The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-07
on the Colorado pIsturbance.

ilOH HldH utltTH11es ADy Qenldl lncItOl by individuals, organizations or governs ments should be summarily rebuked and punished.
 Freedom of speech and of the press are essentials of the guards of civil lib- erty. and the invasion of either cannot be too severely reprehended.
 We denounce the infiiction of punsh- ments without due process of law and deny the right of any executive to disre- gard or suspend any constitutional priv ilege or limitation. Obedience to the laws and respect for their requirements are alike the supreme duty of the citizen and the ruler.
 ,The military must always remain su- bordinate to the civil power and be used only to support and maintain the law.
 We unquallfedly condemn its employ ment for the summary banishment of the citizen without trial or for the control of elections"
 Governor Thomas urged the adoption of the plank in strong terms and in doing so referred at length to the labor troubles in Colorado, saying that the acceptance of the proposition would do much to ren- der Colorado safely democratic. He was replied to by McMahon of Ohio, who said that while. the adoption of this plank might do much to secure the labor vote, 1t would also probably have the effect of depriving the party of the support of the employment of labor.
 TlIIman Wants to Be Radical. The labor question was then laid tenn porarily aside In order to listen to a plea from Senator Tfllman for a strong plank in support of the principle of white supremacy in the south. He denounced the plank on this subject in the platform submitted by MT. Williams and said:
 "If we are to have declaration at all let us have on that means something and not a weak-kneed namby pamby fimsy thing like that in the so-called Will Hams platform"
 The committee then entered upon series of hearings of outsiders, including representatives of the anti-imperialist league, the national Womans Suffrage | association and organized labor. The anti-imperialsts were represented by Ira D. Howarth of the Chicago Uni! versity. They asked for the insertion of the following plank:
 We accept the great truhts of the declaration of independence as eternal principle of justice, not limited to time nor place, or race of men. To hold a foreign people In subjection is unjust, un- democratic, un-American, subversive of our national ideals, and a menace to our own rights and institutions. The re- tention of the Philippines in a relation to subject of the United States, is an un- necessary burden and peril. We should treat the F'ilipnos as we treated the Cu- bans We therefore demand an imme- diate and definite pledge of speedy inde- pendence for these islands and insist that the United States government direct it's best efforts to the earliest possible ful- | fillment of such pledges"
 The aapoI e,,ffra gfsta .uora ea by Mrs. Priscilla Hackstaff of New York, Miss Kate M. Gordon of New Orleans, | and Mrs. Louise M Worth of St. Louis They asked for a declaration in favor of recognition of their sex
 The Question of Shipping. The committee was asked to consider the question of shipping plank by Field S. Pendleton of New York, who spoke in behalf of a plank he represented which read as follows:
 'The democratic party, the traditional friend of American shipping, pledges It. self to the rehabilitation of the merchant marine through discriminating duties and tonnage dues, the policy of the fathers and of the great leaders of the democrat ic party under which the flag of the United States filled the ports and was a frequent sight upon the seas of the world in all the years of democratic ascend ancy, while it's disappearance and the de- plorable decline of that once great and powerful interest has been continuous un- der republican administration
 Governor Thomas presented a resolution for the equalization of freight rates on cattle on the request of the National Cat tie Growers association. and Mark Smith requested the insertion of plank .declar- ing against joint statehood for the terri tories of Arizona and New Mexico and Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
 The full committee then at s;45 adjourn ed until D. m. tomorrow, leaving the subcommittee In session and in prospect of an all night session.
 What the Philippines Wish. Oscar Sutro, chairman of the Philippine delegation appeared before the commit tee and stated the desires of his delega- ton. He urged that the Philippine plank in the platform should embody the fol- lowing
 We believe that the destinies of the Philippine islands and the United States are firmly united. and a form of terri torial government similar to that now in force in Porto Rico and the Hawaiian islands should he granted to the Philip pines, and at the earliest practicable date.
 We condemn the procrastinating policy of the republican party which is unjust
 
 sponsible for the ruinous condition of de- pression prevailing in these islands.
 These islands with reference to af- fording them a free market for their pro- duct should be on the same basis as Porto Rico
 We deplore that sordid money interests have combined to forestall needed legisla- ton which is absolutely essential to the development and success of the two prin- cipal staples of the Philippine islands sugar and tobacco--and that the whitening hand of the constituencies trusts has been raised against these two great industries.
 we believe that it Is to the best Inter est and welfare of the American and Filipino alike that the government or these islands should be conducted on non-partisan basis and to this end we fa- vor the civil service system in the ap- pointment and promotion of government tai officials and employees.
 Shaping Up the PIanks.
 After the departure of the full com mittee the subcommittee entered on the consideration of the details Of the plat form. The first effort was devoted to shaping up the tariff and trust provisions and considerable difference of opinion de- veloped on both of these. The sub-com- mittee adjourned at l2:4o until @S0 tomor- row morning. The subcommittee made very good progress and has tentatively agreed upon the preamble and the tarin plank. The draft of platform presented
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