New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-09
tyrants' pleas Of necessity or superior


IMPERIALISM
We favor the preservation. so far as We can,
of an open door for the worlds commerce In the
Orient, without an unnecessary ENHANCEMENT I'm
Oriental and European affairs, and without arbi-
rTary, unlimited, lrresp Ousible and absolute gov
eminent anywhere within our Jurisdiction. We
oppose, as ferVenuy did George Washington
himself. indefinite Irresponsible discretion
airy and vague absolutsm and policy Of colon
lal exploitation no matter where or by whom
invoked or exercised: believe with Thomas
JEFFERSON and Holm Adams, that no government
mas right TO make one set Of laws for those at
nome ana another and different set of laws.
absolute IN their character. for those in the
colonies" All men under the American flag are
entitled 10 the protection Of the institutions
whose emblem the flag is; if they inner
snAy uIIHI Tot those institutions, then they are
inherently unfit to be members of the American
pody pollc Wherever there may exist peo-
pie incapable Of being governed under American
laws in consonance with the American Constitu-
ton, mat people ought not TO be part of the
American domain.
We insist that we ought to do for the Fiji
plnos what We have done already for the Gu
Dails' and II is our duty to make that promise
now. and upon suitable guarantees Of protec-
r-olt 70 CitiZeis OF our own and other countries
resident there at the time of our withdrawal set
me tle Fllplno people upon their feet, free and
ihaepSndent to work out their own destiny.
Inc endeavor of the Secretary of War by
PIe99slng me governments Endorsement for pro
noteIs IN The Philippine Islands make the
United States a partner in speculative Iegisla-
uon or the archipelago which was only tempor-
arfly held up by the opposition of the Demo
NidIc senators In the last session, will, If sue
cessInI, lead to entanglements from which 1T
VIII be difficult to escape.
TARIFF
:. Inc Democratic party has been and will con-
Lnue 70 be the consistent opponent of that class
OF tarln legislation by which certain interests
nave been permitted, through Congressional ia
Nor 10 draw heavy tribute from the American
people. ms monstrOuS perverSiOn of those
equal opportunities which our political jnstitu-
IONS We're esta blished to secure has caused what
may once have been infant industries TO become
NA4O greatest combinations of capital
world has ever known. These especial favorites
or the government have. through trust methods
been converted into monopolies thus bringing to
an end domestic competition, which was the onlv
aHeeed check upon the eXtravagant profits made
posslDle by the protective system. These indus
trlal combinations. by TIE financial assistance
lhey can give now control the policy of the Re
publican party.
We denounce protection as a robbery Of the
many TO enrich the few, and we favor tariff
!ln.lIed TO the needs of the government econom-
lcally administered, and so levied not to dis
crlmlnate against any industry, class or section
TO the end that the burdens of taxation shall be
distributed as equally possible.
We favor revision and gradual reduction
of the tariff by the friends of the masses and
for the common veal, and not by the friends of
its abuses. its extortions and its determinations
keeping in view the ultimate ends of equality
of burdens and equality of OPPORTUNITIES" and
the constitutional purpose of raising a revenue
by taxation wit, the support Of the federal
government in all its integrity and virility. but
in simplicity.
TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS
We recognize that the gigantic trusts and
combinations designed enable capital Sc
cure more than its just share OF the joint prod
uctS OF capital and labor, and which have been
fostered and promoted under Republican rule
are a menace to beneficial competition and
obstacle to permanent business prosperity. A
private monopoly is indefensible and intolerabe.
Individual equality Of opportunity and free
competition are essential TO a healthy and per-
manent commercial prosperity. and any trust,
combination or monopoly tending to destroy
these by controlling production restricting COM
petition or fixing prices. should be prohibited
and punished by law. We especially denounce
rebates and discrimination by transportation
companies as the most potent agency in pro-
noting and Strengthening these unlawful con-
spiracies against trade
We demand an enlargement of the powers OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission, to the end
that the travelling public and shippers OF this
country may have prompt and adequate relief
from the abuses TO which they are subjected in
the matter Of transportation. We demand a
strict enforcement of existing civil and criminal
statutes against all such trusts, combinations
and monopolies; and we demand the enactment
Of such further legislation as may be necessary
TO enectually suppress them.
Any trust or unlawful combination engaged IN
interstate commerce which is rnonopolizing any
branch Of business or production should not be
permitted to transact business outside Of the
State Of fits origin. Whenever IT shall be estab-
lshed IN any court of competent jurisdiction
that such monopoliZation exists such prohibition
should be enforced through comprehensive laws
TO be enacted on the subject.
RECLAMATION OF ARID LANDS.
We congratulate our Western citizens upon
the passing of a law known as the Newlands
Irrigation act for the irrigation and reclamation
of the arid lands Of the West; a measure framed
by Democrat. passed in the Senate by a non
partisan vote and passed in the House against
the opposition OF almost all the Republican
leaders by a vote the majority of which
Democratic
We call attention to this great Democratic
measure. broad and comprehensive it is,
working automatically throughout all time with
out further action of Congress, until the rec
lamaton is accomplished reserving the lands
reclaimed for home seekers IN small tracts, and
r1gioIy guarding against land monopoly, as an
evidence of the policy Of domestic development
contemplated by the Democratic party, should it
be placed in power.
ISTHMIAN CANAL
The Democracy, when intrusted with power
VIII construct the Panama Canal speedily hon