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the government without impairing the
efficiency of any branch of the public
service. and we shall insist upon the
Strictest economy and frugality COM
patible with vigorous and efficient civil,
military and naval administration as
right of the people too clear to be de-
MED or withheld.
HONEST. PUBLIC SERVICE
> .. The enforcement Of honesty in the
public service and to the end thorough
legislative investigation of those, eX-
ecutive departments of the government
already known to TEEN with corruption.
as well as other departments suspected
of harboring corruption, and the pun
ishment of ascertained corruptionists
without fear Or favor or regard to per-
sons. The persistent and deliberate re-
fusal of both the senate and house of
representatives to permit such inyesti:
cation to be made by either branch of
congress: demonstrates that only. by.
change in the executive and in the
house of representative can complete
exposure, punishment and correction be
obtained. In broader substance of that
end the federal government Should not
permit itself to be robbed by entering
into contracts with convicted trusts,
or unlawful combinations in restraint of
trade, existing in violation of Law. We
believe that one of the best methods of
procuring economy and honesty in the
public service is to have public Off
Gals, from the occupant of the White
house down to the lowest of them. re-
man simplicity of living.
NO EXECUTIVE USURPATION
8. We favor: the nomination and
election of president trained. in the
ways OF the, constitution who shall set
ms race sternly against executive usur-
pation or legislative Or judicial func
lions, whether that usurpation be ruled
under the guise of executive construc-
ton of existing laws or whether it take
refuge in the tyrant's pleas of neces-
s1ty Or superior wisdom.
4. The Democratic party has been
and will continue to be the consistent
opponent of that class of tariff legisla-
ton by which certain interests have
favor. to draw heavy tribute from the
American people. This monstrous per-
version of those equal opportunities
which our political institutions were es-
tabiished to secure, has caused what
may once have been infant industries to
become the greatest combinations of
capital that the world has ever known.
These publicly favored enterprises have
through the trust methods been convert.
end the domestic competition which was
the only check upon the eXtravaga MT
profits made possible by the protective
system These industrial combinations
by the financial assistance they can give.
now control the policy of the Republican
party.
TARIFF REVISION AND REDUCTION
We favor a wise and conservative and
business like revision and the gradual
reduction of the tariff by the masses and
for the common veal. and not by the
friends of its abuses, it's eXtortions and
its discriminat tons, keeping in view the
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felony to get propertyAef any sert-zors to
attempt. to get it lb,6 false pretepseS,s1 If
ethe same rule appiiefis 90 the getting of
fees or to attempts to get them the. whole
Republican party could tSbe sent to ,thes
penitentiary.
Democrats tsss Don't Favor. Free d, Trade
One OF their. false cpretenses 1.-The one
on which they harp, the most this year, K.
is that,itie Democratic party9is in favor.
faase-ea lie out of whole ctoth5 There are
individual Democrats who are free trad
ers just asStheres are individual Republic
ans swho ARE atheists. but it would be'
the Republican as the party of atheism
as to denominateY the Democratic party as
the party of free trade. -
1t never was a free trade 3party and is
not now The man who charges that it
is does SO because of his Ignorance or be-
cause of his mendacity.
Democrats favor the cutting down of
schedules of the present law the rates are
too high; those that are too high we are
in favor of cutting down..
I'VE favor any modification of the tariff
vent them becoming shelter for monop-
oily" wonder if Mr.. Secretary Shaw ever
heard those words before2 They. are taken,
form Of 1901 ael The The secrefsTs Mhooped it
up at great rate for Gov A. B. Cum
minis and others neminated on that plat
form. He denounces it now as the dead
Iowa idea But it was---a righteous
declaration borrowed from Democrats
and is not dead-not even: lying.
Where tariff rates are SO. high that they
enable American manufacturers TO sell
their wares abroad cheaper. than they do
to Americans here at heP4ezSwe say that
they ought to be reduced sfhis anarchy
or treason? If So make fhesnlosfsef it.
