Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-05

duty Of Congress to use oil the constitu-
tional power which remains after that
decision, or which may come BY its re.
versal by the court, aS 1t 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 1t in the home market, and
that the value Of the home market to our
American farmers and artisans is greatly
reduced by q 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 prof1igate waste Of
the money wrung from the people by OPP
pressive taxation aud the lavish appro-
priations of recent Republican Con-
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
economy which best befit n Democratic
government and n reduction in the llum-
Der of useless offices, the salaries Of
which drain the substance of the people.
Federal interference.
We d%enounce arbitrary interference by
Federal authorities in local affairs as q
violation of the Constitution of the Unit
ed States and a crime against free insti-
buttons, and we especially object to gov
ernnent by injunction as a new and high
~ dangerous form of oppression, by
which Federal judges, in contempt of the
laws Of the States and rights Of citizens,
become at once legislators, judges aud ex-
ecutioncrs, and we approve the bill pass
ed at the last session of the United
States Senate, and now pending in tue
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 INDUCED
by the government of the United States
in favor of my Of it's debtors. We APP
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
dcnce 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 wears, and
sanctioned by the examples of the 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,
systems. and formation of trusts and
pools require a s%trictcr 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
oppression.
Admission of Territories.
We favor the admission of the terri
tories of New Mexico and Arizona into
the Union as States, and we favor the
early admission of all the territories Civ
ing the necessary population and re-
sources to entitle them to statehood, and
while they remain territories we hold
that the officials appointed TO administer
the government of any territory, togetll;
or with the District of Columbia and
Alaska, should be bona fdc residents of
the territory or district in which their
duties are to be performed. The Demo-
cratic party believes i'll home rule and
that all public lands of the United States
should be appropriated to the establish
ment of free homes for American citi-
zcns. "a
We recommend that the territory Of
Alaska be granted IL 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 improvements.
The Federal government should care
for and improve the Mississippi river and
other great waterways Of the Republic.
so as to secure for the interior people
easy and cheap transportation to tide
water. When n waterway of the re-
public is of sufficient Importance to de-
mand aid of the government, o1ch aid
should be extended upon n definite plan
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