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decision, or which may come by its re-
versal by the court, as it may hereafter
be constituted SO that the burdens Of tax
alton may be equally and impartially
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, and
thus deprives them of the means of pur-
chasing the products of our home manu-
facture.
Congressional Appropriations.
We denounce the profligate waste Of
the money wrung from the people by op--
pressive taxation and the lavish appro-
priations ef recent Republican Com
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
ecopAmy which best beft Democratic
| government and reduction in the lium-
bcr 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 as o.
| violation of the Constitution of the Unit
ed States and a crime against free insd-
tutions, and we especially object to gov
ernment by injunction as q new and high
ly dangerous form Of oppression, by
which Federal judges. in contempt of the
laws of the States and fights of citizens.
become at once legislators, judges and 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:
in certain cases of contempt.
Pacific Funding Bill.
No discrimination should be indulgeds
by the government of the United States
in favor of any of its debtors. We ap-
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 it to be the unwritten law
of this republic, established by custom,
and usage of one hundred years, and
sanctioned by the examples ofsthe great
est and wisest of those who founded and
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;
tine 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 4
will protect the people from robbery and u
oppression.
Admission of Territories.
We favor the admission of the terri Y
tories Of New Mexico and Arizona into
the Union as States, and we favor the
early admission of all the territories giy-N
ing the necessary population and re-
sources to entitle them to statehood, andM
while they remain territories we hold
that the officials appointed to administer \
the government Of any territory, togeth H
er with the District of Columbia andN
Alaska, should be bona fde residents Of
> the territory or district in which their
duties are to be performed. The Demo.V
cratic party believes in home rule and &
that all public lands of the United States
should be appropriated to the establish
ment or free homes for American cltr
! zens.
We recommend that the territory of
Alaska be granted delegate in COM
gress, and that the general land and tim
= her laws of the United States be ex
tended to said territory.
q mississippi River improvements.
c The Federal government should card
for and improve the Mississippi river and
other great waterways of the Republi&
so as to secure for the interior people,
easy and cheap transportation to tideN
water. When any waterway of the rel
public is of sufficient Importance to de
lnand aid of the government, such ali
= should be extended upon definite plan
! of continuous work until permanent i'm
provement is secured.
Confding in the justice of our caus
!. and the necessity Of its success at th
/, polls, we submit the foregoing declarM
! ton of principles and purposes to tl