The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-07-14
NAME PARKER AND DAVIS
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6CdlOp CCOuOluy Ill low
taxation, that labor may be lightly bur-
dened; the prompt and sacred fulfill
ment of public and private obliga-
tons; fidelity to treaties: peace ard
friendship with all nations; entangling
alliances with none; absolute acQuies-
cence in the will of the majority. the
vital principle of republics-these are
doctrines which Democracy has es-
tablished as proverbs OF the nation,
and they should be constantly in
yoksd and enforced.
Capital and Labor.
We favor the enactment and admin
istration OF laws, giving labor and
capital impartially their just rights.
Capital and labor ought not to be en-
<emies. Each is necessary to the 9th
or. Each has its rights, but the rights
of LABOR are certainly no less vested"
no less sacred" and no less inalien-
able" than the rights of capital
Constitutional Guarantees.
Constitutional guarantees are VIC
lated whenever any citizen is denied
tho right to labor, acquire and enjoy
property, or reside where interest or
Inclination may determine. Any de-
nial thereof by individuals or organi-
cations of government should be sum-
marily rebuked and punished.
We deny the right Of any executive
to disregard or suspend any constitu-
tional privilege or limitation. Obedi-
ence to the laws and respect for their
requirements are alike the supreme
duty of the citizens and the Official.
The military should be used only
to support and maintain the law. We
nnqualifiedly condemn its employment
for the summary Punishment of citi-
zens without trial or for the control
OF elections.
We approve the measure which
passed the United States senate in
1895, but which Republican congress
has ever since refused to enact, relat-
ing TO contempts in federal courts,
and providing for trial by jury in
cases Of indirect contempt.
Water Ways.
We favor liberal appropriations fol-
the care and improvement of the water
ways of the country. When any water
way, like the Mississippi river, Is OF
sufficient Importance to demand spe
cial aid of the government, such aid
should be extended, with a definite
plan of continuous work until perma.
nent improvement Is secured.
We oppose the Republican policy OF
starving home development in order
to feed the greed for conquest and the
appetite for national prestige" and
display of strength.
Economy Of Administration.
Large reductions can easily be
made in the annual expenditures OF
: the government without impairing the
4 efficiency OF any branch of the public
service and we shall insist upon the
strictest economy and frugality com
patible with vigorous and efficient
civil. military and naval administra
&ion as right of the people too clear
to be denied or withheld.
2-We favor the enforcement OF
honesty in the public service and
to that end thorough investi
cation of those executive de
partments of the government already
known to TEEN with corruption, as
well as other departments suspected
OF harboring corruption, and the pun.
ishment of ascertained corruptionists
without fear or favor or regard to per.
sons. The persistent and deliberate
refusal of both the senate and the
house Of representatives to permit
such investigation to be made demon.
.strates that only by a change in the
executive and in the legislative de.
partments can complete exposure,
punishment and correction be obtained.
We condemn the action of the Re
publican party in congress in refusing
to prohibit an executive department
from entering into contracts with con.
Icted trusts or unlawful combina-
tions in restraint of interstate trade.
We believe that one of the best
methods of procuring economy and
honesty in the public service is to
have public officials, from the occu.
pant of the white house down to the
lowest of them, return, as nearly as
may be, to Jetfersonian simplicity of
living.
Executive Usurpation.
3-We favor the nomination and
election of president imbued with
the principles of the constitution. who
will set his face sternly against execu.
tive usurpation of legislative and Judi.
cial functions, whether that usurpa.
ton be yelled under the guise of exec
uttve construction Of existing laws OF
whether it take refuge in the tyrant's
pleas of necessity or superior wisdom
Imperialism.
We favor the preservation, SO far as
we can, of an open door for the
worlds commerce in the Orient with
out unnecessary entanglements in ORR
entail and European affairs, and with
out arbitrary, unlimited, trresponsi
BILE and absolute government any
where within our jurisdiction.