Arizona silver belt., 1900-07-19

must De enforced. and more Strlngen
 ones must be enacted providing fo
 publicity as to the affairs of corpora
 tions engaged in interstate commerc
 and requiring all corporations oshow
 before doing business outside of tn state ot their origin, that they hay, no water in their stock, and tha
 they have not attempted, and are no attempting to monopolize any business or the production of any articles O merchandise, and the whole constitu i tlonal power of congress over inter state commerce and the mails and al modes of interstate communication | shall he exercised by the enactment i Ot comprehensive laws u"on the sub | ject of trusts. Tariff law .Duld bt amended by putting the productS oi ! trusts upon the free list to prevent | monopoly under the plea of protec ton.
 "The failure of the present fepubli can administration with an absolute | control over an the branches of nal 1 tional government; uo enact any leg islation designed to prevent or ever | curtai the absorbing power of trustS ! and Illegal combinations, or to enforce l the antitrust laws already on the statute books, proves the lnsincerity of the high-s0unding phrases of the , republican platform.
 Corporations should be protected in all their rights; and their legitimate interests should be respected, but ans attempt by Corporations to interfere with the public affairs of the people, or to control the sovereignty which created them, should be forbidden under such penalties as will make such attempts impossible.
 CONDEMN THE DINGLEY TARIFF,
 We condemn the Dingley tariff law as truStbreeding measure, Skillfully devised to give the few favOrS which they do not deserve, and to place upon the many burdens which they should not bear.
 INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW.
 We favor such an enlargement of the scope of the Interstate Commerce Law as will enable the commission to protect individuals and communities from discrimination; and the public from unjust and unfair transportation rates.
 FREE COINAGE AT l6 TO l.
 We reatlrm and endorse the prin- ciples of the national democratic plat form adopted at Chicago in 1896, and we reiterate the demand of that plat form for an American financial system made by the American people for themselves which shall restore and maintain a binlelalliC price level, and as part of such system, the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the pres ent legal ratio of 16 tO l, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.
 DENOUNCE THE CURRENCY BILL.
 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 sovereign right of the national gov. ernment to issue all money, whether coin or paper, and to bestow upon nal tiOnal banks the power to issue an,l control the volume of paper money for their own benefit. A permanent na- tional bank currency, secured by gov ernment bonds, must have per manent debt to rest upon, and if the bank currency is to increase with pop ulatiOn and business. the debt must also increase.
 The republican currency scheme is therefore scheme for fastening upon uh' NdApdgNiH d pSlBSbudi anu Sl'N7 ing debt for the benefit of the banks. We are opposed to this private corpO- ration paper circulated as money, but without legal tender qualities and de- mand the retirement of national bank notes as fast as the government paper or silver certificates can he substituted for them.
 ELECTION OF SENATOR BY THE PEOPLE
 We favor an amendment tO the federal constitution providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people,and we favor direct legislation wherever practical able.
 FAVOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
 We are opposed to government by injunction: we denOunce the blacklist and favor arbitration as a means of settling disputes between corporations and their employees. In the interest of American labor and the uplift- ing of the workingman as the corner stone of prosperity of our country. we recommend that congress establish q Department of Labor in charge of q secretary with seal in the cabinet, believing that the elevation of the A American ldbDicr will bring with it increased production and increased prosperity to our country at home and f t,, ,,,t, ,.,,p,,nnr,.,, hpIu6