The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-07-12

W. SOhuoiifil bho DluSley thIlH INV
as q trust breeding measure skillfully
devised to give the few favors which
they do not deserve 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
individuals and communities from dis
ordinations and the public from unjust
and unfair transportation rates.
We affirm and endorse the princi-
pies of the national democratic plat
form adopted in Chicago in 1896, and
we reiterate the demand of that plat
form for an American financial system
made by the American people for them
selves, which shall restore and main
tain bimetallie price level and as part
of such system the immediate restora-
ton of the free and unlimiteds coinage
of silver and gold, at the present legal
ratio of 16 to without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation.
We denounce the currency bill en-
acted in the last session of congress as
a step forward in the republican policy
which aims to discredit the sovereign
right of the national government to is
sue all money, weether coin or paper,
and to bestow upon national banks the
power to issue and control the volume
of paper money for their own benefit.
A permanent national bank currency,
secured by government bonds, must
have permanent debt to rest upon,
and If the bank currency is to rest upon
and if the bank currency is to increase
with population and business the debt
must also increase. The republican
currency scheme is the reform scheme
for fastening upon the taxpayers pers
petual and growing debt for the benefit
of the banks. We are opposed to this
private corporation paper circulation as
money, but without legal tender quail
ties, and demand the retirement of the
national bank notes as fast as govern
ment paper or silver certificates can be
substituted for them.
We favor an amendment to the fed
eral constitution providing for the elec-
tion Of United States senators by direct
vote of the people and we favor direct
legislation wherever practicable.
We are opposed to government by by
injunction; we denounce the blacklist
and favor arbitration as a means of set-
ling disputes between corporations
and their employees.
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 department OF labor in charge
of secretary with o seat in the cabinet
believing that the elevation of the
American laborer will bring with it in.
creased production and increased pros.
perity to our country at home and tc
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 il
the Chicago platform in 1896 that tht
fact of enlistment and service shall bC
deemed conclusive evidence agains
disease and disability before enlist
ment.
We favor the immediate construction
ownership and control of the Nicara
qua canal by the United States and w
denounce the insincerity of the planl
in the national republican platform fo
an isthmian canal in the face Of th
failure of the republican party to pas
the bill pending il congress. We con
demn the Hay-P -Pauncelote treaty as
surrender Of American rights not to b
tolerated by the American people.
We denounce the failure of the re
publican party to carry out its pledges
to grant statehood to the territories o
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
and we promise the people of thos
territories immediate statehood, an
home rule during their condition as tel
ritories, and we favor the statehoo,
and home rule and territorial form G
government for Alaska and Porto Rice
We favor an intelligent system Q
improving the arid lands of the west
storing the waters for purposes of irri
cation and the holding Of such land
for actual settlers.
We favor the continuance and striC
enforcement of the Chinese exclusio
law and its application to the sam
classes Of all Asiatic races.
Jefferson said: Peace, commerc
and honest friendship with all nations
entangling alliances with none" W
approve this wholesome doctrine, an
earq9{2sstt rs ARAest sgyaisGA&tho republ
eah,tEebartlvS JIM mas iAvolyed US i
sec4lSk gdr,6AEAg the diplc
y macy ef4HT9be and the intrigue an
ADD grabbing of Asia, and we espeo
yFally condemn the ill-concealed renub1