The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-07-15

" lich may come from its reversal by
the court as it may hereafter be consti-
tuted. so that the burdens Of taxation
may be equally and impartially laid, to
the end that wealth may bear its due
proportion of the expenses of the gov.
ernment.
KEEP OUT PAUPERS - We hold
that the most efficient way OF pro-
tecting American labor is to prevent
the importation of foreign pauper Ia
Dor to compete with it i'll 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 depresscS the
prices of their products below the cost
of production and thus deprives them
Of the means of purchasing the products
Of our home manufacturers, ana rs labor
creates the wealth of the country, we
demand the passage of such laws rs
may be necessary to protect it i'll all its
rights.
We are in favor of arbitration Of dif.
ferences between employers engaged in
interstate commerce and their employees
and recommend such legislation as is
necessary to carry out this principle.
The absorption of wealth by the few,
the consolidation of our leading railroad
systems and the formation of trusts and
pools require stricter control by the
federal government Of those arteries Of
commerce. We demand the enlarge
ment Of the powers of the interstate
commerce commission and such restric-
tious and guarantees in the control of
railroads as will protect the people from
robbery and oppression.
REPUBLICAN WASTE - We de-
nounce the profligate waste of money
wruug from the people by oppressive
taxation and the lavish appropriations
of recent Republican congresses, which
have kept taxes high, while the labor
that pays them is unemployed and the
products of the peoples toll are de-
pressed in price till they no longer repay
the cost of production.
We demand Il return to that simple
ity and economy which BELTS Demo
cratic government and a reduction in
the number of useless Offices, the sala-
ries Of which drain the substance of the
people.
FEDERAL INTERFERENCE-We
denounce arbitrary interference by fed
eral authorities in local affairs as a vio-
lation Of the constitution of the United
States and crime against free institu-
tions, and we especially object to gov
ernment by injunction as new and
highly dangerous form of oppression by
which federal judges, in contempt OF
the laws of the states and rights of citi-
zens, become at once legislators, judges
and e1ecutioners, and we approve the
bill passed at the last session of the
United States senate and now pending
in the house Of representatives, relative
to contempts in federal courts, and pro-
viding trials by jury in certain cases Of
contempt
No discrimination should be INDUCED
by the government of the United States
in favor of its debtors.
We approve the refusal of the Fifty
third congress to pass the Pacific rail.
road funding bill and denounce the
efforts Of the present Republican con-
gress to enact similar measure.
AS TO PENSIONS-Recognizing the
Just claims Of deserving union soldiers.
we heartily indorse the rule of the pres
ent commissioner Of pensions, that no
name shall be arbitrarily dropped from
the pension roll, and the fact of enlist
ment and service should be deemed con-
elusive evidence against disease and dis
ability before enlistment.
NEW STATES-We favor the I'D.
mission of the territories of New Mex
leo, Oklahoma and Arizona into the
Union as states, and we favor the early
admission of all the territories having
the necessary population and resources
to entitle them to statehood, and while
they remain territories we hold that the
officials appointed to administer the gov
ernment of any territory, together with
the District of Columbia and Alaska,
should be bona 1ide residents Of the ter
ritory 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
American citizens.
We recommend that the territory OF
Alaska be granted a delegate i'll con-
gress, and that the general land and
timber laws of the United States be ex-
tended to said territory.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE - The
Monroe doctrine, as originally declared
and as interpreted by succeeding presi-
dents, is permanent part of the for
eign policy of the United States and
must at all times be maintained.
SYMPATHY FOR CUBA-We e1-
tend our sympathy to the people Of
Cuba in her heroic struggle for liberty
and independence.
TENURE OF OFFICE-We are op-
vice. We favor appointments based
upon merit, fixed terms of office and such
an administration of the civil service
laws as will afford equal opportunities
to all citizens of ascertained fitness.
We declare it to be the unwritten law
of this 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 government, that no
man should be eligible for third term
for the presidential office.
IMPROVE 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 cheap and
easy transportation to tidewater. When
any waterway Of the republic is OF suffi-
cient Importance to need aid from the
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