Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-07-14
NO. 81.

NO. 81.
lated, controlled or prohibited by law
as to amply protect the public interests
We demand that the rstraint of such
democratic party, which Is not response
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
abroad
I'VE demand an enlargement of the
powers of the interstate commerce COM
mission, 10 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.
I'VE favor the maintenance of the Nom
roe doctrine in its full integrity
I'VE favor liberal trade treaty with
Canada.
Army and NAVY.
1--WE favor the reduction of the army
and OF army expenditures TO the point his.
torica1ly 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 foreign foe. and
source of no possible danger to our liber-
ties as people.
Capital and Labor.
1--WE favor the enactment and adminis-
tration Of laws, giving labor and capital
impartiaily their Just rights. Capital and
labor ought not tp be enemies. Each Is
necessary to the other Each has its
rights, but the rights of labor are cer-
tainly no less vested, no less sacred
and no less 'inalienable' than the rights
of capital
American Citizenship.
I'VE pledge ourselves to insist upon ths
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 naturalixed. and without
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 il. under
existing treaties, the right of travel and
sojourn is denied to American citizens, or
recognition is withheld from American
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 discrmina-
tions.
Pensions.
THE democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions not by ain
arbitrary executive order, but by legis-
lation which grateful people stand
ready to enact.
"Our soldiers and sailors who defend
with their lives the constitution and the
laws have sacred interest In their just
administration. They must therefore
share with us the humiliation with which
we have witnessed the eXaltation of court
favortes. without distinguished service,
over the SCARED heroes of many battles;
or aggrandized by executive approprfa-
tions out of the treasures of a PROSTATE
people, in violation of the act of con-
gress 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 sem
ate as an iniQuitous appropriation of
public funds for private purposes and a
wasteful illogical and useless attempt to
overcome by subsidy the distractions
raised by republican legislation to the
growth and development Of American
commerce on the sea.
I'VE favor the upbuilding Of a mer-
chant marine without new or additional
burdens upon the people and without
bounties from the public treasury.
Civil Service.
.'The democratic party stands commit
ted to the principles of civil service re
form and we demand their honest, just
and impartial enforcement.
I'VE denounce the republican party for
it's continuous and sinister encroach-
ments upon the spirit and operation Of
civil service rules, whereby it has arbi-
trarily dispensed with examinations for
office in the interest of fayorites and
emDlOyed all manner OF devices 10 over
reach and set aside the principles upon
which the civil service was established.
Condemnation of POlygamy.
1--WE demand the extermiuation of po-
lygamy within the jurisdiction of the
United States and the complete separa-
tion of church and state in political af-
fairs.
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
a democrat. passed In the senate by
non-partizan vote and passed In the house
against the opposition of almost all the
republican leaders by vote the major
itV 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
without further action of congress, until
the reclamation of all the lands In the
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-
opment, contemplated by the democratic
party should 1t be placed IN power.
Imperiaiism.
eve favor the preservation so far as
we can of an open door for the world
commerce in the orient without unneces-
sary entanglement in the oriental and
European affairs and without arbitrary,
unlimited irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment anywhere within our jurisdlc-
tiUn. We oppose, as ltTNtHlly DIS blu
george Washington himself, an indefinite,
irresponsible, discretionary. and vague
absoutism and policy of colonial eX-
ploitation, no matter where or by whom
invoked or exercised: we believe, with
Thomas Jefferson ard 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, for those in the
colonies All men under the American
| 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 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
| ican domain.
I'VE insist that we ought to do for the
Filipinos what we nave aireauy zone ,r LOT
! as II can be done wisely and safely for
| the Filipinos themselves, and after AMIGA
| BILE arrangements with them concerning
| 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 the government $. indorse-
ment for promoters In the Philippine
| islands to make the United States a part
ner in speculative exploitation OF the
| archipelago, which was only temporarily
| held up by the opposition of democratic
senators in the last session, will, If sue
| eessful, lead to a permanent entangle-
ment from which 1t will be difficult TO
| escape.
Statehood for Territories.
| 1--WE favor statehood for Oklahoma and
| the Indian territory. statehood for Ari-
! zona. statehood for New mexico and a
! territorial government for Porto Rico.
| Election of Senator'S by the People.
eve favor the election Of United States
/ senators by direct vote of the people.