The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-07-14


OF business or the production OF any arti.l
cles OF merchandise: and the whole con- J
stltutional power OF congress over inter-
stHte commerce, the mails and all modes
OF interstate communication shall be OK. .
creased by the enactment of comprehend ,
siye laws upon the subjects of trust. lar.
IN laws should be amended by putting the ,
products OF trusts upon the free list to
prevent monopoly under the plea of pro.
lection.
-. The failure of the present admins.
o mauon;, WIN an absolute control
eminent, to enact any legislation de-
signed to prevent or even curtail the alb.
sorbing power Of trusts and illegal COM
already on the statute books, proves the
insincerity of the high-sounding phi asea ,
OF the republican platform
th corporations srst SHOULD be protected in all
should De respected: but any attempt by
corporations to interfere with the public
anairs OF the people, or to control the SOY.
ercignty which creates them, should be
forbidden under such penalties as will
make such attempts impossible.
We condemn the Dingley tariff law q
vised to give the few favors which they
DO not deserve and to place upon tine
many burdens which they should not
bear. We favor such an enlargement
law as will enable the commission tc
protect individuals and communities ia
discrimination and the public from un.
just and unfair transportation rates.
The Financial Plank.
We reafiirm and indorse the principles
ed at Chicago in 1896, and we reiteratc the
demand OF that platform for an American
financial system, made by the American
people for themselves, which shall re-
store and maintain bimetallic price
level, and as part of such system, the res.
toration of the free and unlimited coinageI
OF silver and gold at the present legal ra;
ito of 16 to l. without waiting for the aid
or consent of any other nation.
National Bank Currency.
We denounce the currency bill enacted
at the last session of congress as a stepI
forward in the republican policy which
aims to discredit the sovereign right oil
the national government to issue all
money, whatever, coin or paper, and to be-
| stow upon national banks the power tel
issue and control the volume of papeil
| money for their own benefit. A permanent
| national bank currency secured by Sov-I
debt to rest upon. and If the bank curren.
| cy is to increase with population and pusi.
ness the debt must also increase.
The. republican currency scheme IL
therefore a scheme for fastening upon the
| taxpayers a perpetual and growing debl
for the benefit OF the banks. We are OPP
| posed to this private corporation paper
| circulated as money, but without legal
tender qualities and demand the retire.
| ment of the national bank notes as fast as
| government paper or silver certificates
can be substituted for them.
We favor an amendment to the federal
| constitution providing for the election OF
| United States senator's by direct vote oil
the people, and we favor direct legislation
| wherever practicable.
| In Behalf of Labor.
| We are opposed to government by in.
| junction; we denounce the black list md
| favor arbitration as means of settling
| disputes between corporations and their
| employees.
| In the interest of American labor and
the upbuilding of the worklngman as a
| cornerstone of the prosperity of our coun-
| try, we recommend that congress create
| department of labor, in charge OF
| secretary, with a seat in the cbainet, be.
| lieVing that the elevation of the American
laborer will bring with 1t increased pro-
| duction and increased prosperity 20 oui
country at home and to our commerce
| abroad.
| American soldiers and sailors In all oul
| wars; we favor liberal pensions to them
| and their dependents, and we reiteratt
form in lSe6-that the fact of enlistment
and service shall be deemed conclusive
evidence against disease and disability DO
fore enlistment.
The Nicaragua Canal.
We favor the immediate construction
ownership and control of the Niearaguar
canal by the United States and we de-
nounce the insincerity of the plank II
the republican national platform for ar
!sthmian canal in the face of the failure
of the republican majority to pass th'
bill pending In congress.
We condemn the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
as a surrender of American rights ant
interests, not to be tolerated by thu
American people.
Territories and Statehood.
We denounce the failure of the repub
lican party to carry out its pledges Z
grant statehood to the territories OF Arr
IONA New Mexico and Oklahoma and w
promise the people of those territories tn
statehood and home rule during their con
ditions as territories. and we afvor hom
rifle and a territorial form of government
for Alaska and Porto Rico.
We favor an intelligent system or I'm
proving the arid lands of the west, stor
ing the waters for purposes OF irrigation
| and the holding of such lands for actua
We favor the continuance and strict en-
forcement of the Chinese exclusion laV
| and its application to the same classes
all Asiatic races.
Jefferson said: Peace, commerce an
honest friendship with all nations; en-
tangling alliances with none"
We approve this wholesome doctrine
and earnestly protest against the repub
lican departure which has involved us II
so-calied world politics, including tn
diplomacy of Europe and the lntrigu a
and land-grabbing of Asia, and we espe
cially condemn the lI.eonGealeG h, rSpu6 oc
mean discrimination against other friend
~ nations, and which has already stine
the nations voice, while liberty Is peln
stif1ed in Africa.
The BOer Republics.
Believing in the principles of sef-gov
!. eminent and rejecting, as DID our rorsts
theirs the claim of monarchy, we vie'
with indignation the purpose OF Engian
to overwhelm with force the South AIR
, can republicans Speaking, as we believe
, for the entire American nation except IN
republican officeholders, and for all IRE
men everywhere, we extend our sympa
thies to the heroic burghers In tneir un
equal struggle to maintain their libert
and Independence.
Lavish Appropriations.
We denounce the lavish appropriation
; of recent republican congresses Wnic
: have kept taxes high and which threate
the perpetuation Of the oppressive wa
ieyies. We oppose the accumulation OF
surplus to be squandered in such barr
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