The herald., 1898-08-28


pretenses, a crime for which there appears
to be no adequate punishment.
Tariff .l.-.
In raising revenue for the general gov
eminent. tariffs should be so levied as to
accomplish the desired end, and at the
same time protect home industries in a
legitimate and equitable manner.
We denounce the Dingley law for its I'M
qualified favoritism toward trusts. We
recognize that the necessities Of the gov
eminent will require the imposition of du-
ties sufficiently high and comprehensive to
afford all necessary encouragement to our
domestic industries and that necessity re-
moves the objections Of those who believe
In the principle Of tariff for revenue only.
1t is a crime against the laboring inter-
ests of the United States to protect capital
lists and manufactured goods, and at the
same. time to open wide the doors of the
nation for the Influx OF foreign pauper la
Dor to crowd out American home builders.
If the manufactured article Is to be pro-
tected, the labor that produces that ar
ticle should also be protected.
Bond Issues
We approve the course OF those senators
and representatives in congress who op-
posed the issue and the sale of bonds, to
provide for the expenses of the war, be-
l.eving II would have been better to have
issued certificates to the, amount neces-
sary, In view Of the certainty Of short and
decisive conflict, and the equal certainty
that the certificates would be in future re-
tired with the surplus that must inevitably
result in time of peace from the recently
enacted revenue law. ...
Further, as the revenue law authorizes
the issuance Of certificates of indebtedness
up to $100,000,000, as well as bonds, we con-
denim the secretary of the treasury In not
exercising his power to issue certificates to
the full amount allowed by law, and the
utilization of coinage Of the selgniorage OF
silver now in the treasury Of the country
before resorting to the sale Of bonds.
Bimetallism
We denounce the proposition of the in
ternational bimetallic commission for the
purpose Of securing an agreement Of in
ternational silver coinage as a subterfuge.
1t was presented before the st. Louis Re-
publican convention three times and re-
suited, not only in failure, but in snubs and
insults to its projectors. To renew such a
scheme again after a trio Of failures
would be IN insult to the intelligence Of the
American people.
We denounce the plan of Secretary Gage
and the Bankers alliance to retire the
lgreenbacks and to confer on the banks the
| sole power to supply the country with
currency.
In raising revenue for state, county and
| municipal purposes an effort should be
made to tighten the burden on the large
class Of laboring people, many Of whom
find 1t difficult matter to properly sup
port a family and educate their children
and to this end each head of a family
should be entitled to $1,000 worth of prop
erty exempt from taxation, and that relic
Of the dark ages, the poll tax, should be
absolutely abolished
The War With Spain
We approve the war with Spain as neces-
sary to relieve the people of Cuba from OPP
preston and cruel government and to win.
dictate the honor of our nation. We hearth
ly commend President Mckinley for his
earnestness and patriotic zeal in the prose-
cution of the war, and glory in the achieve
ments of our soldiers and sailors alike
heroes who have added additional lustei
and renown to our flag and country.
We rejoice in the victory Of our navy
and especially in the glorious work Of tht
nrAenn and Olympia, the product andprlde
Of the Pacific coast, in the brilliant achieve.
ments at Manila and Santiago.
| We rejoice in the victory Of our army
and view with especial pride and satisfac-
ton the bravery of California troops, who
have so nobly upheld our country's honor
upon the battlefields Of war.
We send greeting 10 the gallant heroes OF
Manila, Santiago and Porto Rico, and
tender the profound sympathy of this con-
vention to the kindred and friends of our
brave marines and soldier heroes who have
sacrificed their lives for their country's
honor.
We declare In favor Of maintaining the
standard of our country wherever 1t has
been planted. Our civilization ever ad-
vances-lt cannot retreat and never sur
renders.
v San Pedro Harbor -.
We congratulate the people of the Pa
cific coast in their final triumph over cor
porate greed and power. backed by the Sec
rotary Of war, in that the contract is final
ly signed for the construction Of harbor
Of refuge and commerce at San Pedro for
the benefit of what must ultimately grow
into a very extensive transpacif1c COM
merce. ..
-- Nicaragua Canal
The recent war with Spain having dem
onstrated the necessity for the early con-
struction Of the Nicaragua canal, we turn
with confidence to congress, to crystalline
into law the public sentiment on that sub
ject, which has so universally taken hold
Of the American people, and we favor the
construction, ownership and control Of said
canal by the people of this country.
We favor the immediate construction OF
On bio uras con pactipg peYXlx a cpllirad