The Holly chieftain., 1904-07-15
Federal Government and Trusts.


We condemn the action of the Re-
publican party in Congress in refusing
to prohibit an executive department
from entering into contracts with CON
victed trusts or unlawful combinations
in restraint of interstate trade.
Executive Usurpation.
We favor the nomination and cleo
ton of President imbued with the
principles of the constitution, who will
set his face sternly against executive
usurpation of legislative and judicial
functions, whether that usurpation be
yeiled under the guise OF executive
construction of existing laws or wheth-
er it takes refuge in the tyrant's plans
of necessity or superior wisdom.
imperialism.
We favor the preservation, so far as
we can, of an open door for the worlds
commerce in the Orient, without an
unnecessary ENHANCEMENT in Oriental
and European affairs, and without ar
bitrary, unlimited irresponsible and
absolute government anywhere within
our jurisdiction. We oppose fervently
as did George Washington himself. an
indefinite, irresponsible, discretionary
and vague absolutism and policy OF
colonial exploitation no matter where
or by whom exercised; we believe with
Thomas jefferson and John Adams
that no government has right to
make one set of laws for those ''at
home" and another and different set
of laws, absolute in their character for
those "in the colonies"
All men under the American flag
are entitled to the protection of the in
stitutions whose emblem the flag is;
or they are inherently unfit to be mem
bers of the American body polite.
Wherever there may exist people
incapable of being governed under
American laws. in connection with the
American constitution, the territory of
that people ought not to be part of
the American domain.
We insist that we ought to do for
the Filipinos what we have done al
ready for the Cubans, and it is our
duty to make that promise now.
Illegal Monopoly.
The Democratic party has been, and
will continue to be, the consistent OPP
ponent of that class of tariff legisla
tion by which certain interests have
been permitted. through congressional
favor, to draw a heavy tribute from
the American people. These industrial
combinations. by the financial assist
ance they can give. now control the
policy of the Republican party.
The Tariff.
We denounce protection as a rob
berry of the many to enrich the few,
and we favor a tariff limited to the
needs of the government, economically
administered, and so levied as not to
discriminate against any industry,
class or section, to the end that the
burdens of taxation shall be distributed
as equally as possible.
We favor revision and a gradual
reduction OF the tariff by the friends
of the masses and for the common
veal.
Trusts and Combinations.
We recognize that the gigantic
trusts and combinations designed to
enable capital to secure more than its
just share of the joint products of
capital and labor, and which have been
fostered and promoted under Repub-
lican rule, are a menace to beneficial
competition and an obstacle to perma-
nent prosperity.
A private monopoly is indefensible
and intolerable.
Any trust Or unlawful bination
engaged in interstate commerce which
is monopoliZing any branch of business
or production should not be permitted
to transact business outside of the
state of its origin. Whenever it shall
be established in any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction that such monopoliza-
ton exists, such prohibition should be
enforced through comprehensive laws
to be enacted on the subject
Reclamation of Arid Lands.
We congratulate our western citi-
zens upon the passage of the laws
known as the Newlands irrigation act
for the irrigation and reclamation of
the arid lands of the West-a measure
framed by Democrat, passed in the
Senate by a non-partisan vote, and
passed in the House against the oppo-
sition Of almost all the Republican
leaders by a vote the majority of
which was Democratic.
We call attention to this great
Democratic measure, broad and com
prehensive as it is, working automatic
ally throughout all time without fur.
ther action Of Congress until the re-
clamation of all the lands in the arid
West capable of reclamation is accom-
plished. reServing the lands reclaimed