Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-07-10

| ting 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 the branches of the national gov
| eminent, to enact any legislation de-
| signed to prevent or even curtaii the ap-
| sorbing power of trusts and illegal COM
binations. or to enforce the antitrust
laws already on the statute books prove
| the insincerity Of the high-soundtnG
phrases of the republican platform. Cor
porations should be protected In all their
rights and their legitimate interests
| should be respected, but any attempt by
corporations to Interfere with the pub
lie affairs of the people or to control tho
| sovereignty which creates them, should
| De forbidden under such penalties as VIII
make such attempts impossible.
DtnEley Tnrin Law Condemned.
| We condemn the Dingley tariff law az
a trust-hreeding measure, skllfully de-
| vised to give the few favors which they
| do not deserve and to place upon the many
burdens which they should not bear.
Interstate Commerce,
We favor such an enlargement of the
| scope of the interstate commerce law as
| will enable the commission to protect in
dividuals and communities from discrim-
| nations and the public from unjust and
| unfair transportation rates
The Financial Plank.
| We reaffirm and endorse the principles
| of the national democratic platform
adopted at Chicago in 1896, and we re.
iterate the demand of that platform for
an American financial system made by
| the American people for themselves,
which shall restore and maintain a bime-
tallic prtce-level, and as part Of such
system the immediate restoration OF the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and
nf fN
], without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation
A Scheme to Benefit Banks
We denounce the currency bill enacted
at the last session of congress as a step
forward in the republican policy which
aims to discredit the sovereign right of
the national government to issue all
money, whether coin or paper and to
bestow upon national banks the power
to issue and control the volume of paper
money for their own benefit. A permanent
national bank currency, secured by gov
eminent bonds, must have a permanent
debt to rest upon, and if the bank our
rency Is to increase with population and
business, the debt must also increase.
The republican currency scheme Is there
fore scheme for fastening upon the
taxpayers a perpetual and growing debt
for the benefit of the banks. We are op-
posed to this private corporation paper
tender qualities, and demand the retire.
ment of the national bank notes as fast
as government paper or silver certificates
can be substituted for them.
Fnvors Direct Legislation.
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 practicable.
nnnosas Covarnnar4 U,,xu,..a~-.
We are opposed to government by iniunc-
ton; we denounce the blacklist and favor
arbitration as means of settling disputes
between corporations and their employees.
Department. of Labor.
In the interest of American labor and the
uplifting of the workingman, as the corner
stone of the prosperity of our country. we
recommend that congress create depart
ment of labor in charge of secretary.
with seat in the cabinet, believing that
the elevation Of the American laborer will
bring with it increased production and
Increased prosperity to our country at
home and to our commerce abroad.
Liberal Pensions.
We are proud of the courage and fidelity
of the American soldiers and sailors in all
our wars; we favor liberal pensions to
them and their dependents. and We reit-
crate the position lken In the Chicago
platform of 1896 that the fact Of enlistment
and service shall be deemed conclusive
evidence against disease and disability be-
fore enlistment
Monaghan Canal.
We favor the immediate construction,
ownership and control of the Nicaraguan
canal by the United States, and we de-
nounce the insincerity of the plank in the
national republican platform for an 18TH
milan canal in the face of the failure of the
republican majority to pass the bill pend
ing in congress.
Hay-Pnuncefote Treaty.
We condemn the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
as surrender of Al lerican rights and in
terests, not to be tolerated by the Amer
lean people
Statehood for Territories.
We denounce the failure of the republic
party to carry out it's pledges to grant
statehood to the territories of Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma, and we prom
Use the people of those territories immedl-
ate statehood and home rule during their
condition as territories, and we favor home
rule and a territorial form Of government
for Alaska and Porto Rico.
We favor an intelligent system of i'm
proving the arid lands of the west stor-
ing the waters for purposes of irrigation
and the holding of such lands for actual
settlers.
Chinese Exclusion Law.
We favor the con nuance and strict en-
forcement of the Chinese exclusion law
and its application to the same classes of
all Asiatic races.
No Entangling Alliances.
Jefferson said: Peace. commerce and
honest friendship with all nations: en-
tangltng alliances with none" We approve
this wholesome doctrine and earnestly pro-
test against the republican departure which
has involved us in so-called policies.
including the diplomacy of Europe and the
intrigue and land-grabbing of Asia, and
we especially condemn the ill-concealed re-
publican alliance with England, which
must mean discrimination against other
friendly nations, and which has already
stifed the nations voice while liberty is be-
ing strangled in Africa.
Sympathy for Beers.
Believing in the principles of self-govern-
ment and rejecting, as did our forefathers,
the chain of monarchy, we view with in
dtgnation the purpose of England to over
whelm with force the South African repub-
lies Speaking. as we do for the entire
American nation, except its republican Of
flee holders, and for all free men every
where, we extend our sympathy to the he
roic burghers in their unequal struggle to
maintain their liberty and independence.
Repeal of War Taxes.
We denounce the lavish appropriations
of recent republican congresses, which
have kept taxes high and which threaten
the perpetuation of the oppressive war low
les. We oppose the accumulation of a sur
plus to be squandered in such barefaced
frauds upon the taxpayers as the shipping
subsidy bill. which under the false pretense
Of prospecting American ship building
would put unearned millions into the pock-
cts of favorite contributors to the repub-