Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-01

We demand that the tstraint 4 such
illegal combinations be iutruslsd to the
democratic party. which Is not RESPONSE
be for their existence. and which has
ever protested against their Cot,tlttLa:tCc.
We condemn the republican system of
legislation under which trust muuop9tic5
ire enabled 10 exact higher prices for
their manufactured products from our
own people than they sell thc;u for
abroad.
powers of the interstate commerce COM
pubic 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 its full integrity.
We favor a liberal trade treaty with
Canada.
Army and Navy.
we favor the reduction ot The army
and OF army expenditures to The point his
torlcaliy demonstrated to be safe aud
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 Iihsr-
ties as g people.
Capital and Labor.
I'VE favor the enactment and admins.
i1nparually their just rights. Capital and
labor ought net to be enemies. Zach is
necessary to the other. Each has It's
rights, but the rights of labor are Ger
tainly no less vested no less sacred
ard no less 'inallendbe' than the rights
OF capital.
American Citizenship.
I'VE pledge ourselves to insist upon the
tust ana laWfut protection CT our citizens
at nome ana abroad, ANA tp use ali proper
measures to secure tor tatn, whether
13atiNe-9Grn# ol# !fdtufauzFd, and without
dis StinctiOn of raCe ar 4=rtG4 The actuuI
ia . 1,, Iiftg- Ftlf1t or
AL rights au8 privileges open IN them
under the covenants or cur treaties OF
friendship ami commerce, =aod IT,. under
sojuu.n Is denied 10 &nle4ieaA e5tizzi}=, on.
recognition IS withheld from American
passports by AMY countries ou thu ground
II race er creed, we flvor The =b5siuIIiiz-
of negotiations with the governments O?
such countries to secure, by new treaties
tions.
rensiuns.
'"Ihe democracy would secure 10 the
surviving soldiers and sailors aud their
dependents generous pensions, not by an
arbitrary. executive order, hut by legis-
iatl9n Wnlch a grateful people stand
Our soldiers and sailors who defend
with their bves 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
favorltes; without distinguished service,
over the SCARED heroes of many ba tiles;
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.
I'VE denounee the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United States SEN
ate as an inlQuitous appropriation OF
public funds for private purposes and
Wasteful, Illogical and useless attempt to
e by subsidy the obstruction.
growth and development Of American
commerce the sea.
I'VE favor the upbuidjng OF a mer-
chant marine without additional
burdens upon the people and without
hounties 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
its continuous and sinister encroach..
civil service rules, whereby it has arbi-
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 PolyEamy.
I'VE demand the extermination OF po.
lygan1y within the jurisdiction of the
tion Of church and state in political af-
fairs; Wa concro,r,ate o,r western citizen.
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
non-partizan vote and passed in the house
against the opposition OF almost all the
republican leaders by vote the major
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 the
arid west capable Of reclamation is ac-
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 it be placed IN power.
lmperIalism.
1--WE favor the preservation, so far as
we can. of an open door for the world $
commerce in the orient without unneces-
European affairs and without arbitrary,
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute SOW
ernment anywhere within our jurisdic-
ton. We oppose, as ferventjy as did
George Washington himself, an indefinite,
irresponsible, discretionary and vague
absolutism and po!ey OF colonial ex-
invoked or exercised; we peheNe, Win
Thomas jefferson and John Adams, that
no government mas 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 America2
flag are entitled to the protection of the
Institutions whose emblem the flag is: If
they are inherently unfit for those 1nsti-
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
ican 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 have already done for
the Cubans. And it Is our intent, as soon
as it be done wisely and safely for
the F1lipinos themselves. and after arnica-
BILE arrangements with them concerning
naval stations, coaling stations and trade
relations, and upon suitable guarantees
of protection to all national and ipterna-
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 the governments indorse-
ment for promoters in tho Philippine
islands. to make the United States q. part
ner in speculative exploitation Of the
archipelago. which was only temporarily