Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-20

illegal tunhiHd ti0NS Toe fNfTust'N to the
democratic party. which - Hut RESPONSE
tie FIR their existence. and when ha3
ever protested against their continuance.
We condemn the republican system ot
LEGISLATION under which trust munopuiies )
are tnahlru 10 exact higher prices fcg
their manufactured products from our
ewn people than they sell them for
I'VE demand an enlargement OF tho
powers or the interstate commerce COM
mission. to the end that the travelling
have prompt and adequate relief fer tho
abuses they are now subjected to in the
matter of transportation.
Monroe Doctrine.
I'VE favor the maintenance Of the Mon
roe doctrine in rs full integrity.
I'VE favor Il liberal trade treaty with
Canada.
Army aud Navy.
We favor the reduction Of the army
and of army expenditures to the point his
torically demonstrated to be safe and
sufficient. We favor the maintenance and
liberal annual increase OF the navy as our
condition against a foreign foe, and .
source of no possible danger to our liber-
ties as people.
Capital and Labor.
I'VE favor the enactment and adminis-
tration of laws, giving labor and capital
impartially their Just rights. Capital and
labor ought not TO be enemies. Each 10
necessary to the other. Each has its
tainly no less vested, no less sacred
and no less 'inalienable' than tho rights
OF capital.
American Citizcn.hip.
I'VE pledge ourselves to Insist upon tho
Just and lawful protection of our citizens
at home and abroad and to use ali proper
measures to secure for them, whether
natlVe-born or naturali2ed, and without
distinction of race or creed, the actual
protection or laws and the enjoyment Of
all rights and privileges open to them
urder the covenants of our treaties of
friendship and commerce, and it. under
existing treaties. the right of travel and
aojourn is denied to American citizens. or
recognition Is withheld from American
of 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 discrimina~
tions.
PENSIONS.
1.-The democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions, not by an
arbitrary executive order. but by legis-
lation which a grateful people stand
ready to enact.
Our soldiers and sailors who defend
Nth their lives the and tn:
Administrations. They must therefore
share with US the humiliation with which
favorites, without distinguished service.
over the SCARED heroes of many battles:
or aggrandized by executive appropria-
people, in violation of the act of con-
gress which fixes the compensation and
allowances of the military officers.
Merchant Marine.
I'VE denounce the ship subsidy bill re.
Gently passed by the United States sen.
ate iniquitous appropriation Of
public funds for private purposes and n
Wasteful. illogical and useless attempt to
overcome by subsidy the obstructions
Inv l,f .
growth and development of American
commerce on the sea.
I'VE favor the uphuilding Of a mer..
chant marine without new or additional
burdens upon the people ard without
bounties from the public treasury.
Civil Service.
THE democratic party stands commit
ted to the principles OF civil service re-
form, and We demand tlieir honest, just
and impartial enforcement.
I'VE denounce the republican party for
ITS continuous aha sinister encreaeh..
civil service rules wherehv i h3s soa4 ar,{
trarily dispensed with examinations for
office in the interest of faVorites and
employed all manner OF devices to over
reach and set aside the princip!es upon
which the civil service was established.
Conformation of Poiy.amy.
I'VE demand the determination Of 20
!!ygamy within the jurisdiction Of the
b
fairs.
We congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage of the measure known
as the Newiands irrigation act for the
irrigation and reclamation Of the arid
lands OF the west-a measure framed by
a democrat, passed in the senate by a
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 il Is, work.
ing automatically Throughout all time
without further action Of congress, until
the reclamation Of all the lands in the
arid west capable Of reclamation is ac-
complished, reserving the lands reclaimed
Tor homeseekers in small tracts and rigid
lv guarding against land monopoly. as an
evidence Of the policy Of domestic devel-
Opment contemplated by the democratic
party should it be placed IN power.
InDerIa fism.
I'VE favor the preservaticn so far as
We can, OF an open door for the world
commerce in the orient without anHeces-
sary ENHANCEMENT in the oriental and
European affairs and without arbitrary,
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment anywhere within our jurisdic-
George Washington himself, an indefinite,
irresponsible, discretionary and vague
absoutism and policy Of colonial ex-
ploitation, no matter where Q, by whom
invoked or exercised; we believe, with
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, that
no government has right to make one
other and a different set OF laws, abso-
lutte In their character, for those in the
colonies. All men under the AmericaR
flag are entitled to the protection of the
institutions whose emblem the flag is: II
they are inherently unfit for those instj-
tions, then they are Inherently unfit to be
Wherever there may exist a people In
ican laws, in consonance with the Amor.
lean constitution. the territory of that
people ought not to be part OF the Amer
lean domain.
I'VE insist that We ought to do for the
Filtpinos what we have already done for
the Cubans. And 1t ie our intent. as soon
as It can be done wisely and safely for
the Filipinos themselves. and after amica-
BILE arrangements with them concerning
naval stations, coaling stations and trade
relations. and upon suitable guarantees
of protection to all national and interna-
tional interests. to settle tho people upon
their feet. free and Independent. to work
out their own destiny.
THE endeavor Of tho secretary Of war.
by pledging tho government's indorse.
ment for promoters In tho Philippine
islands. to make the United States q part
ner in speculative exploitation Of the
archipelago. which was only temporarily