Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-07

legislation under which trust monopolies
are enabled to ,,. exact higher prices for
own people than they sell them for
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powers OF the Interstate commerce COM
mission, to the end that the travelling
public and shippers OF this country may
have prompt and adequate relief for the
abuses they are now subjected to In the
Monroe Doctrine.
1--WE favor the maintenance Of the Mon
roe doctrine in It's full integrity.
Canada.
Army and Navy.
I'VE favor the reduction Of the army
and OF army expenditures to the point his
torieally demonstrated to be safe and
liberal annual increase OF the navy as our
best, defense IN our isolated continental
condition against a foreign foe, and q
ties as people.
Capital and Labor.
1--WE favor the enactment and adminis-
ttration, Of laws, giving labor and capital
necessary to the other. Each has its
rights. but the rights of labor are Ger,
ard no less inalienable' than the riGh ats
of capital.
American Citizenship.
We pledge. ourselves to insist upon tho
Just and lawful protection Of our citizens
ut home and abroad, and to use all proper
measures to secure for them, whether
native-born or naturalized, and without
distinction g Of rae, race or creed, the actual
all rights and privileges open to then,
under the covenants of our treaties OF
friendship and commerce. and IT, under
existing treaties, the right OF travel and
sojourn is denied to American citizens or
recognition is withheld from American
1xya ,-}N i
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-
tlons
"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
with their lives the constitution and the
laws have a sacred interest in their just
administration. They must therefore
sne Says WE ne With
favorites, without distinguished service.
over the SCARED heroes of many battles;
people. in violation of the act Of con-
gress which fixes the compensation ana
allowances of the military officers.
Merchant Marine.
I'VE denounce the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United States sen.
ate as an iniquitous appropriation Of
public Ct, funds ssr, for private purposes and
overcome by subsidy the distractions
raised by republican Hesitation to the
growth and development of American
I'VE favor the upbuilding of a mer-
chant marine without new or additional
bounties from the public treasury.
Civil Service.
ted to the principles of civil service 70.
form, and we demand their honest, just
and impartial enforcement
its continuous and sinister encroach-
ments upon the spirit and operation OF
civil service rules whereby il has arbi.
office in the interest of favorites and
employed all manner OF devices to over
reach and set aside the principles upon
which the civil service was established.
Condemnation of P"lygamy.
1--WE demand the determination Of po.
Xgamy within the jurisdiction Of the
United States and the complete separa-
ton Of church and state in political at
We congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage OF the measure known
al the NeWlands irrigation act for the
irrigation and reclamation OF the arid
lands OF the west-a measure framed by
non-partizan Vote and passed in the house
against the opposition OF almost all the
republican leaders by a vote the major
tentioa to this great democratic measure.
broad and comprehensive as 1t is, work.
Ing automatically throughout all time
the reclamation Of all the lands in the
arid west capable Of reclamation is ac-
for aomeseekers In small tracts and rigid
" 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.
Imperialism.
eve favor the preservation. SO far as
We can. OF an open door for the worlds
commercs TN the orient without unneces-
European affairs and without arbitrary.
unlimited. irresponsible and absolute gov.
ton We oppose. as ferxently as as '9ei did
George Washington himself, an indefinite,
irresponsible. discretionary. and vague
ploitation, no matter where or by whom
invoked or exercised we believe, with
Thomas jefferson and John Adams. that
no government has right to make one
set OF laws for those at home and an
other and different set of laws. abso-
colonies Al men under the .American
nag are entitled to the protection of the
Institutions whose emblem the flag is: II
tions. then they are inherently unfit to be
members Of the American body polite.
Wherever there may exist people In.
capable Of being governed under Amer
lean laws, IN consonance with the Amer
people ought not to be part of the Amer.
ican domain.
I'VE insist that we ought to do for the
Ftlipinos what we have already done for
the Cubans. And 1t ie our intent as soon
the Filipinos themselves. and after AMIGA
BILE arrangements with them concerning
relations' and upon SUITABLE xuar.ntees un ruaes
Of protection to an national and interna-
their feet. free and independent. to worH
out their own destiny.
.'The endeavor Of the secretary Of war,
by pledging the governments indorse-
ment, for promoters. in tbs Philippine
islands, to make the United States a part
archipelago. which was. only temporarily
held up by the opposition Of democratic
senator's In the last session. will. If sue
cessful. lead to a permanent entangle-
ment. from which It will be difficult to
escape,