The Globe-republican., 1900-10-04


versal by the court, it may hereafter
i be constituted, that the burdens of tax
alton may be equally and impartiaiiy
| laid. to the end that wealth may bear
its due proportion of the expenses Of .he
| government
hmm grafton.
We hold that the most efficient wsv fe
/ protect American labor is to prevent the
importation of foreign pacpcr labor
compete with il 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
W hich depresses the price CT their pro-
ducts below the cost of production, and
thus deprives them of the means of pur-
chasing the products of our home mann
facture-
Congregational Appropriations
We denounce the profiigate waste of
| the money wrung from the people by OPP
pressive taxation aud the lavish spp-o-
priations of recent Repnbhcae Con
crosses. which have kept taxes high,
while the labor that pays them IS onens-
ployed. and the products of the peoples
toll are depressed in price mill they no
| longer repay the cost of production We
! demand a return to that simplicity and
economy which best befit a Democrats
government aud reduction in the num-
Der of useless Offices. the sanr ies OF
which Drain the substance of the people
Federal Interference.
We ce1ounce arbitrary interference by
Fedora! authorities In local affairs.
violation of the Constitution of the Unit
ed States and crime against free insti-
tutions. and especially object TO gov
ernment by injunction new and nigh
IL dangerous form of oppression, by
which Federal judges, il contempt of the
laws OF the States and rights OF citizens.
become at once legislators, judges and
ecutiouers, and approve the bill PASS
ed at the last session OF the United
States Senate. snd pending IN tie
Honst-. relative TO contempts in fe.lc=al
courts. and providing fer triuls by jury
il certain cases OF contempt
Pacific FuDiiul RiIL
NO discrimination should be iDdnlged
by the government Of the United States
in favor OF any of its. debtors We ap-
prove CT the refusal OF the Fifty third
Congress 10 pass the Pacific Railroad
funding bill, and lanounce the effort OF
the present Republican Congress
act similar measure.
Pensions
Recognizing the just claims Of deserS-
ing Union soldiers. heartily indorse
the rule of the present Commissioner OF
Pensions that names shall be arbi-
trarily dropped from the pension roll.
and the fact OF enlistment and SER
vice should be deemed conclusive evil
dence against disease disability before
enlistment.
We extend sympathy TO the people
OF Cuba in their heroic struggle fer iih-
erty and Independence.
The Civil Service
We are opposed to life tenure IN the
public service. We fa.or appointments
based merit. fixed terms of Office. and
such administr& SION of the civil
vice laws viii 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 of the great
est and wiscst 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 consolidat ton 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 coutrol of railroads
viii 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 States, and we favor the
early admission of all the territories Civ
ing the necessary population and
sources to entitle them to statehood, and
while they remain territories hold
that the officials appointed TO administer
the government of any territory, togeth-
with the District Of Columbia and
Alaska. should be bona fide residents OF
the territory 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 free homes for American citi-
zens.
We recommend that the territory of
Alaska be granted a delegate in Con-
gress and that the general land and tim
Der laws of the United States be ex-
tended TO said territory.
Mississippi River Inn provement-.
The Federal government should
| for and improve the NJ ississippi river and
other great waterways of the Republic,
secure for the interior people
easy and cheap transportation to tide
water. When any waterway of the
public IS of sufficient Importance to de-
mand aid of the government, such aid
should be extended upon definite plan
of continuous work until permanent i'm
proyement is secured.
Coniding in the justice of cause
and the necessity of its success at the
polls, we submit the foregoing declara-
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