The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-07-09

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both the senate and the house OF repre-
sentatives 10 permit such investigation
to be made demonstrates that only by n
change I'm the executive and In the legis-
lative departments can complete expo
sures, punishments and correction be OBJ
| tanned.
We condemn the action OF the Republi-
can party In congress In refusing 10 pro-
hibit an executive department from en-
tering into contracts with convicted
| trusts or unlawful combinations In re-
straint OF inter state 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 occupant OF the White House
| down TO the lowest OF them. return as
| nearly as may be to Jeffersonian simple
| ity OF living.
TO KEEP AN open DOOR"
We favor the nomination and election
! OF president lmbued with the principles
OF the constitution. who will set his face
! sternly against executive usurpation OF
legislative and judicial functions. wheth-
er that usurpation be veiled under the
| guise OF the executive construction OF ex-
listing laws. or whether IL take refuge in
the tyrants pleas of necessity or supe-
! rior wisdom.
We favor the preservation. so far as we
can. OF an open door for the worlds com
! merce In the Orient without an unneces-
| sary ENHANCEMENT I'm oriental and Euro
pean affairs and without arbitrary. un-
| limited. irresponsible and absolute gov
| ernment anywhere within our turisdic-
J tion.
We oppose as fervently as dfd George
Washington himself an Indefinite, IRE
sponsible. discretionary and vague abso-
! lutism and a policy OF colonial exploita-
tion, no matter where or by whom invok-
| ed or exercised.
We believe with Thomas Jefferson and
John Adams that no Government has a
! right to make one set OF laws for those
| lat home" and another and different
set OF laws, absolute In their character,
| for those "in the colonies"
ENTITLED TO EQUAL RIGHTS.
All men under the American flag are
entitled to the protection OF the institu-
tions whose emblem the flag is; and II
they are inherently unnt for those in
stitutions. then they are inherently UNIT
TO be members Of the American body pol
ito Wherever there may exist n people
| being governed under American laws.
in consonance with the American con-
stitution, that people ought to be part
Of the American domain.
We insist that we ought to do for the
Fflipinos what we have done already for
the Cubans. and II is our duty TO make
that promise now; and, upon suitable
guarantees OF protection TO citizens Of
our own and other countries residing
there at the time OF our withdrawal. set
the Filipino people upon their feet, free
and independent 10 work out their own
destiny.
The endeavor OF the secretary 81 war
by pledging the governments indorse-
ment for "promoters'' In the Philippine
islands 10 make the United States a part
ner In specula tive legislation OF the ar
chipelago. which was only temporarily
held up by the opposition Of the Demo-
cratic senator's In the last session, viii
II successful lead to entanglements from
which It will be difficult TO escape.
PROJECTION DENoUNCED
The Democratic party has been and
will continue 10 be the consistent op-
ponent Of that class Of tariff legislation
by which certain interests have been
permitted through congressional favor
To draw a heavy tribute from the Amer
lean people. This monstrous perversion
of those equal opportunities which our
political institutions were established TO
secure has caused what may once have
been infant industries 10 become the
! greatest combination OF capital that the
world has ever known
These special favorites of the govern
/ uent have through trust methods been
/ converted into monopolies. thus bringin z
/ 10 an end domestic competition, which
| was the only check upon the eStravs-
/ rnnt profits made possible by the pro-
tectlve system. These Industrial COM
/ binations. by the financial assistance they
/ can give. now control the policy OF the
1 Republican party.
We denounce protection as n robbery
~ the many TO enrich the few. and we
favor tariff limited 20 the needs Of
the government. economically adminls-
tered. and so levied as not 20 discrim-
mate against any industry. class or sec
tion. 20 the end that the burdens of taxa
| ton shall be distributed as equally as
possible.
TIE TRUST PLANK
We favor revision and n gradual re-
duction OF the tarin by the friends OF
the masses for the common veal. and
not BY the friends OF its abuses. Its ex-
tortions and It's determinations keeping
in view the ultimate ends of equality
~ burdens aud equality of opportunities
and the constitutional purpose ~ rails
ing a revenue by taxation. TO wit the
support ~ The federal government in all
ita integrity and virility. but IN sim
plicity.
We recognize that the gigantic trusts
and combinations designed 20 enable can
itsl % secure more than its just share
of the ioint products ~ capital and labor
and which have been fsstered and pro-
NOTED under Republican rule are a men