Saint Mary's beacon., 1904-07-14


complete exposure, punishment and cor
rection be obtained.
Contracts with Trusts.
I'VE condemn the action OF the Repub-
ican party In Congress In refusing 20 pro-
hibit an executive Department from enter
ing into contracts with convicted trusts
or unlawful combinations in restraint Of
interstate trade. We believe that oge td
the best methods Of procuring economy
and honesty In the public service il to
have public officials, from an occupant ef
the White House down to the lowest Of
them, returned as nearly as may be TO
Jeffersonian simplicity Of living.
Executive Usurpation.
I'VE favor the nomination and election
of President imbued with the principles
Of the Constitution, who will set his lace
sternly against executive usurpation of
legislative and judieialfunetiOns, whether
that usurpation be veiled under the guise
of executive construction Of existing laws
or whether il take refuge In the tyrant's
pleas of necessity or superior wisdom.
Imperialism.
Eve favor the preservation. so far as
we can, Of an open door for the worlds
commerce in the Orient, without an un-
necessary ENHANCEMENT in the Oriental
and European affairs and without arbi-
trary, unlimited, irresponsible and absO-
lutte government anywhere within our
Jurisdiction. We oppose, as feryently as
did George Washington himself, an indefi-
mite, irresponsible, discretionary and
vague absolutisIn and a policy Of colon
ial exploitation, no matter where or b
whom invoked or exercised, we belieyN
with Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
that no government has rigHt to make
one set Of laws for those at home and
another and different set Of laws, abso-
lutte in their character, for those in the
colonies All men under the American
flag are entitled To the protection of the
institutions whose emblem the fiagis. IL
they are inherently unfit for those insti-
tutions, then they are inherently unfit to
he members of the American body polite.
Wherever there may exist N people inca
pable of being governed under American
laws, i'm consonance with the American
Constitution, that people ought not to be
part of the American domain.
Filipinos And Cubans.
Eve insist that we ought to do for the
Filipinois what we have done already for
the Cubans, and it il our duty to make
that promise now and upon suitable
guarantees 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
and independent to work out their own
destiny.
The endeavOr of the Secretary of War,
by pledging the Governments indorse-
ment for promoters in the Philippine
Islands To make the United States n
partner in speculative legislation of the
archipelago, which was only Temporal
rily held up by the opposition of the
Democratic Senator's in the last session
will, If successful, lead to entanglements
from which it will be difficult to escape.
Tariff Legislation.
1.-The Democratic party has been, and
will continue to be, the consistent op-
pOnent of that class of tariff legislation
by which certain interests have been
permitted through Congressional favor
to draw n heavy tribute from the Ameri-
can people. This monstrous perversion
Of those equal opportunities which our
political institutions were established to
secure has caused what may once have
been infant industries to become the
greatest combinations of capital that the
world has ever known. These especial
favOrites Ofthe Government have through
trust methods been converted into mono
poles, thus bringing to an end domestic
competition, which was only alleged
check upon the extravagant profits made
possible by the eprotectivesystem. These
ind frtn hi hx, h.
cial assistance they can give, now con-
troll the policy of the Republican party.
"PrOtectiOn As Robbery
I'VE denOunce protection as n robbery
OF the many tn enrich the few, and we ia
vor tariff limited tn the needs of the
Government, economically administered.
and so levied as not to discriminate
against any industry, class or section. to
the end that the burdens of taxation
shall be distributed as equally as possi-
ble
I'VE favor a revision and gradual re-
ductiOn of the tariff by the friends of the
masses and for the common veal, and
net by the friends of its abuse, it's extor-
tions and its determinations, keeping i'm
view the ultimate ends of equality of
burdens and equality of opportunities,
and the constitutional purpose ofraising
a revenue by taxation, to wit, the sup
port OF the Federal Government i'm all it's
integrity and virility, but in simplicity.
Unlawful Combinations.
I'VE recognize that the gigantic trusts
and combinations designed to enable
capital tn secure more than it's Just share
of the joint products ofcapital and labor
and which have been fostered and pro
NOTED under Republican rule, are men
ace to beneficial competition and an OBJ
stacle to permanent business prosperity.
A private monopoly is indefensible and
intOlerable.
Individual equality of opportunity
and Tree competition are essential to a
healthy and permanent commercial pros
perity. Any trust, combination or
monopoly tending to- destroy these by
controlling production, restricting com
petition or fixing prices should be pro-
hlblted and punished by law. We es-
pecially denOunce rebates and discrimina
ton by transportation companies as the
most potent agency in promoting and
strengthening these unlawful eonspira-
cies against trade.
Interstate Commerce.
"We demand an enlargement of the
powers Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to the end that the travelling
public and shippers of this countryl NAV
have prompt and adequate relief from
the abuses To which they are subjected
in the matter of transportation. We de-
mand strict enforcement of existing
civil and criminal statutes against ali
such trusts, combinations and mono
polies, and we demand the enactment of
such further legislation as may be neces-
sary to effectually suppress them.