erned as subject territory; regards
imperialism as the paramount is?
sue of the campaign, which, it says
means conquest abroad aud in-1 j
timidatlon aud oppression at
home and will ultimately cause
the overthrow of the Republic; re?
affirms the Monroe doctrine, de?
clares for the national guards and
that where the nation ia in danger
the volunteer soldier is the country's
best defender; declares war on trusts
and monoply and charges Republi?
cans with insincerity in its attitude
upon this question; condemns the
trusts breeding Dingley tariff; re?
affirms the principles of the money
plank of the Chicago platform; de?
nounces the currency legislation of
the Republican Congress which puts
the issuing of money in the hand of
national banka; favors the election
of Senators- by direct vote of the
people; opposes government by
injunctions: favors a department of
labor and payment of pensions to
deserving pensioners; also favors the
Nicaragua Canal, statehood for the
territories and irrigation in the West P
abd strict enforcement of the Chi?
nese exclusion act. The party wants
no entangling alliances with auy
country on earth; expresses sympa?
thy for the Boers; denounces Repub?
lican extravagance in the expendi?
ture of public funds; favors a repeal
of the war tax and appeals to the
people of the Unite States to sup*
port the party regardless of previous
party affiliations.
Virgiula News.
The Home for Confederate Women
is to be located near the soldiers'
Home, in Richmond, which has been
purchased by tbe Board of Directors,
tbe first pavmeut on the purchase
price. $9,000, having already been
made by Mrs. D. N . Burgess, secre
tary. representing the Board of Dis
reotorB.
