The copper era., 1900-10-04
Democratic Platform.


 quickly to despotism at home. Believing in these fundamental principles, we denounce the Porto Rican Law enacted by a repuoh- can congress, against the protest and opposl- ton of the democratic minority as bold ana ! open violation of the nations organic law and a fragrant breach of the national good faith.
 We demand the prompt and honest fulhll- ment of every pledge to the Cuban people and the world that the United States has no disposition or intention to exercise sovereign ty Jurisdiction or control over Cuba, except for it's pacifcation.
 We condemn and denounCe the Philippine policy of the present administration
 We favor an immediate declaration of the nations purpose to give the Filipinos, first state government; second, independence; and third protection from outside interference.
 We are not opposed to territorial expansion when it takes desirable territory, which can be erected into states in the union, and whose people are willing and fit to become Amerl- | can citizens We favor trade expansion by every peaceful and legitimate means. But we are unalterably opposed to the selzlng or purchasing of distant islands, to be governed | outside the constitution and whose people cannot become citizens.
 We insist upon the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine.
 We oppose militarism. It means conquest abroad and intimidation and oppression at home.
 We pledge the democratic party to an un- ceasing warfare in the nation, state and city against private monopoly in every form The existing laws against trusts must be en- forced and more stringent ones enacted
 The tariff laws should be amended by put ting the products of trusts upon the free list to Dreyent monopoly under the plea Of pro- : lection. We condemn the Dingley tariff law as trust-breeding measure, skilltuly de- vised to give them a few favors, which they do not deserve and to place upon many the burdens which they should not bear We reaffirm and endorse the principles Of the national democratic platform adopted at Chicago in 1896. and we reiterate the demand of that platform for an American hnanclai system made by the American people for themselves which shall restore and maintain bi-metallic price level and as part of such system the immediate restoration of free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of i6 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other ] nation. We denounce the currency bill 1 enacted at the last session of congress- . We favor an amendment to the federal f constitution providing for the election Of
 United States senators by direct vote of the | people. We are opposed to government py q iniunction; we denounce blacklists and favor
 arbitration as means of settling disputes ' between corporations and their employees $ Tn the interest of American labor and the
 upbuilding of the working men, as corner
 stone of the prosperity of our country, we 70 recommend that congress establish depart $ ment of labor, in charge of a secretary, with
 a seat in the cabinet
 We favor the immediate construction, own a ership and control of the Nicaraguan canal r. by the United States. We denounce the fail
 ure of the republican party to carry out its
 pledges to grant statehood to the territories ,e of Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma We v favor an intelligent system of improving the arid lands of the west, storing the waters fol
 the purpose of irrigation. Believing in the -e principles of elf-government and rejecting
 as did our forefathers, the claim of tht monarchy we view with indignation the pur
 pose of England to overwhelm with force th'
 South African republics.
 $ We denounce the lavish appropriations O It the recent republican congress which hav' ly kept taxes high and which threaten the per re petuaity of oppressive war levies. H. The most dainty and effective pill
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