TNITKI) STATKS OF AMKIJK'A. 





the money-lending class at home and abroad : tin- pros- 

 tration of industry and impoverishment of the ] 



We art- unalterably opposed t<> monometallism, which 

 baa locked fast the prosperity <it'an industrial people in 

 the paralysis ot' hard times. Gold monometallism is a 

 l!riti.-h policy, anil its adoption has brought Other nations 

 into financial servitude ID London. It i> n<>t only un- 

 American, luit ami- American, and it can be fastened mi 

 tlie I'nitcd States only by the Stirling of that indomitable 

 spirit and love ot' liberty which proclaimed our political 

 independence in 1770. and won it in the Revolution. 



We demand the tree and unlimited coinage of both 

 silver and gold at the present Ictral rati". of 10 to 1. with- 

 out waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. 

 We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a full 

 'ciidcr equally with gold for all debts, public and 

 private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent for 

 the future the demonetization of any kind ot legal tender 

 money by private contract. 



We are opposed to the policy and practice ot surren- 

 dering to the holders of the obligations of the United 

 States the option reserved by law to the Government of re 

 deeming such obligations in either silver coin or gold coin. 



We are opposed to the issuing of interest-bearing bonds 

 of the 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 tlie policy 

 of gold monometallism. 



- alone has the power to coin and issue money. 

 and President Jackson declared that this power could not 

 be delegated to corporations or individuals. We there- 

 fore denounce the issuance of notes intended to circulate 

 as money by National banks as in derogation of the 

 Constitution, and we demand that all paper winch is 

 made a legal tender for public and private debts, or 

 which is receivable for duties to the United States, shall 

 be issued by the Government of the United States, and 

 shall be redeemable in coin. 



: f. We hold that taritf duties should be levied 

 for purposes of revenue, such dm :.dju>tcd a> 



to operate equally throughout the country and not dis- 

 criminate between cla.~s or section, and that taxation 

 should be limited by the needs ot the Government, hon- 

 estly and economically administered. We denom 

 disturbing to business the Republican threat to restore 

 the McKinley law. which has twice been condemned by 

 the people in National elections, and which, enacted 

 under the false plea of protection to home industry, 

 proved a prolific breeder of trusts and monopolies, en- 

 riched the few at the expense of the many, restricted 

 trade, and deprived the producers of the great American 

 staples of access to their natural markets. 



]n:-nin~ Tar. Until the money question is settled we 

 are opposed to any agitation for further changes in our 

 taritt laws, -h as are necessary to meet the 



deficit in revenue caused by the adverse decision of the 

 Supreme Court on the income tax. But for this decision 

 by the Supreme Court, there would be no deficit in the 

 revenue under the law passed by a Democratic Co: j 

 in strict pursuance of the uniform decisions of that court 

 for nearly one hundred vears. that court having in that 

 decision sustained Constitutional objections to its enact- 

 ment which had previously been overruled by the ablest 

 judges who have ever sat on that bench. We declare that 

 it is the duty of Con_ all the Constitutional 



power which remains after that decision, or which may 

 come from its reversal by the court as it may hereafter 

 be constituted, so that the burdens of taxation may be 

 equally and impartially laid, to the end that wealth may 

 bear its due proportion of the expenses of the Govern- 

 ment. 



Innniijr'ition. We hold that the most efficient way ot 

 protecting American labor is to prevent the importation 

 of foreign pauper labor to compete with it in the home 

 market, ana that the value of the home market to our 

 American farmers and artisans is greatly reduced by a 

 vicious monetary system which depresses the pr;< 

 their products below the cost of production, and thus de- 

 prives them of the means of purchasing, the products of 

 our home manufactories : and as labor creates the wealth 

 of the country, we demand the p. 

 niav be necessary to protect it in all its rights. 



Labor Arbitration. We are in favor of the arbitration 

 of differences between employers eniraired in interstate 

 commerce and their employees, and recommend such 

 legislation as is necessary to carry out this principle. 



