The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-10-06

laid, to the end that wealth may bear
Its due proportion Of the expenses OF the
government.
Immi grafton.
/ We hold that the most efficient way to
protect American labor Ito prevent the
importation Of foreign pauper labor to
compete with II In the home market, and
i that the value of the home market to our
| American farmers and artisans Is greatly
reduced by a vicious monetary system,
which depresses the price of their pro-
ducts below the cost of production, and
| thus deprives them of the means of pur-
chasing the products Of our home manu-
facture.
Congressional Appropriations.
We denounce the profigate waste Of
the money wrung from the people by OPP
pressive taxation and the lavish appro-
priations Of recent Republican Con-
crosses, which have kept taxes high,
while the labor that pays them Is unem-
| ployed, and the products of the peoples
toll are depressed in price until they no
longer repay the cost of production. We
demand a return to that simplicity and
economy which best be6t Democratic
| government and a reduction in the num-
Der of useless offices, the salaries Of
which drain the substance of the people.
Federal Interference.
We denounce arbitrary interference by
| Federal authorities in local affairs ms a
violation Of the Constitution of the Unit
| ed States and a crime against free insti-
| tutions, and we especially object to gov
| crnment by injunction as new and high
| ly dangerous form Of oppression, by
which Federal judges, in contempt Of the
| laws of the States and rights OF citizens,
become at once Legislators, judges and ex-
| ccutoners, and We approve the bill pass
| ed at the last session of the United
| States Senate, and now pending in the
House, relative to contempts in Federal
courts, and providing for trials by jury
in certain cases of contempt.
Pacific Funding Bill.
No discrimination should be INDUCED
| by the government of the United States
in favor of any of it's debtors. We APP
| prove OF the refusal OF the Fifty-third
Congress to pass the Pacific Railroad
| funding bill, and denounce the effort of
the present Republican Congress to en-
act a similar measure.
Pensions.
Recognizing the just claims Of deserv-
ing Union soldiers. we heartily indorse
the rule Of the present Commissioner of
Pensions that no names shall be arbi-
trarily dropped from the pension roll,
and the fact of an enlistment and SER
vice should be deemed conclusive evil
dence against disease or disability before
enlistment.
Cuba.
We extend our sympathy to the people
of Cuba in their heroic struggle for lib
erty and independence.
The Civil Service.
We are opposed to life tenure in the
public service. We favor appointments
based on merit. fixed terms of office, and
such an administration Of the civil SER
vice laws as will afford equal opportuni-
ties of all citizens of ascertained fitness.
No Third Term.
We declare 1t to be the unwritten law
of this republic, established by custom
and usage of one hundred years, and
sanctioned by the examples of the great
est and wisest Of those who founded and
have maintained our government, that
no man should be eligible for third
term of the presidential Office.
Corporate wealth.
The absorption Of wealth by the few,
the consolidation of our leading railroad
systems, and formation of trusts and
pools require a stricter control by the
Federal government Of those arteries Of
commerce. We demand the enlargement
Of the powers of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and such restrictions and
guarantees in the control of railroads as
will protect the people from robbery and
oppression.
Admission of Territories.
We favor the admission of the terri
tories Of New Mexico and Arizona into
the Union as States, and we favor the
carly admission Of all the territories Civ
ing the necessary population and re-
sources to entitle them to statehood, and
while they remain territories we hold
that the officials appointed to administer
the government of any territory, togeth-
or with the District OF Columbia and
Alaska, should be bona fde residents Of
the territory or district in which their
duties are to be performed. The Demo
cratic party believes in home rule and
that all public lands of the United States
should be appropriated to the establish
ment OF Tree MONIES lor AMERICAN Siti
zens.
We recommend that the territory of
Alaska be granted delegate in Con-
gress, and that the general land and tim
her laws of the United States be ex-
tended to said territory.
Mississippi River Improvements.
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 people
easy and cheap transportation to tide
water. When any waterway of the re-
public is of sufficient Importance to de-
mand aid of the government such aid
should be extended upon a definite plan
Of continuous work until permanent i'm
provement is secured.
Coniiding in the justice Of our cause
and the necessity of its success at the
polls, we submit the foregoing dcclara-
ton of principles and purposes to the
considerate judgment of the American
people. We invite the support Of all citi-
zcns who approve them, and who desire
TO have them made effective through leg
islation for the relief of the people and
the restoration OF the country's pros
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