AMERICAN LABOR.
I'VE hO'd that the efficient way of protecting
American labor Is to prevent the importation
OF foreign paupeH labor to compete with it in
the home market, and that the value of the
home market to our American farmers and ar
tisans is greatly reduced by vicious monetary
system, which dopresses the prices of their pro-
ducts below the cost OF production, and thus
depriVes them of the means of purchasing the
products OF our homo manufactures
HOLDING DOWN THE RAILROADS.
Tho absorption Of wealth by tbs few the
consOli dalton of our leading railway syst ms
and the formation OF trusts and pools require
stricter contrO, by tho Federal government
of thos, arteries Of commerce. We demand
the enlargement of the powers Of tho intSr-
State commerce commission and such 70 trio.
tion7 and guarantees in thu control of rail.
roads as will protect the people from robbery
and oppression.
I'VE deDou zee the proilgate waste OF tho
monov wrung from the people by oppressive
taxation, and tho lavish appropriations OF re-
cent Republ can congresses. which have kept
taxes high while tho labor'r that PAYS thom
is unemployed, and the products Of the Dc oplo's
toll are depressed in price till they no longer
repay the cost of produ tiOn We demand re.
turn to that implicitly AMI economy which bs-
in tho number of useless Offices. the salaries OF
which drain the substance of tho people.
NO FEDERAL INTERFERENCE.
We denOunce arbitrary interference by Fed.
eral authorities in local affairs as u violation
of tho constitution of the United States and
crime against free institutions and we
especially object to government by Injunction
as a new and highly dangerous form of oppre
sion by which Federal judges, in contempt OF
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become at ONE legislators. judges and execu-
tionor5, and we approx, tho bill passed at tho
last session of the United States Senate and
now pending in the House. relative TO con-
tempts in Federal courts, and providing for
trials by ju!ies in certain cases of contempt
PACIFIC ROADS AND PENSIONS.
No discrimination should be indu ged by
the government of th9 United States in favor
of any of its debtors We approve of the re-
fusal of tho Fifty-thir1 Congress to pass tho
Pacific railroad funding bill, and denounce the
effort OF the present Republical Congress to
enact a similar measure.
Recognizing the just claims of de ,erving
Union soldiers, we heartily indorss the rule OF
the present commits iono- of pensions that no
names shall be arbitrarily dropped from the
pension roll, and TIE fact of enlistment and
service should be deemed conclusive evidence
against DISEASE and disabii ty before enlist
ment
TERRITORIAL ADMISSION FAVORED.
We favor the admission of tho territories OF
New Mexico and Arizona into the Union as
states and we favor the early admission of all
the territories having the necessary populati on
and resources to entitle them to statehood, and
while they remain territories we hold that the
officials appointed to administer the govern
ment of any territory, together with the Dis
trict Of Columbia and Ala ska, should be bona
tido residents of the territory or district in
which their duties are to be performed
Ths Democratic party believes in homo rule
and that all publ, lands of the Unitel States
should DO appropriated to the establishment of
free homes for American citizens.
We recommend tnat the Territory of Alaska
BIO granted delegate in Congress and that the
general land and timber laws of the United
States b3 extended to said TerritorI
SYMPATHY FOR CUBA-CIVIL SERVICE.
We extend our sympathy to the people OF
Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and
independence.
We are opposed to life tenure in the public
service. We favor appointments based upon
merits, fixed terms of office, and such an adj
ministration Of the civil service laws as will
afford equal opportunities to all citizens OF
ascertained fitness
no THIRD PRESIDENTIAL. TERN.
We declare it to b, the unwritten law of this
one hundred years and sanctioned by the ex-
amples of the greatest and wisost of those who
founded it and have maintained our govern
ment that no man shall b, eligible for third
term of the Presidential office
The Federal government should care for
and improve the Mississippi river and other
great waterways of the republic so as to secure
for the interior States easy and cheap trans
pOrtatiOn to tide water. When any waterway
Of the republic is of sufficient Importance to
deman aid of the government, such aid should
be extended upon defnit3 plan of contin-
uous work until permanent Improvement is Sc
cured.
"Conhding in the justice Of our cause and
the necessity OF its success Mt the polls wa
submit tho foregoing declaration of principles
and purpo'es to the considerable judgment of
the American people We invite the support
of all citizens who approve thlm, and who de-
sire to have them made effective through leg.
Station for the relief of the people and thu
restoration Of the country's prosperity.