Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03

InE DEMUCkAIlI
PLATFORM
I'VE, the democratic party of the United
States, in national convention assembled,
declare its devotion to the essential prin"
ciples of the democratic faith which
brings US together in party communion.
Under them local self-government and
national unity and prosperity were alike
established. They un0erlaid our independ-
and every democratic extension from
Louisiana to California and Texas to Ore
Eon. which preserved faithfully In all the
resentation. They yet inspire the masses
tights and fiber dss sand and cherishins his their ae
ment They remind u. Of our " duties and
responsibilities as citizens and impress
upon US. particularly At this time, the
administration Of government from the
methods Which distrac. business b'oe by an-
with dread. d,strust and perturbation.
The application OF these fundamental
principles TO tho living Issues OF the day
constitutes the first step toward the as
nation. Freedom OF the press, of con-
science and of speech; equality before
by Jury; freedom Of the person defended
by the writ Of habeas corpus; liberty of
personal contract untrammeied by sump..
over military authority; Well -diseiplin-d
militia; the separation Of church and
state, economy In expenditures; low
dened; the prompt and sacred fulhllment
Of public and private obligations; fidelity
to treaties; peace and friendship with all
absolute aequiescence in the viii OF the
majority. the vital principle Of republics
these are doctrines which democracy has
and they should be constantly invoked.
preached. resor:ed to and enforced.
Controlling Expenses.
Il: Large reductions can readily be
made In the annua! expenditures Of the
sieney Of any branch Of The public service.
and we shall insist upon the stricteSt
economy and fIugality compatible with
naval administration as q right Of tho
people. too clear to be denied or with
''2 The enforcement Of honesty in tho
public service. and to that end q thorough
legislative investigation OF those execu-
tive departments Of the government al
we'll a. other departments suspected Of
harborinx corruption, and the punishment
sf ascertained corruptionists without fear
sistent and deliberate refusal Of both the
senate and house OF representatives to
permit such investigation to be made by
that only by 4 change in the executive
complete :1Rs:H1s, panishm.ni and cor
an broader furtherancs Of that end the
federal government should not permit 1t
self to be robbed BY entering into con.
combinations in restraint Of interstate
trade, existing In violation Of law. We
believe that one Of the best methods Of
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 he, to Jeffersonian SIM
pAcity Of living.
Presidential Reoemm mendations.
- We favor the nomination and cleo
ton Of president trained in the ways Of
the constitution, who shall set his face
ptern!y against executive usurpation Of
isgisla tive and judicial functions. whether
that usurpation be ruled under the guise
p executive eonstIueton eon st,ea Ct existing
tyrants pleas OF necessity OF superior
wisdom.
q. The democratic party has been,
opponent Of that class of tariff legislation
by which certain interests have been per-
mitted. through congressional favor, to
draw heavy tribute from the American
people This monstrous pe,vessien Of
those equal opportunities which our po-
Etical institutions We're established to Sc
cure, has caused what may once have
been infant industries to become the
greatest combinations OF capital that the
world has ever known. Ehese publicly
methods, been converted into monopolies,
thus bringing TO an end domestic com
petition, which was the only check upon
the protective system. These Industrial
combinations, by the financial assistance
they can give. now control the policy of
1--WE favor wise. conservative and
businessliks revision and a gradual re-
duction Of the tariff by the friends OF the
not by the friends OF its abuses, its ex-
tortions and its discrimina tions. keeping
in view the ultimate end OF equality Of
and the constitutional purpose OF raising
q revenue by taxation, to-wit. the sup
port Of the federal gov vernment. In all its
and keeping also in view, as men of COM
mon sense should, existing conditions,
however wrongfully, mistakenly or un-
the cause OF tariff reform itself OF abrupt
and revolutionary reversal OF policy.
1--WE should bear In mind, in short, these
two things: qD The general principle that
alton is the support of the federal gov
ernemnt, economical ly. effectively and
constitutionally administered; and (2).
the equal truth that in the assertion Of
any general principle and in reaching
any ultimate end, however sacred and
logically unavoidable due regard. but
to actual existing conditions.
I'VE favor the reduction Of tariff tax
alton upon trust produced articles to the
ter the American market whenever trusts
and combines. seeking monopoly. raise
their prices to the American consumer
sneh trusts ans
nopolies Of the power to extort from the
American people. unde1 shelter Of Amer.
foreigners for identical articles.
The Isthmian Canal.
"Our party having long and earnestly
advocated the construction OF interoceanic
canal for the purpose Of national defense