The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-16

against the issue of paper money by
| Dationai banks is supp ,rted by the
highest Democratic authority US well
as demonstrated by the interest OF the
people. Tha present attempt of the
national banks to force tie retirement
of United States notes and treasuTg
notes IN order to secure a basis for
larger is:ue of their own notes, illus
trates the danger which arises from
permitting them to issue their paper
as circulating medium. The nation
al bank note being redeemable in law
full money, has never been better than
the United States note which stands
behind it, and yet the banks persist
emily demand that these United States
notes which draw no interest shall
give place to interest bearing bonds in
order that the banks may coIlec! the
interest which the people now save.
To empower national banks to issue
circulating notes is to grant a valua-
bic privilege to a favored class, sur
render to private corporations the con-
troll over the volume of paper money,
and build up class which will claim
a vested interest in the national inan-
cial policy. The United States notes,
commonly known as greenbacks, be-
ing 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
! the interest haarino hon6s
A digni6ed but firm maintenance of
the foreign policy first set forth by
! President Monroe and reiterated by
the Presidents who have succeeded
him, instead of arousing hostility
abroad, IS the best guarantee Of ami
cable relations with other nations. It
is better for all concerned that the
United States should resist any exten-
sion OF European authority in the
western hemisphere rather than in
vite the continual irritation which
would necessarily result from any at
tempt to increase the influence of
monarchical institutions over that
| portion Of the America which has been
dedicated TO Republican government
No nation can afford 10 be unjust
to its defenders. The care of those
who have suffered IN the military and
naval service of the country is a sac,
red duty. a nation which, like the
United States, relied upon volunteer
service rather than upon a large
standing army, adds to its own securi-
ty when it makes generous provisions
for those who have risked their lives
in its defense, and for these who are
dependent upon them.
Labor created capital. Until wealth
is produced by application of brain
and muscle to the resources of this
country, there is nothing to divide
among the non-producing classes OF
society. Since the products of wealth
create the nations prosperity IN time
of peace and defend the nations flag
in time of peril, their interest ought
at all times 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 enact such legislation as is neces-
sary to protect the masses in the free
exercise Of every political right and in
the enjoyment of their just share of
the rewards Of their labor.
desire to give special emphasis to
The plank which recommends such
legislation as is necessary 10 secure
the arbitratian of differences between
employers engaged in interstate COM
merce and their employees. Arbitra.
tions is not new idea F.; it is simply an
extension Of the court OF justice. The
laboring men of the country have eX-
pressed a desire for arbitration and
the railroads cannot reasonably object
to the decisions rendered by az i'm
partial tribunal. Society has an in
terest even greater than the interest of
employees and has right to protect
itself by courts of arbitration against
the growing Inconvenience and en-
barrassments occasioned by disputes
by those who own the great arteries
of commerce on the one hand and the
laborers who operate them On the
other.
While the Democratic party well
comes to the country those who come
with love for our institutions and with
determination and ability to con-
tribute to the prosperity of our ma
ton, 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 Ameri-
can labor.
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
contempt cases will meet with general
approval.
The Democratic party is opposed to
trusts. It would be recreant to its
duty to the people of the country if it
recognized either the moral or the le
gal right of these great institutions of
wealth to stide competition, bankrupt
rivals and then prey upon society.
Corporations are the creatures of law
and they should not be permitted to
pass from under the power that Great.
ed them; they are permitted to exist
upon the theory that they advanced
the puolic veal and they must not be
allowed to use their powers for the
public injury.
The right of the United States gov
ernment to regulate interstate COM
naerce cannot be questioned, and the
necessity Of the vigorous exercise OF
that right is becoming more and more
imperative. The interests of the
whole people require sucn an enlarge
ment of the powers of the interstate
commerce commission as will enable
it to prevent discrimination between
persons and places and protect patrons
from unreasonable charges.
The government cannot afford to
discriminate between its debtors and
must therefore prosecute its legal