The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-28
NOT PARTICULAR ABOUT
 WHO WILL BE NOMINATED
Says He Has No Objections to Man for President Who Bolted the Democratic Ticket In
 Either 1896 or 1900.
BY wArTERsoN sTRALEY.


 Washington. March 9z-(speciaD.- D.-sen- ator John T. Morgan of Alabama tonight, in an interview that will become notable among those who take an interest in [ national politics, outlined to your corre spondent his opinions as to what course the democratic party should pursue in the future.
 His platform is in brief as follows:
 1. He favors the dropping of the issues of 1896 and 1900. and the adoption of a platform based on the old-time principles of the party.
 2. The payment of all national debts and all other obligations in specie and the levying of uniform tariffs and inter- nal taxes In our insular possessions, which are to be the same as the United States
 8. Encouragement to Cuba to adopt free trade and to welcome annexation.
 4 Reduction of the tariff.
 5. A trust law extending the operation of the Sherman law to all monopolies sell ing goods to the government
 6. Re-affirmation of the general prin- ciples of the party as laid down in the national conventions prior to the civil war.
 Does Not Object to Boilers.
 Senator Morgan says he does not ob- jeet to man for President who bolted the ticket in 1896 and 1900,
 'I would not walk across the street to make one man President above another" said Senator Morgan. unless in obedience to my conviction that one of them was a more trustworthy man in his professions than another. I care not what crowd he has been running with anything of that sort.
 "The true test Is his honesty and sim cerity.
 T have no candidate for President, and do not care whether he is northerner or a southerner. In some ways l would prefer northern man. He would not have half the criticsmm, the ralllery and danger that a southern man would have.
 "The government would perhaps be safer in his hands. I would not care whether he was regular or bolter think 1t Is a democratic doctrine as well as a Christian doctrine that when man repents he should be taken back on the same footing as if he had never sinned.
 Senator Morgan declared that he was in favor of treating temporary issues In conformity with the general creed of tho democratic party.
 Hike members of a church." he said, I've do not follow the pastor in all things. but the doctrines. Leave Out Modern Provisions.
 "If l were drawing the next democratic platform 1 would put in 1t the provisions of the democratic platforms drawn be- fore the civil war, and leave out those which have been put in the platforms since.
 q would put in the principles that con- tro the party and leave out those ephe- neral or temporary policies that fol- lowed along in the wake of the war"
 Senator Morgan observed that there were a good many questions like the Philippines and silver which have met with natural collapse. He favored clinging to the time-honored policies of the party, and would measure by them as rule all the questions of the hour that arose.
 In the opinion of Senator Morgan, taxes should apply alike in all parts and pos sessions of the United States, so that trade among the possessions would be just as easy as a man in Alabama trad ing with a man in Tennessee.
 The Alabama senator declared that he would drop that portion of the Kansas City platform that declares for giving the Filpinos independence. The right way" he said, lis to go on until we think 1t is best for us to separate from them, and then It will be time enough to discuss that question. You can't fix a policy for the United States twenty-five years after date"