The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-09-22

clrcuiation In this country, ratio which
not attempted to change, but it is the only
ratio advocated by those who are seeking
70 reopen the mints; Whether the senate.
changed during this campaign or the
campaign of 1902 can only be determined
after the votes are counted. but neither
the present nor the future political COM
piexion of congress has prevented or
snould prevent an announcement of the
partys position upon the subject in un-
The currency bill. which received the
sanction of the executive and the repub-
ncan members of the house and senate.
1ustihes the warning given by the demo-
ocratic party in 1896. 1t was then pre-
dicted that the republican party would
attempt to retire the greenbacks. al
ly concealed their intentions. That pur-
pose is now plain and the people must
choose between the retention of the
greenbacks. issued and controlled in vol
.ume by the government. and a national
bank note currency issued by banks and
controlled in their own interests. If the
bonds, the currency system now support
ed py the republican party involves
permanent and increasing debt, and. so
long as this system stands, the financial
classes will be tempted to throw their
powerful influence upon the side OF any
measure which will contribute to the size
ana permanency OF national deot. It is
hardly conceivable that the American
people will deliberately turn from the
debt-paying policy of the past. TO the
dangerous doctrine of perpetual bonds
Election of Senators by the People.
The demand for a constitutional amend
ment providing for the election of sem
ators by direct vote of the people, ap-
pears for the first time in a democratic
national platform, but a resolution pro-
posing such an amendment has three
times passed the house of representa-
tives, and that. too, practically without
opposition. Whatever may have been the
uyh fho ndn n
tne present plan, century ago. new con-
ditions have made it imperative that the
people be permitted to speak directly in
the selection of their representatives In
the senate. senator is no less the rep
resentattve of the state because he re-
ceives his commission from the people
themselves, rather than from the mem
bers of the state legislature. II voter
is competent to vote for a member OF
congress, for state officers and for pres
ident, he Is competent to choose his rep
resentative in the senate. A system
which makes the senator responsible for
his election to the people, as a whole
sents them, must commend itself to those
who have confidence in the intelligence
and patriotism of the masses.
Direct Legislation.
Ths platform indorses the principle Of
direct legislation. This is already applied
| to the more important questions in ma
ton, state and city. 1t rests upon the
sound theory that the people can be
trusted. and that the more responsive the
| government is to the will of the people
the more free it will be from misuse and
| abuse.
Labor Question.
| Several planks of the labor platform
| are devoted to questions in which the
| laboring classes have an immediate inter
| est. but which more remotely affect our
| entire population. While what is general
| ly known as government by intuioton
is at present directed chiefly against the
| employees of corporations, when there is
| Il disagreement between them and thelr
employer, 1t involves a principle which
| concerns everyone. The purpose of the in
| junction in such cases is to substitute trial
| by judge for trial by jury, and is a covert
of government by injunction is as neces-
| sefy for the protection of the reputation
| OF the court as 1t is for the security OF
the citizen. Blackstone In defending trial
THE impartial administration of Jus
| tice, which secures both our persons and
our. properties, is the great end OF civil
society, but If that be intrusted entirely
| to the magistracy, select body OF men.
and those selected by tho prince such as
| enjoy the highest offices of the state, their
| decisions, In spite OF their natural integ-
rity. win have frequently an involuntary
| bias toward those of their own rank and
dignity 1t is not TO be expected from
human nature that the few should be al
ways attentive to the interests and good
| of the many"
| If the criminal laws are not sufficient
|
charged with crime must have his case
tried before jury of his peers.
The Blacklist.
The blacklist as now employed in some
places enables the employer 10 place the
| employe under practical duress, for the
| skilled laborer loses his independence
when the employers can not only dis
| similar employment The blacklist en-
| ables employers to secure, by mutual
agreement. that control over the wage
| earners which private monopoly exer-
| cises without contract
| Arbitration.
The platform renews the demand for
| arbitration between corporations ana
their employees. No one who has observed
| the friction which arises between great
| corporations and their numerous en-
ployes can doubt the wisdom of estab-
fishing an impartial court for the Just
| and equitable settlement of disputes The
| demand for arbitration ought to be sup
| ported as heartily by the public, which
| suffers inconvenience because OF strikes
and lockouts. and by the employers them
selves. as by the employees. The estab-
lishment of arbitration will insure friend
| ly relations between labor and capital.
| and render obsolete the growing practice
| of calling in the army to settle labor
| troubles.
Department of Labor.
cannot too strongly emphasize the i'm
| portance of the platform recommenda ton
| OF the establishment OF a Ol
| labor. with a member of the cabinet at
its head. When We remember how i'm
| portant a position the laborer fills in our
| economic, social and political fabric. ii
| is hard to conceive of a valid objection
| being made to this recognition of his
| services. Agriculture Is already repre-
sented in the presidents official house
hold; the army and navy have their rep
| resentative there: the state department
with its consular service. and the treas
ury department, with its close connection
| with fiscal affairs. keep the executive In
| touch with the business and commercial
interests. A cabinet officer truly repre-
sentative of the wage earning class would
be of invaluable aid. not only to the
toilers but to the president.
| Chinese Exclusion.
| The Chinese exclusion. act has proven
| an advantage to the country, and Its con
| tinuance and strict enforcement as vel
as its extension to other similar races
are imperatively necessary. The Asiati1
| is so essentially different from the Amer.
ican that he cannot be assimilated with
our population. and is, therefore, not de
| sirable as a permanent citizen. His pres
| ence as a temporary laborer. preserving
his national identity. and maintaining
| foreign scale of wages and living, mus
| ever prove an injustice TO American pro
ducers as well as a perpetual source O
| Irritation.
| Pensions.
| The party expresses Its pride IN the sol
| iiers and sailors of all our wars, and de
| clares its purpose to deal generously witt
them and their dependents, A liberia