Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-16

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lican policy which aims to destroy the
right of the national govern
ment to issue all money, whether coin
or paper, and to bestow upon the na-
tional banks the power to issue and
control the volume of paper money for
their own benefit The permanent ma
tional bank currency, secured by gov
eminent bonds, must have a permanent
debt to rest upon, and if the bank cur
rency is to increase with the population
and business, the debt must also in
crease. The republican currency
scheme is therefore a scheme for fast.
ening upon the taxpayers a perpetual
and growing debt. for the benefit of
the banks. We oppose this private
corporation paper, circulated as money,
but without legal tender qualities, and
demand the retirement Of the national
bank notes as fast as government paper
or silver certificates can be substituted
for them.
Eve favor an amendment to the
federal constitution providing for cleo
ton of United States senators by di-
rect vote of the people, and favor di-
rect legislation wherever practicable.
We are opposed to government by in
junction; we denounce the blacklist,
and favor arbitration as a means CT
settling disputes between corporations
and their employees. In the interest of
American labor and the uplifting OF
workingmen, as the cornerstone of the
prosperity of our country, we recon-
mend that congress create a depart
ment of labor in charge of a secretary,
with seat in the cabinet, believing
the elevation of American laborers will
bring with it increased production,
and increased prosperity to our coun-
try at home and our commerce abroad.
We are proud of the courage and
fidelity Of American soldiers and sail
ors in all of our wars; we favor lib
eral pensions to them and their de-
pendents, and we reiterate the position
taken in the Chicago platform in 1895,
the fact that enlistment and service be
deemed conclusive evidence against
disease or disability before en- -tment.
We favor the immediate instruction,
ownership and control of the Nicara-
qua canal by the United States, and
denounce the insincerity of the plank
of the national republican platform
for the isthmian canal in the face of
the failure of republican majority to
pass the bill pending in congress. We
condemn the -Pauncefote treaty as
a surrender of American rights and
interests, and not to be tolerated by
the American people,
I'VE denounce the failure of the re-
publican party to carry out its pledges
to grant statehood to the territories of
Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
homa; we promise the peo-
pie of those territories
immediate statehood and home rule
during their condition as territories,
and we favor home rule, with territof-
ial form of government, for Alaska and
Porto Rico. We favor an intelligent
system for improving the arid lands Of
the west, storing waters for purposes
of irrigation, and holding such lands
for actual settlers We favor the con-
tinuance and strict enforcement of tho
Chinese exclusion law and its aDplica-
ton to the same classes of all Asiatic
races. Jefferson said: Peace, COM
merce and honest friendship with all
nations; entangling alliances with
none. We approve this wholesome
doctrine and earnestly protest against
the republican departure, which has in
volved us in so-called politics, includ-
ing the diplomacy of a1urope and the
intrigue and landgrabbing of Asia,
and we especially condemn the ill-con-
cealed republican alliance with Eng
land, which must mean discrimination
against other friendly nations, which
has already stifed the nations voice.
while liberty is being strangled in
Africa.
Believing in the principles of self
government and rejecting. as did our
view with indignation the purpose Of
England to overwhelm with force the
south African republics. Speaking as
we do for the entire American nation,
except it's republican office-holders, and
for all free men everywhere, we
extend our sympathies to the heroic
burghers in their efforts 20 maintain
their liberty and independence. We
denounce the lavish appropriations Of
the recent republican congress, which
have kept taxes high, and which
threaten the perpetuation of an OPP
pressive war levy. We oppose the &C
emulation of surplus to be squan-
dered in such bare-faced frauds upon
taxpayers as the shipping and SUB
sidy bill, which, under false pretense
of fostering American shipbuilding,
put unearned millions into the pockets
of favorite contributors to the repub-
lican campaign fund. We favor the
reduction and speedy repeal of war
taxes, a return to the time-honored
democratic policy Of strict economy in
government expenditures.
Believing that our much cherished
institutions are in great peril; that the