Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-05

We condemn the republican system OF
legislation under which trust monopoIjes
their manufactured products from our
abroad
I'VE demand an enlare emcnt OF the
powers OF the Interstate commerce com
mission TO the end that the travelin *
public and shippers Of this country may
have prompt and adequate relief for the
abuses they are now subjected 10 In the
matter OF transportation
Monroe Doctrine.
We favor the maintenance OF the Mon
roe doctrine In its full integrity.
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Army and Navy.
We favor the reduction Of the army
and of army expenditures TO the point his
torically 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
source of no possible danger to our litsrs
ties as q people.
Capital and Labor.
"Ws favor the enactment and admins.
tration of laws, giving labor and capita
labor ought not to be enemies Each is
necessary to the other. Each has IT'S
rights, but the rights OF labor are GER
and no less 'inaiienable than tho rights
| of capital
American Citixenshtp.
I'VE nledge ourselves to insist upon ths
Just and lawful protection OF our citizens
at home and abroad and 10 use all proper
measures to secure for them. whether
native-born or naturaEzed. and without
distinction OF race or creed. the actual
protection OF laws and the enjoyment Of
ali rights and privileges open to them
under the covenants OF our treaties Of
friendship and commerce, and if, under
| existing treaties, the right of travel and
sojourn Is denied 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 q
such countries to secure, by new treaties,
the removal of these unjust discrimins~
tions.
Pensions.
1.-The democracy would secure t. the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions, not BY an
arbitrary, executive order. but by lssis-
lation which q grateful people stand
Our soldiers and. sailors who defend
with their lives the constitution and the
administration. They must therefore
share with us the humiliation with whick
We have witnessed the exaltaion Of court
over the Scared heroes Of mary battles:
or aggrandized by executive approprta-
tons cut OF the TREASURES Of a PROSTATE
xress which fixes tho compensation anA
allowances OF the military officers.
Merchant Marine.
I'VE denounce tho ship subsidy bill ~
Gently passed by the United States SEN
public funds for private purposes and .
wasteful. illogical and useless attempt to
raised by republican legislation 10 the
growth and development of American
commerce on the sea;
I'VE favor the upbuilding Of mer-
burdens upon the people and without
bounties from the public treasury.
Civil Service.
THE democratic party stands commit
ted to the principles OF civil service res
form, and we demand their honest lust
and impartial enforcement.
I'VE denounce the republican party for
Ns continuous and sinister encroach..
civil service rules, whereby it has arbi-
trariy dispensed with examinations for
office in the interest of favorites and
reach and set aside the principles upon
which the civil service was established.
Condemnation of FoEysamy.
I'VE demand the determination OF po.
Ngsmy within the jurisdiction OF tho
United States and the complete separa-
tton OF church and state i'll political at
fairs.
We congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage Of the measure known
a. the Newiands irrigation act for the
irrigation and reclamation OF the arid
Q democrat, passed in the senate by a
non-partizan vote and passed in the house
against the, opposition Of almost all the
lty of which was democratic. We cali at
tentioa to this great democratic measure.
broad and as It Is work
without, further action Of congress, until
the reclamation Of all tho lands IN the
the amds s
for homeseekers in small tracts and rigid t
" guarding against land monopoly. as an
epment contemplated by the 1n Democrats Gratis
party should 1t be placed IN power.
imperialism.
I'VE favor the preservation, so far a.
ws can. of an open door for the worlds
European AFFAIRS and without arbitrary.
unlimited. irresponsible and absolute gov.
!ion. We oppose. as fervently a. did
George Washington himself an indefinite
irresponsible. discretionary and vague
yloitation, no matter where or by whom
Thomas jefferson and John Adams. that
set Of laws for those at home and an
ether and different set of laws. abso-
iSfo IN theiT chasacter for those IN the
nag are entitled to tho protection Of ths
institutions whose emblem tho faf Is: II
tions, then they arc inherently unfit to bs
members Of the American body polite.
Wherever there may exist . people In.
team laws, In consonance with the Amer
lean constitution. the territory Of that
people ought not To bs part Of the Amer.
lean domain.
I'VE insist that We ought to do for the
Filipinos what We have already done for
the Cubane. And It ie our intent. 90 soon
the Filipinos themselves. and after amica-
bic arrangements with them concernins
relations. and upon suitaSi. '1 sSarantees r Mses
Of protection to all national and interna.
tional interests. to settle the people upon
their feet. free and independent. to work
out their own destiny
''The endeavor Of the secretary Of war,
by pledging the govevnments indorse-