The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-05
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rolls should not be arbitrarily dropped
and we believe as stated in the national
platform that the fact Of enlistment and
service should be deemed conclusive
evidence against disease and disability be-
fore enlistment
We are in favor OF the immediate con-
struction and fertilization OF the Near
aguan canal by the United States.
We condemn the Dingley tariff law
as q trust breeding and extorting and
venal measure, skillfully devised for the
purpose Of giving a few. favors which
they don't deserve. and placing upon
many burdens which they should not
bear.
We welcome the opportunity offered
this year TO take the federal government
out Of the hands Of the Republican party
which has abandoned American ideas and
American ideals, and at the command OF
corporate wealth has plotted against the
fnencial Independence of the individual
and now contempIates the notification OF
the Declaration Of American Indepen-
dence.
We pledge ourselves 70 wage an IN
ceasing warfare against all the trusts. the
money trust. the industrial trust and the
international land grabbing trust
Instead Of system which would chain
our nation to the gold standard and COM
pei it TO participate in all the disturb
anCes which come TO European nations.
We demand an American financial sys-
TEN made by the American people for
themselves, TO be secured by the imme-
date and unlimited coinage OF gold and
silver at the present legal ratio OF 10 to
l without waiting for the aid or consent
Of any other nation.
The Republican administration has adj
mitted the gold standard to be unsatis-
factory by appointing a commission 10
solicit foreign aid In restoring the double
standard, and a Republican congress in
making the gold standard permanent, has
confessed judgment against the standard
by attempting to revive the delusiye
hope Of international bimetallism-
Instead OF the system favored by the
Republican party under which national
banks are permitted to issue and control
the volume of paper money for their own
profit We reiterate our demands for that
financial system which recognizes the
governments sovereign right to issue all
money, mhether coin or paper, and We
demand the retention of the greenbacks
that now exist and the retirement Of ma
tional bank notes as rapidly as green
backs can be substituted for them.
We believe that private monopolies are
indefensible and intolerable and e. men
ace to our form Of government, and We
condemn the national administration for
against trusts or 10 recommend a more
effective law.
We condemn the Porto Rican tariff bill
passed by a Republican congress, as
bold and open violation of the nation 5
organic law. and a fragrant breach of
good faith
We assert that the constitution follows
the flag. and denounce the doctrine that
an executive or congress created and
limited b ythe constitution can exercise
lawful authority beyond that constitution
or In violation of it. Believing that a
nation cannot long endure half republic
and half empire we oppose wars of con-
quest and colonial possessions
We recognize the agricultural Industry
az the basis of all general prosperity, and
we demand that agricultural products
should have an equal chance in the mar
kets Of the world with manufactured
products.
And be it resolved. by the
of the Seventh congressional district, IN
convention assembled. that we take
this opportunity to express our sympathy
for the Beers who are making such a
gallant fight for their liberty and a re-
publican form of gobernment, against
British Entertainments. and we denounce
the Republican administration for It's al
lance with Great Britain to conquer the
brave and interviewing Beers, and its
attempt to destroy a struggling republic
and turn it into a colonial possession
Mrs. J. Francis. Florence. Kans. = says.
81 was all run down in health. worn ost,
weak, my appetite was poor, could not
sleep and doctors did ms no good. took
Beggs' Blood Purifier and gained ten
pounds in two weeks and am now In per-
feet heath" ]. P Allen. Dockum &
Higginson, Geo. Van Werden.