The Yale expositor., 1900-10-12

tOnal power which remains aItef lhat
decision, or which may come by It's re-
versal by the court, as il may hereafter
be constituted, so that the burdens Of tax
alton may be equally and impartaliy
laid, to the end that wealth may bear
its due proportion OF the expenses OF the
government.
Immigration.
We hold that the most efficient way to
protect American labor is TO prevent the
importation of foreign pauper labor TO
compete with It in the home market, and
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, aud
thus deprives them of the means of pur-
chasing the products Of our home manu-
facture.
Congressional Appropriations.
We denounce the prohigate 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 unen-
ployed, and the products OF the peoples
toll arc depressed in price until they no
longer repay the cost of production. we
| demand a return 10 that simplicity and
| economy which best beft a Democratic
government and reduction in the mum
Der of useless Offices, the saiaries OF
which drain the substance Of the people.
Federal Interference.
We denounce arbitrary interference by
| Federal authorities in local affairs ms
violation of the Constitution OF the Unit
| ed States and crime against free instr
| tutons. and we especially object to gov
eminent by injunction as new and hight
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 aud ex-
ecutioners, 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
il certain cases of contempt.
Pacific Funding Bill.
No discrimination should be INDUCED
by the government of the United States
in favor of any of its 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 Commissioners 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 eyl-
| Iscohflifv haforp
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
l vice laws as will afford equal opportuni-
ties of all citizens of ascertained fitness.
No Third Term.
T. We declare it to be the unwritten law
OF this republic, established by custom
D and usage of one hundred years, and
sanctioned by the examples of the great
, est and wisest of those who founded and
Il have maintained our government, that
! no man should be eligible for a third
term of the presidential office.
Corporate Wealth.
The absorption of wealth by the few,
the consolidation of our leading railroad
q ,ystems. and formation of trusts and
g pools require a stricter control by the
II Federal government of those arteries OF
y commerce. We demand the enlargement
e Of the powers Of the Interstate Commerce
ll Commission, and such restrictions and
guarantees in the control of railroads as
h will protect the people from robbery and
g oppression.
Admission Of Territories.
p. We favor the admission OF the terri
~ tories Of New Mexico and Arizona int
70 the Union as States, and we favor thu
, early admission Of all the territories Civ
ar ing the necessary population and re
sources to enttle them to statehood. an'
while they remain territories we hol'
that the officials appointed to administe
+ the government of any territory, togeth
es or with the District Of Columbia ant
I Alaska. should be bona fde residents 0
H. the territory or district in which thei
II duties are TO be performed. The Demo
ne ratio party believes in home rule an
in that ali public lands of the United State
should be appropriated to the establish
I'm ment of free homes for American cit
o., zens.
Ell We recommend that the territory o
We Alaska he granted a delegate in Cor
ne gress, and that the general land and tin
IN Der laws of the United States be e,
ei tended to said territory.
~ Mississippi River improvements.
a. The Federal government should car
for and improve the Mississippi river an
other great waterways of the Republic
so as TO secure for the interior peopl
be easy and cheap transportation to tid'
iu- water. When any waterway OF the r
al public is Of sufficient importance to d.
is mand aid of the government, such al
nd should be extended upon n definite pla
nc OF continuous work until permanent in
no provement Is secured.
de- Con6ding in the justice Of our cau'
Re- and the necessity of its success at Il
ley polls, we submit the foregoing declar
by t;on of principles aud purposes to II