The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-10

and muscle to the resources of this !
country, there is nothing to divide /
among the non-producing classes of /
society. Since the producers of wealth /
create the nations prosperity in peace, |
and defend the nations flag in time OF +
peril, their interest ought at all times /
to be considered by those who stand |
in official positions. The Democratic |
party has ever found its voting |
strength among those who are proud |
to be known as the common people,
and it pledges itself to propose and en- |
act such Legislation as is necessary to
protect the masses in the free exercise
of every political right and the enjoy
ment of their just share of the rewards
of their labor.
ARBITRATION or DISPUTES.
desire to give special emphasis 10
the plank which recommends such leg
islation as is necessary to secure the
arbitration of differences between en-
ployers engaged in interstate com
merce and their employees. Arbitration
is not new idea-it is simply the ex-
tension of the court of Justice The Ia
boring men of the country have eX
pressed a desire for arbitration, and
the railroads cannot reasonably OBJ
iect to the decisions rende ed by an inn
partial tribunal. Society has an in-
terest even greater than employer and
employe, and has q right to protect it.
self by courts of arbitration against
the growing inconvenience and embar-
rassment occasioned by disputes be-
tween those who own the great arteries
of commerce on the one hand, and the
laborers who operate them, on the
other hand.
FOREIGN IMMIGRATION.
| While the Democratic party well
| comes no the country those who come
with love for our institutions and
with the determination and ability
| to contribute TO the strength and
| greatness of our nation, it is opposed
| to dumping ont criminal classes upon
our shores and to the importation of
| either pauper or contract labor to COM
pete with American labor.
TRIAL BY INJUNCTION.
The recent abuses which have grown
| out of Injunction proceedings have
| been so condemned by public opinion
that the Senate bill providing for trial
| by jury in certain contest cases viii
meet with general approval.
OPPOSITION TO TRUSTS.
The Democratic party is opposed to
| trusts. Tt would be recreant to it's
| duty to the people if it recognized
/ either the moral or the legal right of
| these great aggregations of wealth to
| stifle competition, bankrupt rivals and
/ then prey upon society. Corporations
4 1ox
| not be permitted to pass from under
the control of the power which created;
| they are permitted to exist on the
theory that they advance The public
| veal, and they must not be allowed to
use their powers for the public injury.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
The right of the United States gov
ernment to regulate interstate com
merce cannot be questioned and the
| necessity for the vigorous exercise Of
| that right is becoming more and more
imperative. The interests of the whole
people require such an enlargement of
| the powers of the Interstate Commerce
| Commission as will enable it to prevent
discrimination between persons and
places and protect patrons from un-
| reasonable charges.
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS.
The government cannot afford to
discriminate between its debtors and
must therefore prosecute its legal
claims against the Pacific railroads.
Such policy is necessary for the pro-
lection of the rights of patrons, as well
as for the interests of the government
SYMPATHY FOR CUBA.
The people of the United States, hap
py in the enjoyment of.the blessings OF
free government feel a generous sym
pathy toward all who are endeayoring
70 secure hike blessings for themselves.
This sympathy, while respecting all
treaty obligations, is especially active
and earnest when excited by the strug-
giles of reighboring peoples, who, like
the Cubans, are near enough to observe
tn workings of a government which de
rives all its authority from the consent
Of the governed.
LIFE TENURE OF OFFICE.
That the American people are not il
favor of life tenure in the government
service is evident from the fact that
they, as rule, make frequent changes
in their official Representatives, when
those representatives are chosen by
ballot A permanent office-holding
class is not in harmony with our in
stltutions. fixed term in appointive |
offices, except where the Federal Con- !
stltution now provides otherwise, !
would open the public service to a lar