The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-04

| Congress n,one has the power TO coin or issue
money, President Jackson declared that
this power could not be delegated to corpora
| tions or individuals. We therefore demand
| that the power to issue notes to circulate aS
| money he taken from the national banlts and
| that all paper money sha be issued directly
| by the treasury department, be redeemable In
coin and receivable for all debts, public and
| private.
We hold that tariff duties should be levied
for purposes of revenue, such duties to be so ad
| justed as to operate equally throughout the
country, and not discriminate between class
or section, and that taxation should be limited
by thenceds of tho government honestly and
economically administered. We denounce "a
disturbing to business tho Republican throat
to restore the Mckinley law, which has been
twice condemned by the people in national
elections and which, enacted under false pleas
Of protection TO home industry, proved a pro-
life breeder of trusts and monopolies en-.
riched the few at the expense of the many, re-
stricted trade ard deprived the producers OF
the great American staples of access to their
natural markets..
Until the money question is settled we are
opposed TO any agitation for further changes
In our tariff laws, except such as are ncces.
sary TO meet the deficit In revenue caused by
the adverse decision of the supreme court on
the income tax. But for this decision by the
supreme court thcro would be no deficit In the
revenues under the law passed by q Demo
cratic congress in strict pursuance Of the uni
after be constituted SO That tho burdens of
taxation may be equally and impartally laid,
TO the end that wealth may bear its due pro-
portion Of the expenses of the government
We hold that the most efficient way Of pro.
tecting American labor Is TO prevent the i'm
portGtion of foreign pauper labor to compete
with IL in the home market, and that the value
OF the home market to our American farmers
aud artisans is greatly reduced by vicious
monetary system which doprcsses the prices
of their products below tho cost OF production
and thus doprivCs them Of the means OF pur.
chasing the products of our home manufacto-
rie5.
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 enlargement of the powers OF the inter
state commerce commission, and suoh rcstric'
tions and guarantees in the control of rail
roads as will protect the people from robbery
and oppression.
We denounce the profiigate waste of the
money wrung from the people by oppressive
taxation and In, lavish appropriations Of re-
cent Republican congresses, which have kept
taxes high, while the labor that pays thcm Is
unemployed, and the products of the peoples
toll are depressed in price till they no longer
repay the cost of production We demand a
return to that simplicity and economy VIII oh
belts Democratic government and reduc'
tion in the number Of useless offices, the sala-
rlos Of which drain the substance Of the people
We dcnounce arbitrary interference by fed
eral authorities In local affairs as u violation
OF the constitution of the United Statos and a
crime against FREQ institutions, aud we es'
peclally object to government by injunction
now and highly dangerous form OF OPP
Irossion by which federal judges, in contomp
of the laws of tho states and rights OF citizens,
become at once legislators judges and execu-
TONER'S and we approve the bill passed at the
last session OF the United States senate and
now pending in the house of repro ssntatives
rolativo to coutempts in federal courts and
providing for trials by jury cases OF contempt
No discrimination should bo indulgod by the
government Of the United States in favor Of
any of its debtors. We approve of the refusal
of the Fifty-third congress TO pass the Pacific
railroad funding bin, and denounce tho effort
of tho present Republican congress to enforce
similar measures.
Recognizing tho Just claims OF the deserving
Union soldiers we heartily endorse tho rules
of the prcsent commits ,ioner of pensions, that
no names shlll be arbitrarily dropped from
tho pension roll, and the fact of enlistment
and service should be doomed conclusive owl.
donce against disease and disability before On
listmont
We favor the admission Of the territories Of
Now Mexico and Arizona into the Union as
statos and We favor the early admission Of
all thG territories having the necessary popu'
lation and resources to entitlO them TO state
hood and while they romain territories we
hold that the officials appointed to administer
the government Of any territory, together
with the District OF Columbia, should be bona
fde residents Of tho territory OF district in
which their duties arc performed. The Dem-
Ocratic party believes in home rule, and that
all public lands of tho United States should be
appropriated TO the establishment Of fIee
homes for American citizens.
We recommend that tho territory of Alaska
be granted q delegate In congress and that the
general land aud timber laws of the United
States he extended to said territory.
We extend our sympathy 10 tho 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
merit, fixed terms Of office and such M admin
istrnton OF the civil service law as will afford
equal opportunities to all citizens OF ascer-
tanned Gtaoss
We declare II TO be the unwritton law OF this
republic, established by custom and the usage
OF 100 years and sanctioned by tho exampl o Of
the greatest and wisest of those who founded
and have maintained our government, that no
man should BE eligible for third torn Of tho
president o. office.
Tho federal government should care for ard
improve tho Mississippi river and other great
water ways OF the republic so us 10 secure for
the interior statoJ eaay and cheap transporta.
tion 10 tidewater. Whom any waterway Of tho
republic IL Of sufficient importance to demand
aid OF the government, such aid should bo ex-
tended upon II definite plan OF continuous
work until permanent improvement Is 30.
onred.
Conhding In the Justice OF our cause aud tho
necessity Of its success at the polls we submit
the foregoing declaration OF principle and
purpose 10 the considorate Judgment Of the
American people We invite the support OF
all citizens who approve them and who desire
TO have them made effective through logislas
ton for the relief OF tho people and the resto-
ration Of this country5 prosperity.
We declare that tho act OF 1873 demonetizing
silver without the knowledge or approval OF
tho American people has resulted in the ap.
probation Of gJd and u corresponding fall in
the prices of commodities produced by tho
people. ~
We are unalterably oppoie1 to monomotal
lism, which has locked fast the prosperity Of
an iniuitrai pusple Ia tho paralysis OF hard
times. CHA molnnetailisn IL a British policy
aud rs adoption has brought other nati0na
iVto lpa9elal sggithae toL9ndqal II ~ not