Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-24


bic for their existence, and which has
ever protested against their continuance
We condemn the republican system OF
legislation under which trust monopolies
are enabled to exact higher prices for
their manufactured products from our
own people than they sell them for
I'VE demand An enlargement of the
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 are now subjected to In the
matter of transportation.
Monroe Doctrine.
we favor the maintenance OF the Mon
roe doctrine in It's fun integrity
I'VE favor a liberal trade treaty with
Canada
Army and Navy.
I'VE favor the reduction Of the army
torieally demonstrated to be safe and
sufficient. We favor the maintenance and
liberal annual increase OF the navy as our
best defense in our isolated continental
condition against a foreign foe. and q
source of no possible danger to our libsr-
ties as people
Capital and Labor.
I'VE favor the enactment and adminis-
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
tainly no less vested DO less sacred
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
nd vida
sojourn is denied to American citizens, or
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 trea ties
the removal of these Must discrimina-
tions.
1.-The democracy would secure to tho
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions, not by an
lation which a grateful people stand
ready to enact,
"Our soldiers and sailors who defend
laws have sacred interest in their just
administration. They must therefore
share with us the humiliation with which
we have witnessed the eXaltaton of court
favorites. without distinguished service,
over the SCARED heroes of many battles;
or aggrandized by executive appropria-
tions out of the treasures Of a PROSTATE
people, in violation of the act of con.
xress which fixes the compensation and
allowances of the military officers.
Merchant Marine.
1--WE denounce the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United States SEN
ate as an iniquitous appropriation Of
public funds for private purposes and q
wasteful. Illogical and useless attempt to
growth and deyelopment of American
I'VE favor the upbuilding of mer-
chant marine without new additional
burdens upon the people and without
bounties from the public treasury.
Civil Service.
1.-THE democratic party stands commit-
ted to the principles of civil service re-
and impartial enforcement.
I'VE denouncs the republican party for
its continuous and sinister encroach.:
civil service rules, whereby 1t has arbi-
trar1ly dispensed with examinations for
office in tn, the interest - Of oon fayortes and
reach and set aside the principles upon
which the civil service was established
ndemnatiOn of POlygamy.
1--WE demand the determination of po-
1ygamy within tn the Jurisdiction of the
tion of church and state in political at
fairs.
we congratulate our western cltlzen1
upon the passage Of the measure known
AZ the Newlands irrigation act for the
irrigation and reclamation OF the arid
lands Of the west-a measure framed by
non-partizan vote and passed in the house
against the opposition Of almost all the
ity Of which was democratic We call at.
tention to this great democratic measure,
broad and comprehensive as it Is, work.
ing automatically throughout all time
without further action of congress, until
the reclamation Of all the lands in tho
arid west capable of reclamation is ac-
complished, reserving the lands reclaimed
for homeseekers in small tracts and rigid
lv guarding against land monopoly. as an
evidence Of the policy Of domestic devel.
party should it be placed IN power.
Imp
I'VE favor the preservation so far as
We can. of an open door for the world $
commerce. in the orient without unneces-
sary ENHANCEMENT in the oriental and
European affairs and without arbitrary,
unlimited. irresponsible and absolute gov
ton. We oppose. as fervently as did
George Washington himself, an indefinite
irresponsible, discretionary, and vague
ploitation, no matter where or by whom
invoked or exercised: we believe. with
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, that
no government has 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, Tor those In the
colonies All men under the AmericaR
flag are entitled to the. protection of the
institutions whose emblem the flag 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
team constitution, the territory of that
people ought not to be part Of the Amer
lean domain.
We insist that we ought to do for the
Filipnos what we have already done for
the Cubans. And it is our intent. as soon
as It can be done wisely and safely for
the Filipinos themselves. and after AMIGA
BILE arrangements with them concerning
naval stations. coaling stations and trade
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.
1.-THE endeavor of the secretary of war,
by pledging tho goyernments indorse-
ment for promoters in tbe Philippine
islands, to make the United States part
ner in speculative exploitation Of thu
archipelago which was only temporarily
held up by the ODposftfOn Of Democratic