Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

bic for their existence. and which has
ever protested against their continuance.
legislation under which trust monopOles
are enabled to exact higher prices for
their manufactured product, frolr'
abroad '
I'VE demand an enlargemer
powers Of the interstate corr
mission. to the end tk\ lg
public and shippers OF IN nay
have prompt and adeQ)S N the
abuses they are now s,<N N ID ths
matter OF ,MaaasnSe'fnds Man4ee ~. nm
I'VE favor the maintenance OF the Mon
roe doctrine IN IT'S full integrity.
We favt- liberal trade treaty with
Canada.
Army and Navy.
we favor the reduction OF the army
and of army expenditures to tha point his
torically demonstrated to be safe and
sufficient. We favor the maintenance and
best defense in cur isolated continental
condition against a. foreign toe. and .
sourS OF no possible danger to our iibsr-
ties \ g people
Capital ana Labor.
''We favor the enactment and adrninis~
tration Of laws, giving labor and capital
innpartiaily their Just rights. Capital and
labor ought not TO be enemies. Each is
rights, but the rights of labor are Ger.
tainly no less vested, no less sacred
ard no less inallenabie than the rights
OF capital.
American Cttixenship.
I'VE pledge ourselves to knsist upon the
just and lawful protection Of our citizens
ut home and abroad, and to all proper
measures TO secure for them, whether
oistActlon OF race or creed, the aetua!
protec ton OF laws and the enjoyment OF
all rights and privileges Open t" them
under the covenants Of our treaties OF
friendship and commerce. and If under
existing treaties, ths right OF travel and
sejourn is denied to American citizens, or
recognition Is withheld from American
pa ssports by any countries on the ground
7f race or creed, we favor the beginning
OF negotiations with the governments OF
such countries to secure. by new treaties.
the removal Of these unjust discriminn~
tions.
Pensions.
''The democracy would secure to tho
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
arbitrary executive order, hut by legts-
lation which gratafM peepls stand
"Our soldiers and snilore wh~ 6efenA
with their lives the constitution and the
laws have q sacred tnterest IN their just
:Snrs wt ns the hsy hsmasn Ss, With wbss
we have witnessed the sxaltation Of court
favorites, without distinguished servics,
or Aggrandized by executive approprtar
ttons cut Of the treasures Of g PROSTATE
people IN violation Of the &C, of con-
allowances OF the military ofheers.
Merchant Marine.
1--WE denounce tho ship subsidy bin rt-
Gently passed by the United States sen-
ate as an iniautous appropriation Of
wasteful. Illogical and useless attempt to
overcome by subsidy the distractions
raised by republican legislaeion to the
I'VE favor the upbuiding Of a mer-
chant. marine without new or additions!
burdens upon the people and without
hounties from the public treasury
Civil Service.
The democratic party stands commit
ted to the principles OF civil service re-
form. and we demand their honest, just
and impartial enforcement:
I'VE denounce the republican party for
It's continuous and sinister encroach-
ments upon the spirit and operation OF
trarily dispensed with examina tions for
office in the interest of faVorites and
employed AL manner Of devices to over
reach and set aside the principles upon
which the civil service was established.
Conformation of P0lygamy.
I'VE demand the determination OF po.
lygamy within the jurisdiction Of the
United States and the complete separa-
ton OF church and state in political at
We congratulate cur western citizens
upon the passage OF the measure known
irrigation and reclamation O! the arid
lands OF the West-a measure framed by
= democrat, passed in the senate by q
on-pArtizan vote and passed In the house !
against the. opposition OF almost all the
republican leaders by vote the major
tentioa to this great democratic measure.
broad and comprehensive as it Is. work.
ing automatically throughout all time /
ths of s Tho ands
arid west capable OF reclamation is &C. |
cemplished. reserving the lands reclaimed
" guarding against land monopoly. as an
EVIDENCE OF the policy OF domestic dom deyel-
sbeSd Bs pace3 the
Imperialism.
I'VE favor the preservation so far as
Ve can. OF an open door for the world .
commerce In the orient without unneces-
9s and n xoSs tn oEenS ana
unlimited. irresponsible and absolute gov.
srnment anywhere within our jurisdic,,
Georgs Washington himself. an indefinite.
irresponsible, discretionary, and vague
absolutism and policy of colonial ex-
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. that
no government 1n. has ,as. right rig to make one
other and different set Of laws. abso-
lutte IN thei. character. for those In the
A, men Under the AmeFieaa
institutions whose emblem the flag is: II
they are inherently unfit for those insti-
tions, then they are inherently unfit to be
members Of the American body polite
Wherever there may exist a people in.
capable Of being governed under Amer
ican laws. In consonancs with the Amer.
Jean constitution. the territory Of that
people ought not to be part Of the Amer
lean domain.
We insist that We ought to Go for the
Filipinos what we have already done FOR
the Cubans And It is eNr intent. as soon
the Filipinos themselyes and after anica-
naval stations. coaling stations and trade
relations, and upon suitable guarantees
tional interests. to settle tho people upon
their feet. free and independent. to work
out their own destiny.
by pledging tho government's indorse-
ment for promoters in tbs Philippine |
islands, to make the United States a part
ner in speculant;iyse I've exploitation Of the
held up by the opposition Of democratic