Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-25

| l'HsOh w uVHI liOli All' I''Epu hiNi
the kindred races of the japanese ha'
taught the world, and it is no matte'
of ours If their civilization shall no
be like ours; that which they may
evolve for themselves may not be the
best in the world, but it will be thu
best for them, and far better than any
veneering of ours, unassimilable by
/ them as a race and alien to their ira
j.tlons and aspirations.
! Ninth-Faithful execution without
executive construction in the courts oi
the country Of the laws Of the United
States as they are written, and espe
cially the enforcement without fear OF
favor, of the interstate commerce and
/ antitrust laws--leaying to the legisla
tive branch of the government the
duty, If need there shall be, of amend
; ing all other laws upon the statute
| Looks; the enactment of such other
laws as may be necessary to put an
end to unjust rebates and discrimina
/ tions by one trust or unlawful combi
nation in interstate commerce to an
other. There should be no favoritism
extended by law to any person, class
! of persons, or combination Of corpora
tons, nor should any fayoritism be
permitted by the law to be extended to
any person or class of persons by artl
fetal persons created by the lew-its
creatures, therefore, and subject TO its
regulation. All that any brave Ameri
can citizen asks is fair field and equal
opportunity. Less than that he canno'
ask no matter how seemingly great
the industrial obstacle which stands
in his way; more than that he will
not permit anybody else to stand in
possession OF.
Tenth--The cessation of the existing
iEiquitous partnership between the
treasury department OF the Federal
government and certain favored ma
tional banks, whereby millions of dol
lars are annually lent to those insti-
tuti0ns, without charge of interest,
and without any prescribed rules Of
determining which particular bank
shall receive special governmental IA
v0r. BY this system millions of the
public money are yearly put beyond
the power of immediate or reasonable
collection by the government, unless
with great menace of business dis
turbance and panic the probable, if
lot inevitable, result Of any attempt
to collect at all
Eleventh-Thc Democratic party
coneratulates the country upon the
yindication of the Democratic conten-
ton for an increased volume of real
or metallic money in manner ac-
ceptable to all Democrats by the ad-
dition to the worlds stock of money
metals of two thousand millions of
dollars in gold within the past eight
years, from which these United States
have been able to obtain seven hun
dred millions, thereby doubling their
stock of standard money; raising their
circulation per capita from $23 to $50
and contributing to that advent of in
dustrial activity which could not
otherwise have been attained and a
proportionate increase of the worlds
stock of coined silver The fact that
this result has been reached by no
action Of government, but by the act
of God through human instrumentali-
ties of discovery and invention does
not lessen our gratitude.
Twelfth-The Democratic party
congratulates the country that it has
no larger amount of outstanding un
covered paper currency than at pres
ent. Every paper promise to pay by
tho government ought to be as safe
as a milionairc's due bill for fifty
cents and that Is actually the case
today. and being the case, the Demo
cratic party, like the American peo-
pie, fails to see that the S346O0O,oOO
of outstanding Treasury notes are
either a burden to the people or a
peril to the country's business inter
ests. Until the interest'bearing debt
of the United States, constituting as
it does an annual burden upon pro.
ductivc industry, is paid off and ex'
tinguishod, it Is idle to grow hyster-
ical. as some of our Republican law
makers have grown. over the 'imme-
diato payment or extiuSuishment OF
the non-nterest bearing debt of the
United States represented by treas
ury notes,
Thirteen-The gradual reduction of
revenues Of the general government
to an amount adequate to the needs
of an economical ana constltu-
tional administration, plus a safe
working margin for unexpected con
tingencies and emergencies,
Fourtecn--We oppose the issuance
of interest-bearing bonds as long as
the Federal government has money
deposited in the treasury, or in banks,
subject to call. sufficient in amount
to meet the expenditures necessary
for the army, navy, aud civil govern
ment and for needed public works
In recalling the demand loans, made
without interest to the banks. II WILL
however, be necessary to proceed con-
servatively, gradually and with suf
flcient notice, so that the collection
of the governments just debts, even
though deposited in the banks with
out interest and on call may not be
followed by panic or too great busi-
ness disturbance.
Fifteen--We favor Just and liberal
appropriations for Inauguration OF and
of needed public works,
appropriations in the in
terest OF cheaper transportation by
land and water. We oppose the Re
publican policy of starving home de-
velopment in order to feed the greed
for conquest and the schoolboy appe-
tite for national prestige" and display
Of strength.
Sixteen-We favor the reduction OF
the army and navy expenditures to
the point historically demonstrated to
be safe and sufficient
Seventeen-The maintenance and
due annual increase of the navy
,ur best defense, in our isolated con
tnental condition. against foreign
foe, and source of no possible dan
ger to our liberties as people.
Eighteen-The upbuilding of a mer-
chant marine without new or addi- |
tional taxation upon the people, and |
without bounties from the public |
treasury.
Nineteen--Thc enactment and ad- !
Of laws giving To capital
aud labor impartlally 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 CAPT /
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