The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-10-21

silver dollar shall be a full legal
tender, equally with gold for all
debts, public and private, and we
favor such legislation as will pre-
vent for the future the demoneti.
cation 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 government of re.
deeming such obligations in either
silver coin or gold coin.
We are opposed to the issuing
of interest bearing bonds of the
United States i'll time of peace,
and condemn the traffickiig with
banking syndlcates, which, in ex-
change for bondsaat an enormous
profit to themselves, supply the
Federal treasury with gold to
| maiutain the policy of gold mono-
metallism. Congress alone has
the power to coin and issue money,
and President Jackson declared
that this power could not be dele
gated to corporations or individu
ais.
We, therefore, denounce the is.
suance of notes intended to circu-
late as money by national banks
as in derogation of the constitu-
ton, aud we demand that all pa
per, which is made a legal tender
for require stricter control by the
federal government of these arte-
,ies of commerce.
We demand enlargement of the
power of the interstate commerce
commission, and such restrictions
and guarantees in the control OF
railroads as will protect the people
from robbery and oppression.
The money wrung from the PEG.
pie by oppressive taxation and the
lavish appropriation of the recent
republican congress, which have
kept taxes high while the labor
that pays them is unemployed, and
the products of the peoples toll
are depressed i'll price till they nc
longer repay the cost of product
ton.
| We demand return to that sim.
plicity and economy which befi:>
IL democratic government, and a
reduction in the useless offices. the
salaries of which drain the sub.
stance of the people.
! We denouDce The arbitrary in.
reference by federal authority in
local affairs as a violation of the
constitution of the United States
and a crime against free institu
tons, and we especially object tC
| government by injunction as a new
and highly dangerous form of op
preston by which Federal Judges
in contempt of the laws of States
and rights of citizens, become al
once judges, legislatures and exc
cutloners; and we approve the bill
passed at the last session of the
United States Senate, and now
pending in the House Of Repre-
sentatives, relative to contempt il
Federal Courts and providing tri
ais by jury in certain cases of con
tempt.
| No discrimination should be in
dulged by the government in ia
vor OF its debtors. We approve
of the refusal of the Fifty. Third
/ Congress to pass the Pacific rail
road funding bill, and denounct
the efforts of the present republi
can Congress to enact a similar
measure.
/ Recognizing the inst claims Of
deserving Union soldiers, we heart
lily endorse the rule of the present
commissioner of pensions, that nc
names shall be arbitrarily dropped
from the pension rolls and the fact
of enlistment and service should
be deemed conclusive evidence
against disease and disability be-
fore enlistment.
We favor the admission of the
territories of New Mexico, Arizn
Ma and Oklahoma to the Union at
States, and we favor the early ad