The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-11

the. lie to the contention of our fore
fathers that there should be no taxation
without representation.
out Of the Imperialism which would
force an undesired domination On the
people of the Philippines springs the UNI
Amerlcan cry for large standing army.
Nothing in the character or purposes of
o5n, our :, people @ justifies US in ignoring the
liberties in jeopardy by assuming the
burden of militarism which is crushing
the people Of the old world. We de-
nounce the administration for its sinister
efforts to substitute standing army for
the citizen soldiery, which is the best
safeguard of the republic.
We extend to the brave Beers of
South Africa our sympathy and moral
support in their patriotic struggle for the
right of self-government, and we are un-
alterably opposed to any alliance, open
or covert, between the United States and
any other nation that will tend to the
destruction of human liberty.
RIGHTS OF LABOR.
"And a further manifestation of i'm
per1alism is to be found in the mining
districts of Idaho In the Coeur d. AJane
soldiers have been used to overawe min
ers striving for greater measure of in
dustr1al independence, and we denounce
the state government of Idaho and the
federal government for employing the
military arm of the government to
abridge the civil rights of the people,
and to enforce an infamous permit sys-
tenn TEN which which denies to laborers their inner
ent liberty, and compels them to for
swear their manhood and their right be-
fore being permitted to seek employ
ment.
THE importation of japanese and other
Iaborers under contract to serve monopo-
1st1c corporations is notorious and fla
grant violation of the immigration laws
We demand that the federal government
G0Qn1ZqnPQ n n Ot tho
evil and repress 1t under existing laws
We further pledge ourselves to strive
FOR the enactment of more stringent laws
for the exclusion of Mongoian and Ma
layan immigration.
We indorse municipal ownership of
public utilities, and declare that the
public under that system would be multi
piled hundred fo,d by it's extension to
natural interstate monopolIes
we denounce the practice Of issuing
1nJunctions in the cases of disputes be-
tween employers and employees, making
criminal acts by organizat tons which are
not criminal when performed by individ-
ualS, and demand legislation to restrain
the evil
eve demand that United States sena-
tors, and all other officials, as far as
practicable, be elected by direct vote of
the people.
Believing that the elective franchise
and untrameled ballot are essential to a
government for and by the people, the
I0OpI0 CONDEMNS the wholesale
system of disfranchisement by coercion
and intimidation adopted in some states
as unrepublican and undemocratic. And
we declare 1T to be the duty of the Sew
eral state legislatures to take such action
as will secure a full, free and fair bal
lot and an honest count.
I'VE favor home rule in the territories
and the District Of Columbia, and the
early admission Of the territories as
states.
1--WE denounce the expensive red tape
system, political favoritism. cruel :, and
unnecessary delay and criminal evasion
of the statutes in the management OF
the pension office, and demand the sim
pie ana honest execution of the law, and
the. fulfillment by the nation of it's
pledges of service pension to all its hon.
orably discharged veterans.
PLATFORM IS ADOPTED.
The long financial plank of the plat
form, including the denuncation of the
recent banking law, and especially the
demand for the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to l, was received with
wild cheering. The demand for an in
heritance tax also received a round of
applause Vigorous cheering was also
accorded the reading Of the plank on
transportation, the demand for the abol-
ishment of all tariffs on trust goods, and
the Endorsement of the initiative and ref
erendum, Cries of good, good greet
GU tic ueIlulACldIlO1 OF the dUnlnlSCrd-
tons Philippine policy and the Puerto
Rican tax.
When that portion Of the plank ex-
tending sympathy with the South African
republics, denouncing any alliance. with
foreign powers, was read, the convention
broke into wild applause, lasting for
some time.
Endorsement Of the municipal owner
ship Of public utilities received but faint
applause, but vigorous hand-clapping en-
sued when direct election of United
States senators was demanded.
At the conclusion Of the reading Of the
platform, Jerry Simpson moved that the
platform be adopted as read, and the
committee discharged. The motion re-
ceived half a dozen seconds
A delegate from Michigan objected, as
the platform carried no pledge of sup
port to the candidate to be nominated.
There's no objection to any delegate
offering motion to that effect, I guess"
said Mr.. Simpson. 1.-The committee would
like to be discharged
The motion was made A standing
vote was called for, and amid great