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ultimate end of equality of burdens
and equality of opportunities" and the
constitutional purpose of raising rev.
enue by taxation, to-wit:
The support of the federal govern
ment in all its integrity and yirility,-
but in simplicity; and keeping also lin
existing conditions however wrongflllly
mistakenly or unjustly brought about,
and the danger to the cause of tariff re-
form itself of abrupt and revolution
airy reversal of policy.
We should bear in mind, in short.
these two things: First, the general
principle that the sole derivation Of
the power of taxation is the: support
caliy. effectively and constitutionally
administered, and, second the equal
truth that in the assertion of any
general principle and in reaching any
ultimate end, however sacred and
logically unavoidable, due regard must
and should be paid to actually exist
ing conditions.
5. We favor the reduction of tariff
to the point where foreign competi-
ton may enter the American market
whenever trusts and combines. seek
ing monopoly, raise their price to- the
American consumer above reason
able and Just profit by.ssuch reduc-
ton depr1y1ng trusts and monopolies
OF the power to. extort from the
American people. under the Shelter Of
American law, prices higher than those
charged foreigners for Identical articles,
THE MONEY QUESTION -
THE discoveries of gold within the
past few years and the great in
creasesi nsthe production thereof, add
ing two thousand million dollars to
the worlds. supply. of which seven
hundred million falls to the share of
the United States, has contributed to
the maintenance of a money stand
ard Of value. no longer open to- uues-
ton, removing that Issue from the
field of political contention = :
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL
Our party having long earnestly adj
Focated the construction of an Inter-
oceanic canal for the. purposes of ma
tlonal defense and commerce between
the states and with foreign nations,
we favor the early completion of the
lSthmian canal. But while. making
this declaration and accepting the
results as an accomplished and ir-
reversible fact, We cannot too forci-
bly, express our. .disa pprowal of the
methods by which, in Disregard of
the usages and obligations of inter
national law and treaty obligations,
the canal route has been acquired,
or too solemnly record our hope that
this precedent of defiant diplomacy
may never be used against us to our
humiliation and injury.
TRUSTS AND UNLAWFUL COM
BINATIONS
I'VE recognize that the gigantic
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Without unnecessary ENHANCEMENT
In Oriental and European affairs, and
without arbitrary, unlimited, ire
sponsible and absolute government
anywhere within our jurisdiction. We
oppose, as fervently as did George
washington himself, an indefinite ir-
responsible, discretionary and vague
absolutism and policy of colonial ex-
ploitation, no matter where or by
whom invoked or exercised; we be-
ieve with Thomas Jefferson and
John Adams that no government has
right to make one set of laws for
those at home and another and a
different set of laws, absolute in their
character, for those in the colonies
ALI men under the American flag are
entitled to the protection of the in
situations whose emblem is the flag;
if they are inherently unfit for those
institutions. then they are inherently
unfit to be members of the American
body polite. Wherever there may
exist people incapable of being
governed under American laws in
consonance with the American con-
stitution, the territory of that people
ought not to be part of the American
domain.
I'VE insist that We ought to do
for the F'ilipinos what We have al
ready done for the Cubans And
it is our intent as soon as it can be
done wisely and safely for the Fill
pines themselves and after amicable
arrangements with them concern
ing naval stations, coaling stations
and trade relations, and upon suit
able guarantees of protection to all
national and International interests,
to set the Filipino people upon their
feet free and independent, to work
out their own destiny
The endeavor of the secretary
of war by pledging the governments
Endorsement for promoters in the
Philippine islands to make the
United States a partner in specu-
lative exploitation of the archipel-
ago which was only temporarily held
up by the opposition of Democratic
senators in the last session, will, if
successful, lead to a permanent en-
tanglement from which it will be
difficult to escape.
STATEHOOD FOR TERRITORIES
I'VE favor statehood for Oklahoma
and the Indian territory, statehood
for Arizona, statehood for New Mex
leo and a territorial government for
Porto Rico.
ELECTION OF SENATORS BY
THE PEOPLE
I'VE favor the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people,
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Following is the text of the Demo-
cratic platform submitted by the sub
committee to the full committee on
resolutions:
1--WE, the delegates of the Demo-
cratic party of the United States, in
national convention assembled. de-
clare our devotion to the essential
principles of the Democratic faith
which brings us together in party
communication.
