The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-17

which BELTS democratic government and
reduction in the number of useless Offices. the
salaries of which drain the substance of the
people.
FEDERAL INTERFERENCE.
We denounce. arbitrary interference by
federal authorities in local affairs as a viola
ton of the constitution of the United States
and crime against free institutions, and we
especially object to government by injunction
as new and highly dangerous form of OPP
preston by which federal judges, In contempt
of the laws of the states and rights of citi-
zens become at once legislators, judges and
at the last session of the United States sem
ate, and now pending in the house of repre-
sentatives relative to contempts in federal
courts and providing for trials by jury In
certain cases of contempts.
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
No discrimination should be INDUCED in
by the government of the United States in
favor of any of its debtors We approve of
the refusal of the Fifty-thrd congress to pass
the Pacific railroad funding bill and denounce
the efforts of the present Republican con-
gress to enact similar measure.
PENSIONS.
Recognizing the just claims Of deserving
Union soldiers, we heartily indorse the rule
of the present commissioner of pensions, that
no names shall be arbitrarily dropped from
and service should be deemed conclusive evil
dence against disease and disability before
enlistment.
ADMISSION OF TERRITORIES.
We favor the admission of the territories
of New Mexico. Oklahoma and Arizona into
the Union as states, and we favor the admis-
sion of all the territories having the neces-
sary population and resources to entitle them
to statehood and, where they remain terri
tories, we hold that the officials appointed to
administer the government of any terri
tory, together with the District of Colum-
bia and Alaska, should be bona flde residents
of the territory or district in which the duties
are to be performed The Democratic party
believes in home rule and that all public
lands of the United States should be appro-
priated to the establishment of free homes
for American 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.
SYMPATHY FOR CUBA.
The Monroe doctrine, originally declared,
is permanent part of the foreign policy of
the United States and must at all times be
maintained.
We extend our sympathy to the people of
Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and
independence.
CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
We opposed to life tenure in the public
service. We favor appointments based upon
merit, fixed terms of Office and such admin
istration of the civil service laws as will
ascertained htness-except otherwise pro-
vided by the constitution of the United States
THIRD TERM RESOLUTION.
We declare it to be the unwritten law of
the republic, established by custom and usage
of 100 years and sanctioned by the examples
of the greatest and wisest of those who
founded and have maintained our govern
ment, that no man should be eligible for a
third term of the presidential ONCE.
IMPROVEMENT OF WATERWAYS.
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 transporta-
ton to tidewater. When any waterway of the
republic is of sufficient Importance to de-
mand aid of the government, such aid should
be extended upon a definite plan of contin-
uous work until permanent improvement is
secured.
Confding in the justice of our cause and
the necessity Of it's success at the polls we
submit the foregoing declarations of prin-
c1ples and purposes to the considerable judg-
ment of the American people. We invite the
support of all citizens who approve them and
who desire to have them made effective,
through legislation, for the relief of the peo-
pie and the restoration of the country's pros
perity.