Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1896 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

DIOCMPIIIFOi. The platform as reported by the Committee on Resolutions to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago is as follows: »m We. the democrats ot the United States, In national contention assemH.A, do reaffirm our allegiance to those great essential principles of justice and liberty upon which our institutions are founded ami which the democratic party has advocated from Jefferson's time Uk.wuc own—freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of conscience, the preservation of personal rights, the equality of all cltlaens before the Law. and the faithful observance of constitutional limitations. FINANCIAL PLANK—Reeogniztn g that thetnoney question tr paramount to all others at this time, we Invite attention to the fact that the federal constitution names silver ant gold together as the money meta|s. of the United States, and that the first coinage law passed by congress under the constitution made the silver dollar the unit of value and admitted gold to free coinage at tho rgtlo measured by the sliver dollar unit. ■ • ■ We declare that the of 1873 demonetizing silver Without the knowledge or approval of the American people has resulted in the appreciation of gold and a corresponding fali In the prices of commodities produced by the people; a, heavy increase In the burden of Jaxation and of all debts, public and private; the enrichment of the money lending class at home apd abroad; prostration of industry and impovertohment of the people. • 4 We are unalterably opposed to the single gold standard, which has looked fast the prosperity of an Industrial people In the paralysis of hard times. , Gold mononnjtaliteni is a British policy, am] Its adoption has Brought other nations into flnajftial senitudn to London. It Is not only un-American but antiAmerican, and it can b? fastened on the United States only by the stifling of that indomitable spirit and love of liberty which proclaimed our political Independence in 1776 and won it in the war of the revolution. norjnzenL We demand the free and unlimited coinage of 8 K both gold and silver at the present legal ratio of S | Any other nation. We demand that the standard | H silver dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally (| with gold, for all debts, public and private, and we | I favor such legislation as will prevent the demon- i| etization of any kind of legal tender money by |j private contract. | rjrjmrA We aro opposed to the policy and practice of surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by law to the government of redeeming such obligations in either silver coin or gold coin. BONDS —We ore opposed to the Issuing of interest-bearing bonds of th* United States In time of peace, and condemn the trafficking with banking syndicates. which. In exchange for bonds and at an enormous profit to themselves, supply the federal treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold monometallism. Congress alone has the power to coin and issue money, and President Jackson declared, tlfat this power could not be delegated to corporations or Individuals. We therefore demand that the power to Issue notes to circulate money be taken from the national banks, ami that all paper money shall bo Issued directly by th» treasury department, f TARIFF AND TAXATION—We hold that tariff duties should be levied for purposes of revenue, and that taxation should lie limited by the needs of th« government honestly and economically administered. We denounce as disturbing to business the republican threat to restore the McKinley law, which has been twice condemned by the people In national electiqns, anil which, enacted t under the false plea of protection to homo Industry, proved a prolific breeder of trusts and monopolies, enriched the few at the expense of tha nuifly, restricted trade and deprived the producers of the great American staples of access to their natural markets. Until the money question la settled we aro opposed to any agitation for further changes In our tariff laws, except such as are necessary to make the deficit In revenue caused by the adverse decision of the Supremo Court on the income tax. There would be no deficit in the. revenue but for the annulment by the Supreme Court of a law passed by a democrat!* congress In strict pursuance of tho, uniform decisions of 'that court for nearly one hundred years, that court having unstained constitutlojial objections to Its enaottnAit, which lias been overruled by the ablest judged who had eves sat on that bench. We declare that It Is the duty of congress to uco ull the constitutional power which remains after that decision, or wiileh may como from Its reversal by the court as it may hereafter 1"' constituted, so that the burdens of taxation muy be equally and Impartially laid, to the end that wonlth may bear Its proportion of the .expenses of the government. We hold that the most efficient way of protecting American labor Is to prevent tfie Importation of foreign pauper labor to compete with It, In the home market, and that the value of the home market to our American farmers and artisans Is greatly reduced by a vicious monetary system which depresses *he prices of their products below the cost of production and thus deprives them of the means of satisfying their needs, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSES—We denounce the profligate waste, of tb# money wrung from tho people by oppressive taxation and tho lavish appropriations of recent republican congresses, which have kept taxes high while the labor that pays them is unemployed and the product of the people's toll are depressed in price till they no longer repay the cost of production. We demand a return to that simplicity and economy which best befits a democratic government and a reduction In the number of useless otfioers, the salaries of which drain the substance of the people. FEDERAL INTERFERENCE—We denounce the arbitrary Interference by federal authorities In local affairs as a violation of the constitution of the United States and a crime against free Institutions, and wc especially object to government by Injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by ■which federal Judges, in contempt of the laws of the states and rights of citizens, become at once legislators, Judges and executioners; and we approve the bill passed at the last session of the United States senate and now pending In the house relative to contempts in federal courts and providing for trials by Jury In certain eases of contempt. PACIFIC FUNDING RILL—No discrimination should he Indulged In by the government of the United States In favor of Its debtors. We approve of ths refusal of the Fifty-third , congress to‘ pass the’Pacific railroad funding bill; denounce the effort of the present republican congress to enact a similar measure. PENSlONS—Recognizing the just claims off deserving union soldiers, we heartily Indorse the rule of Commissioner Murphy that no names shall be arbitrarily dropped from the pension roll, pm} }h*. fact of enlistment and service should be deemed conclusive evidence against disease and disability before enlistment. SYMPATHY FOR CUBA—We extend our sympathy to the people of Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty find independence, CIVIL SERVICE—We are opposed to life tenure In the public service. We favor appointments based upon merits, fixed terms of office; and such nrt ailmln? lstratlpn of the civil service laws as will afford equal opportunities to all citizens of ascertained fitness. AGAINST THIRD TERM—Wo declare it to be the unwritten law of this republic, established by custom and usage of one hundred years and sanctioned by the of the greatest and wisest of those who founded and have maintained our government, no man should be eligible for a third berm of the presidential ofllee. * Confiding In the Justice of our cause and the necessity of Its success at the Polls we submit the foregoing declaration of principle and purposes to the considerate Judgment of the American people. We Invite the support of all citizens who approve them and who desire to have them made effective through legistetion for the relief of the people and the restoration of the country's prosperity.