The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-06-25

rangements vita Them concerning
naval stations, coaling stations and
trade relations and upon suitable
guarantees OF protection to citizens
and subjects OF other powers settled In
the Philippines to set the Filipino peo-
pie upon their feet-free and indie
pendent, to work out their destinies
upon the lines OF their own race, traits
land tendencies and local conditions,
as God may give 1t to them to see their
interests and their destiny. The white
man has no right to superimpose his
civilization by force upon the brown
man In the brown mans country. He
will have enough to do to maintain
the white mans civilization in all
parts OF the white mans country,
which is his inherited and inherent
duty. That the Fllipinos can work
cut a civilization OF their own we have
reason to hope from the lesson which
tho kindred races of the Japanese has
taught the world, and it is no matter
of ours II their civilization shall not
be like ours; that which they may
evolve for themselves may not be the
best in the world, but it will be the
best for them, and far better than any
veneering of ours, unassimilable by
them as a race and alien to their ira
j!tions and aspirations.
Ninth-Faithful execution without
executive construction in the courts OF
the country of the laws of the United
States as they are written, and espe'
cially the enforcement without fear or
favor, of the interstate commerce and
~ oct lou yc-loa vino IN the IpQiEIA-
tive branch of the government the
duty. if need there shall be, of amend
ing all other laws upon the statute
looks; the enactment of such other
laws as may be necessary to put an
end to unjust rebates and discrimina-
tions by one trust or unlawful combl-
nation in interstate commerce to an
other. There should be no favoritism
extended by law to any person, class
of persons, or combination Of corpora
lions, nor should any favoritism be
permitted by the law to be extended to
any person or class of persons by arti-
fetal persons created by the lGw-its
creatures, therefore, and subject to its
regulation. All that any brave Ameri
can citizen asks is fair field and equal
opportunity. Less than that he cannot
ask, no matter how seemingly great
the industrial obstacle which stands
in his way; more than that he will
not permit anybody else to stand in
possession Of
Tenth-The cessation of the existing
Ubiquitous partnership between the
treasury department Of the Federal
government and certain favored ma
tional banks, whereby millions of dol
lars are annually lent to those insti-
tutions, without charge of interest,
and without any prescribed rules OF
determining which particular bank
shall receive special governmental IA
vor. BY this system millions of the
public money are yearly put beyond
the power of immediate or reasonable
collection by the government, unless
with great menace of business dis
turbance and panic the probable, If
not inevitable, result of any attempt
to collect at all.
Eleventh-The Democratic party
congratulates the country upon the
vindication of the Democratic conten-
ton for an increased volume of real
or metallic money in manner &C
ceptable to all Democrats by the ad-
dition to the worlds stock of money
metals of two thousand millions OF
dollars in gold within the past eight
years, from which these United States
have been able to obtain seven hun
bred millions, thereby doubling their
stock of standard money; raising their
circulation per capita from $23' to $50
and contributing to that advent of In
dustrial activity which could not
otherwise have been attained and a
proportionate increase OF the worlds
stock of coined silver. The fact that
this result has been reached by no
action of government but by the act
of God through human instrumental
ties of discovery and invention does
not lessen our gratitude.
Twelfth-The Democratic party
congratulates the country that it has
no larger amount of outstanding I'M
covered paper currency than at pres
ent. Every paper promise to pay by
the government ought to be as safe
as millionaires due bill for fifty
cents and that is actually the case
today, and being the case. the Demo
cratic party, like the American peo-
pie, fails to see that the $346,000,000
Of outstanding Treasury notes are
either a burden to the people or a
peril to the country's business inter- |
ests. Until the Understanding debt
of the United States, constituting as
it does an annual burden upon pro- |
ductive industry, is paid off and ex |
tinguished, it is idle to grow hyster- |
ical, as some of our Republican law
makers have grown, over the "imme- |
date payment" or extinSuishment of |
the non-interest bearing debt of the
United States represented by treas |
ury notes.
Thirteen-The gradual reduction OF
revenues of the general government
to an amount adequate to the needs
of an economical and constitu-
tional administration, plus a safe
working margin for unexpected con-
tingencies and emergencies.
Fourteen-We oppose the issuance
of interest-bearing bonds as long as
the Federal government has money |
deposited in the treasury, or in banks,
subject to call, sufficient in amount
to meet the expenditures necessary
for the army, navy, and civil govern
ment, and for needed public works.
In recalling the demand loans, made
without interest to the banks. 1t will,
however, be necessary to proceed con-
servatively, gradually and with suf-
ficient notice, so that the collection
of the governments just debts, even
though deposited in the banks with
out interest and on call, may not be
followed by panic or too great bust
ness disturbance
Fifteen-We favor just and liberal
appropriations for Inauguration of and
maintenance of needed public works,
especially appropriations in the in
terest of cheaper transportation by
land and water. We oppose the Re-
publican policy of starving home de-
valnnment in order to feed the greed L