Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-19


US together In party communion.
/ U nder them local self-goyernment and ma
tional unity and prosperity We're alike es-
taDlished. They undertake. our independ-
ence. the structure of our free republic and
every Democratic extension from Louisiana
TO California and Texas to Oregon. which
preserved faithfully In all the States the
tie between taxation and representation
They yet inspire the masses OF our people.
guarding jea lousy their rights and liberties
and cherishiug their fraternity, peace and
orderly development.
They remind us of our duties and respoH
sibilities as citizens and impress upon us,
particularly at this time. the necessity OF
reform ana the rescue Of the administra-
tion or government from the hcadstrong
arbitrary and spasmodlc methods which dis
tract business by uncertainty and pervade
the public mind with dread. distrust and
perturbation.
Fundamental Principles,
The application Of these fundamental
principles to the living issues OF the day Is
the first step toward the assured peace,
safety and progress of our nation Free,
dom OF the press, of conscience and OF
speeeh-equaity before the law OF all citi-
zens; right of trial by Jury; freedom of the
person defended by the writ of habeas
corpus; liberty Of personal contract I'M
trammeled by sumptuary laws ~ rema1y
OF the civil over military authority; well
disciplined militia; the separation of church
and State; economy IN expenditures; low
taxes, that labor may be lightly burdened;
private obligations; fidelity to treaties;
peace and friendship with all nations; Ell
tangiing alliances With none; absolute ac-
quiescenee in the will of the majority, the
vital principle of republics-thcse are doc
trines which Democracy has established
approved by the nation. and they should be
constantly invoked and enforced.
Capital and Labor.
We favor the enactment and administra-
ton of laws giving labor and capital i'm
partially their just rights. Capital and
labor ought not to be enemies Each Is
necessary to the other. Each has its rights.
but the rights of labor are certainly no less
vested" no less sacred and no less
"inalienable than the rights OF capital
Constitutional Guarantees.
Constitutional guarantees are violated
whenever any citizen Is denied the right to
labor, acquire and enjoy property or reside
where interest or inclination may deter
mine. Any denial thereof by individuals,
organizations or governments should De
summary rehuked and punished
We deny the right of any executive to
disregard 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 aud the
official.
The military should be used only to sup
port and to maintain the law We UNI
qualihedly condemn its employment for the
summary Punishment OF citizens without
trial or for the control of elections.
We approve the measure which passed
the United States Senate IT. 1896. but which
a Republican Congress has ever since re
fused to enact. relating to contempts In
Federal courts and providing for trial by
jury in cases of indirect contempt
Water Ways.
We favor liberal appropriations for the
OF the country. When any water way like
the Mississippi River is of sufficient i'm
portance to demand 5 tisl aid of the gov
eminent such aid should be. extended, with
A,tff MA ff,ttIS.
permanent Improvement Is secured.
We oppose the Republican policy OF starv-
ing home development In order to feed the
greed for conquest and the appetite for
national prestige and display Of
strength.
Economy OF Administration.
Large reductions can easily be made In
the annual expenditures of the government
without impairing the efficiency Of any
branch of the public service, aud we shall
insist upon the strictest economy aud fru-
gality compatible with vigorous and eff
Gent civil military and naval administra-
ticp as a right OF the people too clear to
be denied or withheld.
/ We favor honesty in the public service
and the enforcement Of honesty in the pub
lie Service and to that end thorough leg
islative investigation Of those executive de-
partments of the government already
known TO teen with corruption, as well as
other departments suspected Of harboring
corruption, and the punishment of ascer-
or regard to persons.
The persistent and deliberate refusal of
both the Senate and the House of Repre-
Sentatives to permit such Investigation to
be made demonstrates that only by a
change In the executive and in the legis-
iatiye departments can complete exposure
punishment and correction be obtained
Contract with Trusts.
We condemn the action OF the Republican
party in Congress in refusing to prohibit
an executive department from entering
into contracts with convicted trusts or I'M
lawful combinations in restraint of inter
state trade. We believe that one Of the
best methods Of procuring economy and
honesty .in the public service Is to have
pnaIie' officials from the occupant OF the
White House down to the lowest of them
return nearly as may be to Jeffersonian
simplicity of living.
Executive Usurpation.
We favor the nomination and election Of
President. imbued with the principles of
the constitution, who viii set his face
sternly against executive usurpation of leg
islative and judicial functions, whether that
usurpation be yelled under tae guise Of ex-
ecutiye construction Of existing laws or
whether it take refuge In the tyrant's
/ pleas of necessity or superior wisdom
Imperialism.
We favor the preservation, so far as We
can. of open door for Tie worlds com
MERGE in the Orient without an unneces-
sary ENHANCEMENT In Oriental and Euro
tied, irresponsible and absolute government
anywhere within our Jurisdiction. We op-
pose. as feryently did George Washing
ton himself, an indefinite, Irresponsible, dis
| cretionary and vague absolutism and a pol-
icy Of colonial exploitation, no matter
where or by whom invoked or exercised !:
we believe with Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams that no government has a right to
! make one set of laws for those 'tat homef
and another and a different set OF laws
absolute In their character, for those in
All men under the American flag are an
titled to the protection Of the institutions
whose emblem the flag is; If they are inner
emily unit for those institutions then they
are inherently unfit to be members Of the
American body polite. Wherever there
may exist people Incapable Of being gov
erned under American laws In consOnance
with the American constitution that people
/ ought not TO be part of the American do
main.
Independence for Philippines.
We Insist that W. ought to do for the
Eiiipinos what we have already done for
the Cubans. and 1t is duty to make
that promise now and upon suitable guar
antees Of protection TO citizens Of our own
and other countries resident there at the
time Of our withdrawal, set the Filipino
people upon their feet, free aud independ-
ent, to work out their own destiny
The endeavor Of the Secretary Of War;
by pledging the governments Endorsement
for promoters in the Philippine Islands
to make the United States u partner in
speculative legislation OF the archipelago
which was only temporarily held up By the
opposition Of the Democratic Senators. In
the last session. WILL II successful, lead
to entanglements from which It will be
difficult TO escape
Revision of Tariff.
The Democratic party has been, and will
continue to be. the consistent opponent OF
that class Of tariff legislation BY which
certain interests have been permitted
through congressional favor. to draw q
heavy tribute from the American people
+ This monstrous perversion Of those equal
opportunities, which our political institu-
lions were established TO secure has caused
what may once have been infant Industries
TO become the greatest combinations Of cap
ital that the world has ever known These
especial favorites Of the government have
through trust methods been converted into
I monopoiies. thus bringing 10 an end demes-
tic competition, which was the only alleged
check upon the extrayagant profits made
possible by the protective system.
These industrial combinations by the g.
nancfal assistance they can give now control
the policy Of the Republican party.
Denounce Protection
We denDUuee protection as A robbery Of