White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-11

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not again be trusted to keep, the
promises of downward revision.
The Democratic party is committed
to a tariff for revenue only-a policy
which would inevitably produce wide
spread industrial and commercial dis
aster. We demand the immediate re-
peal of the Canadian reciprocity act.
Inheritance and Income Tax.
We believe in a graduated inheri-
lance tax as a national means OF
equalizing the obligations of holders
of property t government and we
hereby pledge our party to enact such
a federal law as will tax large inheri-
tances, returning to the state an
equitable p~ortionage of all amounts
collected. We favor the ratification
of the pending amendments to the
constitution giving the government
power to levy an income tax.
Peace and National Defense.
We pledge the party TO use its best
endeavors to substitute judicial and
other powerful means of settling diff
ferences.
We favor an international agree
ment for the limitation of naval
forces. Pending such an agreement,
and as the best means of preserving
peace, we pledge ourselves to main
tain for the present the policy of
building two battleships a rear.
Treaty Rights.
We pledge our party to protect the
rights of American citizenship at
home and abroad. No treaty should
receive the sanction of our govern
ment which discriminates between
American citizens because of birth
place. race or religion, or that does
not recognize the absolute right of
expatriation.
The Immigrant.
We denounce the fatal policy of
indifference and neglect which has
left our enormous immigration popu-
lation to become the preys of chance
and cupidity. We favor government
al action to encourage the distri-
button of immigrants away from the
eongested cities, to supervise rigidly
all private agencies dealing with
them and to promote their assimila-
ton, education, and advancement.
Pensions.
We pledge IN service to a wise
and just policy of pensioning Ameri-
can soldiers, and the widows and
children by the federal government.
and we approve the policy of the
southern states in granting pensions
to the ex-eonfederate soldiers and
sailors and their widows and child
rem.
SivU Service.
We condemn the violation of the
civil service law by the president, in
Guiding the correction and assess
ment of subordinate employees and
the refusal to punish such violations
after a finding of guilty by his own
commission, his distribution of pat
ronage among subservient congress-
men, while Withholding 1t from those
who refuse support of administration
members. his withdrawal of nominal
tions from the senate until political
support for himself was secured, and
his appointments of officer to reward
those who voted for his renomina-
ton. To eradicate those abuses we
demand not only the enforcement of
the civil service act in letter and
spirit, but also legislation which will
bring under the competitive system
~postmasters. collectors, marshals and
all other non-political officers, as well
as the enactment of a civil service
law, and we also insist upon contir-
uous service during good behavic.
and efficiency.
BUSINESS Organization.
We pledge our party to ~readjust-
ment of the business methods of the
national government and a proper CO.
ordination of the federal bureaus,
which will increase the economy and
efficiency of the government service,
prevent Implications and secure bet
ter results to the taxpayers for every
dollar expended.
Supervision of Investment.
The people of the United States
are swindled out of many millions of
dollars every year through worth
less investments. The plain people.
the wage and the men and
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