The herald., 1898-08-28
Los ANGELES iiERAiD SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 49, 1895

RAID. SUNDAY MORNING,
ever rising above greed or official emolu-
ment, and devote ourselves to the ameliora-
ton Of the masses and the greatest good to
the greatest number In this grand republic.
Silver Principles
We congratulate the Republicans Of Utah
in denouncing the presumptions and I'M
Republican manifesto issued by Senator
Mark Hanna to the Republicans of Utah.
protesting as chairman of the national COM
mittee, against the Republicans Of Utah
or any state endorsing in their platforms
the free coinage of silver, and we commend
the Republicans Of Utah in ignoring Chair
man Hanna protest and maintaining
their organization as the silver party of
their state and in accord with the Silver
Republicans of this and other states.
We declare for the standard principles of
the true Republican party in honoring
American institutions, favoring American
manufactures, assisting American labor,
providing pensions for American soldiers
and sailors, protecting American citizens,
developing American industries, giving
markets for American products, extending
American commerce, Strengthening Amer
lean defenses, improving American har-
bors and rivers and providing for the edu-
cation Of American children.
al, And Land Irrigation
| We favor, and urge our representatives in
congress 10 work for, the adoption by the
national government of the proposition of
the building of federal storage reservoirs
as part of its policy Of internal improve
ments and of the construction Of irrigation
works necessary to reclaim the arid pub
lie domain, thereby benefiting the whole
people of the nation by giving employment
to thousands of idle laborers, increasing
trade and commerce, opening up new OPP
portunities for. millions of people to secure
homes and materially assisting in bringing
| back prosperity to our country.
| The declaration Of any party that 1t will
favor and assist labor and then brushes or
hampers the silver miner at the dictation Of
the non-producer is false to its professions
and unworthy the support Of the American
| producers.
| We declare our constant allegiance to
the cause of labor and the interests of the
producers Of the United States, who are
the mainstay and corner stone Of our re-
public, and pledge our votes and influence
to their cause.
r.... Unfair Taxation
The state records show that in 1872 the
personal property of the state listed for
taxation purposes amounted to $219, 942, =
$685. but in 1896 1t amounted to only SLIT ,S52, =
49,, although during that period the popu-
latlon and wealth of the state has practi-
cally doubled. The records also show that
more than one-fourth of the personal prop
erty so assessed consisted of household
furniture and farm produce, stock and i'm
plements. This unfair valuation and as
sessment of personal property, which could
only be reached through the gross mis-
management and corruption of public Of
ficials,4 the inefficiency of the laws and the
corruptng influence Of great corporations
and the monied influence of the state,
throws almost the entire burden of sup
porting the state government upon the real
| estate owners, farmers and horticulturists
Of the state. We, therefore, demand re-
form in the laws governing the assessment
of personal property and the faithful ad-
ministration Of such laws.
The taxing Of fruit and ut-bearing trees
and vines Is unusual in other states, and
which puts such burden upon our farme RS
and horticuturists as to place them in I'M
fair competition with like productions of
other states, is a burden that should not be
borne by our fruit growers any longer and
we demand the repeal Of such laws.
The Seventh Regiment
We sympathize with the boys of the
Seventh regiment. California volunteer
infantry. in their punishment at the hands
of the administration, and hope that now
they are not needed at the front they will
be mustered out of service, and protest
against the scandalous treatment they have
received in return for the public criticisms
made against the war department In con-
nection with the notification of an act Of
congress providing for the construction of
harbor Of commerce and refuge at San
| Pedro.
| We denounce the action Of the delegates
from this state to the Republican national
convention held in st. Louis in 1896, who at
the command of the money power aband-
oned the principles of the grand old Re-
publican, party. .-
| Be 1t known to all men that we assume
the responsibility where they abandoned
1t and cheerfully assume the duty of up-
holding the standard of true Republicanism
In the state Of California.