Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-07-14

verb unconstitutionally is useless anu
fools nobody, especially when one re-
members that the author OF the
phrase. or at least the voice that read
1t, was the author of the old force
bill.'"
Thinks Danger Ahead.
Let not the business interests OF
the country deceive itself; let those
controlling it prepare, if Roosevelt is
elected on this platform, for another
period of uncertaint~. unrest, business
disturbance and race war in the
Southern states, instead of that peace
and prosperity whic. both races now
enjoy and which has been rendered
possible, only by hons rule and by
white supremacy. Lei the South not
deceive itself, either. Ii the Repub-
lican party were sincere in it's prop
osition to reduce Southern representa-
,tion on the ground of the disfranchise-
ment or pretended unconstitutional
limitation itself it would accompany
that proposition with another, to wit.
the proposition to repeal the Fifteenth
amendment. ........
Pledges the Nominee.
"But enough about the other party.
Some things about ourselves-one
thing the country can rely upon; the
democracy will nominate for presi-
dent a man trained in the ways Of
the constitution, who will not usurp
legislative or judicial functions; who
will not recklessly violate information.
al usages, even with the weakest ma.
ton, no matter how tempting the
profit 70 be reaped by it; who will
not keep people guessing about what
he is going to do or say next.
Will Act on Tariff.
"It will not falter when it comes ia
declaring for reduction of tariff taxa.
ton on trust-produced articles to the
point where foreign competition may
enter the American market when com.
bines seeking monopoly, raise their
prices to the American consumer to
the point of extortion, nor will it fall
ter in declaring for reduction where
American concerns habitually charge
American consumers higher prices
than those charged foreigners for
identical articles.
1T will denounce the needless and
reckless utterances of the candidate of
the Republican party for President in
his letter to ex-Secretary Root upon
the second anniversary OF Cuban indie
pendence.
1T will announce in no unmisteNt
able way that we have no duty of any
sort to intervene in the internal af-
fairs of other countries because they
do not conduct themselves welP or be-
cause they do not know how to act
with decency in industrial and politi-
cal Matters or because they do not
keep order or because they do not
pay their obligations We will an
nounce Enthusiastically to the world and
to the nations of Europe that we will
not make of the army and navy of
the United States a. constabulary for
the collection of their debts from the
governments or peoples of South and
Central America. Where there is 'bru-
tai wrongdoing or impotency which
results in general loosening of the
ties of civilized society,", the American
people will regret it and will extend
every aid in the way Of enlightenment
and example to the people thus flying
in Darkness but they decline to ad
ministerthe affairs of such peoples or
to take upon the United States treas
ury the burden of their internal refor-
nation.
Kew Era for Cubans.
"a Democratic administration will
find in our treatment of Cuba an ex-
ample of American courage, justice
and magnanimity, an example to be
initiated as soon as it can be wisely
and safely done in the Philippines,
ultimately leaving them, and giving
them the promise now thus to leave
them, free and independent, to work
out their own destiny, in accordance
with their own race traits, tendencies
and capabilities.
THE Democracy, in my opinion, be-
lieves that the white man will have
trouble enough to maintain in it's full
integrity the white mans civilization
in all parts of his own country, and
it is neither his duty nor his right to
his civilization by force
upon the brown man in the brown
mans country.
"a Democratic President, such as
he whom we shall nominate, will de.
vote himself to the faithful execution !
of the laws of the United States, as
they are written, without executive |
construction or usurpation, whether
under the pretext of necessity or
under the pretext of superior wisdom,
and will leave to the legislative |
branch of the government the duty of
making and unmaking and amending
laws"
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