The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-13
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Id the Platform Adopted
by the Democrats.
PROTECTION DENOUNCED.
Liberty for Filipinos, Election of
Senators by the People and
a Reduction of the
Army ImperativeIy
Demanded.

Demanded.
The Democratic party Of the United
States. in national convention assem-.
bled, declares its devotion to the es,
sential principles Of the Democratic
faith which brings us together in party
communion.
Under them, local self-government
and national unity and prosperity were
alike established. They underla d ou1
independence, the structure Of our free
republic, and every Democratic exten.
sion from Louisiana to California, and
Texas to Oregon, which preserved
faithfully in all the States the tie be-
tween taxation and representation.
They yet inspire the masses Of our
people, guarding jealousy their rights
and liberties, and cherishing their fra
ternity, peace and orderly develop
ment. They remind US of our duties
and responsibilities as citizens and i'm
press upon US, particularly at this
time, the necessity of reform and the
rescue of the administration OF govern.
ment from the headstrong, arbitrary
and spasmodic methods which distract
business by uncertainty and pervade
the public mind with: dread, diStrust
and pertusbation.
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES.
The application of these fundamen.
tai principles to the living issues OF
the day is the first step toward the
assured peace, safety and progress OF
our nation. Freedom Of the press, OF
conscience and of speech; equality be.
fore the law Of all citizens: right OF
trial by jury; freedom Of the person de-
Tended by the writ Of habeas corpus;
liberty Of personal contract untram-
meled by sumptuary laws; supremacy
of the civil over military authority;
well disciplined militia; the separation
of church and state: economy IN ex-
penditures: low taxes, that labor may
be lightly burdened; prompt and sacred
fulillment of public and private obi:
cations; fidelity to treaties: peace and
friendship with all nations; entangling
alliances with none, absolute acqules,
cence in the will of the majority, the
vital principle of republics; these are
doctrines which Democracy has eStab-
lished, approved by the nation and
they should be constantly invoked anc
enforced.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
We favor enactment and admins
tration of laws, giving labor aid capi
tai impartially their just rights. Capi
tai and labor ought not to be enemies.
Each is necessary to the other. Each
has its rights, but the rights of labor
are certainly no less vested" no les:
sacred" and no less "unalienable'
than the rights Of capital.
CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES.
Constitutional guarantees are vic:
lated whenever any citizen is denied
the right to labor, acquire and enjoy
property or reside where interests OF
inclination may determine. Any de,
nial thereof by individuals. organiza,
tions, or governments should be sum-
marily rebuked and punished.
We deny the right Of any executive
to disregard or suspend any constitu-
tional privilege or limitation. Obedi-
ence to the laws and respect for their
requirements are alike the supreme
duty of the citizen and the official.
The military should be used only to
support and maintain the law. We
unqualifedly condemn its employment
for the summary b2nishment Of citi-
zenS without a trial at or for the con-
troll of elections.
We approve the measure which pass
ed the United States senate in 1896,
but which a Republican congress has
ever since refused to enact, relating to
contempts in federal courts, and pro-
viding for trial by jury in. cases of indl-
rect contempt.
WATERWAYS.
We favor liberal appropriations for
the care and improvements of the wa
ter ways OF the country. When any
waterways like the Mississipp river is
of sufficient Importance to demand
special aid of the government, such
aid should be extended with definite
plan of continuous work until pern1a-
nent improvement is secured.
We oppose the Repblican policy OF
starving home development in order
to feed the greed for consequest and
the appetite for national prestige
and display OF strength.
ECONOMY OF ADMINISTRATION.
Large reductions can easily be made
in the annual expenditures Of the gov
ernment without impairing the etfi-
cheney of any branch of the public ser
vice, and we shall insist upon the
strictest economy and frugality COM
patible with vigorous and efficient
civil, military and naval adminiStra-
tion as right of the people, too clear
to be denied or withheld.
We favor honesty in the puplic SER
vice-the enforcement Of honesty in
the public service and to that end a
thorough legislative investigation Of
those executive departments of the
government already known to them
with corruption, and the punishment
of ascertained corruptionists without
fear or favor or regard to persons. The
persistent and deliberate refusal of
both the senate and house of repre-
sentatives to permit such investiga-
tion to be made, demonstrates that
only by a change in the executive and
in the legislative departments can
complete exposure. punishment and
CORE ction be obtained.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
We condemn the action Of the Re
publican party in congress in refusing
to prohibit all executive department
from entering into contracts with con-
victed trusts on unlawful com bina-
tions in restraint Of interstate trade.
We believe that one of the best
of procuring economy and
honesty in the public service is to
have public officials. from the occu-
pant of the White House down to the
lowest Of them, returned as nearly as
may be to Jefersonian simplicity Of
living.