Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1884 — BELVA LOCKWOOD. [ARTICLE]

BELVA LOCKWOOD.

BELVA A. LOCKWOOD.

Wanaa's Bights Party. lj>egPi< ? Kaat and Wegpbe? *”,y hafcaoSSW ritrliw. bet to raide Ac «fc»p of Me ~»-y too of ih» I in ■ rietaed. and ahiwdd wr pirtfcca crfprocipto. be saeoesatul in tie ! ‘af‘w jSbLna^irre^ !***»” *» I the free airt the home of^ebnwe^'l ; distribution of tb» aempuloo* regard to errif Sy wcaaen are duly installedinto the offioea. lam also in accord «felnhepbilcni«f aenttria the Aware In famr **■*£*»».. ” ; *Txnpathy with the working men n-d tom «f | tfac country who an lanaari fto classes of our country esaitalable andinde? P»dest. Ig sympathize with the aoidMr’a widow brijeye in the re-enaeunent of the arrears. p *" usioß,, ' o,rt *>«*. Relieving that the surplus revenues of the eontry can not be better saed tin, in akw,. the widows and edaatbf the orphan* ot oar nation's defender*. I amid also suggest the abolishment of the pension office, itscomplicated and technical machinery, which so beautifully OJnaxrates boar not ted* it «»d recommend is its stead three rmnmiaiiiiiii ip -nhiw cnJy duty should consist in requiring froman appiicart far invalid pension bis certificate of bonoraWe discharge; from the widow, proof of marriage; and from the mother, proof of birth. I am opposed to monopoly lu the sense of men monopolizing all ot the rotes and ad of the offices, and at the same dm* insisting upon haring the distribution at all ot the money, ootbpublic and private. It is this sort of monopoly that has made posable tin* large breaches of trust with Government officials, rinord >»«■«>■ suspensions, and defalcations all over the country- It has engendered and fostered strikes. lam opposed to the wholesale monopoly of the judiciary of the country by male voters. If elected, I shall fed it incumbent on ***** to appoint a reasonable number of women as District Attorneys, Marshals, and Judges of the United States, and would appoint any competent woman to any vacancy that might occur on the United States Supreme Bench. lam in full sympathy with the temperance advocates of the country, especially the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, but believe that woman suffrage will bare a greater tendency to abolish the liquor traffic than prohibition will bring about woman suffrage. If the former is adopted, the latter will be its proqable sequence. If elected. I shall recommend in my Inaugural a uniform system of laws as far as practicable for all of the States, and especially for marriage, divorce, and the limitations of contracts, and such regulation of laws of descent and distribution of estates as will make the wife equal with the husband in authority and right, and an equal partner in the common business. I favor an extension of our commercial relations with foreign countries, and especially with the Central and South American States, and the establishment of a high court of arbitration to which shall be referred all differences that may arise between them and the United States. My Indian policy would be, first, to have the Government pay them what it owes them, to break np their tribal relations, distribute to them their lands in severalty, and make them citizens amenable to the laws of the land as other white and colored citizens are. While we sympathize with unhappy Ireland and deprecate oppression on one side and lawlessness on the other, our neutral policy as a nation does not allow any public expression from our people. Due consideration will be given to the interest of the honest, industrious, home-loving German. Again thanking you, ladles, for your expressions of esteem, I think that I may safely sav I fully indorse your whole platform. Cordially

yours.

Washington, D. C„ Sept. 4. 1881.