Under them local self-govern-
ment, national unity and prosperity
were alike established. They under
laid our independence, the structure
of our free republic and every DEM
ocratic extension from Louisiana to
California and Texas to Oregon,
which preserves faithfully in all the
states the tie between taxation and
representation. They yet inspire the
masses of our people, guarding
jealousy their rights and liberties,
and cherishing their fraternity, peace
and orderly development They re-
mind us of our duties and RESPONSE
bll1tleS as citizens and impress upon
us, particularly at this time, the ne
cessity of reform and the rescue of
the administration of government
from the headstrong, arbitrary and
SpaSIQOQlcs neCnOQS winch distract
business by uncertainty and pervade
the public mind with dread, distrust
and perturbation
PEACE, sAFETY AND PROGRESS
"The application of those funda-
mental principles to the living issues
of the day constitutes the first step
toward the assured peace, safety and
progress OF our nation Freedom of
the press, of conscience and of
speech: equality before. the law of
all citizens; the right of atrial by
jury; freedom of the person defend
ed by the. writ of habeas corpus;
liberty OF personal contract untram-
meled by sumptuary; laws; the SUI
premacy- of the civil over military
authority; a well disciplined militia;
the separation of church and state;
economy in expenditures; low taxes,
that labor may be lightly burdened;
the prompt and sacred fulfillment of
public and private obligations; fidel-
1ty to treaties; peace and friendship
with all nations, entangling alliances
with none; absolute acquiescence in
the will of the majority, the vital
principle of epublics-these are doc
trines which Democracy has estab-
lished as proverbs of the nation, and
they should be constantly invoked,
p preached, resorted to and enforced.
REDUCE EXPENDITURES
/. Large reductions can readily be
made in the annual expenditures of
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ton of public funds for private pur-
poses and a wasteful, illogical and
useless attempt to overcome by sub
sidy the Instructions raised by Re
publican legislation to the growth
and development of American COM
merce on the sea.
I'VE favor the upbuilding of a
merchant marine without new or adj
ditional burdens upon the people
and without bounties from the pub
lie treasury.
CIVIL SERVICE
''The Democratic party stands
committed to the principles of civil
service reform, and we demand their
honest, just and impartial enforce
ment
I'VE denounce the Republican
party for its continuous and sinister
encroachments upon the spirit and
operation of civil service rules.
whereby it has arbitrarily dispensed
with examina tons for Office in the
interests of favorites, and employed
all manner of devices to oVerreach
and set aside the principles upon
which the civil service was estab-
lished.
CONDEMNATION OF POLYGAMY
w dStidtiQ lIe determination. or
poiygamy within the jurisdiction of
the United States and the complete
separation of church and state in po-
htical affairs.
RECLAMATION OF ARID LANDS
AND DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENT
We congratulate our Western Cit
liens upon the passage of the meas
ure known as the Newlands irriga-
ton act for the irrigation and re-
clamation of arid lands of the West
a measure framed by a Democrat,
passed in the senate by a nonpartisan
vote, and passed in the house against
the opposition of almost all the Re-
publican leaders by vote, the ma
Jority of which was Democratic. We
call attention to this great Demo-
cratic measure, broad and eompre-
hensiye as it is, working auto
matically throughout all time with
out further action of congress, until
the reclamat ton of all the lands in
the arid West capable of reclamation
is accomplished, reserving, the lands
reclaimed for homeSeekerse in small
tracts, and rigidly guarding against
land monopoly, as an evidence of the
policy of domestic development con-
templated by the Democratic party,
should it be placed in power.
IMPERIALISM .-rs
I'VE favor the preservation, in so
far as we can, Of an open door for
the worlds commerce in the Orient
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to be safe and sufficient
We favor the maintenance and lib
eral annual increase of the navy as
our best defense in our isolated con-
tinental condition against foreign
; foe,1and a source of no possible dan
ger to our liberties as people.
