The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-09

 Under them local self government and national party unity and prosper tty were alike established.
 They underlaid our independence, the | structure of our free republic and every Democratic extension from Louis- jana to California and Texas to Oregon. which preserved faithfully in all the States the tie between taxation and representation. They yet inspire the masses of our people. guarding jeal- | ousy their rights and liberties and cherishing their fraternity, peace and orderly development They remind us of our duties and responsibilities as citizens and impress upon us partic- ularly at this time. the necessity of reform and the rescue of the adminis- tration of government from the head strong, arbitrary and spasmodic meth ods which distract business by uncer- tainty and pervade the public mind with dread. distrust and perturbation. Fundamental Principles. 1. The application of these funda- mental 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 tho law of all citizens;' right of trial by jury;l freedom of the person defended by the writ ofNhabeas corpus; liberty of personal contract, untram- | meled by sumptuary laws; supremacy of the civil over military authority; | well defined militia: the separation of church and state: economy in ex- penditures; low taxes that labor may be lightly burdened: prompt and sa- cred fulfllment of public and private obligations; fidelity to treaties; peace fpia A.I x,xl<h ,Ir tangling alliances with none: absolute acquiescence in the will of the ma tority the vital principle of republics those are doctrines which Democracy has established, approved by the nation and they should be constantly invoked and enforced.
 Capital and Labor. We favor enactment and administra- tion of laws, giving labor and capital impartially their just rights. Capital and labor ought not to be enemies. Each is necessary to the other. Each has It's rights. but the rights of labor 'sacreG' and no less "analienabie'' than the rights of capital
 ConstitutionsI Gaurantees. Constitutional guarantees are vio- lated whenever any citizen Is denied the right to labor, acquire and enjoy property or reside where interest or inclination may determine. Any de- nial thereof by individuals. organiza- ton or government should be summar- fly rebuke or punished. ,@ We deny the right of any executive to disregard or suspend any consti- tutional privilege or limitation. Obe- dience to the laws and respect for their requirements are alike the supreme H,,t Af Aa al
 The military should be used only to support and maintain the law. We unqualifiedly condemn It's employment for the summary punishment of citi- zens without trial, or, for the control 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 in- direct contempt
 Waterways.
 We favor liberal appropriations for the care and improvement of the wa terways of the country. When any water like the Mississippi river is of sufficient importance to demand spe- cial aid. of the government, such aid should be extended with a definite plan of continuance work until permanent improvement Is secured
 We oppose the Republican policy of starving home devel- opment in order to feed the greed for conquest and the appetite for nat ional prestige" and display of strength.
 Economy of Administration.
 1. Large reductions can easily bs made in the annual expenditures of ths government without impairing the eff ciency of any branch of the public ser vice, and we shall insist upon the strictest economy and frugality com pared with vigorous and efficient civil. military and naval administration, as a right of the people, too clear to be denied or withheld.
 2. We favor the enforcement of honesty in the public service and to that end a thorough legislative in- vestigation of those executive depart ments of the government already known to teem with corruption, and the punishment of ascertained corrup- tionists without fear or favor, or re- gard to persons. The persistent and deliberate refusal of both the Senate and the House of Representatives to permit such investigation to be made demonstrates that only by a change in the executive and in the legislative departments can complete exposure punishment and correction be obtained. Federal Government Contract With
 Trusts.
 We condemn the action of the Re- publican party in Congress in refus- ing to prohibit an executive depart ment from entering into contracts with convicted trusts or unlawful com binations in restraint of interstate trade We believe that one of the best methods of procuring economy and honesty in the public service is to have public officials from the occn- pant of the White House down to the lowest of them. returned as nearly as may be to Jeffersonian simplicity of living.
 Executive UsurpatiOn.
 We favor the nomination and elec- ton of a President imbued with the principles of the execution who will set his face sternly against executive usurpation of legislative and judicial Functions. whether that usurpatlon be yelled under the guise of executive construction of existing laws, or whether 1t take refuge in the 'tyrant's plea Of necessity. or superior wisdom.
 Imperialism.
 We favor the preservation, so far as we can, of an open door for worlds commerce in the Orient with out an unnecessary entanglement in orientai and European affairs. and