Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-07-13

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I'd stale militia IRE amply sufficient In time
OF peGoe This republic has no place for a
/ vac, military .eTvice and CONSUMPTION.
la Hmc ol danger the volunteer soldier is
( his eountEy's best defender. The National
! Guard Of the United States should ever be
/ cherished in the patriotic hearts OF free
/ people. Such organizations are ever an ele
ment OF strength and safety. For the first
time in our history and cOevil with the
Philippine conquest has there been whole.
sale departure from our time honored and
approved system of volunteer organiza-
ton. We denounce IL as un-American, I'M
Democratic and un-Republican, and as
subversion Of the ancient and fixed princl-
piles OF free people.
Private monopolies are indefensible and
intolerabe. They destroy competition, con.
troll the price of material and OF the finished
| product, thus robbing both producer and
consumer. They lessen the employment OF
labor and arbitrarily fix the terms and con
ditions thereof and deprive individual en-
| ergy and small capital of their opportunity
| for betterment. They are the most efficient
means yet devised for appr0priatlng the
| fruits Of industry TO the benefit OF the few at
the expense Of the many, and unless their
insatiate greed is checked all wealth viii be
aggregated in a few hands and the republic
destroyed.
The dishonest paltering with the trust
evil by the Republican in state and Ma
tional platforms is conclusive proof OF the
truth Of the charge that trusts are the legiti-
mate product Of Republican policies, that
they are fostered by Republican laws and
that they are protected by the Republican
Administration for campaign subscriptions
and political support.
We nladup tho Democratic ma rtV In an n NJ
ceasing warfare In Nation, State and city
against private monopoly in every form
Existing laws against trusts must be en-
forced and more stringent ones must be en-
acted providing for publicity as to the affairs
OF corporations engaged Interstate com
merce, requiring all corporations to show,
before doing business outside the State OF
their origin, that they have no water in
their stock and that they have not attempt
ed , and are not attempting, TO monopolize
any branch of business or the production of
any articles Of merchandise, and the whole
constitutional power OF Congress over inter.
state commerce, the mails and all modes OF
interstate communication shall be exercised
by the enactment Of comprehensive laws
upon the subject OF trusts.
Tariff laws should be amended by putting
the products of trusts upon the free list, TO
plGNCut tuOubpOlJ thp piCh VI PiCeSS
ton.
The failure of the present Republican Ad'
ministration, with an absolute control over
all the branches of the national Govern
ment, to enact any legislation designed TO
prevent or even curtail the absorbing power
of trusts and illegal combinations, or TO en-
force the antitrust laws already on the
statue books proves the insiDcerity OF the
high sounding phrases of the Republican
platform.
Corporations should be protected in all
their rights and their legitimate interests
should be respected, but any attempt by
corporations to interfere with the public
affairs of the people TO control the sover
eighty which creates them, should be for
hidden under such penalties as will make
such attempts impossible.
We condemn the Dingley Tariff law as a
trust breeding measure skilluly devised to
give the few favors which they do not de-
serve and TO place 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 in
dividuals and communities from dlscrimina.
lions and the public from unjust and unfair
transportation rates.
We reafflrm and indorse the principles of
the National Democratic platform adopted
at Chicago in 1896, and we reiterate the de
mand OF that platform for an American
financial system made by the American
people for themselves which shall restore
and maintain bimetallic price level, and as
part of such system the immediate restora-
ton OF free and unlimited coinage of silver
and gold at the present legal ratio of 10 to
without waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation.
We denounce the Currency bill enacted
at the last session of Congress as a step for
ward In the Republican policy which aims
TO the discredit of the sovereign right OF the
National Government to issue all money,
whether coin or paper, and to bestow upon
national banks the power to issue and con-
troll the volume of paper money for their
own benefit. A permanent national bank
currncy, secured by Government bonds,
must have permanent debt to rest upon
and if the bank currency is to increase the
debt must also increase. The Republican
currency scheme is therefore scheme for
fastening upon the taxpayers perpetual
and growing debt.
We arc opposed to this private corpora
ton paper circulated as money, but without
legal tender qualities, and demand the re-
tirement of the national bank notes as fast
as Government paper or silver certificates
can be substituted for them.
We favor an amendment to the Federal
Constitution providing for election of United
States Senators by the direct vote OF the
people, and we favor direct legislation wher
ever practicable.
We are opposed to government by iniunc-
ton; we denounce the blacklist and favor
arbitration as a means of settling disputes
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In the interest of American labor and the
uplifting of the workingman, as the corner
stone OF the prosperity of our country, we
recommend that Congress create Depart.
ment of Labor in charge of a Secretary with
a seat in the Cabinet, believing that the ele-
walton of the American laborer will bring
with 1t increased protection and increased
prosperity to our country at home and TO
our commerce abroad.
We are proud of the courage and fidelity
of the American soldiers and sailors in all
our wars; we favor liberal pensions TO them
and their dependents, and We reiterate the
position taken in the Chicago platform of
1895 that the fact OF enlistment and service
shall be deemed conclusive evidence against
disability before enlistment.
We favor the immediate construction
ownership and control of the Nicaragua ca
ual by the United States, and We denounce
the insincerty oil the plank in the Repub.
licau platform for an isthmain canal in face
of the failure of the Republican majority on
this subject TO pass such a bill in Congress
We condemn the HayPaunceiote treaty
as surrender OF American rights and in
terests not to be tolerated by the American
people.
We deuounce the failure of the Republi.
can party TO carry out its pledges To grant
Statehood TO the Territories of Arizona
New Mexico and Oklahoma. W. promise
the people of these territories immediate
Statehood and home rule during their con.
dtion as Territories, and We favor home
rule and territorial form of government
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