The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-20

Is Hopeu 10 Dc the DeSC interests
of all the people.
The Prohibition Party, which
was founded on a great moral
question, is found advocating:
The suppression of the traffic i'll
liquors; the right of women to
vote; an increase in the volume
of money, to be gold, silver and
paper, to be issued by the gov
ernment only, and so arranged
that no individual or corporation
can make any money out of it;
that tariff should be levied only
against foreign governments levy
ing tariff against our products,
revenues being only incidental; !;
taxes to be raised on what people
possess instead of on what they
consume; railroads, etc., to be
run by the government; i1n1ni-
grafton restricted, nonresident
aliens not to own land in this
country; 1nobs have the right of
trial; men should have right to
rest one day i'll seven; arbitration
heap good; pools, trusts, specu-
lations to advance prices to be
suppressed; pledges prohibition
party to pension old union sol
diers, and families; wait no
public school nor public money
to be spent OH sectarian schools !;
republicans and democrats are
false, unfaithful and degenerate,
not to be trusted, fighting moral
issues, and each other, and alto
gether bad; and invite all men to
join the prohibition party and
thus promote national unity, and
ensure the best welfare of our
entire land.
The Democratic national plat
form speaks for: Defeat of the
force bill and against profigate
expenditure; demand tariff for
revenue only, denounce sham
reciprocity; want laws to prevent
and control trusts; reclaim public
lands from corporations and syn
dicates at home a:,,! abroad; wan,
gold and silver coin of equal
intrinsic and exchangeable value
per dollar. or so adjusted that the
parity shall be maintained; want
ten percent tax on state banks
repealed; want civil service le-
form; want a foreign policy which
will command respect abroad and
confidence at home, and navy
strong enough TO protect us; want
Russia to stop depressing her Jews
and Lutherans, and sympatnises
with the Irish home-rulers; want
criminals and paupers and Chi
nese kept out of the United
States, but let in the industrious
and worthy; just and liberal pen
sions to soldiers disabled in war
Tor preser alton, and to their wild
ows and dependents, but those
corrupt, dishonest and disgraceGul
republicans last in office are
denounced; government to fix up
waterways; the Nicaragua canal
would be bully; want the worlds
fair (at Chicago) to have proper
governmental aid; want free pub
lie schools untrammeled by paren-
tai or conscientious interference;
let the territories in; labor legisla-
ton to protect trainmen and chill
dren, and abolish contract convict
labor, and the sweating system
(whatever that isl; wants individ-
ual rights assured.
The Rebu6laeau Platform asks
for: Republican protection; reci-
procity; gold and silver coin to
circulate at parity; free ballot
and fair count; denounce south
ern outrages for political reasons;
want foreign commerce, by home
made ships, with navy big and
strong enough TO protect all con-
cerned; believe IN the Monroe doc
trine, and want immigration regu-
lated in criminal, pauper and con-
tract directions; want train men
protected in their life and limb etc;
sympathizes with the home rule
Irish and the Russian Jew; want
liberty of conscience, thought,
speach and press and the children
educated properly, but no union
of church and state; want legisla-
ton to prevent trusts from con-
trolling the conditions of trade,
etc; free mail delivery and reduc-
ton of postage to one cent when
it will stand ii; want civil service
reform; also thinks the Nicaragua
canal would be bully and want it
controlled by the government; let
in territories; want arid lands