The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-15

roe doctrine in its full integrity.
We favor the reduction OF the arriiy
and of army expenditure to the point his
torically. demonstrated to be safe and
sufficient.
Pensions.
The democracy would secure to the sur
vtvfng soldiers and sailors and their de-
arbitrary executive order, but by legis,-
ready to enact.
Our soldiers and sailors who defend
with their lives the constitution and the
laws have sacred interest in their Just
administration, They must therefore
we have witnessed the exaltation of court
favorites, without distinguished service,
over the SCARED heroes of many battles;
tons out of the treasures of a PROSTATE
people in violation of the act of congress
which nxed the compensation OF allow
ances OF the military officers.
Civil Service.
The democratic party stands commit
TED to the principle OF civil service re-
form, and we demand their honest, just
and impartial enforcement.
We denounce the republican party for
It's continuous and sinister encroachmentS
upon the spirit and operation of civil
service service rules. whereby it has arbitrarily
the interests. of favorites and employed
aside the principles upon which the civil
service was established
Race Question.
The race question has brought countless
woes to this country. The calm wisdom
OF the American people should see to 1t
dead and hateful race and sectional ami
mosities in any part of cur common
country means confusion, distraction of
now happily healed. North, south, east
gether in line Of battle from the walls of
sharers OF common glory and COM
mon destiny we should share fraternally
the common burdens. We therefore, dep
recate and condemn the Bourbon like
selfish and narrow spirit of the recent
republican convention at Chicago which
sought to kindle anew the embers of
from it to the sober common sense and
PATRIOTS spirit of the American people.
Republican Administration.
The existing republican administration
mas been spaSmodic, erratic, sensational.
spectacular and arbitrary. 1t has made
itself satire upon the congress. the courts
and upon the settled practices and usages
of national and international law
1t summoned congress into hasty and fu-
tile extra session and virtually adjourned
1T, leaving behind its flight from Washing
ton uncalled calendars and unaccomplished
tasks.
1t made war, which is the sole power of
| congress, without it's authority, thereby
usurping one of it's fundamental preroga-
lives. II pain OF the
United States well as plain treaty obli-
cations, international uSageS and consti-
tutional law; and has done so under pre-
tense OF executing a great public policy
which could have been more easily effected
lawfully, constitutionally, and with honor
1t forced strained and unnatural con-
StructionS upon statutes, uSurping judicial
| Interpretation, and substituting congress
sional enactment in the decree
1t withdrew from congress their Gus
| tomary duties of investigation which have
heretofore made the representatives of the
people and the states the terror of evil
doors.
1t conducted a secretive investigation of
its own and boosted of a few sample con-
victs, while it threw a broad coVeret over
the bureaus which had been their chosen
field of operative abuses, and kept in pow
er the superior officers under whose ad-
ministration the crimes had been commit
ted.
1t ordered assault upon some monopiies,
but paralyzed by its first victory it flung
out the flag of truce and cried out that it.
would not run amuck''-leaving its fu-
ture purposes beclouded by its vacciila-
lions.
Appeal to the Country.
Conducting the campaign up on this dec
| laration of our principles and purposes, we
invoke for our candidates the support. not
only of our great and time-honored or
ganization, but also the active assistance
of all our fellow citizens who, disregarding
past differences upon questions no longer
| in issue, desire the perpetuation Of our con-
stitutional government as framed and es-
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