Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27

aggregated in a few hands and the re-
public be destroyed.
evil by the republican party in state and
national platforms is conclusive proof OF
the legitimate product of republican pol
icies, that they are fostered by repubiic-
an laws, and that they are protected by
the republican administration, in return,
for campaign subscriptions and political
support.
National Control.
We pledge the democratic party to an
unceasing warfare III nation, state and
city against private monopoly in every
form. Existing laws against trusts must
be enforced and more stringent ones must
be enacted providing for publicity. as to
the affairs of corporations engaged in in
terstate commerce, and requiring all cor
porations to show, before doing business
outside of the state of their origin. that
they have no water in their stock anG
that they have not attempted and are
not tempting to monopolize any branch
of business or the production of any arti-
stitutional power of congress over inter-
state the mails and all modes
OF interstate communication shall be ex-
erclsed by the enactment of comprehen-
siVe laws upon the subjects of trust. lar
if laws should be amended by putting the
products of trusts upon the free list to
lection.
The failure of the present admins
over all the branches of the national SOW
eminent. to enact any legislation de-
- ~ PIC Vi eve CuISdl tie dD-
sorbing power of trusts and illegal COM
binations,o or to enforce the antitrust laws
already on the statute books, proves the
insincerity of the hfgh-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, or to control the SOW
erelSnty which creates them, should be
forbidden under such penalties as will
make such attempts impossible.
We condemn the. Dfngley tariff law as
a trust-breeding measure skillfully de
Eised to give the few favors which they
do not, deserve and to place upon the
bear. We favor such an enlargement
of the scope of the interstate commerce
law as will enable the commission to
discrimination and the public from I'M
Just and unfair transportation rates.
The Financial Plank.
We reafirm and indorse the principles
of the national democratic platform adop-
ed at Chicago in 1896, and we reiterate the
demand of that platform for a American
people for themselves, which shall re-
store and maintain a bimetallic price
level, and as part of such system, the res
toration OF the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold at the present legal ra-
ito of 16 to l. without waiting for the aid
or consent of any other nation.
National Bank Currency.
We d~enounce the currency bill enacted
at the last session of ongress as a step
forward in the republican policy winch
aims to discredit the sovereign right of
the national government to issue all
money, whatever coin or paper, and to be-
stow upon national banks the power to
money for their own benefit. a permanent
national bank currency secured by SOW
debt to rest upon. and if the bank curren-
cy is TO increase with population and busi-
ness. the debt must also increase.
The republican currency scheme is
i therefore a scheme for fastening IlnOD the
taxpayers a perpetual and growing debt
for the benefit of the banks. We are OPP
posed to this private corporation paper
circulated as money, but without legal
tender qualities and demand the retire
ment of the national bank notes as fast as
can be substituted for them.
We favor an amendment to the federal
constitution providing for the election of
United States senators by direct vote of
the people,, and we favor direct legislation
wherever practicable.
In Behalf of labor
We are opposed to government ny in
junction; we denounce the black list md
| favor arbitration as a means of setting
disputes between corporations and their
| employees.
In the interest of American labor and
the ~upbuilding of the workingman as a
| cornerstone of the prosperity of our coun-
try, we recommend that congress create
a department of labor, in charge of a
| secretary, with a seat in the cbainet, be-
| lieving that the elevation of'the American
laborer win bring with it increased pro-
duction and increased prosperity 20 our
country at home and to our mt
| abroad.
We are proud of the fidelity of the
| American soldiers and sailors in all our
wars; we favor liberal pensions to them
and their dependents, and We reiterdte
f fnrmp G iS 1IS%aR6Lttdbhaff h tb M f fne C Of enge r giaIt
and service shall be deemed conclusive
| evidence against disease and disability be-
fore enlistment.
The Nicaragua Canal.
~ f.-o, IT. ;.--.J;,+z
ownership and control of the Nicaraguan
canal by the United States and we de-
the republican national platform for an
| Inn canal in the face of the failure
Of the republican majority to pass the
| bill pending in congress-.
We condemn the H~ay-Pauncefote treaty
as a surrender of American rights and
American people
Territories and Statehood.
We d%enounce the failure of the repub-
lican party to carry out it's pledges to
grant statehood to the territories of Ari-
| IONA, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and we
| promise the people of those territories the
statehood and home rule during their con-
| rule and a territorial form of government
for Alaska and Porto Rico
we taVGr an 1htelligent system or I'M
ing the waters for purposes of irrigation
and the holding of such lands for actual
settlers.
We favor the continuance and strict en-
forcement of the Chinese exclusion law
and its application to the same classes of
all Asiatic races.
jefferson said: peace. m and
honest, friendship with all nations; en-
tangling alliances with none"
We approve this wholesome doctrine,
and earnestly protest against the repub-
lican departure, which has involved us in
| so-called world politics, including the
diplomacy of Europe and the intrigue
and la~nd-grabbing of Asia, and we eSpe-
| cially condemn the ill-concealed republic
an alliance with England, which must
mean discrimination against other friend
ly nations, and which has already stified
the nations voice, while liberty is being
stiled in Africa.
The BOer Republics.
Believing in the principles of se!f-gov-
eminent and rejecting, as did our forefa-
theirs the claim of monarchy, we view
with indignation the purpose of England
to with force the South AfrI-
can republicans. Speaking, as we believe,
Tor the entire American nation, except the
republican OfficeholderS, and for all free
men we extend our SyT1pa-
thies TO the heroic burghers in their un-
equal struggle to maintain their liberty
and Independence.
Lavish Appropriations.
We d~enounce the lavish appropriations
have kept taxes high and which threaten
he perpetuation of the oppressive war
levieS. We oppose the accumulation OF a
surplus to be -SQuandered in such bare
faced frauds upon the taxpayers as the
shipping subsidy bill, which, under the
false pretense of prospecting American
shipbuilding, would put unearned millions
into the pockets of favorite contributors
to the republican campaign fund. we
favor the reduction and speedy repeal of
the war lakes and d return to the time
honored democratic policy of strict econ
omy in governmental expenditures.
IpxfifuffnDS in Peril