Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-07-16
NUMBER 36.

| lated, controlled or prohibited by law
| as to amply protect the public interests
| We demand that the rstraint of such
Illegal combinations be intrusted TO the
democratic party, which Is not response
BILE for their existence and which has
| ever protested against their continuance
I'VE condemn the republican system OF
| legislation under which trust monOpolies
| are enabled to exact higher prices for
| their manufactured products from our
own people than they sell them fof
| abroad.
I'VE demand an enlargement of tho
powers of the interstate commerce COM
mission, to the end that the travelling
public and shippers Of this country may
hhxe hh PROMPT and adequate relief for tho
| abuses they are now subjected to in the
matter Of transportation.
Monroe Doctrine.
I'VE favor the maintenance Of the Nom
roc doctrine In It's full integrity
We favor liberal trade treaty with
Canada.
Army aud Navy.
1--WE favor the reduction of the army
ana of army expenditures 20 the point his
toricaly demonstrated to be safe and
sufficient We favor the maintenance and
liberal annual Increase of the navy as our
best defense In our isolated continental
| condition against "A foreign foe, and a
| source of no possible danger to our libef.
| ties as people.
Capital and Labor.
"Wo favor the enactment and admins
| tratinn of laws, giving labor and capital
impartially their Just rights. Capital and
! labor ought not to be cneries Each IL
necessary to the other, Each has its
rights but the rights Of labor are cor-
tainly no less vested no less sacred
ard no less 'inalcnablo' than the rights
of capital
American Citizenship.
"Wo pledge ourselves to insist upon tho
just and lawful protection of our citizens
at home and abroad, and Ia use all proper
measures TO secure for them. whether
natiNc-boru or nIturaliscd, and without
/ distinction of race or creed, the actual
protection of laws aud the enjoyment OF
an rights and privileges open to them
under the covenants of our treaties OF
friendship and commerce, and IT, under
existing treaties, the right of travel and
sojourn Is dcled TO american citizens, or
recognition Is withheld from American
passports by any countries on the ground
of race or creed, we favor the beginning
Of negotiations with the governments Of
such countries TO secure, by new treaties,
the removal Of these unjust dlscrimina-
tons
Pensions.
"The democracy would secure to the
dependents generous pensions not by an
arbitrary executive order, but by legis-
. lauon which grateful people stand
ready to cuHCt,
with their lives the constitution and tho
| laws have q sacred interest in their just
administration, They must therefore
share with MS the humiliation with which
we have witnessed the eNaltatiun of court
favorltos, without distinguished service,
over the Scared heroes of many battles;
or aPgrandi2ed by executive appropria-
items out of the treasures of a PROSTATE
people in violation OF the act of con-
gress which fixes the compensation and
allowances of the military officers.
Merchant Marine.
1--WE denounce the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United States sen-
ate as an iniquitous appropriation OF
public funds for private purposes and a
wastciul Illogical and useless attempt to
overcome hy subsidy the distractions
raised by republican Legislation to tho
growth ANA development of American
commerce on the sea.
I'VE FAVOR the upbullding OF mcr-
chant marine without new or additional
burdens upon the people and without
bounties from tho public treasury.
Ci,ii Service.
"Tho democratic party stands commits
ted to the principles OF civil service re-
form and we demand their honest. lust
and impartial enforcement,
"Wo denounce the republican party for
lts continuous 'du SINISTER cntIoacn.
hl'utS ul9u Wy spun '',H VpV,'.ol %
,NH toln ln ',' lui, lt Mtci,"S H. M NJ W.. ~
office IN the interest of fayorites and
| thpoNrl "l h'aHno' ~ uoN Nicus lo VleI-
Ili,m ~" iu ar,i t, ~ 'tiIil ~ NV"
Condemnation OF PUi,camy.
"Wc demand the determination Of po.
lv,,.,,,, v.itniu III. hri.di.tinn or iha
irnit.d States and the complete srnara-
non OF church and state in polltlcal AZ
"a irs
We corrratuiato our western citizens
,,,,n,l tbn nae.9gn of the nnana,ire lnnw,
a. the Newlends Irrigation act for tLs
irrigation and reclamation of the arid
ian63s nf IN" ,yeet n measure framed hv
a. d"mncrat nassed In thn SENATE nv n
nonNnnrtiyan votc and nassed in thc hGuse
"rnlnst thc onposition of almost nil tha
,,.N"'nhItoa, ,.N",irt lenIers bv a ynth thc oinr.
f., "T which was democrntir We cali al
tC,tin,, "a thIs yrent dcmorratIc measure
broad and comnrehenslve as II Is. work.
inS nufomotIruilv thrnuphnui nil lime
yiib"ut furihnr notion of congress. until
thc rrrlamation of all the lands in the
avid west capHblr of reclamation Is ac.
comnlishrd. rcserying the lands reclaimed
for homeseckers in small tracts and rigid,
lv guarding against land monopoly, as an
evidence of the policy Ot domestic deVel.
opment contemplated by the democratic
party should IL be- placed IN power.
lamentations.
1--WE FAVOR tho preserNaloh, so lar as
we can, oi an open door i9r the world Il
commerce IN lhe orient without unnecps,
safy ohtahEtemchl ~ Wy oilclial anu
European allalrS any any Mitiiout alnlllary'
unlimited lrFtsPohsip4 auu apso'Hte s9N-
erhnent any "H'ic "It''lu W Juli9p,fg,
ton we oppose ~ ltrNeuty VA gu
George Mashlhttop nill,seil an ilioeIinlte,
irresponsible, ulscreti9nafF Nnd vague
ploitauon no mater Wnere or Dy Wn1in
invoked or eNerclaeu; w p.IlrNr' Wllt
Thomas JEFFERSON ana ., John Aua,mS' 'nat
SGT of laws for those at home and an
mtc in their character, for those in thu
colonies All men under the American
flag are entitled TO the protection of tha
institutions whose emblem the flag Isl II
they are inherently unfit for those insti-
t,oi's .r''' of tSc Ainrirnn bodv nolti"
Whmr"ror thrr" may cvist n neonIe in.
capable Ol btlnR governed UNuNF AlnpF-