Fair play., 1904-07-16
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dependents generous pensions, not by an
arbitrary. executive order, but by legis-
lati9n which a grateful people stand
"Our soldiers and sailors who defend
with their lives the constitution and tho
laws have a sacred interest In their Just
share with us the humiliation with which
we have witnessed the eNaltation of court
favorites. without distinguished service.
over the Scared heroes of many battles.
or aggrandized by executive appropria-
ticns out of the treasures of a PROSTATE
people, ln violation, Of the act Of con:
gress which fixes the compensation and
allowances of the military officers.
Merchant Marine.
I'VE denounce the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United States sem
ate as an iniquitous appropriation of
public funds for private purposes and a
wasteful. Illogical and useless attempt to
overcome by subsidy the obStruCtiuus
raised by republican legislation to the
growth and development Of American
commerce on the sea.
I'VE favor the upbuilding of a mer-
chant marine without new or additional
burdens upon the people and without
bount.es from the public treasury.
CivIl Service.
THE democratic party stands commit
ted to the principles OF civil service re-
form, and we demand their honest, Just
and impartial enforcement.
we denounCe the republican party for
its continuous and sinister encroach-
ments upon the spirit and operation of
civil service rules, whereby II has arbl-
trarily dispensed with examinations for
office I'm the interest OF favoritcs and
employed all manner of devices to over
reach and set aside the principles upon
which the civil service was established.
Condemnation of PoIygamy.
1--WE demand the determination of po-
lygamy within the jurisdiction of the
United States and the complete separa-
tion of church and state in political af-
fairs.
We congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage of the measure known
as the N lands irrigation act for the
rrigatior------reclam of the arid
lands Of - west-a measure framed by
a democrat, passed in the senate by
non-partiZan vote and passed in the house
against the opposition of almost ali tho
republican leaders by Il vote the ma ior-
ity of which was democratic We call at
tention to this great democratic measure
broad and comprehensive as it is, work.
ing automatically throughout all time
without further action of congress, until
the reclamation of all the lands in the
aria west capable of reclamation Is ac-
complished, rcserving the lands reclaimed
for homeseekers in small tracts and rigid
w guarding against land monopoly. as an
evidence of the policy OF domestic deycl-
opment contemplated by the democratic
party should it be placed IN power.
imperialism.
1--WE favor the prescrvation so far as
We can, Of an open door for the wOF,d $
commerce in the orient without unneccs-
saTy entdnglement in the oriental and
IEuropeaE affairs and without arbitrary
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment anywhere within our jurisdiC-
tion. We oppose, as fervently as did
George Washington himself, an indefinite
irresponsible. discretionary and vague
absOlutism and policy OF colonial cN-
nloitation, no matter wnere or by whom
invoked or exercised: we believe, with
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, that
no government has a right to make one
set of laws for those at home and an
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lutte i'm their character, for those in the
colonies All men under the American
nag are entitled to the protection OF the
institutions whose emblem the flag is. IL
they are inherently unfit for those msti-
tions, then they are inherently unfit to he
members OF the American body polite
Wherever there may exist a people in
capable OF being governed under Amer
lean laws, in consonance with the Amer
Icans constitution, the territory of that
people ought not to be part OF the Amer
lean domain.
We insist that we ought To do for the
Filipinos what we have already done for
the Cubans, And II Is our intent, AS soon
as 1t can he done wisely and safely for
the Filipinos themselves, and after amica.
BILE arrangements with them concerning
naval stations, CoalinE stations and trado
relations, and upon suitable guarantees
of protection to all national and intcrnp-
tional interests. to settle the people upon
out their own destiny
THE endeavor of the secretary Of war,
by pledging the govcrnments indorse-
ment for promoters In tho Philippine
islands, TO make the United States part
ner in speculative exploitation Of the
archipelago, which was only temporarily
held up by the opposition OF democratic
senators In the last session will If sue
cessful. lead to permanent entanGle-
ent from which It will be difficult to
escape.
statehood for Territories.
I'VE favor statehood for oklahoma and
the Indian territory, statehood for Arl-
zona, statehood for New Mexico and a
territorial government Tor Porto Rico.
Election OF Senators by the People.
I'VE favor the election of United States
senators by direct vote Of the people