Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-12

The democratic party Of the United
States in national convention assem-
bled declares it's devotion to the essen
tial principles of the democratic faith
which brings us together in party COM
munion,
Under them local self government
and national unity and prosperity were
alike established. They underlaid our
independence the structure Of our
free republic and every democratic ex-
tension from Louisiana to California
and Texas to Oregon, which presery-
ed faithfully in all the states the tie
between taxation and representation.
They yet inspire the masses of our
people, guarding jealousy their rights
and liberties, and cherishing their fra
ternlty, peace and orderly develop
ment. They remind us of our duties
and responsibilities as citizens and i'm
press upon us particularly at this time
the necessity of reform and the rescue
OF the administration of government
from the headstrong, arbitrary and
sspasmodic methods which distract bus
mess by uncertainty and peryade the
pubic mind with dread, distrust, and
perturbation
Fundamental Principles,
l. The application of these funda-
mental principles to the living issues
OF the day is the first step toward the
assured peace, safety and progress
Q. our nation. Freedom of the press,
OF conscience and of speech-equality
before the law Of all citizens; right by
Trial by jury-freedom of the person
delended by writ of habeas corpus: lib
erty OF personal contract untrammeled
by sumptuary laws; supremacy of the
civil over the military authority; a
well disciplined militia; the separation
OF church and state; economy in ex-
penditures, low taxes, that labor may
De lightly burdened; prompt and sac
red fulfllment Of public and private OBJ
llgatlons; fidelity to treaties; peace
and friendship with all nations; en-
tangling alliances with none; absolute
acquiescence in the will of the major
ity, the vital principle of republics
these are the doctrines which democ-
racy has established, approved by the
nation and they should be constantly
invoked and enforced.
Capital and Labor,
We favor the enactment and admin
lstration of laws giving labor and CAPT.
tai impartially their just rights. Capt.
tai 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 "unalienable"
than the rights of capital.
Constitutional Guarantees.
Constitutional guarantees are vio-
lated whenever any citizen is denied
| the right to labor, acquire and enjoy
property. or reside where interest or
inclination may determine. Any deni-
al thereof by individuals, organizations
or governments should be summarily
rebuked and punished.
We deny the right of any executive
to disregard or suspend any constitu-
uonal privilege or limitation. Obedi-
ence to the laws and respect for their
requirements are alike the supreme du-
ty of the citizen and the official.
The military should be used only to
| support and to maintain the law. We
unqualifiedly condemn its employment
for the summary Punishment of citi.
zens without trial or for the control
of elections.
We approve the measure which pass.
ed the United States senate in 1896,
but which a republican congress has
ever since refused to enact, relating to
contempts in federal courts and pro
| viding for trial by Jury in cases of in,
direct contempt.
Waterways.
We favor liberal appropriations for
the care and improvement of the
waterways of the country. When any
waterway like the Mississippi river
Is OF sufficient Importance to demand
special aid of the government, snch aid
as should be extended with a definite
plan of continuous work until perma-
nent Improvement is secured
We oppose the republican policy of
starving home development in order
to feed the greed for conquest and the
appetite for national prestige" and
display of strength.