The Forrest City times., 1904-07-15

AEatnst Executive t>urpatinu of
 Legislative or Judicial Functions.
 We :a+ democratic party If the United states la national C invention assembled CeCtare Is arEUttu. 10 t.a essential uriu- esHses = tHe a=fn5eeatls 4azth which Ut ttf@> Us q EetheT IT party EaEr gal1}uu.
 Fl aaer them ioea. ~-#f-E 5F-rztueut and national unity and prosperity We're alike established Thsy aas5eF5#.sd =IIr tF55af..rslI- and every democratic extension rom louisiana t9 California ana TeNaS t1 Gte- EsEz HEtza Rzeszrs=a faithfully F al the states t6s i= between f4Natt.0 and rep saHf4tlaa- Eae& S=t inspire the nA<SaS of alr F=ap.ez guarding 5=as#0sz% their Flessz aaa liberties. aH.4 zas-ssaiEs taeir HeHtz Iaet Fs-a=al es = a4- aa..es and rsspans3 3ai+5t4es = citizens and impress sfan As I.sE5ss4zaEs z EAis tHaez The Necessity st reform and -H= rescue at the healStF1H- arbitrary and Srasn44ic methedS which 1ist-ac- business by uu- Wis5 dread a.stra>t and E--tGrbatt1a-
 The application at thes- fundamental pEtnGll4es ta th= living 3szzAs= =af tse aas= constitutes the rr>t sep toward the as- su~ea peace safety and T=azress of a}i- nation Freedom of the press df con science and af speech. equality before the Law of all citizens. the right of trial hN isi=t freedom af the person defended ey the writ = habeas corpus liberty af personal contract untramrneled b samp- tEar} laws the supremacy If the civil over military authority. d weii-GlscIfllia+d militia the separation Of church and state economy in expenditures; low denet. the prompt and sacred fatHgment CT public and private obligations. fidelity To Treaties peace and friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none; absolute acauiesetHce iR the Will If the ma iortty the vital principle 6f republics these are doctrines which democracy h4S established as proverbs of The nation. and they should be constantly invoked preached res9rted to and enforced
 Controlling E,penses.
 T. Large reductions can readily be made IT tne annual expenditures If the government without =iupatrfur th4 affl cleney If any branch If the pub tc sesxsea and We shall insist upon the Srrictest economy and frugaHty compatible with Vigorous and efficient ciElI. military and naval administration as right of the people, too e4eaF to be denied or with
 - The enforcement of honesty in inc public service. and to that end thorough Legislative investigation uf those execu- tive departments Of the government aI- ready known te teem with corruption. as Well as other departments suspected of harboring corruption. and the punishment Of assertaiued corruptIonSts without fear CT favor or regard to persons The per slstent and deliberate refusal of both the senate and house of representatives to permit such investigation to be made bV either branch Of congress demonstrates that only by a change in the executive and in the house ot representatives can complete exposure, punishment and cor rectlon be obtained
 "In broader furtheranee of that end the federal government should not permit it. self h be robbed by entering into con tracts with convicted trusts or unlawful combinations in restraint of interstate trade. existing in Violation of law Me believe that une of the best methods af procuring economy and honesty in he DIIhING 1~ Fs I5# --t. from the occupant ot the White House down te the lowest of them. return as nearly as may be, to Jerersoniau sim
 Presidential Recomm-n n dations
 8. Ne favor the nomination and cleo uon of president trained in the ways of the constitution, who shall set his tac- that usurpation he ruled under the gut~t ot executive construction of existing laws. Vr whether II takr refuge la the NFaht pleas ot necessity ef superior wisdom
 | The democratic party has been. opponent of that class ui tarlff legfSIati6-U hN which certain interests have been per mited through congressional favor. to draw hs4N} tribute from the American people This moustrous prrverSian of those equal opportunities which our po- lttiCa institutions Were established f8 Ss- cure. has caused What may once have been infant industries to bee me the greatest combinations of capital that tbs. world has ever known These puhiiCfy- favored enterprises have. through trust methods. been converted into mouaPoIieS thus bringing to an end domestic com petition. which Was the UnlY check uU1U the eNtraYagani profits made possible bx thc protective system. These industrial combinations. bH The tinuHtlaI assistance. they can give. HOW control the p05IeV If the republican, party.
 We favor q Wise conservative and buSiutSSHke revision and a gradual r,.- duett9n of the trlr by The friends If the masses and tar the common we.tl and tQrtuus and its dIsCriuiuattuus keetire it View the ultimate end of equality 0t burdens and ela"HiH oI opp rJgnlties. and the eau>Htutloatl purpose uf raising a revenue by taxation. to-WIt the sun port ot the federal EoNerpn.nt in dli lt< integrity and Vlrii!ty but in ~irnu..c{,Y-. and keeping also in view. aS men oG C m mon seuSe should. existing conditions however wroHEfulS. mistakenly or un- the cause et tarin reform itse5t If abrupt and revolutionary reversal If policy
 W z should bear in mind. in short. these t~e things tit The general principle that atun is thc support If the federal gov cruomIt economically. effectively and constitutlonally administered. and t2l the equal truth that ta the assertion 0f any general principle and in reaching any ultimate end however sacred and logicaliy ur-tv9idahie. due regard but
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 We favor the reduction of tariff tax aN"u upon trust produced articles ta the points where foreign competition may ep- ttr the American market whenever trusts and combines, seeking monopoly lai~+ their prices to the American eaHSiF3,-r above a reasonable and just praHf hs such reduction depriNing trusts and mo nupoltes of the power to eNturt from the American people. under shelter If Amer can law, prices higher than those eaarettl foreigners for Identical articles
 The Isthminn Canal.
 "0ur party having long and earnestly advocated the construction of tnteroeetnsc canal Tor the purpose of national defense and commerce between the. states and with forvlSn nations. We favor the rariv completion of the isthmian canal
 "But while making this declaration and accepting the results as an accomplished and iIreversiole fact We can n6l too