The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-03-28

temptine to revive the delusiye hope oil
international bimetallism.
oovEasMESr TO ISSUE MONEY
Instead Of the system favored by the
Republican party, under which national
banks are to be permitted to issue ana
control the volume Of paper money ior
their own profit, we reiterate our de-
mand for that financial system which
recognizes the governments sovereign
right to issue all money, whether com
or paper, and we demand the retention
Of the greenbacks as they now exist ana
the retirement Of national bank notes as
rapidly as greenbacks can be substituted
for them.
We believe that private monopolies
are indeiensible and intolerable, and we
condemn the national administration for
It's failure TO enforce the present law
against the trusts or to recommend a
more effective law.
We favor state legislation which will
prohibit the organization OF monopoly
within the state and also prevent a
monopoly organized elsewhere from do
ing business within the state; but we
further believe that congress- should sup
plement the efforts Of the state by legis-
lation which will require every corpor-
alton, before engaging in interstate
commerce, TO show that 1t has no water
in its stock and that it has neither at
tempted in the past, nor is attempting
to monopolize any branch of business or
the production Of any article OF mer-
chandise.
In its platform of 1860 the republican
party declared thai the maintenance Of
the principles promulgated in the Dec
laration Of Independence and embodied
In the federal constitution (viz, that all
men are created equal that they are
endowed with inalienable rights; that
governments are instituted to secure
their rights; and that governments de-
rive their just powers from the consent
Of the governedj is essential to the pres.
eryation Of the institutions by placing
the dollar above the man in the con.
struction of government, and Of violat-
ing the principles that it once declared
10 be essential.
CONSTITUTION FOLLOWS FLAG.
We condemn the Puerto Rican tariff
bill, recently passed bya Republican
house OF representatives az a bold and
open violation Of the natoL's organic
law, and a fagrant breach Of good faith.
We assert that the constitution fol.
lows the flag and denounce the doctrine
that an executive or a congress created
and limited by the constitution can exc
ercise lawful authority beyond that con-
stitutioD or in violation OF il. Beliey-
ing that a nation cannot long endure,
half Republic and half Empire, we OPP
pose wars Of conquest and col onial pos.
sessions.
iNDEPESDENCE oF FILIPISos.
The Filipinos cannot be citizens with
out endangering our civilization; they
cannot be subjects without endangering
our form OF government, and rs We are
not willing Is surrender our civilization
or TO convert a republic into an empire,
we favor an immediate declaration Of
the nations purpose TO give to the Phil
lpinos, first, stable form Of govern.
ment, second, independence, and, third,
protection from outside interference, as
II has for nearly acentury given protec.
iion TO the republics Of Central and
South America.
1--WE favor the expansion OF trade by
every legitimate and peaceful means,
but We are opposed 10 purchasing trade
It the cannon's mouth with human
blood, neither do We believe that trade
secured and held by force is worth the
price that must be paid for il. We are
n favor OF extending the nations in.
luence, but We believe that that indu-
'noe should be extended, not by force
md violence, but through the persuasive