The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-07-14
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ihs =, M ,enublican party In state and
rational platforms is conclusi'e PROOF OF
Inc truth of the charge that trusts are
W iagitipeate product of republican poll
icies. that they are fostered py repupiic-
an laws. and that they are io pro in ! py
FOR campaign subscriptions and political
support. -
We pledge the democratic party to an
unceasing warfare Ia mnnaoniv tn srv
form. Existing laws against trusts must
be enforced and more stringent ones must
he enacted providing for publicity as to
me affairs OF corporations engaged in in
~terstate and requiring all cor
porations to show, before doing business
they have no water in their stock an6
that they have not attempted and are
not attempti m tho 10 m9ndHp9tiias OF ans sn Srs ansin
cles of merchandise; and the whole con-
stitutional power OF congress over inter-
state commerce, the mails and all modes
Of Interstate communication shall. be ex-
ercised by the enactment OF comprehen-
sive laws upon the subjects of trust. lar
III laws should be amended by putting the
products of trusts upon the free list to
prevent monopoly under the plea of pro-
lection.
ration. with an absolute control
over all the branches of the national Sov-
eminent. TO enact any legislation de-
signed to prevent or even curtail the alb
sorbing power OF trusts and illegal COM
binations.o or to enforce the antitrust laws
already on the statute books, proves the
insincerity Of the high-sounding phi Asses
/ Of the republican platform.
Corporations should be protected in all
their rights and their legitimate interests
should be respected: but any attempt by
corporations 10 interfere with the public
affairs of the people, or to control the SOW
ereignty which creates them, should be
forbidden under such penalties as will
make such attempts Impossible.
We condemn the Dingley tariff law as
a trust-breeding measure skillfully de-
vised to give the few favors which they
many burdens which they shoue not
bear. We favor such an enlargement
Of the scope of the interstate commerce
law as will enable the commission to
protect individuals and communities to
discrimination and the public from I'M
just and unfair transportation rates
The Plank.
We reafirm and indorse the principles
of the national democratic platform adop-
ed at Chicago in 1896, and we reiteratc the
demand of that platform for an American
financial system, made by the American
people for themselves. which shall re-
store and maintain a bimetallic price
level, and as part of such system, the res
toration of the free and unlimited coinage
r ito of lG TO l. without waiting for the aid
} or consent of any other nation.
National Bank Currency.
We denounce the currency bill enacted
at the last session of congress as a steI
/ forward in the republican policy. which
/ aims to discredit the sovereign right o
: the national government to issue al
: money, whatever, coin or paper. and to be
! stow upon national banks the power Il
) issue and control the volume of pape
money for their own benefit. A permanen
. national bank currency secured by soy
rnmen bonds must. have a permanen
: debt to rest upon. and II the bank curren
a cy is to increase with population and Dusi
: ness. the debt must also increase.
I The republican currency scheme !
therefore a scheme for fastening upon tn
I taxpayers a perpetual and growing deb
i for the benefit of the banks. We are op
d posed to this private corporation plpe
tender qualities and demand the retire
n ment of the national bank notes as East a
7 government paper or silver certl1cate
can be substituted for them.
We favor an amendment to the federf
constitution providing for the election c
United States senators by direct vote c
the people, and we favor direct legislatio
wherever practicable.
y In Behalf Of Labor.
l. We are opposed to government ny II
junction; we denounce the black list IN
favor arbitration as a means of settiin
disputes between corporations and the
s. employees.
II In the interest of American labor an
Is the upbuilding of the w-orkingman as
cornerstone of the prosperity OF our coui
81 try, we recommend that congress creal
& a department of labor. In charge of
ST secretary, with a seat in the cbainet, b.
lieving that the elevation of the America
lie laborer will bring with II increased pr
m duction and increased prosperity 20 OF
b. country at home and to our CONNER
abroad. =,
American soldiers and sailors in all Of
n wars; we favor liberal pensions to the
" and their dependents, and we reitera
fit form in 1s96-that the fact of enlistmel
or and service shall be deemed conclusi'
I'D evidence against disease and disability b
r fore enlistment.
sc The Nicaragua Canal.
an We favor the immediate constructio
ownership and control of the Nicaragu;
canal by the United States and we d
e. nounce the insincerity. of the plank
Cd isthmian canal In the face of the failu
Of the republican majority TO pass t
bill pending in congress:
We condemn the Hay-Pauncefote trea
as a surrender Of American rights a
Interests, not to be tolerated by t
Nv American people.
,tc Territories and Statehood.
its We denounce the failure of the rep
ue lican party to carry out its pledges .
ISL grant statehood to the territories of A
re- IONA, New Mexico and Oklahoma, ana
In promise the people of those territories
statehood and home rule during their CO
Is- ditions as territories. and We afvor no
- rule and a territorial form of governm'
for Alaska and Porto Rico.
We favor an intelligent system OF
proving the arid lands of the west, st
ing the waters for purposes of irrigat
at and the holding Of such lands for act
en- settlers.
We favor the continuance and strict
icy forcement of the Chinese exclusion !
is and its application to the same classes
his all Asiatic races.
yed Jefferson said: Peace, commerce
the honest, friendship with all nations;
lire tangling alliances with none"
Of We approve this wholesome doctri
In and earnestly protest against the rep
iican departure, which has involved us
OF so-calied world politics. including
ity, diplomacy of Europe and the intri
airy and land-grabbing of Asia, and We es
cially condemn the il-concealed repuh
tial an alliance with England, which m
At mean discrimination against other frie
err iy nations. and which has already sti
: in the nations voice, while liberty Is be
ior, stified in Africa.
The Boer Republics.
Believing in the principles of sells
,on- eminent and rejecting, as did our for
on theirs the claim Of monarchy, we Y
ong with Indignation the purpose of Engl
free to overwhelm with force the South a
our can republicans. Speaking, as we bell
viii for the entire American nation, except
e a republican oficeholders, and for all
men verywh we extend our syn