Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

mana G0AG oil paper Wnlcn Is made leRal
tender for public and private debts Of
which is receivable for dues to the United
{ States shall be issued by the government
Of the United States, and shall be redeem
able in coin. ...s 81 s. 81 sss5> :- ~
Tariff For Revenue Only. +.
We hold that tariff duties should be
levied solely for purposes of revenue,
Such duties to be so adjusted 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
;: as disturbing to business the Republican
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
industry, proved prolific breeder Of trusts
and monopolies, enriched the few at the
expense of the many, restricted trade and
deprived the producers of the great Amer
lean staples of access to their natural mar.
kets. Until the money question is settled
we are opposed to any agitation for fur
Their changes in the tariff laws, except such
revenue caused by the adverse decision of
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Favor an Income Tax.
But for this decision of the supreme
court there would be no deficit in the rev.
enue under the law passed by a Demo-
cratic congress, in strict pursuance of the
uniform decisions of that court for nearly
100 years, that court having under that de-
cision sustained constitutional objections
to it's enactment which have been over
ruled by the ablest judges who have ever
| sat on that bench.
We declare that it is the duty of con-
gress to use all the constitutional power
which remains after that decision, or
which may come from the reversal by the
court as it may hereafter be constituted,
SO that the burdens of taxation may be
equally and impartially laid to the end
that wealth may bear its due proportional
, expenses of the government.
No Pauper immigration.
! We hold that the most efficient way Of
! protecting American labor is to prevent
the importation Of foreign pauper labor to
compete with 1t in the home market, and
that the value of the home market to our
American farmers and artisans is greatly
reduced by vicious monetary system
which depresses the prices of their pro-
! ducts below the price of production and
thus deprives them of the means of pur-
chasing the products of our home manu-
factories.
The absorption of wealth by the few,
the consolidation of our leading railroad
systems and the formation of trusts and
pools require a stricter control. by the fed
eral government of these arteries of COM
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the powers of the interstate commerce
commission and such restrictions and
guarantees in the control of railroads as
will protect the people from robbery and
oppression.
Denounce Profligate Waste.
| We denounee the profligate waste of the
| money wrung from the people by oppres-
sive taxation and the lavish appropriations
OF the recent Republican congresses, which
have kept taxes high, while tho labor that
pays themis unemployed and the products
of the peoples toll are depressed in price
| till they no longer repay the cost of produc-
| ton. We demand return to that SIM
plicity and economy which best BELTS q
democratic government, and reduction
| In the number of useless officers, the sala-
| ries of which drain the substance of the
| people.
No Federal Interference.
We denounce arbitrary interference by
federal authorities in local affairs as a
| violation of the constitution of the United
States and q crime against institutions,
and especially object to government by
injunction, as new and highly danger
Gus form of oppression, by which federal
| judges, in contempt Of the laws of the
states and rights of citizens become at
once legislators, judges and executioners;
and we approve the bill passed at the last
session of the United States senate and
now pending in tho house relative to con-
temptsin federal courts, and providing for
trial by jury in certain cases of contempt.
! No discrimination should be INDUCED in
by the government Of the United States,
| In favor Of any of it's debtors. Weap-
prove of the refusal Of the Fifty third
congress to pass the Pacific railroad fund
ing bill, and denounce the effort of the
| present Republican congress to enact a
Similar measure.
Position on Pensions.
! Recognizing the just claims of deserv-
| Ing Union soldiers, we heartily endorse
the rule Of the present commissioner of
| pensions that no names shall be arbitrarily
dropped from the pension roll, and the
fact OF enlistment and service should be
deemed conclusive evidence against dis
ease and disability before enlistment.
| We favor the admission of the territories
Of New Mexico and Arizona into the
Union as states and we favor the early
admission Of the territories having the
necessary population and resources to on
title them to statehood, and while they re-
main territories we hold that the officials
appointed to administer the government
OF any territory, together with the District
Of Columbia and Alaska, should be bona
hde residents Of the territory or district
in which their duties are to be performed:
The Democratic party believes in home
rule, and that all public lands Of the
United States should be appropriated to
the establishment of free homes for Amer.
lean citizens ~ ! - -. =.
We recommend that the Territory OF
Alaska be granted a delegate In congress,
and that the general land and timber laws
OF the United States be extended to said
territory. 5s~., = 3. -; :
We extend our sympathy to the people
of Cuba, in their heroic struggle fol
liberty and Independence 5S< =s.s5
We are opposed to life. tenure in the
public service. We favor appointments
based upon merit, fixed terms 81 office,
and such an administration Of the civil
service laws as will afford equal oppoY.
tunity to all citizens Of nscertained fit:
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s..- No Third Term. #=...
Is We declare it to be the unwrittsn law Of
4. this repub bile, estab lished BY the custom
and usage Of 100 years and sanctioned by
the examples Of the greatest and wisest Of
those who founded and have maintained