The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-09-14

much, much the same thing that we
righteously chastised Spain for doing in
Cuba-putting forth our efforts to crush
people whose only crime is proclaim
ing the truth that governments are con-
stituted for the benefit of the governed,
that all just government must rest on
| the consent of the governed, and who
have the courage to defend these truths
against overwhelming odds, with their
lives. We protest against the staining
OF our flag, consecrated to the cause of
liberty, not of oppression, the cause of
self-government,not of subjugation, en-
blem that we would have stand for right
not might, love, not greed, and to the
| president we say: Cease to make war
upon the Filipinos, accord to them the
right Of all men born in the image of
their Creator, the right to be free and
govern themselves; extend to them
henceforth the hand of protection, with
draw the hand of chastisement, bring
home the troops that are engaged in
the un-American work of crushing
people struggling to be free.
To an alliance with Great Britain,
whose ideals, though unfortunately
shared by our president, are not ours,
we are strenuously opposed, as we are
to entangling alliances with any foreign
nation. The Monroe doctrine we would
emphasize, and extend it so as to en-
embrace the PHILIPPINES, saying to mon
archical Europe, hands off the republics
of America and the Philippines they are
under our prOtectiOn; we cannot look
unconcernedly upon any attack on their
institutions, any interference with their
working out their destiny as republics,
and we in our turn will in the future,
as in the past, scrupulously avoid inter-
ference in European affairs.
Believing that our democracy should
be a democracy in fact as we'll as in
name, we demand that the principles of
direct legislation, the initiative and ref
erendum, be extended in our system of
government, that the people shall be
able to govern themselves, veto the acts
of their representatives who may prove
unfaithful to their trust, become their
own legislators if their representatives
refuse to obey their commands, carry
out their will. Thus would the people
ever hold the supreme power in their
own hands, thus would they hold de-
cisive check over their servants, thus
would they put those servants in great
measure beyond the reach of temptation
by putting it beyond the power of those
servants to sell out the interests of their
masters, thus would a government of,
by and for the people become fact on
earth, thus would the power of corrupt
bosses be destroyed.
We declare that where trusts and
monopolies are not the artificial crea-
ton of transportation and other dis
ordinations, and that can therefore be
destroyed by the removal of such dis
ordinations, but are the growth of
tinue to be monopolies because of the
very nature of their being, as railroads,
steam and street telegraph and tele-
phone lines, water and gas and electric
lighting plants, necessarily enjoying
special rights. that the government, the
state, the municipality, must be the
monopolist, in order that the people
may be protected in their rights. Where
monopoly cannot be destroyed, or
where, being of natural growth, it is
not to the interest of the people to de-
stroy it, the government must be the
monopolist. Private monopoly must be
a bane, government monopolization of
natural mOnOpOlies must be a. blessing.
We call upon the good people of
Pennsylvania to rise In their might and
cast down Quayism, that, in corrupt al
lance with the corporations and Demo-
cratic machine, has fastened upon our
among public officials dishonest and un-
patriotic practices, that supports and
protects industrial trusts and other I'M
lawful associations. that does not en-
force the laws when transportation
companies violate them, but connives
with Such and other corporations to
bleed the people, the machine bleeding
the corporations, and giving them in
turn free hand and help in bleeding
the people.
So do we proclaim our position, as
standing for the above things, for rule
of love on earth. not of greed; vfor lib
erty equality, fraternity, the brother
hood of man, do we, putting ouf trust
in the Infinite. with firm faith. ti1at the
truth must inssthe end prevail, that
might will not triumph over right and |
awaiting the issue with confidence, pre-
sent our ce1didAtes and ask the suf-
frages of fres men.
When Democrat tells you that his /
party is the sworn enemy Of trusts, ask |
him m ovn1oi,. ,.,h,. a. 49, ~.