The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-07-13

sale departure from our time-honored
ZatiOn. We denounce IL as un-Amerfcan,
undemOcra.tic and unrepubiican ana as
a Suppression OF the ancient ana n1ed
principles Of a free people
Wrong OF Private IL0nopoIlss-
Private monOpOlies are indefensfble
and intOlerable- They destroy competi-
ton. control the price Of all material
and OF the finished product, thus robbing
Doth producer and consumer They less
trarily ak the terms and conditions there
OF and deprive individual energy and
small capital OF their opportunity for bet
termeut-
They are the most efficient means yet
devised Tor approprlattng the fruits OF
industry to the benefit OF the few at the
expense Of the many, and unless their
tusatiate greed is checked all wealth VIII
republic destroyed The dishonest pal
tering with the trust evil by the republi-
Is conclusive PROOF OF the truth or the
charge that trusts are the legitims-e
producL OF rep9pilcen avs ana that they
are protected Dy the republican ADMIN
istration IN return for campaign subscrip-
lions and political support
Pledged g. FiEht Trust<-
We pledge the democratic party to an
unceastng warfare In nation. state and
city against private monopoly IN every
form Existing laws against trusts must
be enforced and more stringent ones be
enacted providing for publicity as to the
Affairs OF corporations engaged In inter
state commerce, and requiring all corpO-
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 mOnOpOlize any branch
OF business OF the production Of any ar
stituuOnai power Of congress over inter-
state commerce. the mails and all modes
OF interstate communication shall be eL-
ercised BY the enactment OF cOmprehen-
sive laws upon the subject OF trusts.
Tarin laws should be amended by putting
the products OF trusts upon the free list
TO prevent monopoly under the plea Of
protection
The failure Of the present republican
administration with an absolute control
over all branches OF the national gov
eminent, TO enact any legislation designed
to prevent or even Curtan the absorbing
power Of trusts and illegal combinations.
or TO enforce the antitrust laws already
on the statute books prove the insin-
cerity Of the high sounding phrases 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 interfere with the public
Affairs Of the people or to control the
be forbidden under such penalties as viii
make such attempts impossible
"a Trust-BrsedInE Measure"
We condemn the Dingley tariff law as
vised to give the few favOrs which they
do not deserve and to place upon the
many burdens which they should not
bear We favor sucn an enlargement Of
the scope Of the interstate commerce law
as win enable the communities to protect
individual and communities from unjust
and unfair transportation rates.
The 10 to 1 Coinage Plank.
We readirm and indorse the principles
Of the national democratic platform
adopted at Chicago in 1856, and we reit-
crate the demand OF that platform for an
American financial system made by the
American people Tor themselves which
shall restore and maintain a bimetallfc
principle, and as part OF such system
the immediate restoration Of the free and
the present legal ratio OF Is to I without
waiting for the aid or consent Of any
We GenOUnce the currency bill enacted
at the last session OF congress as a step
LoEWaro ~ lne repuDLlcan poncy, Wnlcn
aims 20 dlscTeolt the sovereign right OF
the national government to issue all
money whether coin or paper, and to
to misuse and control the volume Of pa
per money FOR their own benefit
A permanent national bank currency,
secured by government bonds, must have
q permanent debt to rest upon, and if the
lation and business the debt must also
increase. The republican currency
scheme IS, therefore, a scheme for fas-
and growing debt for the benefit OF the
We are opposed to this private corpo-
ration paper circulated as money, but
without legal tender qualities and de-
mand the retirement Of the national bank
notes as fast as government paper or
silver certificates can be substituted for
we favor an amendment to the federal
CONSTITUTION providing for the election OF
the people and we favor direct legisla-
ton wherever practicable
Government By IniunetiOn.
We, are opposed to government. BY in
favor arbitration as a means Of settling
disputes between corporations and their
In the interest Of American labor and
the up1ulIoing OF the Wor5tngn1ans as the
trys we recommend that congress create
a department. OF labor. In charge Of a sec
heving- that the elevation OF the Ameri-
can labOrer win bring with it increased
our country at home and 70 our com
we are proud OF the courage and fdel-
lty OF me American soldiers and sailors
IN al our wars We favor liberal pensions
reiterate the position taken in the Chi
caEo platform IN 1896 that the act OF en-
elusive evidence against disease and dis
ability before enlistment
Fer the EIoaraEua Canal
We favor the immediate construction.
ownership and control Of the Nicaraguan
nOunce the insincerity OF the plank IN the
republican national platform for an 18th
the republican majority to pass the bin
pending IN congress.
We condemn the HaT-Pauncefote treaty
as surrender OF American rights and In
terests not to be tolerated BY the Ameri-
can people
We denounce the failure Of the repub-
ncan party TO carry out its pledges to
grant statehood 20 the territories OF
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and
We promise the people Of those territories
immediate statehood and home rule dur
Ing their condition as territories; and We
IaVor home rule and a territorial govern
meut for Alaska ana Porto Rico
We LaVor an intelligent system OF I'M
proving the aria lands OF the west. stor-
ins the waters for purposes OF irrigation
and the holding OF such lands Tor actual
settlers
We favor the continuance and strict
enforcement Of the Chinese exclusion law
and its application TO the same classes
Of All Asiatfc races
EsEarding Foreign ATIaners-
Jefferson said: Peace, commerce and