The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05
Fresh Items Of Interest from the
Capital City Relating to
Matters Political.
POINTS ABOUT REPUBLICAN PLATFORM,
A Howl Goes Up over Lihrrtics Taken
with the FHtrfui Recommendations
Things THAT the People NtII ne
mrmbeT-J nbRppinrSs of the Adj
mlnistFatton.


vet plncate the rcbelIious and critical
'otcrs
II appears that the editing and final
arrangement Of the platform 81 rhila-
aciphia WAS then left to rA.CuHrress-
man Lcmucl I'll Quigg. faithful
hruChmaH uf senator Platt's. IL is nov
alleged boy administration rCprrscnta-
tirrs ihat that gentleman took grave
liberties with the iatcful document
which bad been sent over lu the runycu-
ton with the white house .. n upon o..
Congressman Grosreuor is regarded
bon congress ~ the official mouthpircr
81 The administration. he sends up
howl about the platform that di.-
cuuuts any criticism the democrats
have made on the document. eros.
vruor insists that the administration
forces had prepared plank indorsiug
thu action ~ congress la placing Porto
Rico outside the constitution aud an
other specifically mentioning the chip
subsidy bill faNoraby.
~ course Quirg denies that he did
anything which was not ordered hy
the committee on resolutions, but the
factr,mainsthnti DE republicans them.
selves have discovered too late that
their platform 10 altogether too weak
and "ylsi,r to suit even the Mckinley
republicans. let alone bring back the
hnii-Nckiulcy forces into the party
Told.
n" platform ls too long and still IL
SAYS too little. liihchirHy remarkable
for the things it omit, 20 LAY. The only
ISSUES upon which 80 ), 1T an defnit.
are those which are NOT al all In uurs-
tinu. II dryoirs about 900 words Ia
thrr,Liug over dead issues Of the plst
campaign and about goo words 10 IT,,
/ live issues uf trust, and inprriaIism.
Tho trust plank is "a carefully word.
rd that n could not pu,sibly offend
. be mort sensitive trust which il ca
pcctvd 10 contribute 20 the caInpRIgp
/ fund
/ II says: We condemn all conspir
'r''r and combinations intended 10
/ restrict business, 20 create monopolies, |
I .Iml production nr tn control prices
/ 1n" favor such legislation ~ will ef- |
irri'"ly restrain and prevent such |
nhusr.. protect aud promote compe. |
Ii!i"n and secure the rights OF pro
I Huc'rs, luhorrrs and all who are en-
gagged Ia industry and commerce
Wei, there hav" been about $50 just
such trusts organized since the he
ginning "i Mckinley administration,
aud they have been doing just the
things which this plank mentions.
hui This republican congress refused
to pass the antitrust bill. The hd-
miuiSlrntlon Will never. under any
circumstance have an opportunity
to restrain trusts better than that
presented at the recent session Of
congress. when every branch uf the
government wns under republican con
iroi The fact that It did absolutely
nothing to restrain trusts shows
where II stands.
Republican EHToHi~ry.
I'm the face NJ the unpublished Rath.
hone and Nicely postal scandals in
Cuba. the republicans nave the e.
fruutrry 10 state In their platforn
that they favor for public service in
Cuba. Porto Rico. Hawaii and the
Philippines. those whose fitness has
been determined nv training and "a.
prrirncr." Rathbone, Neely. ct al
we're Iauded as Jus, that kind Of ma
trriai until their rascaIlti,s were .x.
posed by a Jealous military coptIn.
gent. which felt IL was not getting
it, share of the spoils in Cuha
with n fine dIsr.gard for IN, fact.
this same platform "comm.nJs tho
republican policy in maintaining the
efficiency Of the civil service" The re-.
publicans seem TO think TINT IN. NH.
lie has forgotten that only a wear
ago the administration took i0.oo0
places from under civil service and
distributed them ns pnr,y pIunder.
On the Philippines the platform
leaves the inference very clear that
the constitution IN not expected 20 an.
ply to- those islands, but that they
are Ia be kept as colonial dependen.
cies. II promises "the largest meas.
ure of self-government consistent
with their welfare" That is the
vague promise which every tyrant has
always held out TO the people whom
IL proposed to subjugate. and the
American voters have the issue Of i'm.
periaiism clearly before them. Nc
Kinleys reelection means the contin.
uation Of the seuseless war In the
Philippines. the Hubjuga,lon of a peo-
pie fighting for liberty and the ex-
ploitRtion of the islands for the urof,t
of moneyed interests.
Independence and self.government !
are promised to Cuba. but no, a word 1
az to when the pledge shan be ful.
filled. Probably In the next century I
sooner, perhaps. II the carpet haggers q
can steal everything worth having !
from the island In less time. and mo :
longer And the island useful :
A slap a, orsaai.ed Labor.
Considering the fact that eonpress
refused TO pass the eieht.hour law an. i
plying 10 government contracts and !
hung up the contrac, eonylc, Iahor IN ;
the Genats. the labor miami IN m. =