The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-16

g executive Construction OF existing avs.
, whether il take refuge IN ,Ey tgTaUGs
pleas OF necessity or superior wisdom
Imperialism.
We favor the preservation. SO Tar rs We
can. Uf az open door f9r tHy worlds COM
merCe IN the orient, without UF uuUuuCs-
sary ENHANCEMENT In artgIla. and Euro
peau 0fidlTs. ana without arbitrary. an.
Omitted, irresponsible ANA ABSOLUTE gov
erGmeut anywhere within uuF yufiSllCa
ton, We oppose, as iurtyCnt.y as did
George Washington himself an indefinite.
irresponsible, discretionary aud vague au-
Su.utlsm aHd a pu.ity OF eut9NlH, rNpIQitt-
ton. no matter where ur 10y whom invoked
or exercised, We believe With Thomas JEFF
frrsOn ana Johu Adams that no govern
mcnt has a right to make Que set OF avs
for those lat home hua another ana a
different set OF saws, absolute IN charaC-
ter, for those in tie colonies All men
under the Americas nag are entitled TO the
protection OF the institutions whose en-
ptein The nag Is, II they are inherently uuv
mt for those institutions, then they are
inherently unfit TO be members Of the
American body polite. Wherever there
may eNist a people Incapable OF being gov
efhed under American laws, In co~ESohahSt
with the American constitution Of that
people ought not to be part Of the Amefl'
can domain.
We insist that We ought 10 30 for the
tliIplnos what We have done already Tor
Inc Euhans, and 1t IL our duty to make that
promise now, and upou suitable guarantees
or protection 10 citizens OF our own ana
other countries resident there at the tlme
OF our withdrawal, set the Filipino people
upon their feet, free independent 70
work out their own destiny
The endcav0r VI the secretary OF war, ny
plcdglug the government Endorsement Tor
promoters" In the Philippine Islands TO
make the United States a partner ~ spttu-
latiNo legislation Of the archipelago, when
was only temporarily held ny by the oppo-
sItlon of the democratic senators. IN me
last session, viii, II successful, lrdd 10 en-
Engagements from which u viii be diilcu't
TO escape.
The Tariff.
The democratic party has been, and
Will continue to be, the consistent oppo-
nent OF that class Of tartG legislation by
which certain interests have been per-
mitled. through congressional favor, TO
draw a heavy tribute lrun the American
people. This monslrous prryersion Of
those, equal opportunities, which our po-
utical institutions were established 10 Sc
cure, has caused what may once have
been infant industries to become the
greatest combinations of capital that tho
world has ever knOwn. These especial
laForltes 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 eNtrayagant prot
It's made possible by the protective sys~
TEN, These industrial combinations by
the financial assistance they can give
now control the policy of the republican
party,
We denounce protection az n robbery Of
the many 10 enrich the few, and we IA
Nor a tariff limited to the needs of the
government, economically administered
against any Industry, class or section, TO
the end that the burdens of taxation
shall be distributed as equally as posi-
Bile.
We favor a revision and a gradual re-
duction OF the tariff by the friends of the
masses and for the common veal, and
not by the friends of its abuses, Its ex'
~tortlons 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
lts integrity and virilIty, but In sim
piicity.
Trusts.
We recognize that the gigantic trusts
combinations, designed to enable
capital TO secure more than It's just share
oil the joint products of capital and labor,
and which la been fostered and pro-
under republican rule, are a men
ace to beneficial competition and an OBJ
stacIe to permanent business prosperity. |
A private monopoly Is indefensibie and
lntolerable. individual equality OF oppOT-
tunlty and free competition are essential
10 a healthy and permanent commercial
prosperity, and any trust, combination or
monopoly tending 70 destroy these by
production, restricting com
or liking prices, should he pro
hlDlled II punished by law. We espec-
tally denounce rebates and d%iscrimIna-
ton by transportation companies, as the
most potent agency in promoting and
strengthening these unlawful cOngpira-
cies against tradG.
we demand an enlargement of the DOW
ers OF the interstate ConImia-
son, 70 me end that the travelling public
ana shippers OF this country may have
prompt ana adequate relief for the abuses
TO when they are subjected In the mat
ter. OF transportation We demand Il
stTleI enforcement of existing ciyil and
criminal statutes against all such trusts
combination and monopolics. and VIZ
the enactment Of such further
legislation as may be necessary to effect
ually suppress them.
Any trust or unlawful combination on
gagged N interstate which is
'Gonup1lizing any branch Of business or
production should not be permitted to
t~rans4et business outside Of the state of
IL origin. Whenever It shall be esfab.
ished IN, any court Of competent iurIs-
lIctlon that such mOnOpOIIzation rxiste
prohibition should be enforced
lhrough comprehensive laws to be enact
ed on the subject. ~
Reclamation of Arid Lands.
We congratulate our western citizers I'M
the passing Of the law known az Ike
irrigation act for the lrriQa tion
and Exclamation of the arid lands Gf thn
west, d measure framed by a democrat,
passed In the senate by a uUnpnrtisa1 yItnn
and passed in the house against the opno-
sitiOn of almost all the republican leaders
a vote, the majority Of which was demo-
cratic.
we call attention to this great democratic
measure, broad and comprehensive as II
., working automatically throughout ali
-lhhee Wlthoul further action OF congress.
Until the reclamation Of all the lands IN
ne arld west capable OF reclamation liz ac-
.omplished, reserying the lands reclaimed
Tor homeseekers III small tracts, and rigid
" guarding against land monopoly, az an
evidence OF the policy Of domestic develop
nent contemplated by the democratic
)arty, should IL be placed In power.
Isthmian Canal.
The democracy when intrusted with pow-
II Will construct the Panama canal sbeed-
ly, honestly and economically, thereby
to our people what democrats have
LIways contcnded fora great inter-Ocean- |
c canal, furnishing shorter and cheaper
ines Of transportation and broader and less |
trade relations with the other
of the world.
American citizenship.
We pledge ourselves to insist up0n the
ust and Lawful protection Of our citizens {
It home and abroad and to use all proper ,
to secure for them, whether ma I
i've born or naturalized, and without ais.
or race or creed, the equal protec- :
ion Of laws and the enjoyment Of ali rights .
nd privileges open to them under the COW |
nants OF our treaties of friendship and Y
and. II under existing treaties.
right Of travel and ~sojourn Is denied
0 American citizens or recognition IL with.
eld from American passports by any COun-
on the ground of race or creed, we
the beginning Of negotiations with
he governments Of such countries to Sc +;
ure by treaties the removal of these uH- q,
Ist Determinations. ]