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in and pledge our loyalty to the prinoiples
Of the party. TtssNt&a

awakening throughout tho country. Tha
various Investigations have traced graft
and political corruption to the repraaenta-
tives Of predatory wealth and laid bare,
the interruptions methods by which they
have debauched elections and prcyed upon
the defenceless public through tho SUBJ
servient officials which they have raised
TO place and power.
The conscience Of the nation In now
aroused to free the Government from the
grip Of those who have made II O business
asset Of the favor see:iihg corporations;
IL must become again the peoples Gov.
ernment and be administered In all tn
departments according to the JeYersonian
maxim Of Equal rights to all and special
privileges to none.'
Shall the people rulep' 10 the over
shadowing issue which manifests itself In
all the questions now under discussion.
INCREASE OF OFFICE HOLDERS.
Coincdent with the enormous increase
in expenditures Is q like addition to the
number Of office holders. During the last
year 2S,7s4 were added, costing SIC. .l56. 900.
and in the last six years Of the Republican
administration the total number of new
offices created aside from many commits
sions has been 99. $40. entailing an additional
expenditure Of nearly $70.000.0O0 as against
only 1920 new offices created under the
Cleveland and Mckinley administrations
which involved an expenditure OF only
$1,000, 900.
We denounce this great and growing
increase in the number Of officeholders
rs moi y unn oessafy ahd wastefui, bit
also as clearly indicating deliberate pur-
pose o the part Of the Admlnistrat on to
keep the Republican party In power at the
publ c exp nse by thus increasing the
number of its rcta ners and dependents.
Such procedure we declare to be no less
dangerous and corrupt than the open pur-
chase of votes at the polls
ECONOMY IN ADMINISTRATION.
The Republican Congress in the session
just ended has made appropriations amount
ing to slO00O0000O exceeding the total
expenditures of the last fiscal year by
S90, 900 and leaving a deficit of more
than 500, 900. 900 for the fiscal year.
We denounce the needless waste Of the
peoples money which has resulted in this
appalling increase as a shameful violation
of all prudent considerations Of Govern
ment and as no less than crime against
the millions of working men and women
from whose earnings the great proportions
of these colossal sums must be extorted
through excessive tariff e1actions and
other indirect methods It Is not surpris-
ing that in the face of this shocking record
the Republican platform contains no refer
ence to economical administration or
promise thereof in the future.
AL.A L.
frightful extravaganza and insist upon the
strictest economy in every department.
compatible with frugal and efficient ad-
ministration.
Arbitrary POWER OF SPEAKER.
The House Of Representatives was de-
be the popular branch Of our Government. ,
responsive to the public will
The House Of Representatives, as con-
trolled in recent years by the Republican
party, has ceased to be a deliberative and
legislative body responsive to the will Of the
majority Of the members, but has como
under the absolute domination Of tho
Speaker, who has entire control Of its delib-
erations and powers Of legislation.
We have observed with amazement the
popular branch of our Federal Government
helpless to obtain either the consideration
or enactment Of measures desired by a
majority Of its members.
Legislative government becomes a failure
when one member in the person OF the
Speaker is more powerful than the entire
body.
We demand that the House Of Repre-
sentatives shall again become a deliberatiye
body controlled by majority Of the peo-
ples representatives and not 10y the Speaker.
and we pledge ourselves to adopt such
rules and regulations to govern the House
of Representatives as will enable majority
of it's members to direct its deliberations
and control legislation.
MISUSE OF PATRONAGE.
We condemn as a violation Of the spirit
Of our institutions, the action Of the present
Chief Executive In using the patronage Of
his high office TO secure the nomination Of
his Cabinet officers. forced succession In
the Presidency Is scarcely less repugnant
to public sentiment than Is life tenure In
that Office. No good intention on the
part of the Executive and no virtue in ono
selected can justify the establishment OF
dynasty. The right of the people to freely
select their officials is lnalienable and can
not be delegated.
PUBLICITY OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
We demand Federal legislation forever
the partnership which has
existed between corporations Of the country
and the Republican party under the ex-
pressed or implied agreement that In re-
turn for the contribution OF great sums
Of money wherewith to purchase elections
they should be allowed to continue sub
unmolestsd in their efforts 10
sncroaoh upon the rights OF the people.
Any reasonable doubt as tp the existence
Of this relation has been forever dispelled
by the sworn testimony OF with esses ex-
,mned in the insurance investigation In
New York and the open admission, un-
challenged by the Republican national
of a single individual that he
himself, at the personal request OF the
Republican candidate for the Presidency.
'aised over quarter OF q million OF dollars
o be used in a single State during the clos
ng hours OF the last campaign. In order
hat this practice shall be stopped for all
ime we demand the passage Of statute