The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-05-11

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struments of commerce are public func-
tions and which our forefathers declared
in the constitution should be controlled
by the people through their congress for
the public welfare. The one remedy for
| the trusts is that the ownership and con-
| troll be assumed and exercised by the peo-
pie. Wefurther demand that all tariffs
on goods controlled by trust should be
abolished.
TO cope with the trust evil the people
must act directly wibhort the intervention
of representatives who may be controlled
or influenced. We, therefore, demand di-
rect legislation, giving the people the law
making and veto power under the initia-
tive and referendum A majority of the
people can never be corruptly Influenced
Philippine Policy Denounced.
Applauding the valor of our army and
the conduct of the administration in
changing q war for humanity into a war
of conquest. The action of the admins
tration in the Philippines is in conflict
with all the precedents of our national
life; at war with the declaration of indie
pendence and the plain precepts of hui
manity.
Murder and arson have been our re-
sponscto the appeals of the people who
asked only to establish q free government
in their own land We demand a. stop
page of this war of determination by the
| assurance to the Philippines of independ-
ence and protection under a stable govern
| ment of their own creation.
The Declaration of Independence, tho
Constitution and the American flag are
one and inseparable. The island of Porto
Rico is part of the territory of the United
States and by levying special and extraor-
dinary customs duties on the commerce of
that island. the administration has vio-
| lated the constitution, abandoned the
fundamental principles of American lib
erty and has striven to give the lie to the
contention of our forefathers that there
should be no taxation without represen-
tation.
Out of the imperialism which would
force an undesirable domination upon
the people of the Philippines springs the
un-American Cry for Il large standing
army. Nothing in the character or pur-
poses of our people iustifies us in ignoring
the plain lessons of history and putting
our liberties in jeopardy by assuming the
burden of militarism which is crushing
the people of the old world. We denounce
the administration for it's sinister efforts
to substitute u standing army for the citi-
zen soldiery which is the best safeguard of
the republic.
Sympathy for the Beers. Q
We extend to the brave Beers of South
Africa our sympathy and moral support
in their patriotic struggle for the right of
seif-government and we are unalterably
opposed to any alliance, open or covert,
| between the United States and any other
nation that will tend to the destruction of
| human liberty.
And afurther manifestation of imperial
| ism is to be found in the mining districts
| of Idaho. In the Couer d'Alene, soldiers
have been used to overawe miners striving
| for "a greater measure of industrial inde-.
q "a tea
| government of Idaho and the federal gov
| ernmelt for employing the military arm
| of the governments to abridge the civil
rights of the peopie and to enforce an in
famous permit system which denies to
laborers their Inherent liberty and COM
| pels them to forswear their manhood and
\ their rights before being permitted to
| seek empl3ynHaat.
The importation of japanese and other
laborers under contract to serve monop-
| olistic corporations is a notorious and fla
| grant violation of the Immigrant laws
| We demand that the federal government
| shall take cognizance of this nlenacing
\ evil and repreSs it under existing laws.
| We further pledge ourselves to strive
| for the enact1nento of more stringent laws
| for the exclusion of Mongolian and Ma
| layan immigration.
| We indorse municipal ownership of
1 public utilities and declare the advantages
which have accrued to the public under
that system would be multiplied hun
dredfold by its extension to natural inter
state monopolies.
We denounce the practice of issuing in
| functions in the cases of dispute between
employers and employees making criminal
| acts by organizations which are not Grim
| inal when performed by individuals and
demand legislation to restrain the evil.
We demand that United States senators
| and all other officials, as faras practicable,
be elected by direct vote of the people.
Believing that the elective franchise and
untrammeled ballot are essential to a
government of, for and by the people, the
system of disfranchisement by coercion
and intimidation adopted in some states,
as Republican and un-Democratic. And
we declare it to be the duty of the several
state legislatures to take such action as
will secure a full, free and fair ballot and
an honest count.
We favor home rule in the territories
and the District of Columbia and the
early admission of the territories as states.
We denounce the expensive red tape sys-
tem political favoritism, cruel and un-
necessary delay and criminal evasion of
the statutes i'll the management of the
pension office and demand the simple and
honest execution of the law and the full
fillment by the nation of it's pledges of
service pensions to all its honorably dis
charged veterans.