The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-01
THINGS TO CONSIDER.

The Democratic platform to be
adopted today at the state convention
should not only reaffrm the Chicago
platform in general terms. but ought to
contain a specific silver plank
1t should arraign the Republican
party for the financial legislation it is
crowding through congress at the be-
hest of the bankers OF London and
New York
There should be a declaration i'm IA
vor Of the peaceful acquisition of ter
ritory where equal commercial privil-
eses may be extended without jeopar-
dizing the interests Of the people Of the
United States.
There ought to be a resolution ia
voring the retention of an island in the
Philippines as a commercial depot and
distributing point for commercial pur-
poses in the Orient.
The congressional resolution passed
Ions before Spain relinquished control
Of Cuba 20 the effect that the Cubans
are and of right ought to be free and
independent applies, as it was meant
by its author. Senator Teller, to apply,
10 all the oppressed colonists Of Spain
that the fortunes Of war gave US an
opportunity to emancipate.
a resolution commencing the cour-
age and sacrifices Of the volunteers,
many Of whom. like the light brigade
at BalaI1lava. have paid for the blum
ders Of an incompetent war department
az Washington and Manila; sympathy
should bee expressed for the families
Of those whose lives were lost in ODE
6ence to commands and in pursuance
"f the policies of the military experts
at Washington.
The presidents declaration against
wars Of conquest and territorial aggres-
sion which. under the American code
of morality. is criminal ought to be
redfirmed
y strong resolution in favor Of secur-
ing peace and restoring order in Lu-
ION and leaving an army in the Philip
pines until a local government is es
tablished adequate to the needs and
condition Of the inhabitants. represents
the Democratic attitude or the Philip
pines very We'll
The acquisition of Porto Rico on
terms Of equality and justice should be
favored ana every attempt to con-
tinue the Spanish tax system ought to
be frowned down by Americans: and
the constitutional provision against
the Imposition Of tariff duties between
different sections of the territorial do
main Of the United States might well
be reasserted.
Government by the sword and by in
junction, being contrary to the spirit
Of American institutions, are to be con-
demned and opposed to the end.
The building OF an isthmian canal is
desirable. but the English terms sub
mitted to by our Anglicized adninistra-
ton should be rejected.
1t would be well to put into the plat
form as strong an antitrust plank as
the American language can make. and
the policy of tariff taxation which has
taken from the masses to feed capital
istic combines should be condemned.
We should declare emphatically and
Unequivocally in favor Of the preserva-
ton Of the Monroe doctrine.
The menace Of militarism should be
pointed out.
The discontiHuance Of war taxes.
since it is deemed necessary to fill
Standard Oil banks with the funds thus
collected. is 10 be urged.
The Hanna-Payne subsidy steal
should be exposed in the campaign, and
a text could be furnished in tho Mat
form.
And, finally, Bryan's ever increasing
popularity in the east and the growth
Of the peoples cause is a matter well
worth noticing in the construction Of a
platform.
The Herald Offers these as sugges-
tions. hoping they may be OF some ben
eft TO the convention which meets to-
dav.