Evening star., 1900-09-18

injustice upon the social and political well
fare of the people. Our platform, after sug-
geStng certain specific remedies, pledges
the party TO an unceasing warfare against
private monopoly in nation, state and city.
L heartily approve of this promise. If
elected 1t shall be my earnest and constant
endeavor to fulfill the promise in letter and
spirit l shall select an Attorney General
who will, without fear or favor, enforce ex-
listing laws; / shall recommend such addt-
tional legislation may be necessary to
dissolve every private monopoly which does
business outside of the state Of it's origin,
and. III, contrary to my belief and hope
constitutional amendment Is found to be
necessary, | shall recommend such an
amendment Will, without impairing any
of the existing rights of the states empower
congress to protect the people Of all the
states from injury at the hands Of indi-
vlduals or corporations engaged In inter-
state commerce.
The platform accurately describes the
Dingley tariff law, when 1t condemns IT as
trust-breeding measure skillfully de-
v1sed to give to the few favors which they
90 not deserve and to place upon the many
burdens which they should not bear" I'm
der Its operation trusts can plunder the
people of the United States while they sue
cessruliy compete In foreign markets with
manufacturers OF other countries Even
those who justify the general policy Of nro-
lection VIII find It difficult to defend a ia riff
which enables a trust to exact an exorhi-
tant toll from the citizen.
Corporations i'm Politics..
The democratic party makes no war
upon honestly acquired wealth. neither
does 1t seek to embarrass corporations en-
gagged in legitimate business but II does
protest against corporations entering poll
Tics, and attempting to assume control OF
the instrumentalities of government
corporation Is not organized for political
purposes, and should be compelled to CON-
me Itself to the business described in its
character. Honest corporations, engaged in
an honest business, will find 1T to their ad-
vantage to aid in the enactment or s,,oh
legislation as will protect them from The
undeserved odium which will be brought
upon them by those corporations which
enter the political arena.
Interstate Commerce.
The republican party has persistently
refused TO comply with the urgent request
or the Interstate commerce commission, for
such an enlargement of the scope of the
interstate commerce law as will enable the
commission to realize the hopes aroused by
Its creation. The democratic party is
pledged to legislation which will empower
the commission to protect individuals and
communities from discrimination, and the
public at large from unjust and unfair
transportation rates.
The Financial Plank.
The platform reiterates the demand con-
tanned in the Chicago platform for an
American financial system made by the
American people for themselves. The pur-
pose OF such system Is to restore and
maintain bimetallic level of prices, and
In order that there may be no uncertainty
as to the method of restoring bimetallism,
the specific declaration in favor of free and
unlimited coinage at the existing ratio of
III to l. independent OF the action of other
nations, Is repeated. In 1896 the republi-
can party recognized the necessity for BIZ
metallism by pledging the party to an
earnest effort to secure an international
agreement for the free coinage Of silver,
and the President, Immediately after his