The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-06

less their insatiate greed is checked
all wealth viii be aggregated in few
hands and the republic destroyed. The
dishonest paltering with the trust evil
by the Republican party in state and
national platforms is conclusive proof
of the truth of the charge that trusts
are the legitimate product Of Re
publican policies, that they are fos
tered by Republican laws, and that
they are protected by the Republican
administration Sn return for campaign
subscriptions and political support.
We pledge the Democratic party 70
an unceasinS warfare in nation, state
and city against private monopoly in
every form. Existing laws against
trusts must be enforced. and more
stringent ones must be enacted pro-
viding for publicity as To the affairs
of corporations engaged in interstate
commerce and requiring all corpora
lions to show before doing business
outside Of the state of their origin, that
they have no water i'm their stock. and
that they have not attempted. and are
not attempting to mOnopolize any bus
mess or the production of any articles
of merchandise, and the whole cOnsti-
tutiOnal power Of congress over inter-
state commerce and 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 prevent
monopoly under the plea of protection.
The failure of the present Repub-
licdn administration, With an bsolute
control over all the branches of the
national government, to enact any leg
islation designed 10 prevent or even
Curtail the absorbing power of trusts
and illegal combinations. or to enforce
the antitrust laws already on the
statute books, prove the insincerity Of
the high-sOEnding phrases of the Re
publican platform.
Corporations should be protected in
all their rights and their legitimate in
tcrests should be respected, but any
attempt by corporations to interfere
with the public affairs Of the people or
TO control the sovereignty which Gre
ated them, should be forbidden under
such penalties as will make such at
tempts impossible.
We condemn the Dingley tariff law
as a 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 Cf the Interstate commission
us VIII GndDlc the tDllillSSlbl " Dip-
tect individuals and communities from
discrimination and the public from
unjust and unfair transportation rates.
FREE COINAGE.
We reaffirm and endorse the princi-
pies Of the National Democratic plat
form adopted at Chicago in 1896, and
we reiterate the demand of that plat
form fer an American financial plat
form, adopted by the American peo-
pie for themselves, which shall re-
store and maintain a bimetallic price
level, and as part of such system the
immediate restoration of the free anC
unlimited coinage of silver and GOLD
at the present legal ratio of 10 to l
without waiting for the aid or con
sent of any other nation.
CURRENCY BILL
We. denounce the currency bill en-
acted at the last session of congress
as a step forward in the Republican
policy which attempts to discredit the
sovereign right of the national govern
ment TO issue all money, whether cOir
or paper, and to bestOw upon NatiOna
banks the power to issue and cOntrO
the volume of paper money for theil
own benefit. a permanent NatiOna
bank currency. secured by government
bonds. must have a permanent debt Il
rest upon. and if the bank currency i;
to increase with population and bust
ness the debt must also increase
The Republican currency scheme i
therefore a scheme for fastening uDOI
the taxpayers a perpetual and growing
debt for the benefit of the banks. w,
are opposed to this private corporation
PaTer circulated as money, but with
the retirement of National bank note!
as fast as the government paper o.
silver certificates can be substituted
for them.
ELECTION OF SENATORS.
We favor an amendment to the fed
eral constitution providing for the cleo
tion of United States senators by di
rect vote of the people, and we faVO
direct legislation wherever practicable
We are opposed to government by in
junction. we denOunce the blacklist
and favor arbitration as a means o
settling disputes between corporation
and their employees.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
In the interest of American labor ant
the up-buildnS of the working man. a
the cornerstone of the prosperity o
our country, we recommend that con
greSs create department of labor, il
charge of a secretary. with a seat in tn
cabinet believing that the elevation o
the American laborer Will bring witt
il increased production and increase,
prosperity TO our country at home an,
10 our commerce abroad.
LIBERAL PENSIONS.
We are proud of the courage ant
fidelity of the American soldiers an,
sailors in all our wars we favor liberia
pensions To them and their dependents
and we reiterate the position taken il
the Chicago platform of 1896, that tn
fact Of enlistment and service shall b
deemed conclusive evidence agains
disease and disability before enlist
ment-
NICARAGUA CANAL.
We favor the immediate construction
ownership and control of the Nicara
guam canal by the United States. an,
We denounce the insincerity of tn
plank in the Republican national plat
form for an isthmian canal, in the fac
of failure of a Republican majority {
pass the Dill pending in congress. w
condemn the ay-Pauncefote treat,
as surrender Of American rights an,
interests not To- be tolerated by tn
American people.
STATEHOOD PLEDGE.
We dCnuunce the failure of the Re
publican party to carry out it's pledge
to grant statehood To the territories o
Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma
and we promise the people of those ter
TitUTies immediate statehood and hom
rule during their condition as terrific
ries, and we favor home rule as a terri
toriai form of government for Alask;
and Porto Rico.
We favor an intelligent system o
improving the arid lands of the West
storing the waters for PURPOSES of il