Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-12

ever protested against their continuance.
I'VE condemn the republican system Of
legislation under which trust monopolies
are. enabled to exact higher prices for
their manu- Produess cts th our FUR
abESad !Ws demand a, ENLARGEMENT ., IN.
mission. to the end that the travelling
public and shippers Of this country may
have prompt and ADEQUATE relief for the
Monroe Doctrine.
1--WE favor the maintenance OF the Mon
roe doctrine in its full integrity
I'VE favor = liberal trade treaty with
Canada.
Army and Navy.
I'VE favor the reduction Of the army
and of army expenditures to the point his
torically demonstrated to be safe and
liberal annual increase OF the navy as our
best defense In our Isolated continental
condition u, aganst; doreisn foe and .
ties as people.
Capital and Labor.
1--WE favor the enactment and adminis-
tration OF laws, giving labor and capital
labor ought mot not to St be sneies Each ais is
necessary to the other. Each has its
rights. but the rights of labor are Ger.
and no less 'inalienable' than the rights
of capital
American Citixenship.
I'VE pledge ourselves to insist upon the
just and lawful protection of our citizens
at home and abroad, and TO use all proper
measures to secure for them, whether
natiVe-born or naturalized, and without
distinction of race OF, creed, the actual
protection OF laws and the enjoyment OF
all rights and privileges open to them
under the covenants of cur treaties OF
friendship and commerce. and II, under
existing treaties. the. risht of travel and
sojour0 is denied to American citizens, or
recognition is withheld from American
passports by any countries on the ground
of race creed, we favor the beginning
of negotiations with the governments OF
such countries to secure, by new treaties.
the removal of these unjust dscrimina-
tionS.
Pensions.
.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
we have witnessed the exaltation of court
favorites. without distinguished service
over the Scared heroes Of many battles:
or aggrandiZed by executive appropria-
ticns out of the treasures Of prostrate
people, in violation OF the act of con-
gress which fixes the compensation and
Merchant Marine.
Gently passed by the United States SEN
ate as an iniquitous appropriation Of
public funds for private purposes and \
Wasteful. Illogical and useless attempt to
overcome by subsidy the obstructions
raised by republican legislation to the
growth and development of American
We favor the upbuilding Of mer-
j chant marine without new or ,addtiona!
bounties from the public treasury.
| Civil Service.
Tho democratic, party stands commit
ted to the principles of civil service re-
form, and we demand their honest. just
and impartial enforeemehf fa e.,
ments upon the spirit and operation OF
! trarily dispensed with examinations for
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 PoIygnmy.
I'VE demand the extermina tion of po.
i lygamy within the jurisdiction of the
! United States and the compiete separa-
taon Of church and state Ill political at
We congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage of the measure known
as the Newlands irrigation act for the
irrigation and reclamation OF the arid
lands OF the west-a measure framed by
democrat, passed in the. senate by a
non-partizan vote and passed in the house
against the opposition Of almost all the
repapAean leaders by vote The tie major-
tention to this great democratic measure,
broad and comprehensive as it Is, work.
Without WIZ M further action Of Congress, until
the reclamation Of all the lands in the
! arid west. capable of reclamation is ac-
comphshed, reserving the lands reclaimed
for homeseekers in small tracts and rigid
lv guarding against land monopoly, an
evidence Of the policy of domestic devel-
party should it be placed III power.
imperialism.
I'VE favor the preservation. SO far as
We can. of an open. door for the world y
sary entanglement in the oriental and
European affairs and without arbitrary.
unlimited irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment anywhere within our Jurisdc-
ton. We oppose. as fervently as did
George Washington himself, an indefinite,
irresponsible, discretionary, and vague
ploitation, no matter where by whom
In Invoked Or or exercised; we we believe. with
no government has q right to make one
set of laws for those at home and an
other and a 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
they are Inherently unit for @ those e inst. ms j.
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
ican constitution. the territory. of that
people ought not to be part OF the Amer
lean domain.
I'VE insist that we ought to do for the
Filiphos what we have already done for
the Cubans. And 1t Is our intent. as soon
as It can be done wisely and safely for
the Filipinos themselves. and after amica-
naval stations. coaling stations and trade
relations. and upon suitable guarantees
Of protection to all national and interna-
tional interests, to settle the people upon
their feet. free and Independent. to work
out their own destiny.
THE endeavor OF the secretary Of war,
by pledging tho government's indorse.
ment for promoters in tbs Philippine
islands. to make the United States part
ner. in speculative exploitation of the
arehipelago. which was only temporarily
senators In the last session will II sue.