The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-21

/ tered and promoted under republican
rule are a menace to the beneficial
competition, and an obstacle to per.
manent business prosperity.
A private monopoly is indefensible
and intolerable.
Individual equality Of opportunity
and free competition are essential to a
healthy and permanent commercial
prosperity and any trust, combination
or monopoly tending to destroy these
by controlling production, restricting
competition or fixing prices should be
prohibited and punished by law.
We especially denounce rebates and
discrimination by transportation COM
panies as the most potent agency in
promoting and Strengthening these
unlawful conspiracies against trade.
We demand an enlargement of the
powers OF the interstate commerce
commission to the end that the travel.
ing men and shippers Of this country
may Lave prompt and adequate relief
Tor the abuses to which they are sub
ljected In the matter of TRANSFORMATION
We demand a strict enforcement of
existing civil and criminal statutes
against all such trusts, combinations
and monopolies, and we demand the
enactment OF such further legislation
as may be necessary to effectually
suppress them.
Any trust or unlawful comb nation
engaged in interstate commerce which
is monopolizing any branch Of bust
ness or reduction should not be per-
mitted to transact business outside Of
the state Of it's origin. Whenever it
shall be established in any court Of
competent jurisdiction that such mo-
nopolization exists, such prohibition
should be enforced through comprehen-
sive laws to be enacted on the sub
ject.
| We congratulate our western citi-
zens upon the passage Of the law
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 q non-partisan vote and pass
ed in the house against the opposition
of almost all the republican leaders
by vote the majority OF which was
democratic. We call attention to this
great democratic measure, broad and
comprehensive as 1t is, working auto
matically throughout all time without
further acton of congress until the
reclamation Of all the lands in the arid
west capable Of reclamation is accom-
plished, reserving the lands reclaimed
for home seekers in small tracts, and
rigidly guarding against land monopoly
as an evidence Of the policy of domes-
tic Developments contemplated by the
democratic party should it be placed
in power.
The democracy when entrusted with
power will construct the Panama canal
speedily. honestly and economically,
| thereby giving to our people what dem
4 ocrats have always contended fora
great oceanic canal furnishing shorter
and cheaper lines of transportation and
less trammeled trade relations with
the other peoples Of the world.
| We pledge ourselves to insist upon
the just and lawful protection Of our
citizens at home and abroad. and to
use all proper measures to secure for
them. whether native-born or natural
lied. and without distinction of race
or creed. the equal protection Of laws
and the enjoyment Of all rights and
privileges open to them under the
covenants of our treaties of friendship
and commerce; and if under existing
treaties the right to travel and sojourn
is denied to American citizens or rec
ognition is withheld from Ameri-
can passports by any countries on the
ground OF race or creed, we favor the
beginning Of negotiations with the
governments Of such countries to Sc
cure by new treaties the removal of
these unjust determinations.
We demand that all over the world
a duly authenticated passport issued
by the government of the United
States to an American citizen shall be
proof Of the fact that he Is an Ameri-
can citizen and shall entitle him to the
Treatment due him as such.
We favor the election of United
States senators by the direct vote of
the people.
We favor the admission of the terri
tories Of Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory. We also favor the imme-
date admission Of Arizona and New
Mexico as separate states and a terri
torial government for Alaska and
Porto Rico.
! We hold that the officials appointed
to administer the government of any
territory as well as with the district
of Alaska should be bona fide resi-
dents at the time of their appointment
of the territory or district in which
their duties are to be performed.
! We demand the determination of
pOlygamy within the iuris diction Of