CAPITAL AND LABOR
We favor the enactment and ad-
sministration of laws giving labor and
capital impartially their just rights.
Capital and labor ought not to be
enemies. Each is necessary to the
other. Each has it's rights, but the
rights of labor are certainly no less
Z vested, no less sacred and no less
4 naliena ble"than the rights Of capt.
{: tai.
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
ttessssWe p1adge ourselves TO insist upon
the just and lawful protection of our
/ citfzeffs at home and abroad. and to
suSesaH proper measures to secure for
them, whether native born or natu-
s ra1izedss and without distinction of
race or5creed, the equal protection Of
T laws and the enjoyment of all rights
/ and privileges open to them under
] the covenants Of our treaties of
friendship and commerce; and if I'M
: der existing treaties the right of
sttrayel 3 and sejourn is denied to
american citizens, or recognition is
zswfthheld from American passports
|: by any countries on the ground of
!. race or creed, we favor the begin
] ming of negotiations with the gov
+ .ernments of Esnch countries to secure
/, by new treaties the removal of these
unjust DETERMINATIONS.
-. PENSIONS
q. ST he Democracy would secure to
/ the surviving soldiers and sailors
/! and their dependents generous pen
sions, not by an arbitrary executive
! order, but by legislation which a
grateful people stand ready to en-
taef.
Dur soldiers and sailors who de-
fend with their lives the constitution
and the laws have a sacred interest
/ in their just administration. They
must therefore share with us the hui
initiation. with which we have wit
messed the exaltation of court ia
IsvoFites; without distinguished sery-
Ice, over the SCARED heroes of many
Sgbattfes. or aggrandized by executive
appropriations out of the treasures
of a PROSTATE people, in violation Of
the act of congress which fixes the
compensation and allowances of the
military officers.
s.s4sssssssss MERCHANT MARINE
We denounce the ship subsidy bill
] recently passed by the United States
senate as an Ubiquitous appropria-
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Choose We between us in November. Not
quite all Republican statesmen believe it
right Once in a while a ray of light
breaks in upon the benighted sintellects OF
a Republican.
Quotes Babcock,s Example
For example, year or two ago Hon.
J. w. Babcock of Wisconsin chairman of
the Republican congressional committee,
had a lucid interval and advocated in sew.
eral Interviews the cutting down of tariff
rates when they are so high as to encourage
the formation of trusts and when they en-
abled the manufacturer to sell his wares
cheaper abroad than at home. He went
farther and introduced bills to that eff
feet; but the Republican leaders got hold
OF Babcocs ana ps G b;s rg puiyilg riff IF
reformer, since when he has been as dumb
as an oyster.
l am citing Babcocks performance in.
his moment of lueidity to show that to
advocate the cutting down of outrageous
tariff, as in the foregoing case, does not
prove that a man is theo enemy of his
country as the Standpa tiers would nave
you believe.
The stand pat organs and speakers
: claim that only antiQuated sorts of our
manufactured articles are eisold abroad
cheaper than 10 Americans at home That
theory is very ingenious, but unfortunate
~ it is not true, for steel rails are sold
abroad at IS per ton less than they are
sold at home and the fashions in steel
rails remain the same, or substantially so.
VIII he or some other standpatter
explain why Americans should be made
to paw one-third more for American steel
rails than the citizens of other nations
pay for them?
He may answer as did Repre- sentative
Olmstead. of PENNSYLVANIA; that the rail-
road companies pay for the steel rails, and
that it is the business of melody else how
much, they pay fer them; But Olmstead
had more courage than infYrma ton, for
everybody with two ideas 7aBdve' Hotten-
tot knows that everybody Fiat travels on
a rai.-oad everybody that ships anything
on one. everybody that uses anything SO
railroad companies foot the bills iii the
first instance and then make their Gus
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nit Mr.. Knox to be senator-for Gov.
