Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-17

democratic party which is not RESPONSE
Bile for their existence. and which has
ever protested against their continuance.
I'VE condemn the republican system OF
legislation under which trust monopoites
are enabled TO exact higher prices for
their manufactured products from our
own people than they sell them for
abroad
powers Of the interstate commerce COM
mission, to the end that the travelling
public and shippers OF this country may
have prompt and adequate relief for the
abuses they now subjected to in the
Monroe Doctrine.
I'VE favor the maintenance OF the Mon
roe doctrine in its full integrity.
We 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
sufficient We favor the maintenance and
liberal annual increase of the navy our
best defense in our Isolated continental
source OF no possible danger TO our libsr-
ties as people.
Capital and Labor.
1--WE favor the enactment and admins.
tration of laws. giving labor and capital
impartially 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 Ger.
and no less 'inalienable' than the rights
of capital
American Citizenship.
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 or creed the actual
protection of laws and the enjoyment Of
all rights and privileges open to them
under the covenants of our treaties of
friendship and commerce. and if, under
existing treaties, the right of travel and
| sojourn is denied to American citizens,
recognition is withheld from American
passports by any countries on the ground
of race or creed. we favor the beginning
of negotiations with the governments Of
such countries to secure, by new treaties.
the removal of these unjust discrimIna"
tiOnS.
"The democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
| dependents generous pensions, not by an
| arbitrary executive order, but by legfs-
J lation which grateful people stand
| ready to enact
Our soldiers and sailors who defend
| laws have a sacred interest In their just
| administration. They must therefore
share With us the hpmiliaten with which
| favorites, without distinguished service
| over the Scared heroes of many battles:
/ or aggrandized by executive appropria-
! people, in violation Of the act of con-
| gress which fixes the compensation and
allowances OF the military officers.
Merchant Marine.
| Gently passed by the United States SEN
| ate as an iniqutous appropriation OF
public. funds for private purposes and q
| overcome by subsidy the obstructions
! raised by republican legislation to tho
! growth and development of American
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we favor the upbuilding of mer--
| chant marine without new or additional
| burdens upon the people and without
bountles from the public treasury.
Civil Service.
The democratic party a;:a, stands s commit
! form, and we demand their honest, just
and impartial enforcement.
its Continuous s' and Ind Sinister encroach- p h.
ments upon the spirit and operation of
| civil service rules, whereby it has arbi-
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 POlygamy.
lYgamy within the jurisdiction of the
! United States and the complete separa-
tion Of church and state in political af-
! fairs.
j We congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage Of the IN. measure known
irrigation and reclamation Of the arid
lands OF the west-a measure framed by
democrat, passed IN the senate by a
against the opposition Of almost all the
republican leaders by q vote the major
ity Of which was democratic. We call at
tention to this great democratic measure,
broad and comprehensive as 1t is, work.
ing automatically throughout all time
e. the Reclamation m t % Of ali Il the i lands in THE the
arid west capable of reclamation is ac-
cemplished. .reserving the lands reclaimed
lv guarding against land monopoly, as an
evidence Of the policy of domestic devel-
opment. contemplated by the democratic
party should 1t be placed IN power.
Imperialism.
I'VE favor the preservation, so far as
We can, of an open door for the world 8
commerce in the orient without unneces-
Ealopeaa and woS
unlimited irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment. anywhere within our jurisdic-
George Washington himself, an indefinite,
Irresponsible. discretionary, and vague
absolutism and policy of colonial ex-
ploitation, no matter where or by whom
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. that
no g9vernment nj, has tses right to make one
other and different set Of laws. abso-
Lutte in their character, for those in the
cOlOnleS. All Inen uHOeT tne AmeTlCaR
. flag are entitled to the protection of the
institutions whose emblem the nag is: II
they are inherently unfit for those insti-
tions then they are inherently unfit to be
members of the American body polite.
Wherever there may exist a people in
capable Of being governed under Amer
lean laws, In consonance with the Amer
lean constitution. the territory. Of that
people ought not to be part of the Amer
lean domain.
1--WE insist that we ought to do for the
Filipinos what we have already done for
the Cubans. And it is our intent. as soon
the Filipinos themselves. and after amica-
ble arrangements with them concerning
naval stations. coaling stations and trade
relations. and upon suitabls guarantees
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 the governments indorse-
ment. for promoters, IN the Philippine
ner In speculative exploitation OF the
arehipelago. which wa: only temporarily
senators IN in the last session, win, II :9e. 'e
which I vyi11 ho 6ff7r1llt