Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1878 — THE PLATFORM. [ARTICLE]

THE PLATFORM.

The democracy of the state of Indiana assembleu in delegate convention declare: That national bank notes shall be retired, an I in lieu thereof, there shall be issued ty the government an equal amount of treasnry notes withfulllegal tender quality. That we are in favor of making the United States uotos, commonly call< d ; greenbacks, a full legal tender in payment of all del ts, public and private, ■•xeept such jobligatioin only as are by the terms of the original contracts under wbi««h they were issued, express y p y le in coin. That the right to issue money as well as coin is the exclusive prerogative of ihe govern merit, and such money should be issued in sueh amounts as the sound business interests of ihe country may from time to time require. We are in favor or such legislation by congress as will authorize the taxation by the states of the United States notes in common with all other money. T’ at we deem it unwise and inexpedient t<> enact any further legislation for the funding of the national debt abroad, through the means of home syndicates, or other methods; and we believe the true policy of the government and the best interests of the people would be subserved by legislating so as to distribute said debt among our people at home —affording them the most favorable and practical opportunities for the investment of their savings in the funded debt of I he United That we are in favor of sueh legislation which shall fix the legal nite of interest at not exceeding six per centum per annum. We demand the restoration of the silver dollar, of 412 J grains, to the coin of the country, and with full legal tender quality in the payment of all debts, both public and private; and that the coinage thereof shall be un limited, and up >n the same terms and conditions as may be Provided for the coinage of gold. That we are in favor of the immediate and unconditional repeal of the resumplion act. We are in favor of the most rigid ec n my in public expenditures, and we declare that the fees ami salaries of all public officers should be reduced. That we are in favor of rhe repeal of th ■ bank! upt act. That we sincerely deplore the recent violent collision between labor and capital, and to prevent the recurrence thereof and to protect the future public older and security we be? lieve that the wages of co. p'o ratio ns engaged in the business of mining, manufacturing and transpo. ta'ion should be a first lien upon the property, receipts ami earnings of said corporations, and that sueh lien sho’d be declared defined and enforced by uppropi iate legislation. That we favor the passage of a law for the ventilation of coal mines—one that would be just to the miner and owner. The democratic party is the friend of the common school system, and will in every legitima e way labor for its success, and will oppose any attempt to divert any portion of the common school fund to any sectarian purpose. That the last apportionment of the state for legislative r urposes was grossly unjust and dishonorable, and w ■ <!• mand that the next legislature, iu apportioning the state for legist; - live purposes, as will be their imperative duty, shall have regard alone to population and contiguity of territory. That the jurisdiction claimed and exercised by the circuit courts of the Un ted States over questions of corpoiate an 1 individual rights arising under the laws of the states tends to oppress and burden lit gants to such an extent as to amount to a practical denial of just ce in many cases; and we consider the legislation which has coulerred such jurisdiction as unwise and hurtful to the true interests of che people. And we demand such le gislation as will restrict and limit the jurisdiction of such courts to such matters as are clearly contemplat d by the constitution and expressed iu the judiciary act of 1789. We are opposed to class legislation, and protest against the grant o' subsiui o oy tin federal government,eit - er in lands, bonds, money or by the p e ige of the public ciedic. That we abhor and hoi 1 up to public detestation the leaders in the republican party who secretly connived, ai d with barefaced effrontery, carried out the set'erne/by and through venal returning boards, whereby Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, the people’s choice for president and vice president, were wrongfully kept out of the positions to which a free peo pie had culled them. We hold it up as the monster crime of the age, a crime against free government a crime against the elective franchise, and a crime that can only be condoned when the malefactors who seated a fraud in the presidential chair are driven from power and consigned to everlasting infamy by the people whom they have outraged. And we denounce the act of the president of the United States in appointing to high and lucrative positions the corrupt members of the returning boards, and condemn the acts ot federal officers in attempting to interfere with the rights and powers of the state courts in the prosecution of these criminals. That our senators and representatives iu congress be and are hereby requested to secure the passage of a law giving to the soldiers of the Mexican war a pension similar to that now given to the soldiers of the war of 1812. A resolution indorsing the course of Senators Voorhees and MoDonald was unanimously adopted. Also r- vote of thanks to Governor Hendricks was offered by J. S. Williams Ur the manner in which he discharged the duties of the chair. Governor Hendricks said in response: “Before the adjournment of the convention allow me to add one or two words to what I have already said. Of course I thank you for the resolution that you have just adopted. I appreciate the compliment iu this expression of your confidence. The work that you have done here to-day now goes out before the x»eople of Indiana. It is an important thing tint Indiana this year snail stand Democratic. Indiana from this day ought to be true to the Democratic principles and true to the Democratic organization, 1 ask that you Return to your homes and make answer to the people who sent you lure so do this important work of to day, and let them know that the woik is fcr them, for you, and for us all to indorse in October, and let the triumph be such that it shall be understood every where that republicanism, as organized in Indiana, can not govern this state any more.— Queers. The convention adjourned with cheers for the ticket.

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