Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-12


We reaftirm and endorse the prin-
| ciples of the national democratic plat
form adopted at Chicago in 1896, and
| we reitcrate the demand of that plat
| form for a financial system made by
| the American people for themselves
| which shall restore and maintain IL
| bimetallic price level, and as part of
such system the immediate restora-
| ton of the free and unlimited coinage
| of silver and gold at the present legal
ratio of 1G to /, without waiting for
| the aid or consent of any other ma
| tion.
We denounce the currency bill en-
| acted at the last session of congress
as step forward in the republican
policy which aims to discredit the SOW
| ereign right of the national govern
| ment to issue all money, whether
| coin or paper, and to bestow upon ma
tional banks the power to issue and
control the volume of paper money
| for their own benefit. A permanent
| national bank currency, secured by
government bonds, must have a per-
| manent debt to rest upon, and if the
| bank currency is to increase with
population and business, the debt
| must also increase. The republican
| currency scheme is therefore scheme
| for fastening upon the taxpayers Il
perpetual and growing debt for the
benefit of the banks. We are opposed
| to this private corporation paper cir
culated as money, but without legal
| tender qualities, and demand the re-
tirement of the national bank notes
as fast as this government paper or
silver certificates can be substituted
| for them.
We favor an amendment to the CON
stitution providing for the election of
senators by direct vote of the people
and we favor direct legislation wher-
ever practicable. We are opposed to
government by injunction; we de
| nOunce the black list and favor arbi-
tration as a means of settling dis
putes between corporations and their
employees. In the interest of Amcri-
can labor and the uplifting of the
worllingman as the cornerstone of
the prosperity of our country, we rec
Ommend that congress create a de-
partment of labor, in charge of n sec
retary with a seat in the cabnct. be-
lieving that the elevation of Ameri-
can laborers will bring with it in
creased production and Increased
prosperity to our country at home
and to commerce abroad.
We are proud of the courage and
fidelity of the American soldiers and
sailors in all our wars; we favor lib
eral pensions to them and their de-
pendents and we reiterate the posi-
ton taken in the Chicago platform of
hn e., Of
service shall be deemed conclusive evi-
dence against disease and disability
before enlistment.
We favor the immediate construc-
ton, ownership and control of the
Nicaragua canal by the United States,
and we denounce the insincerity of
the plank in the republican platform
for an isthmian canal in face of the
failure of the republican ma iority to
pass the bill pending in congress. We
condemn the HayPauncefOte treaty
as a surrender of American rights
and interests not to be tolerated by
the American people.
We denounce the failure of the re-
publican party to carry ont its
pledges to grant statehood to the
territories of Arizona, New Mexico
and Oklahoma, and we promise the
people of those territories Immediate
statehood, and home rule during their
condition as territories. and we favor
home rule and a territorial form of
government for Alaska and Porto
Rico.
We favor an intelligent system of
Improving the arid lands of the west.
storing the waters for purposes of
irrigation and the holding of such
lands for settlers.
We favor the continuance and
strict enforcement of the Chinese ex-
clusion law and its application to the
same classes of all Asatic races.
Jefferson said: Peace, commerce
and honest friendship with all ma
tions; entangling alliances with
none" We approve this wholesome
doctrine and earnestly protest
against the republican departure
which has involved us in so-called
world politics. including the diplo-
macy of Europe and the intrigue and
land grabbing of Asia, and we espe-
cially condemn the ill-concealed re-
publican alliance with England which
must mean discrimination against
other friendly nations and which has
already stifled the nations, while lib
erty is being strangled in Africa.
Believing in the principles of self
government and rejecting, as did our
forefathers, the claim of monarchy.
we view with Indignation the purpose
of England to oyerwhelm with force
the South African republics. Speak
ing as we do for the entire American
nation except its republican Office
holders, and for all free men every
where, we extend our sympathies to |
the heroic burghers in their unequal |
struggle to maintain their liberty and |
independence.
We denounce the lavish appropria- |
tions of recent republican congresses
which have kept taxes high and |
which threaten the perpetuaton of |
the oppressive war leves. We oppose |
the accumulation of a surplus to be |
squandered in such barefaced frauds |