Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-07-14
Rennblican InsinceritY.


platform adopted at the Philadelphia
convention. held In June 1900, that
the Republican party "steadfastly
adheres to the policy announced IL
the Monroe doctrine" ia manifestly
insincere aud deceptive. This pro-
fession is contradicted by the avowed
ypolicy OF that party in opposition TO
the spirit of the Monroe doctrine to
acquire aud hold sovereignty over
large areas of territory and large
mum bers of people in the eastern
hemisphere. We insist on the strict
maintenance OF the Monroe doctrine
aud In all it's integrity, both in letter
and in spirit, as necessary to prevent
the extention of European authority
on this continent and as essential 10
Ito our supremacy in American affairs.
AT the same time we declare that no
American people shall ever be held
by force In unwilling subJection 10
tEuropean authority.
awe oppose militarism. 1t means
conquest abroad and intimidation
and oppression at home. 1t means
the strong arm which has ever been
fatal to free institutions. 1t is what
millions of our citizens have fled from
In Europe. 1t will impose upon our
peace loving people large standing
army and unnecessary burden OF tax
alton and n constant menace to their
liberties. A small standing army and
well disciplined state militia are
amply sufficient in time OF peace.
This republic has no place for vast
military service and conscription.
When the nation is in danger the
volunteer soldier is his country's best
defsnder. The national guard OF the
United States should ever be cher
ished In the patriotic hearts OF free
people. Such organizations are ever
an element of strength and safety.
For the first time in our history and
co.evil with the Philippine conquest
has there been wholesale departure
from our time honored and approved
system of volunteer organization. We
.denounce IL as unamerican, undemo-
cratic and unrepublican aud as sub
version of the ancient and fixed prln-
ciples of free people.
Private Monopolies Intolerable.
Private monopolies are lndefensible
and intolerable They destroy CONS
petition, control the price Of all ma
terial. and OF the finished products,
thus robbing both producer and con-
sumer. They lessen the employment
of labor. and arbitrarily fix the terms
and conditions thereof and deprive
individual energy and small capital
of their opportunity for betterment.
They are the most efficient means
vet devised for appropriating the
fruits of industry to the benefit OF a
few at the expense OF many and un-
less their insatiate greed Is checked
all wealth will be aggregated in a
few hands and the republic destroyed.
Tbe dishonest paltering with the
trust evil by the Republican in state
And national platforms Ia conclusive
proof of the truth OF the charge that
trusts are the legitimate product OF
Republican policies, that they are
fostered by Republican laws and that
thew are protected by the the Repub
lican administration in return for
campaign subscriptions and political
support. =.
We pledge the Democratic party to
an unceasing warfare in nation, sGate
and city against private monopoly in
every form. Existing laws against
trusts must be enforced and more
stringent ones must be enacted pro
viding for publicity as to the affairs
OF corporations engaged in Interstate
commerce and requiring all corpora
tions to show before doing business
outside of the state OF their origin,
that they have no water in their stock
and that they have not attempted
and are not attempting to monopo-
lize any branch OF business or the
production OF any article OF mer'
chandise, and the whole constitution
al power Of congress over Interstate
commerce, the mails and all modes OF
interstate communication shall be ex-
ercised by the enactment OF compre-
hensive laws upon the subject OF
trusts. Tariff laws should be amend
ed by putting the products OF trusts
upon the free list to prevent monopo-
ly under the plea of protection
The failure of the present Repub-
lican administration with an absolute
control over all the branches OF the
national government TO enact any
legislation designed to prevent or
even curtail the absorbing power OF
trusts and illegal ordinations, or to
enforce the antitrust laws already
on the statute books prove the in
sincerity of the high sounding phra-
ses OF the Republican platform.
Corporations should be protected
in all their rights and their Legitimate
interests should be respected, but
any attempt by corporations to in
terfere with the public affairs OF the
people or to control the sovereignty
which creates them, should be for
hidden until such penalties as will
make such attempts impossible.
We condemn the Dingley tariff law
as a trust breeding measure, skill
fully devised to give the few favors
which they do not deserve and to
place upon the many burdens which
they should not bear.
We favor such an enlargement OF
the scope of the interstate commerce
law as will enable the commission to
protect individuals and communities
from determinations and the public
from unjust and unfair transporta-
tiOn rates.
Chicago Platform Reafiirmed.
We reaffirm and endorse the princi-
piles of the national Democratic
platform adopted at Chicago in 1896
and we reiterate the demaud of that
platform for an American financial
system made by the American people
for themselves, which shall restore
and maintain bimetallic price leve!,
and as part OF such system the i'm
mediate restoration OF the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio OF 16 to 1
without waiting for the aid or con-
sent of any other nation.
We denounce the currency bill en-
acted at the last session of congress
as a step forward in the Republican
policy which aims to discredit the
sovereign right OF the national
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