The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-14

of executive construction of existing laws.
orr whether 1t take refuge In the tyrants
pleas Of necessity or superior wisdom.
Imperialism.
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 in oriental and Euro
pean affairs, and without arbitrary, UNI
limited, irresponsible and absolute gov
eminent anywhere within our jurisdic.
ton. We oppose. as ferevently as did
Irresponsible, discretionary and vague abb
solutism and a policy of colonial exploita-
ton, no matter where or by whom invoked
or exercised; we believe with Thomas JEFF
ferson and John Adams, that no govern
ment has a right to make one set of laws
for those lat home" and another and a
different set Of laws, absolute In charac-
ter. for those lin the colonies. All men
under the American nag are entitled to the
protection Of the institutions whose en-
Diem the flag Is; IL they are inherently un-
nt for those institutions. then they are
inherently unfit to be members OF the
American body polite. Wherever there
may exist people incapable of being gov-
erned under American laws, In consonahcee
with the American constitution OF INA
people ought not to be part Of the Ameri-
can domain.
We insist that we ought to do for the
Eilipinos what we have done aireaay ,b hsf
promise now, and upon suitable guarantees
OF protection to citizens of our own anu
other countries resident there az tne uIh y
Of our withdrawal, set the Filipino people
upon their feet, free and independent TO
work out their own destiny.
The endeavor of the secretary OF war. py
promoters" in the Philippine islands to
make the United States partner In specu-
latiye legislation of the archipelago. wnlcn
was only temporarily held ap by the oppoa
off 0f fhn nnp 10
last session, will. If successful, lead TO en-.
tanglements from which it will be difhcuit
to escape.
The Tariff.
The democratic party has been. and
will continue to be. the; consistent oppo-
nent of that class of tariff legislation by
which certain interests have been per-
mitted, through congressional favor, 70
draw asan heavy tribute from the american az
those equal opportunities. which our po-
htical institutions were established to Sc
cure. has caused what may once have ave
been infant industries to become the
greatest combinations of capital that tne
world has ever known. These especial
favorites of the government have through
nopolies, thus bringing to an end domes-
tic competition, which was the only al
legged check upon the extravagant prof
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
yor tariff limited to the needs OF the
government. economically administered
the end that the burdens Of taxation
BILE.
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-
tortions and its Determinations, keep
ity. Of burdens and equality of opportu.
mites" and the constitutional purpose of
raising revenue by taxation, to-wit, the
support OF the federal government in all
plfcity.
Trusts.
We recognize that the gigantic trusts
and combinations. designed to enable
capital to secure more than its just share
and which have been foseered ann and la pro.
NOTED under republican rule, are mem
ace to beneficial competition and an OBJ
stacle to permanent business prosperity.
intolerable. individual equality of oppor-
tunity and free competition are essential
to a healthy and permanent commercial
prosperity, and any trust, combination or
monopoly tending to destroy these by
petition or fixing prices, should be pro-
hibited and punished by law. We espec-
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 DOW
ers of the interstate commerce commits
sion. to the end that the travelling public
and shippers of this country may have
prompt and adequate relief for the abuses
to which they are subjected in the mat
ter OF transportation. We demand
strict enforcement Of existing civil and
combination and monopolies; and we
demand the enactment Of such further
legislation as may be necessary to effect
Any trust or unlawful combination en-
gagged In interstate commerce which is
Monopolizing any branch of business or
p Irssct hs should not be permitted to
It's origin. Whenever il shall be estab-
lished In any court of competent juris-
diction that si,; such monopolization exists.
through comprehensive laws to be enact
ed on the subject.
Reclamation Of Arid Lands.
We congratulate our western citisens M
on the passing Of the law known as the
and reclamation Of the arid lands e e aI tSs
west, measure framed by q democrat
passed in the senate by a nonpartfsan vote
ana passed In the house against the opp O.
sition OF almost all the republican leaders
cratic.
is. working automatically throughout ali
time without further action of coneress
until the reclamation 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
party, should it be placed in power.
Isthmian Canal.
The democracy when intrusted with now
er will construct the Panama canal speed
fly, honestly and economically, thereby
giving to our people what democrats have
ic canal, furnishing shorter and cheaper
lines of transportation and broader and less
trammeled trade relations with the other
peoples of the world.
American Citizanship.
We pledge ourselves to insist upon the
just and lawful protection of our citizens
at home and abroad and to use all proper
measures to secure for them, whether ma
tive born or naturalized, and without dis
ton of laws and the enjoyment of ali rights
and privileges open to them under the COW
enants of our treaties of friendship and
comme,Ge an t5aveI ua anS soinsr ns sreasles
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 se-
cure by treaties the removal of these un-
Just Determinations.
We demand that all over the world a
duly authenticated passport issued by the
royernment Of the United States to an
American citizen shall be proof of the fact
that he is an American citizen and shall
entitle him to the treatment due him as
such.
we favor the election of United States
senator's by the direct vote Of the peo-
pie.