Hutchinson gazette., 1900-07-12

MlMTARISM,
We oppose mllltarism. 1t means con-
quest ubrond and intimidation and OPP
preston Mt home. 1t means the strong
arm which has ever been fatal TO free
institutions. II IL what millions of our
citizens have fed from In Europe. IL
will impose upon our pencc-lovlng peo-
pie large standing army,ond unneces'
sary burden of taxation and con-
stnnt mennce to their liberties.
A small standing army and well
disciplined State militia are sufficient
in time Of peace, This Republic has no
place for vast military service and
conscrlptlon. When the nNtion is in
danger the volunteer soldier Is his
country's best defender, The nation
al guard of the United States should
everbe cherished in the patriotic hearts
of free people. Such organizations
are ever nn element Of strength and
safety. For the first time in our his
tory and cocynl with the Philippine
conquest has there been wholesale
departure from our timc-honored and
approyed systemof volunteer organiza-
tior. We denouncc 1t MS un-Amerlcan,
un-Dcmocratlc and un-Repubicnn, and
as subvcrslon Of the ancient andiNed
principles Of u free people.
TRUSTS.
Private monopllcs urc indcfensble
and ntolcrabe. They destroy compeu.
aion, control the price OF all material
and of the finished product, thus rob-
bng both consumer and producer.
They lessen the employment Of labor
and arbitrarily fix terms and condi'
tions thereof, deprive individual ener'
gy and small capital of their opportun'
ity for betterment.
/; They are the most efficient means
vet devised for approprloting the fruits
of industry for the benefit of the few
at the expense of the many, and unless
their insHtiutc greed is checked all
wealth will he aggregated in n few
hands and the Republic destroyed.
The dishonest poltcring with the
trust evil by the Republican party in
state and national platforms Is con-
elusive proof of the truth of the
charge that trusts are the Legitimate
product Of Republican policies, that
they are fostered by the Republican
administration in return for campaign
subscriptions and political support.
NATIONAL CONTROL,
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 pro-
viding for the affairs Of corporations
engaged in Interstate commerce 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 branch
of business or the production of mer'
Chandse. and the whole constitutions
al power Of congress over Interstate
commerce, the mails and all modes OF
interstate communication shall be eN'
crciscd by the enactment Of comprc'
hensive laws upon the subject of trusts,
Tariff laws should be amended by
putting the products of the trusts
uponthc free list to prevent monopoly
under the plea OF protection.
The failure OF the present admins
trntion, with the absolute control over
all the branches Of the national gov
crnmcnt to enact Legislation designed
ernmcnt to enact any legislation de-
signed to prevent or even curtnil the
absorbing power of trusts and Illegal
combinations, or to enforce the anti
trust laws already on the statute
books proves the insncerity of the
high-sounding phrases of the Rcpub'
lican platform,
: Corporations should be protected in
all their rights and their legitimate in
terest should be respected but any
attempt by corporations to interfere
with the public affairs of the people
or to control the sovereignty which
creates them should be forbidden
under such penalties as will make such
attempts impossible.
W. NOUUtlnU tllP lIllSltg Nulll lUN
asa trust-brcedlng measure skillfully
devised to give the few fnvors which
they do not deserve and to place upon
the many burdens which they should
not bear We favor such an enlarge
ment of the scope of the interstate
commerce law MS viii enable the com
mission to protect individuals and
communities from determinations and
the public from UNJUST and unfair
transportation rates.
FINANCIAL PLANK.
We re-0firm ana endorse the prin
ciples of the national Democratic plat
form adopted at Chicago in 1896, and
we reiteratc the demand of the plnt
form for an American financial sys.
tenn, made by the American people
for thcmselves,which shall restore and
maintain bimctallic 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 1G to without watt
Ing for the aid or consent of any 9th.
tr outside nation.