The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Imperialism Announced N the Para.
mount Issue.
Kansas City, July 6.-Followina ID
the Official text OF the platform -
sgeed upon by the committee ON reso.
lutions and presented to the conven.
tiOn:
We. the representatives of the Demo.
cratic party of the United States, as.
sembled in national convention on the
anniversary Of the adoption of the Dec.
laration OF Independence, do reaffirm
our faith in that immortal proclama.
ton of the inalienable rights of Ameri.
cans and our allegiance to the constitu.
tion framed in harmony Herewith by
the fathers of the republic.
We hold with the United States su.
preme court that the Declaration Of
Independence is the spirit of our gov
ernment, of which the constitution 10
the form and letter. We declare again
that all governments instituted among
men derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed; that any gov.
ernment not based upon the consent OF
the governed is tyranny; and that to
impose upon any people q government
OF force is to substitute the methods OF
imperialism for those of the republic.
Believing in these fundamental prin.
ciples, We denounce the Puerto Rican
law enacted by Republican congress,
against the protest and opposition Of
the Democratic minority, as bold and
open violation of the nations organic
law and fragrant breach of the M.
tiOnal good faith.
We condemn and denounce the Phil.
ippine policy of the present administra.
tion. 1t has embroiled the republic in
an unnecessary war, sacrificed the
lives of many of its noblest sons and
placed the United States. previously
known and applauded throughout the
world as the champion of freedom. in
the false and un-American position OF
crushing with military force the efforts
of our former allies to achieve liberty
and self-government.
We oppose militarism. It means
conquest abroad and intimidation and
opp, ession at home. It means the
strong arm which has ever been fatal to
free institutions.
We pledge the Democratic party to
an unceasing 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 provid-
ing for publicity as to the affairs of
corporations engaged in interstate COM
merce and requiring all corporations to
show, before doing business outside OF
the state of their origin, that they
have no water in their stock and that
they have not attempted and are not
attempting to monopolize any business
or the production Of any articles Of
merchandise.
We condemn the Dingley tariff law
as trust breeding measure.
We reaffirm and endorse the princi.
pies of the national Democratic plat.
form adopted at Chicago in 1896, and
we reiterste the demand 'of that plat.
form for an American financial plat
form adopted blythe American people
for themselves which shall restore and
maintain bimetallio price level, and
as part of such system the immediate
restoration of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the pres.
ent legal ratio of 16 to l, without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation.
We favor an amendment to the fed.
sral constitution providing for the cleo.
tion of United States senators by direct
vote of the people. and we favor direct
legislation wherever practicable.
We are opposed to government by in
junction; we denounce the blacklist
and favor arbitration as q means OF set.
tling disputes between corporations and
their employees.
We favor the immediate construc.
tion, ownership and control of the
Nicaragua canal by the United States.
We favor an intelligent system Of
the aiid lands of tho West,
storing the waters for purposes Of irri.
CATION and the holding of such lands
for actual settlers.
We favor the continuance and strict
of the Chinese exclusion
Law. and its application to the same
classes of all Asiatic races.
Speaking, as we believe, for the en-
tire American nation, except its Re-
publican Office holders, and for all free
men everywhere. we extend our sym.
pathies to the heroic Beers in their un.
equal struggle to maintain their liberty
and independence.
Believing that our most cherished
institutions are in great peril. that the
very existence of our constitutional
republic is at stake, and that the decis.
ion now 70 be rendered will determine
whether or not our children will enjoy
these blessed privileges OF free govern
ment which have made the United
States great. prosperous and honored.
we earnestly ask for the foregoing dec.
laration of principles the hearty sup
port of liberty loving American people,
regardless Of previous party Affiliations.
The Ticket FILLED.
Kansas City, July THE Demo-
cratic national ticket was completed