Tlmt a change is necessary is proved by an ex
isting surplus of more than Slod.mHMHXi. which
Has yarly been collected from a sutTering people
Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation We
denounce tin*’republican partv f. r having failm
to relieve the people from erusbiug war taxes,
w kiieli have paralyzed business, ci ippled indii; Hy.
and deprived labor of employin'* .t n-.d its jiisi
rewttr<l. The democracy ifledges itself to purify
the admiiiistralion from eorruptfon, to re
store ec u -my, to revive icspecl hr
law. to reduce taxation to the lowest bu.it coihist
eut with due regard Jo the pre .-rv iim of the
faith of the nation to its ctvditers and pension
ers. Knowing full well, ho,v.-\er, that i-gislatiA
affecting the occupations of tic* p.op!e *•- jiould l e
cautions and convcrsative iu method, and not iu
advance <*f public opinion, but responsive te i’s
Tin* democrat ie party is pledged to revise lie
tariff in n spirit of t.vme ss to all nitcivsis.