Pennypacker who nominally made the ap
pointment, does not appear to have been
considered at all in the premises.
knox's Trust Friends
The amazement of the people will grow
like Jenah's gourd-vine when they learn
that Mr.. Frick is the heaviest stakeholder
in the steel trust; that Mr.. Cassatt is
president of the Pennsylvania railroad
company. which is one of the defendants
in the coal trust suit now pending, and that
Mr.. Cameron represented the Standard
Oil trust and Wall street interests in
,persuading Boss Penrose to let Mr.. Knox
go to the senate.
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toners repay them with interest-at the
highest rate the traffic will bear
Not Hostile to Industries
Of piece with the foregoing false pre-
lenses is that other one that Democrats
would destroy American industries There
is not a syllable of truth in it, Why
should they desire to destroy industries?
They are vitality interested in maintain
ing them and they wish to see them all
have an equal chance and not by fostering
some at the expense of others.
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The, Democratic position on the
tariff is this: Recognizing the fact
that a large portion OF our revenue
toms duties, or taxes, Democrats
divide all imports into three class
es-necessaries, comforts and lux
urIes-and contend that the tariff
taxes should be higher on iuxuries,
lower on comforts and lowest or
ypone5at all on the necessaries. They
Furthermore say that taxes should
be uniform on all articles belong
ing to one class.
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The trust magnates who secured the
senatorial toga for Mr.. Knox, since they
have established the entente cordiale with
that famous trust buster ought to compel
the young ruffianly sciens of great trust
houses who sometime ago insulted and
to go down on their knees and make to
him the amende honorable. Then all will
be loyely-away the trust and the trust
buster.
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would be nominated on the first ballot. In I
deed, the impression is general that. in:
spite of Senator Hilrs desire to allow the
first ballot TO pass, it will develop enough
votes to nominate.
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NN-NeNN y y y " v ~ " Y v v v v v v " " y y ~
Folks who still dare to thinKk will be
forced to one of two conclusions First.
either that Mr.. Knox is the only lawyer
in America capable. of conducting a suit
against trust-which is absolutely pre-
posterous for there are hundreds of law
yers as able as he-and that the trusts
were anxious to get him. out; of the at
torney generals Office, because they fear
him more than they doraDy other human
being; or secondly, that the Knox anti
crusade has been, a bunco game from the
beginning and that Messrs. Prick, Cas-
satt and Cameron. together with those
whom they represent. procured for him
the senatorship as a reward for fayors al
ready rendered the trusts secretly while in
the cabinet and to be hereafter rendered
in the senate.
According to the press reports. Presi-
dent Roosevelt stood by conSenting to the
transfer of Knox from the cabinet to the
senate just as Paul stood by CONSUMING
to the stoning of Stephen
One paper says. ..The president is
greatly pleased that, Mr. Knox will accept
the position" which looks as though he
is glad to be rid Of him.
Wall Street Sentiment Changes
Here is another straw: 1t has been told
in Gath and proclaimed on the streets of
Askalon by the Roosevelt shouters for
these many months that the trust mag
Enthusiastically those whose habitat lair
is Wall street-are bitterly opposed to the
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Let Republican spelipinaers and
editors explain why ~ sAmerican
farmer should pay from 8 third to
one half more for an american
plow than his competitor in farm
ina pays for II In Australia or
South America or at the ends of the
earth. Democrats say 1t as wrong
and they stand by the American
farmer. Republicans say it Is
right and they Stand by the Aus
traIian and South American farm
erS.
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Plain people cannot be blamed
for being bewiidered by all this
Kaleidoscope performance. They
cannot be censured because by an
old process they figure 1t out that
two and two make four and that
the transfer of Mr.. Knox from
cabinet to senate at the behest of
Messrs. Prick, Cassatt and Came
ron, taken in connection with the
change of feeling in Wall street in
favor of the president, has a sinis-
ter meaning.
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90. THE CONVENTION
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Here we have the strange spec
tacle-the mystifying anomaiy-of
three of the chief trust magnates
in the land securing the appoint
ment to the senate of Attorney
General p. C. Knox, who has been
exploited far and wide as the great
est trust buster on terra ffrHna.
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Choose We between us in November. Not
quite all Republican statesmen believe it
right. Once in while ray of light
breaks in upon the benighted siTltellects OF
a Republican.