Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-07-13

cere and deceptive. This profession
is contradicted nv the ayowed policy
Of that party In opposition to the
spirit OF the Monroe doctrine to ac-
qnire and hold sovereignty over large
areas OF territory and large numbers
| OF people in the eastern hemisphere.
| We insist or the stiirt maintenance Of
| the Monroe docttine ia all its integ
fity both in letter and in spirit ne
necessary to prevent the extension oi
Enronean authority on this continent
and essential to our supremacy in
| American affairs. At the Same time
We declare that no American people
shall ever be hold by force In unwil-
ing subsection to European authority.
MILITARISM OPPOSED.
We oppose militarism. 1t means
conquest abroad and intimidation and
| oppression at home. 1t means the
strong army which has ever been fatal
t, flee institutions 1t is what rail
lions OF our citizens have fed from in
| Europe. 1t will impose upon our peace
loving people large standing army
and unnecessary burden Of taxation
and constant menace to their liber-
| Ties. A small standing army and
we'll disciplined stats militia are am
| ply sufficient in time Of peace. The
republic has no place for vast mill
tsry service and conscription. When
the nation is in danger the volunteer
soldier is his country's best defender.
The national guard Of the United
States should ever be cherished IN the
patriotic hearts Of q free people. Such
organizations are ever an element of
strength and safety. For the FIST time
in our hietnry and co-evil with tie
Philippine conquest has there been
| Wholesale departure from our time
honored and approved systsm OF vol
unteer organization. We denounce it
| as un-AmeIican, up-Democratic and
un-Republican and as subvereion OF
ancient and fixed principles Of free
people.
THE TRUST EVIL.
Private mopopolies are indefensible
and inSolerable They destroy compe.
tition, control the price of all material
and OF the finished products, thus rob.
bing both producer and consumer.
They lessen the employment of labor,
and arbitrarily fix the terms and con.
ditions thereof and deprive individual
energy and small capital Of their op.
portunity for berterment
They are the most efficient means
yet devised for appropriating the
fruits of industry to the benefits Of
the few at the expense of the many
and unlecs their insatiate greed is
checked all wealth will be aggregated
in few hands and the republic dc.
The dlsnonesr paIuerrng WIN uus
trust evil by the Republican party in
state and national platforms is con-
clusive proof OF the truth of the
charge that trusts are the Legitimate
product OF Republican policies. that
they are fostered by Republican laws
and that they are protected by the Re
publican administration in return for
campaign subscriptions and political
support.
We pledge the Democratic party to
an unceasing Warfare 10 nation, state
and city against private monopoly in
every form. Existing laws against
trusts must be enforced ard m,r re
stringent ones must lie enacted rro-
viding for publicity rs to the affairs
of corporations engaged 10 interstate
commerce and requiring all corpora
tions TO show before doing business
| outside of the state in which they
originate that they have no water iu
their stock and that they bave not at
| tempted and are not attempting to
monopolize any branch OF business or
he production OF any articles OF mer-
chandise, and the whole constitutional
| power of congress over Interstate com
merce shall be exercised by the enact
ment Of comprehensive laws upon the
| subject OF trusts. Tariff laws should
| L. "a ~ ,.,tt re
of trusts upon tho free list to prevent
monopoly under the plea Of protection
The failure OF the present Repuhli
can administration, With an abs lutte
cLntrol OF all the branches Of the ma
tional government, to enact any legis
lation designed to prevent or even cur.
tail the absorbing power OF trusts and
illegal combinations or to enforce the
antitrust laws already on the ftatute
books, prove the insincerity OF the
high sounding phrases ut the Republi-
can platform.
Corporations should be protected in
all their rights and their legitimate
interests should be respected, hut any
attempt by corporations tn interfere
with the public affairs of the people
or to control the sovereignty which
created them, should be forbidden un-
der such penalties as will make such
attempts impossible.
DlNGLEY TARIFF.
We condemn the Dingley tariff law
as a trust breeding measure, skillfully
devised to give the few favcrs, which
they do not deserve, and to place upon
the many burdens which thsy should
not bear. We favor such an enlarge.
ment of the scope OF the Interstate
commerce law as will enatla the com :
mission to protect individuals and
communities from sciiminations and
the public from unjust and unfair
transportation rates.
FOR l6 TO /.
| We reafiirm and endorse the princl-
ples of the national Democratic plat
form adopted in 1896 10 Chicago, and
we reiterate the demand of that Plat
form for an American financial system
made by the American people for
themselves which shall restnre and
maintain himetalic price level and