Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-07-11

eS part VI sucn system the immediate
restoration of the free aud unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the
present legal ratio Of Is TO | without
waiting tor the aid or consent of any
other nation.
I'VE denounce the Currency bill
enacted at the last session of Congress
ss step forward In repu blicau pol.
icy which slms TO discredit the SOW
ereign right of the national govern
ment to issue all money, whether
coin or paper, and to bestow upon
national banks the power TO issue
and control the volume paper of
money for their own benefit. A per-
manent national bank currency.
secured by government bonds must
have a permanent debt 10 rest upon,
and If the bank currency is to eu-
crease the population and business
the debt must also increase The
3 republican currency scheme is. there
tore, scheme for fastening upon
the taxpayers perpetual and grow
ing debt.
We are opposed to.this private corpo-
ration paper circulated az money. but
without legal tender qualities. and
demand the retirement of the nation
al bank notes as fast rs this govern.
mentS paper or silver certificates
can be substituted for them.
eve favor an amendment to the
Federal Constitution providing for
election of United States senators by
the direct vote of the people. aud we
favor direct legislation wherever
practicable.
eve are opposed to government bv
injunction. We denouuce the black
list, and favor arbitration as a means
of settling disputes between corpora
tions and their employees.
'In the interest of American labor
aud the uplifting of the workingman.
as the cornerstone of the prosperity
OF our country, We recommend tina;
Congress create department of labor
IN charge of a secretary. with seat
IN the cabinet. believing that the lie
walton of the american iaboirr viii
bring with II increased protection and
increased prosperity 10 our country AT
home and TO Our commerce abroad
eve are proud of the courage of fl
deity of the \ american soldiers and
sailors in all our wars: we favor lib
eral pensions to them and their de.
pendents and We rciterate the posi-
ton taken in the Ch!cagoplatform Of
1896 that the fact of enlistment and
service shall be deemed conclusive
evidence against disease and disabili-
~ before enlistment.
eve favor the immediate construc-
ton, ownership aud control of the
Nlcsraguan Canal by the United
states, and we denounce the insincer
lty OF the plank in the republican
platform for an isthmain canal in
face of the failure of the republican
majority to pass the bill in Congress.
1--WE condemn the Hay-Paunceforte
treaty as surrender of Americans
rights and inter ests not to be tolerat-
Ell by the American people.
1--WE denOunce the failure of the re-
publican party to carry out its
pledges 70 grant state
hood to the territories of Arizona.
New Mexico and Oklahoma, and we
promise the people of those territories
immediate statehood aud home rule
during their condition as territories.
and we favor home rule ard terri
torlal form of government for Alaska
and Porto Rico.
eve favor an intelligent system of
improving the arid lands of the West.
storing the waters for the purposes of
irrigation and the holding of such
lands for octual settlers.
owe favor the continuance and
strict enforcement of the Chinese eX-
cluslon law and its application
to the same classes of all Asiatic
races.
jefferson said: peace, commerce
and honest friendship with all ma
lions; entangling alliances with none"
1--WE approve this wholesome doc
trlne and earnestly protest against
the republican departure which has
involved us in so called politics. in
GLIDING the diplomacy of Europe and
the intrigue and land grabbing of
Asia, and we especially condemn the
ill-concealed republican alliance with
England, which must mean discrim-
lnation against other friendly nations
and which has already stifled the ma
tons voice, while liberty is being
strangled in Africa.
believing in the principles of self
government, and rejecting, as did our
forefathers, the claim of monarchy.
We view with Indignation the purpose
of England to overw helm with force
the South African republics. Speak
ing as we do for the entire American
nation, except it's republican office
holders, and for all free men everv-
where. we extend our sympathies to
the heroic burghers in their unequal
struggle to maintain their liberty and