The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-09-18

Corporations Ina Politics.
 The democratic party makes no war upon honestly acquired wealth; neither does it seek to embarrass corporations engaged in legitimate business, but it does protest against corporations en- terlng politics, and attempting to as sume control of the instrumentalities of government A corporation is not organized for political purposes, and should be compelled to confine itself to the business described in Its char ter Honest corporations engaged in an honest business, will find it to their advantage to aid in the enact ment of such legislation as will pro-, tect them from the undeserved odium which will be brought upon them by those corporations which enter the po- litical arena
 Interstnte Commerce.
 The republican party has consistently refused to comply with the urgent re- quest of the, interstate commerce com mission, for such an enlargement of the scope of the interstate commerce law as will enable the commission to realize the hopes aroused by its creation. The democratic party Is pledged to legis- latlon which will empower the commits sion to protect Individuals and com- lnunitiea from discrimination, and the public at large from unjust and uafair transportation rates.
 The Financial Plank.
 The platform relterates the demand contained in the Chicago platform for an American financial system made by the American people for themselves. The purpose of such a system is to re- store and maintain q bimetallic level of prices and in order that there may be no uncertainty as to the method of re- storing bimetallism, the specific declar- ation in favor of free and unlimited coinage at the existing ratio of 16 to 1, independent of the action of other na tions, is repeated In 1896 the republi- can party recognized the necessity for bimetallism by pledging the party to an earnest effort to secure an interna- tional agreement for the free coinage of silver and the president, immediate ly after his inauguration, by authority of congress, appointed a commission composed of distinguished citizens to
  Secretary Hay, in a letter written to Lord Aldenham in November, 1S9S and afterwards published in England, de- Clared that at that time the president and a majority of his cabinet still be- lieved in the great desirabilty of an international agreement for the restor- alton of the double standard, but that it did not seem opportune to reopen the negotiations just then. The tinan- cial law enacted less than year ago contains a concluding section declar- ing that the measure was not intend- ed to stand in the way of the restora ton of himetallism, whenever 1t could | be done by cooperation with other na- tions, The platform submitted to the | last republican convention with the in- dorsement of the administration again | suggested the possibility of securing | foreign aid in restoring silver. Now the republican party for the y first time, openly abandons its advo- ,acy of the double standard, and in- lorses the monetary system which it nas so often and so emphatically con- 1emned, The democratic party, on the remains the steadfast adv O. ,ate of the gold and silver coinage of | he constitution, and is not willing -hat other nations shall determine for Us the time and manner of restoring silver to it's ancient place as a stand ,rd money. The ratio of 16 to 1 is not )nly the ratio now existing between Ill the gold and silver dollars in cir 'ulation in this country, a ratio which wen the republican administration has lot attempted to change but 1t is the nly ratio advocated by those who are eeklng to reopen the hints Whether he senate, now hostile to bmetallism, an be changed during this campaign r the campaign of 1902 can only be de- ermned after the votes are counted, nut neither the present nor the future political complexion of congress has prevented or should prevent an an- of the party's position up- n this subject in unequivocal terms. The currency bill, which received the |