The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-07-13


Of congress over interstate commerce, the
mails and all modes or interstate COM
municaton shall be- exercised by the en-
actmCnt OF comprehC nsiVe laws upon the
subject of trusts.
''fhe tariff laws should be amended
by putting the products of trusts upon
the free list to prevent monopoly under
the plea of protection.
'"rhe failure OF the present republican
administration, with an absolute control
over all branches CT the national gov
eminent, to enact any legislation TO pre-
vent or even curtail the absorbing power
Of trusts and Illegal combinations or TO
enforce the antitrust laws already on
tn statute books proves the insincerity
o. the high-sounding PHRASES Of the re-
publican platform.
Corporations should be protected In
all their rights and their legitimate in
terests should be respected, but any at
tempt by corporations 10 interfere with
the public affairs OF the people or to
control the sovereignty which creates
them should be forbidden under such
penalties as will make such attempts inn
possible We condemn the Dingley tariff
/ law as a trust-breeding measure, skill
| fully devised to give the few rayors which
| they do not desire, anu to place upon
the many burdens which they should not
| bear.
| 1--WE favor such an enlargement of the
scope of the interstate commerce law as
will enable the commission to protect in
dividuals and communities from discrim-
| nations and the pubic from unjust and
unfair transportation rates.
Free silver Plank.
eve reafl1rm and indorse the principles
| of the national democratic platform
adopted at Chicago in 1896 and we reit-
crate the demand of that platform for
an American financial system made, by
the American people for themselves
which shall restore and maintain a BIZ
metallic price level and as part of
such system the immediate restoration
OF free and unlimited coinage of silver
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to l without waiting for the aid or con-
sent of any other nation.
| 1--WE denounce the currency law en-
acted at the last session OF congress. as
a step forward in the republican policy,
| which aims to discredit the sovereign
right of the national government to is
sue all money, whether coin or paper,
and to bestow upon national banks the
| power to issue and control the volume
Of paper money for their own benefit
| "A permanent national bank currency,
secured by government bonds, must nave
permanent debt to rest upon. and If the
| bank currency Is to increase with popu-
lation and business the debt must also
increase. The republican currency
ening on the taxpayers a perpetual and
growing debt for the benefit of the
banks.
1--WE are opposed to the private corpo-
ration paper circulated as money, but
without legal tender qualities and de-
mand the retirement OF national bank
notes as fast as paper or silver certih-
Gates can be substituted for them.
Election of Senators and Other Plsnks.
I'VE favor an amendment. to the fed
eral constitution providing for the cleo
ton of United States senators by direct
vote of the people.
eve are opposed to government by i'm
junction; we denounce the blacklist, and
favor arbitration as a means of settling
disputes between corporations and their
employees.
I'm the interest of American labor and
the upbuilding of the workingman, as
the cornerstone of tie prosperity of our
country. we recommend that congress
create department of labor, in charge
of a secretary, with a seat in the cabi-
net, believing that the elevation of the
American laborer Will bring with 1t in
creased production and increased pros
perity to our country at home and tc
our commerce abroad
1--WE are proud of the courage and fl.
deity of the American soldiers and sail.
ors in all of our wars; we favor liberia
oensions To them and their dependents
anG we ref.erate the position ta.-an in the
Chicago platform in 1896 that the fact Of
enlistment and service shall be deemed
conclusive evidence against disease anC
disability before enlistment
I'VE favor the immediate construction
ownership and control oe the Nicaragua
canal by the United States, and we de
I nounce the insincerity or the plank in tn,
, national republican platform for an 18th
! milan canal in face of the failure of tn,
republican majority to pass the bill pend
, ing in congress.
: treaty as a surrender of American rights
! and interests, not to be tolerated by thu
American people,
l 1--WE denounce the failure of the republi
can party to carry out its pledges to gran
statehood to the territories of Arizona
. New Mexico and Oklahoma, and WI
promise the people, of those territorie
/, immediate statehood and home rule dur
i ing their condition as territories, and w
favor home rule and a territorial form
, of government for Alaska and Porto Rico
I'VE favor an intelligent system of i'm
: proving the arid lanos of the west, stor
! ing the waters for the purpose of irri
: cation and the holding of such lands 70
: actual settlers.
: 1--WE favor the continuance and stric
! enforcement of the Chinese exclusion Law
q and its application to the same classes o
Asaitic races.
Jefferson said: Peace, commerce an
n honest friendship with all nations. en-
: tangling alliance with none
: Owe approve this wholesome doctrine
1 and earnestly protest against the rcpub
: lcan departure, which has involved u
s in so-called world politics, including tn
I diplomacy of Europe and the intrigu
I anu land grabbing of Asia, and we es
y lican alliance with England, which mus
: mean discrimination against othe
friendly nations, and which has alread
e stitled the nations voice, while liberty
: being strangled in Africa.
3 Believing in the principles of self-gov
j eminent and rejecting as did our fore
q fathers, the claim of monarchy, we vieN
= with indignation the purpose OF Englan
: to overwhelm with force the South Afri
+ can republic.
II speaking, as we believe, for the Amer
lean nation except the republican offic
holders, and for all free men everywhere
we extend our sympathies to the heroi
: burgheTs in their unequal struggle I
J. maintain their liberty and independence
g 1--WE denOunce the lavish augmentation
e ofrecent republican congresses, which hav
r kept taxes high. and which threaten tn
- perpetuation of the oppressive war levies
y We oppose the accumulation of a surplu
) to be squandered in sucn bareface
It frauds upon the taxpayers as the shiI
ping subsidy bill which,, under the falls
/ pretense of prosperng American shiI
: building, would put unearned millions in
l. to the pockets of taVorite contributor
n to the republican campaign fund w
/ favor the reduction and speedy re
d peal of the war taxes anu a return {
IS I'VE favor the reduction and speed
e repeal of the war taxes. and return I
Y; the time-honored democratic policy {
a strict economy in government expend
Is lures.
m believing that our most cherished ir
u situations are in great peril: that the yer
e existence of our constitutional republl
&c Is at stake, and that the decision 20 /
n rendered will determine whether or No
&c our children are to enjoy those blesse
privileges Of free government which hav
made the United States great prosperou
and honored, we earnestly ask for tn
re foregoing declaration OF principles III
Il hearty support Of tine liberty-lovin