The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-05


erous as the lice and locusts of Egypt.
Their high protective tariff is the mother
of trusts
"FouJth. This administration came into
power with a solemn declaration ia favor
of bi-metallism and pledge to promote
1t 1t has failed to keep that pledge Ii
has erected in its stead the single stand
ald of Id, and has endeavored to de-
stroy all hope Of bimetallism. In doing
this, it has built up powerful national
bank trust, and has gwen us a currency
based upon the debts and liabilities OF
the government We stand for bl-metal-
lisn and not for mono-metallic stand
ard CT either one or the other metal.
Fifth. The dominant party has re-
Gently MADE the fraudulent declaration
that it favored the Monroe doctrine; and
yet their pres dent and Sc re.ary OF state
have doue all in their power co nuliify
and abrogate that famous and much re-
Nered Iemocra ic doctrine. In the name
OF it's Democratic author, James Men
roe, l denounce their Wanted advocacy
of this truly American doctrine as false
and hypocritical We stand for this doc
trine in its essence and form, and de-
mand its rigid enforcement
sixth In order 10 obtain place and
power they alet & d IL emselyes, ia the in
terest of an expandltg commerce. to con-
great oceans. They have repudIated this
pre- mise. They have negotiated the Hay
PauRcefote treaty which, while II vir-
tually abrogates the Monroe doctrine,
renders it impossible to build an Ameri-
can canal. Under the terms and provis-
ions of this treaty which is English and
not American, the canal can never be
constructed We stand for an American
canal owned, constructed operated and
fortified by America.
Seventh, They declared in their plat
form that their party was responsible
FOR the melt system, that it was their
creature and that the civil service law
should be protected and its operation ex-
! tended. Their protection of this law has
| been such as the wolf gives the lamb.
They old NOT dare openly repeal the law
or to modify it by an act of Congress-
but they have insiduousy by an order
from the President extorted from him 10
| aid them TO obtain and hold political row.
er, greatly impaired the efficiency of the
law. by the Pre- sldents order many thou
| sand lucrative Offices regularly covered
! by the civil service law were taken from
under the nroeeiion and these places
turned over to his partisan followers in
vain effort to satisfy their political
greed.
Eighth. They declared in their plat
form in favor of the admission of the
territori-s of Arizona, New Mexico, and
Oklahoma as states of the Union, yet,
after nearly four years of full power
they are sin territories. Under the wick
ed rule of law as now applied by the Re
publican party to some of our territories
they may at an early date find erected
| between themselves and the balance of
the Union a tariff wall which will serve
to paup fize them while 1t enriches 9TH
era
Ninth When Congress last assembled
the President in his first utterance adj
dressed TO the representa- ives fresh from
the people solemnly urged upon them
that 1t was the plain duty to give free
trade TO Porto Rico. His party leaders,
quick to obey his injunction. made ready
TO comply with his recommendations. But
IN a night, almost in the twinkIing of
an eye the mighty magnates of the trusts
swept down up9n Washington, and inter-
posed their strong arm, and plain duty
vanished like mist before the rising sun.
The President wheeled into line the Re-
publican party reversed its policy. and set
up tariff wall between the island Of
Porto Rico and the remainder of the
United States. 1t is not at all surprising
that in the recent somewhat lengthy de-
clarations of principles enunciated by the
party in convention assembled while they
enlarged upon almost every political
question they could not find the space
TO point with pride to the achievements
of their party in its dealings with that
unhappy Island,
The Democratic party stands for equal
taxation, equal rights, and opportunities
to all who come under the folds Of the
flag.
Tenth. They wholly failed by their leg
islation or by the cheaper method Of plat
form declaration to tell the country what
their policy is in respect to the Philip
pine Islands, For two years by their
equivocating policy. and no policy at all.
they have continued in that archipelago
a war, expansive in human blood, as we'll
as in money. Incompetent 10 deal with
this question, and to cowardly avow their
real purpose of Imperialism and militsEz
ism in dealing with these and kindred coli
onial questions they should be ratired
from power, and the control should be
given to "a party honest, bold and patri-
cite enough. to apply American. theories
and precepts to existing conditions and
thereby solve them in harmony with the
underlying principles of the declaration
OF Independence and the constitution of
our country.
Eleventh. Another part of the issue
of the campaign this year is the scandal
Gus dealings of high cabinet officer with
private banks of the country. These
scandals are notorious and are based
upon the earnest and repeated written
demands of the officers of some Of these
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