The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-06

tempt by corporations to interfere with
the public affairs should be forbidden
under such penalties as will make such
attempts impossible.
we condemn the Dingley tariff law as
trust-breeding measure skiIlfullv de-
v1sed to give the few favors which they
do not deserve and to place the upon the
many burdens which they should 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
from determinations and the public
from unjust and unfair transportation
rates.
Reaffirm Chicago Platform.
We reaff1rm and indorse the principle
OF the national Democratic platform at
chicago in 1896 and we reiterate the
demand of that platform for an Ameri-
can financial system made by the
American people for themselves, which
shall restore and maintain a bimetallic
price level and as part Of such sys-
TEN the immediate restoration of free
and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold at the present legal ratio Of 16 to
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation.
at the last session of congress as a step
forward in the Republican policy which
aims to discredit the sovereignty of thu
national government to issue all mon
ey, whether coin or paper, and to be-
stow upon national banks the mower
to issue and control the volume Of pa
per money for their own benefit. A per
manent national bank currency, secured
by government bonds, must have st
permanent debt to rest upon, and If the
bank currency is to increase with popu-
lauon and business, the debt must also
increase. The Republican currency
scheme is therefore scheme to fast
en- upon the taxpayers a perpetual and
growing debt for the benefit Of the
banks. We are opposed to this private
corporation paper circulated as money,
but without legal tender qualities. and
demand the retirement Of the national
bank notes as fast as government pa
per or silver certificates can be sub
stituted for therm.
We favor an amendment to the fed .
eral constitution providing for the cleo
ton of United States senators by direct
vote of the people, and we favor di-
rect legislation wherever practicable
No Government by Injunction.
We are opposed to government by in
junction. we denounce the blacklist, AMI
favor arbitration as a means of settling
disputes between corporations and their
employees
In the interest Of American labor and
the uplifting of the workingmen as the
corner stone Of the prosperity of our
country, we recommend that congress
create labor department, in charge CT
a secretary with a seat in the cabinet.
believing that the elevation of the Amer
lean laborer will bring with it increased
production and increased prosperity to
our country at home and to our com
merce abroad
We are proud of the courage and fdel-
fty of the American soldiers and sail
ors in all our wars: we favor liberal
pensions to them and their families, and
we reiterate the position taken in the
Chicago platform in 1886 that the fact Of
the enlistment and service shall be
deemed conclusive evidence against dis
ease and disability before enlistment.
We favor the immediate construction,
ownership and control of the Nicarag-