The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-05-29

hcsolVeu ny INC democracy OF Sou
,. Carolina in convention assembled:
!. That we re-atlirm and endorse q
platform of principles cnunciated
;. the State Democratic Convention
1900, with especial stress upon the fc
lowing sections:
"Ihat we view with alarm the DOW,
= which the trusts through the Republ
can party are exercising over legisl
tlon and national politics and the
= ability to control the prices of th
necessities of life without regard to tn
8 law of supply and demand. We cor
: demn the hypocrtical attitude of tn
Republican leaders who abuse trust
ana combines, while they use tn
money obtained from them and ex
torted from the people to dcbauch tn
ignorant voters OF the country,
"That we denouncc the impcrialistl
policy OF the Republican administration
as contrary to the letter and spirit o
the Declaration of Independence an,
the constitution Of the United States
and as dangerous to the liberty ant
freedom not onl y of the people of tho
Spanish islands, but of the citizens OF
this country as well. "Thc benevolent
assimilation of the FIlpinos has
proven to be the bencvolencc of muir
der and the assimilation of ROBBERY. We
denounce il as an outrage upon the con-
sciences of libcrly.loving Americans.
Our free institutions cannot long sur
vive the destruction of those princi-
pies upon which they rest, and the
spectacle Of subject peoples being held
down by the bayonet and robbed by
the carpet baggers but foreshadows
the fate of our country, unless the pco-
pie are aroused to our danger. The
unjust and cruel war of subiugatlon
now beng carried on in the Philippines
should be onded at once, with definite
and specific declarations to the natives
as to the intentions of this country to
aid them in the establishment of free
government Of their own choice under
Il protccLOrate by the United States.n
III. That we re-allirm and endorse
the correlated sections of the Kansas
City platform upon the subject of trusts
and imperialism as follows:
Private monopolies are indefensiblc
and intolerable. They destroy H.
petition, control the prices of material
and OF the finished products, thus rob-
bing both producer and consumer.
They lessen the employment of labor
and arbitrarily fix the terms and con-
ditlons thereof, and deprive individual
energy and small capital of their op-
porlunity for botterment. They are
the most efficient means devised tor
approprating the fruits of industry for
tho benefit of the few at the expense
of the many, and unless their insatiatc
greed is checked all wealth will be az
gregatcd III Il few hands and the Re-
public destroyed. The dishonest pal
tering with the trust evil by the Re-
publican party in State and national
platforms is conclusive proof of the
truth of the charges that trusts are the
legitimate product of Republican poll
cies; that they are fostercd by Rcpub.
lican laws, and that they are protected
by Republican administrations in re-
turn for campaign subscriptions and
political support.
owe pledge the Democratic party to
an unceasing warfare iE nation, State
anu city against private monopoly in
every form. Existing laws against
trusts must be enforced and more strin-
gent ones must be enacted, providing
for publicity as to affairs of corpora
tions engaged in Interstate commerce,
and requiring MI corporations 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 at
tempting to monopollze any branch Of
business or the production of any art-
Gle of merchandise, and the whole con-
stitutlonal power of Congress over in
ter-statc commerce, the mails and all
modes Of Interstate commerce shall
be exercised by the enactment of COM
prehensive laws upon the subject of
trusts. Tariff laws should be amended
by putting the product of trusts upon
the free list to prevent monopoly un-
der the plea Of protection"
Ill. We arc opposed to private mo-
nopoly in every form, and view with
apprehension the increasing power and
disregard of the interest of The people
by the combination of corporations,
especially of those chartered by other
States. 1t is the duty of the General
Assembly of this State to pass more
stringent laws for the control of all
corporations, domestic and foreign
and for the prevention of all trusts and
combinations between corporations
carrying on competitive business. We
claim tho right on the part Of the State
to control all corporations, whether
domestic or foreign, engaged in bust
ness within her borders; we deny tina
Congress has any legitimate power t.
regulate corporations except as the,
may be engaged in foreign or inter
state commerce; and demand that th,
national government coniine itself il
Bestowing corporate existence to sucl
.agencles as are required to exercise
such functions as the constitution spe
officially confers. upon the United States
| We'arc unalterably opposed to an
amendment of the Federal constitution
looking to any enlargement of tn
I powers Of Congress in relation to tn
regulation of contract by citizens of tn
State or in relation to the corporation
and we demand that laws be cnactc
further restricting the power of Fc,
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