Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-16

destruction OF our Tree institutions.
We regard it as the paramount issue Of
the campaign The declaration in the
republican platform adopted at the
Philadelphia convention, that the re-
publican party "steadfastly adheres to
the policy announced in the Monroe
doctrine" is manifestly insincere and
deceptive This profession is contra
dicted by the avowed policy
of that party in opposition to the spirit
Of the Monroe doctrine, to acquire and
hold sovereignty over large areas of
territory and large numbers of
people in the eastern
hemisphere We insist on the strict
maintenance of the Monroe doctrine III
all its integrity, both in it's integrity of
letter and spirit, as necessary to pre-
vent the extension of European author
| ity on this continent, and as essential
| to our supremacy in American affairs.
At the same time we declare that no
| American people shall ever be held by
| force in unwilling subsection to Euro
pean authority.
I'VE oppose militarism. 1t means
conquest abroad, and intimidation and
oppression at home. Itgmeans a strong
arm which has ever been fatal to free
| institutions. It is what millions of our
citizens fled from in Europe. 1t Will
| impose upon our peace-loving people a
| large standing army, an unnecessary
| burden Of taxation, and a constant
menace to their liberties. A small
| standing army with a we'll disciplined
state militia are amply sufficient in
| time of peace. This republic has no
place for vast military service and con-
scription. When the nation is in dan
ger the volunteer soldier is the coun
try's best defender. The national
guard of the United States should ever
be cherished in the patriotic hearts If
the free people. Such organizations
are ever elements of strength and safe
ty. For the first time in our history
and coeval with Philippine conquest
there has been a wholesale departure
from our time-honored and approved
system of volunteer organizations.
1--WE denounce it as un-American,
subversion of the ancient and fixed
principles of free people. Private
naonopolies are indefensible and intol-
cradle. They destroy competition,
control the price of raw material and
of the finished product, thus robbing
both producer and consumer. They
lessen the employment of labor, arbi-
trarily fix the terms and conditions
| thereof, and deprive individual energy
of it's small capital and opportunity
| for betterment. They are the most eff
! ficient means yet devised for appropri-
ating the fruit of industry to the ben
eft Of the few at the expense of the
many, and unless their insatiate greed
/ be checked all the wealth will be ag-
gregated in a few hands and the re-
public destroyed.
sThe dishonest spaltering with the
trust evil by the republican party in
state and national platform is conclu-
siye proof of the truth of the charge
that trusts are the legitimate product
of republican policy; that they are
fostered by republican laws, and that
they are protected by the re-
publican administration in re-
turn FOR campaign subscription
and political support. We pledge TAG
democratic party to unceasing WARFARE
in nation, state and city against private
monopoly in every form. The existing
laws against trusts must be enforced.
and more stringent ones enacted, pro-
yiding for publicity as to the affairs Of
corporatins engaged in interstate COM
merce, and requiring all corporations
to show before doing business outside
i the state of their origin that they have
no water in their stock, that they have
not attempted, and are not attempting,
/ to monOpolize any branch of business
or production of any articles of mer-
chandise, and hold the constitutional
power of congress over interstate com
merce, the mails, and all modes of in
/ terstate communication shall be exer-
/ cised by the enactment of comprehen-
siye laws upon the subject of trusts,
| The tariff 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 re-
publican administration with absolute
control over all branches
of the national government to enact
any legislation designed to prevent or
even curtail the absorbing power of
trusts and illegal combinations, or to
enforce the antitrust laws already on
the statute books, proves the insincer-
| ity 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 a
corporation to interfere with the public
affairs of people or control the SOW
ereignty which creates them, should
be forbidden under such penalties as
will make such an attempt impossible.
We condemn the Dingley tariff law as
trust-breeding measure, skillfully