Triixf*. The :.' wealth by 



solidation of our leading railroad 

 mation of tru.-ts and ] IB, requin 



mand the enlargement ,,f tin- ]..,-. 

 ' 'ommisr-ion, and such 



guarantees in the control of railr<.ad.> u> will pp.t.et the 

 '"in rubbery and oppr. 



Efjinnlitnrts. 



money wruiiL' from the people l,y op 

 and the lavish appropriations of recent KepnMi.-ai; 



-.which have kept taxe- h: L 'h, while the labor that 

 pa\s them is unemployed and the producte 

 pie's toil are depressed in price till they n. ! 

 the cost of production. We demand a return to that snn- 

 plicity and economy which befit a dei. .em- 



inent, and a reduction in the number of us. 

 ,iarie> of which drain the substance of tl 



/.','//< f.v. We denounce arbitrary interfere!,- 

 Federal authorities in local affairs KB a violation of the 

 -tution of the United States and a crime airainst 

 free institutions: and we especially object to government 

 by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form ot 

 oppression, by which Federal judges, in contempt of tin- 

 laws of the States and rights ot' citizens, become at once 

 legislators, judges, and executioners: and we approve the 

 bill passed at the last session of the United Si;. 

 and now pending in the House of Representatives, relative 

 to contempts in Federal courts and providing for trials by 

 jury in certain cases of contempt. 



Paciji-- BaUroatLNo discrimination should be in- 

 dulged by the Government of the United States in favor 

 of any of its debtor?. We a ['prove of the refusal of the 

 Fifty-third Congress to pass the Pacific Railroad funding 

 bill, and denounce the efforts of the present Republican 

 Congress to enact a similar measure. 



PtHfinns. Recognizing the just claims of deserving 

 Union soldiers, we heartily indorse the rule of the 

 ent Commissioner of Pensions that no names shall be ar- 

 bitrarily dropped from the pension roll ; and the fact of 

 enlistment and service should be deemed conclusive 

 evidence against disease and disability before enlist- 

 ment. 



Territories. We favor the admission of the Territories 

 of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Arizona into the Union 

 es. and we favor the early admission of all the Ter- 

 ritories having the necessary population and resources to 

 entitle them to statehood ; and. while they remain Terri- 

 tories, we hold that the officials appointed to administer 

 the government of any Territory, together with the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia aiu\ Alaska, should be buna ji-!t resi- 

 dents of the Territory or District .in which the duties are 

 to be performed. The Democratic party believes in 

 home rule, and that all public lands of the United States 

 should be appropriated to the establishment of free homes 

 for American citizens. 



We recommend that the Territory of Alaska be granted 

 a delegate in Congress, and that "the general land and 

 timber laws of the United States be extended to said 

 Territory. 



Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine, as originally 

 declared and as interpreted by succeeding Presidents, is 

 a permanent part of the foreign policy of the United 

 States, and must at all times be maintained. 



/. We extend o:ir sympathy to the people of 

 Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and independ- 

 ence. 



We are opposed to life tenure in the 

 public service. We favor appointments based upon mer- 

 it, fixed terms of office, and such an administration of the 

 civil-service laws as will afford equal opportunities to all 

 citizens of ascertained fr 



Third T>rm. We declare it to be the unwritten law 

 of this republic, established bv custom and usage of one 

 hundred years and sanctioned by the examples of the 

 trreatest and wisest of those who founded and nave main- 

 tained our Government, that no man should be eligible 

 for a third term of the presidential office. 



Wi.itfnruys. The Federal Government should care for 

 and improve the Mississippi river and other great water- 

 ways ot the republic, so as to >ecure for the interior - 



.nd cheap transportation to tidewater. When any 

 waterway of the republic is of sufficient importance to 

 demand aid of the Government, such aid should be ex- 

 tended upon a definite plan of continuous work until per- 

 manent improvement is secured. 



.riding in the justice of our cause and the nee- 



