Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04

or business or the production of any arti-
cles of merchandise; and the whole con-
sttutional power of congress over inter-
state commerce, the mails and all modes
of interstate communication shall be ex-
ercised by the enactment of comprehen-
siye laws upon the subjects of trust. lar
lii laws should be amended by putting the
products of trusts upon the free list to
prevent monopoly under the plea of pro-
lection.
The failure of the present admins
over all the branche of the national GOV
IN to enact any legislation de-
signed TO prevent or even curtail the abb
sorbing power of trusts and illegal COM
binations, or to enforce the antitrust laws
already on the statute books, proves the
insincerity of the high-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
ereiEnty which creates them, should be
forbidden under such penalties as will
make such attempts impossible.
We condemn the Dingley tariff law as
yised to give the few favors which they
do not, deserve and to place upon the
many burdens which they should not
bear. We favor such an enlargement
of the scope of the interstate commerce
law as will enable the commission to
protect individuals and communities to
discrimination and the public from I'M
Just and unfair transportation rates.
The Plank.
We reaffirm and indorse the principles
of the national democratic platform adop-
ed at Chicago in 1896, and we reiterate the
demand of that platform for an American
financial system, made by, the American
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 /, without waiting for the aid
or consent of any other nation.
National Bank Currency.
We denounce the currency bill enacted
at the last session of congress as a step
Onward in the republican policy which
aims to discredit the sovereign right of
the national government to issue all
stow upon national banks the power to
issue and control the volume of paper
money for their own benefit. A permanent
national bank currency secured by SOW
ernment bonds must have a permanent
debt to rest upon, and if the bank curren-
cy is to increase with population and DuSi-
ness. the debt must also increase.
The republican currency scheme is
therefore a scheme for fastening upon the
taxpayers a perpetual and growing debt
for the benefit of the banks. We are OPP
posed to this private corporation paper
tender qualities and demand the retire.
ment of the national bank notes as fast as
government paper or silver certificates
can be substituted for them.
We favor an amendment to the federal
constitution providing for the election of
United States senator's by direct vote of
the people, and we favor direct legislation
wherever practicable.
In Beha1f of Labor.
We are opposed to government by in
junction; we denounce the black list and
favor arbitration as a means of settling
disputes between corporations and their
employees.
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 will bring with it increased pro-
duction and increased prosperity 10 our
country at home and to our commerce
abroad.
We are proud of the fidelity of the
| American soldiers and sailors in all our
wars; we favor liberal pensions to them
the position taken in the Chicago plat
form in 1Ss6-that the fact of enlistment
and service shall be deemed conclusive
evidence against disease and disability be-
fore enlistment.
The Nicaragua Canal.
We favor the immediate construction.
ownership and control of the N~icaraguan
nounce the insincerity of the plank in
the republican national platform for an
sthmian 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
interests, not to be tolerated by the
American people.
Territories and Statehood.
We denounce 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-
ditions as territories, and we afvOr home
rule and d territorial form of government
for Alaska and Porto Rico.
We favor an intelligent system of i'm
proving the arid lands of the west, stor-
ing the waters for purposes of irrigation
and the hnl6inD nf GIfrh lands for nrtTral
settlers.
We favor the continuance and strict en-
forcement of the Chinese exclusion law
and it's application to the same classes of
all ASiatic races.
jefferson said: Peace, m and
honest, friendship Rit all nations; en-
| tangling alliance with none"
We approve this wholesome doctrine.
and earnestly protest against the repub-
so-caIied world politics, including the
diplomacy of Europe and the intrigue
cially condemn the ill-concealed republic
an alliance with England, which must
mean discrimination against other friend
the nations voice, while liberty is being
stifed 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
Will Indignation the purpose of England
to with force the South Afri-
can republicans. Speaking. as we believe,
FOR the entire American nation. except the
republican officeholders, and for all free
men everywhere. We extend our sympa-
thieS TO the heroic burgherS in their I'M
equal struggle to maintain their liberty
and Independence.
Lavish Appropriations.
We denounce the lavish appropriations
Of recent republican congresses, which
have kept taxes high and which threaten
he perpetuation of the oppressive war
leyies. 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 taxes and d return TO the time
honored democratic policy of strict econ
omy in governmental expenditures.
Institutions in Peril.
Relieving that our most cherished in
situations are in great peril, that the very
existence of our constitutional republic is
at stake and that the decision now to be
rendered will determine whether or not
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