The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-10
is to assert that we have a government
form, but without vital force.
NATIONAL BANK CURRENCY

NATIONAL BANK CURRENCY
THE position taken by the platform
against the issue of paper money by ma.
tional banks is supported by the highest
democratic authority, as well as demand
ed by the interests of the people. The
present attempt of the national banks to
force the retirement of United States
notes and treasury notes in order to Sc
cure basis for a larger issue of their
own notes, illustrates the danger which
arises from permitting them to issue their
paper as circulating medium The ma
tlonal bank note, being redeemable in law
tul money, has never been better than
the United States note, which stands be-
hlnd II, and yet the banks persistently
demand that these United States notes
which draw no interest shall give place
to Understanding bonds, in order that
the banks may collect the interest which
the people now save. To empower ma
tional banks to issue circulating notes IA
to grant a valuable privilege to a favored
class, surrender to private corporations
the control over the volume of paper
money, and build up a class which viii
claim a vested interest in the national
financial policy.
The United States notes, commonly
known as greenbacks, beeing redeemable
in either gold or silver at the option of
the government and not at the option of
the holder, are safer and cheaper for the
people than the national bank notes
based upon Understanding bonds.
MONROE DOCTRINE
"a dignihed, but firm, maintenance of
the foreign policy first set forth by Presi-
dent Monroe, and reiterated by the Presi-
dents who have succeeded him. instead
of arousing hostility abroad, is the best
guarantee of amicable relations with
other nations. 1t is better for all con-
haf
sist any extension of European authority
in the western hemisphere rather than
invite the continual irritation which would
necessarily result from any attempt to in
crease the influence of monarchial insti-
tutions over that portion of the Americas
which has been dedicated to republican
government.
PENSIONS
mo nation can afford to be unjust to it's
defenders. The care of those who have
suffered in the military and naval SER
vice of the country is a sacred duty. A
nation which, like the United States. re-
lies upon volunteer service rather than
upon large standing army, adds to its
own security when it makes generous pro-
vision for those who have risked their
lives in its defense, and for those who are
dependent upon them.
THE PRODUCERS OF WEALTH
Labor creates capital. Until wealth is
produced by application of brain and mus
Gle to the resources of this country there
is nothing to divide among the non-pro-
ducing classes Of society. Since the pro-
ducts of wealth create the nations pros
perity in time of peace, and defend the
nations flag in time of peril, their inter
ests ought at all time to be considered by
those who stand in official positions. The
democratic party has ever found it's vot-
ing strength among those who are proud
to be known as the common people, and
pledges itself to propose and enact such
legislation as is necessary to protect the
masses in the free exercise of every po-
ltical right, and in the enjoyment of their
just share of rewards of their labor
ARBITRATION
Il desire to give special emphasis
to the plank which recommends such
legislation as is necessary to secure
the arbitration of differences between en-
ployers engaged in interstate commerce
and their employees. Arbitration is not
new idea it is simply an extension of the
court of justice. The laboring men of the
country have expressed a desire for arbi-
tration, and their desires cannot object to
decisions rendered by an impartial tribu-
nal. Society has an interest even greater
than the interest of employers, and has
right to protect itself by courts of arbi
tration against the growing inconvenience
and embarrassments occasioned by dis
putes by those who own the great arteries
of commerce on the one hand and the la
borers who operate them upon the other.
IMMIGRATION
while the democratic party well
comes to the country those who
come with love for our institutions ana
with determination and ability to contri-
butte to the prosperity of our nation, it is
opposed to the dumping of criminal classes
upon our shores and to the importation of
either pauper or contract labor to compete
with American labor.
INJUNCTIONS-
1.-THE recent abuses which have
grown out of injunction proceedings
have been so emphatically condemned by
public opinion that the Senate bill pro-
viding for trial by jury in certain con-
tempt cases will meet with general APP
proval.
TRUSTS
1.-The democratic party is opposed to
trusts 1t would be recreant to its duty
to the people of the country if it recog-
nized either the moral or the legal right
of these great aggregatiQps Of wealth to
stife competition, bankrupt rivals and
then prey upon society. Corporations are
the creatures of law, and they must not
be permitted to pass from under the coi-
troll of the power which created them
they are permitted to exist upon the the
DRY that they advance the public veal,
and they must not be allowed to use their
powers for the public injury.
RAILROADS
1.-THE right of the United States govern
ment to regulate interstate commerce can
not be questioned, and the necessity FOR
the vigorous exercise of that right is be-
coming more and more imperative. The
interests of the whole people require such
an enlargement of the powers OF the In
terstate commerce commission as will en-
able it to prevent discrimination between
persons and places. and protect patrons
from unreasonable charges.
PACIFIC RAILROADS
1.-THE government cannot afford to dis
criminate between its debtors, and must,
therefore, prosecute its legal claims
against the Pacific railroads. Such pol
icy is necessary for the protection of the
rights of the patrons as well as for the
interests of the government