The Tupelo journal., 1904-07-15

we IdNOT tHe RItSti ~ ~ - W
car. of an open door for the worlds COM
merce in the orient, without an unneces-
sary ENHANCEMENT in oriental and Euro
pean affairs, and without arnitTary' nn-
eminent anywhere within our Jurisdic,
ton. We oppose, as ferevently. as dld
George Washington himself, an lnoenhlte'
irresponsible, discretionary and vague ao-
solutism and a policy of colonial exploita-
ton, no matter where or by whom invokeo
or exercised; we believe with Thomas Jef-
ferson and John Adams, that no govern
ment has a right to make one set OF laws
for those lat home and another anu a
different set of laws. absolute in cnarac-
ter. for those '.in the colonies All men
under the American. flag are entitled TO the
protection of the institutions whose en-
blem the flag is; If they are inherently uh-
fit for those institutions, then they uIe
inherently unfit TO be members OF the
American body polite. Wherever there
may exist a people Incapable OIL pelhs gov
erned under American laws, in consohance
with the American constitution OF ina
people ought not to be part OF the Afnefi-
can domain.
We insist that we ought to DO Tor the
Filipinos what we have done already LOT
the Cubans, and it is our duty to make thdt
promise now, and upon suitable guaIahtIS3
of protection to citizens OF our own 49,
other countries resident there az tne anie
of our withdrawal, set the Emp peopIe
upon their feet, free and independent 10
work out their own destiny.
The endeaVor of the secretary Oh wal, ny
pleuRlnS the government , liluot
promoters in the Philippine ISLANDS TO
make the United States a partner III spSCuo
lative legislation of the archipelago, WIFI
was only temporarily he'd up py tne oppo.
sition of the democratic senator's, IN tne
last session, will, if successful, leao 70 en-.
tanglements from which it Will be dilicu4l
to escape.
The Tariff.
The democratic party has been anu
will continue to be, the consistent. oppo-
nent of that class of tariff legislation py
which certain interests have been per
mitted, through congressional FAVOR, 10
draw a heavy tribute from the American
people. This monstrous perversion OF
those equal opportunities, which our po-
litical institutions were established 10 Sc
cure, has caused what may once nave
been infant industries to become the
greatest combinations of capital that the
world has ever known. These especlaI
favorites of the government have through
trust methods been converted into mo-
nopolies, thus bringing TO an end domes-
tic competition, which was the only al
legged check upon the ~extravagant prof.
its made possible by the protective sys-
tenn. These industrial combinations, by
the financial assistance they can give
now control the policy of the republican
party.
We denounce protection as a robbery of
the many TO enrich the few, and we Ia
vor a tariff limited to the needs or the
government, economically administered
against any industry, class or section, 10
the end that the burdens of taxation
shall be distributed as equally as posi-
BILE.
We favor a revision and a gradual re-
Guction of the tariff by the friends of the
masses and for the common veal, and
not by the friends of it's abuses. its ex-
tortions and its DETERMINATIONS, keep
ing in view the ultimate ends of equal
ity of burdens and equality of opportu-
mites" and the constitutional purpose of
raising a revenue by taxation, to-wit, the
support of the federal government in all
its integrity and virility, but in sim
plicity.
Trusts.
We recognize tina the gigantic trusts
and combinations, designed to enable
of the joint products of capital and labor,
and which have been fostered and pro-
NOTED under republican rule, are a men
ace to beneficial competition and an OBJ
Stacle to permanent business prosperity.
A private monopoly is iEdefensible and
intolerable. Individual equality of oppor-
tunity and free competition are essential
to a healthy and permanent commercial
prosperity, ard any trust, combination or
monopoly tending to destroy these by
controlling production, restricting COM
petition or liking prices, Shoul be pro-
hibited and punished by law. We espec-
tally denounce rebates and discrimlna-
ton by transportation companies, as the
most potent agency in promoting and
strengthening these unlawful conSpira-
cIes against trade.
We demand an enlargement of the pow
ers of the interstate commerce commits
sion, to the end that the travelling public
and shippers OF this country may nave
prompt and adequate relief for the abuses
TO which they are subjected in the mat
ter of transportation. We demand a
strict enforcement of existing civil and
criminal statutes against all such trusts
combination and monopolies; and we
demand the enactment of such further
legislation 2s may be necessary to effect
ually uppress them.
Any trust or unlawful combination en-
gagged in interstate which is
nonopoliZinS any branch Of business or
production, should not be permitted to
transact business outside of the state of
its origin. Whenever il shall be estab-
diction that such monopolization exists.
such prohibition should be enforced
through comprehensive laws to be enact
ed on the subject.
Reclamation of Arid Lands.
We congratulate our western citizens IN
on the passing of the law known as the
Newlanos irrigation act for the irrigation
and of the arid lands of the
west, a measure framed by a democrat,
passed in the senate by a nonpartisan vote
and passed in the house against the opoo-
sition of almost all the republican leaders
by a vote. the majority of which was demo-
cratic.
We call attention to this great democratic
measure, broad and comprehensive as it
is, working automatically throughout all
time without further action OF congress
until the 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
ly guarding against land monopoly, as an
evidence of the policy of domestic develop
ment contemplated by the democratic
party, should it be placed in power.
Isthmian Canal.
The democracy when intrusted with DOW
er will construct the Panama canal speed
lily, honestly and economically, thereby
giving to our people what democrats nave
always commended fora great inter-ocean-
ic canal, furnishing shorter and cheaper
lines of transportation and broader and less
trammeled trade relations with the other
peoples of the world.
American citizenship.
We pledge ourselves to insist upon the
at home and abroad and to use all proper
measures to secure for them, whether ma
tive born or naturaliZed, and without dis
tinction or race or creed, the equal protec-
ton of laws and the enjoyment of ali rights
and privileges open to them under the COW
of our treaties of friendship and
commerce.; and, if under existing treaties,
the right of travel and SoJourn is denied
to American citizens or recognition is with
held from American passports by any coun-
tries on the ground OF race or creed, we
favor the beginning of negotiations with
the governments of such countries to Sc
cure by treaties the removal of these I'M
lust Determinations.
We demand that all over the world a
duly authenticated passport issued by the
american citizen snail be proof of the fact
that he is an American citizen and shall
entitle him to the treatment due him as
such.
senator's by the direct vote of the peo-