Bisbee daily review., 1904-10-09
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
 PLATFORM.

The Democratic party of the United I States. in national convention assem-
 bled declares It's devotion to the essen . which brings us together in party com ! munion. Under them local seif-gov-
 ernment and national unity and pros | perity were alike established. They
 underlaid our independence. the struc- ture of our free republic and every Democratic extension. from Louisiana | which preserved faithfully in all the | states the tie between the nation and representation They yet inspire the
 masses of our people, guarding jeal-
 ously their rights and liberties and ] chertshing their fraternity. peace and orderly development. They remind us citizens and impress upon us. particu-
 sarly at this time. the necessity of re-
 ]. The application of these funda- mental principles to the living issues
 of the day is the first step toward the assured peace safety and progress of | our. nation Freedom of the press, of
 conscience and of speech-eQua lfty
 The law 10 all citizens. right of trial | b{ jury; freedom of the person defend | ed by the writ of habeas corpus: lib l erty of personal contract untrammeled 1 civil over the military authority. A l well disciplined militia: the separation of church and state; economy in ex- penditures; low taxes that labor may be lightly burdened prompt and sacred
 fuIhllment of public and private obIi-
 xations; fidelity to treaties; peace and
 Friendship with all nations, entangling
 alliances with none; absolute acquies- cence in the will of the majority the doctrines which Democracy has estab- lished as proverbs of the nation ana
 they should be constantly enforced
 We favor the enactment and admin
 istration of laws giving labor and cap
 ital impartialiy theiF just right Capi-
 tai and labor ought not to be enemies
 a f.n q b.
 has its rights. but the rights of labor
 are certainly no less vested. no less
 saered" and no less ''unslienable'
 than the rigbts of capital
 Constitutional guarantees are vio-
 lated whenever any citizen Is denied
 the right 10 labor. acquire and enjoy
 Inclination may determine Any denial
 thereof by fndividuafs or organizations
 or government should be Eummarfly
 rebuked and punished.
 We deny the right of any executive to disregard or suspend any constitu-
 tional privilege or limitation. Obedi- ence 10 the laws and respect for their requirements are alike the supreme duty of the citizen and the official.
 The military should be used only to support and maintain the law. We un- Qualihedly condemn it's employment for summary banishment of citizens with out trial or for the control of elections.
 We approve the measure which passed the United States Senate in Isse. but which a Republican congress has ever since refused to enact. relat- ing to contempts in Federal courts and providing fer trial by jury in cases of
 We favor liberal appropriations for the care and improvement of the waterway like the Mississippi river is of sufficient importance to demand { special aid of the government such aid should be extended with a definite plan of continuous work until permanent 1 improvement Is secured.
 We oppose the Republican policy of  to feed the greed for conquest and the 1 appetite for national prestige" and 1 display of strength.
 l. Large reductions can easily be made in the annual expenditures of the l government without inpairing the ef- | nciency of any branch of the public l strfctest economy and frugaiity com | patible with vigorous and. effective l eiviis military and naval administra- |
 q We favor honesty in the public l service. The enforcement of honesty 1 in the public service. and to that end a | thorough legislative investigation ce l those departments of the government. | already known to teem with corrup- 1 tion as well as other departments sus- | pected of hsrboring corruption, and | punishment of ascertained corraption- l ists without Ut, fear or favor or regard to ate refusal of both the senate and I house Of representatives to permit f such investigation 10 be made demon strates that only by a change in the | executive and legislative departments i can complete exposure. punishment and | conviction be obtained.
 We condemn the action of the Re | publican party in congress in refus- | ing co prohibit the executive depart ments from entering into contracts | with convicted trusts or unlawful com l binations in restraint of interstate | trade We have one of the best meth | 00s of procuring economy and honesty | In the public service and that is 10 | have public officials, from the occupant | o1 the White House down to the iow- est or them. return as nearly as may be to Jefersonian simplicity of living.
 We favor the nomination and elec- | ton of president imbued with the | will set his face sterniy against ex- ecutive usurpation of legislative and judicial functions, whether that usnr- patton be yelled under the guise of | executive construction of existing laws or whether it takes refuge in the tyrants pleas of necessity or superior wisdom.
 We favor the preservation. so far as Ne can, Of an open door for the out an unnecessary entanglement in Oriental and European affairs. and without arbitrary. unlimited, irrespon- where within our Jurisdiction. We oppose fervently, as diG George Wash ington himself an indefinite. irrespon- siole. discretionary and vague abso- !uti5sn and Q policy Of colonial exploit alton, no matter where or by whom [ 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 fin the colonies"
 All men under the American flag are entitled to the protection Of the insti- tufions whose emblems the flag Is, even if they are iaheritently unfit to l be members of the American body | polite Wherever there may exist a people incapable of being governed ] upon American laws under the Ameri- can constitution, the territory or peo- pie ought not to be apart of the Amer jean domain. We insist that we ought te do for the F1lipinos what we have done already for the Cubans. and it is our duty to make that promise now. and, upon suitable guarantees of pro- lection 10 citizens of our own and other countries resident there at the time of our withdrawal set the Filipino 1 people upon their feet, free and inde- pendent to work out their own des- tiny.
 The endeavor of the Secretary of War. by plsdgtng their governments g lndorsement for promoters in the Philippine islands to make the United States partner in speculative lezisIa- ton of the archipelago. which was only temporarily held up by the opposition Of the Democratic senators in the last session, will. if successful. lead to en- tanRiements from which 1t will be dif-