The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-11-16

now to lay our plans for the next
national campaign and to form the
lines of battle.
The party must continue to pro-
test against a large army, against
a large navy and to stand for the
independence of the Filipinos, for
imperialism adds the menace of
militarism to the corrupting in
tiuence of commercialism. and yet
experience has shown that however
righteous the party's position on
this subject the issue does not
arouse the people as they can be
warned by a question which touch
es them Immediately and indivd-
ually. The injustice done to the
Filipino is not reached as it should
be as we resent a wrong to our
selves and the costliness of impe-
rialism is hidden by the statistics
and by our indirect system of tax
alton. While the party must
maintain its position on this sub
ject it cannot present this as the
only issue.
The party must also maintain
its position on the tariff question.
No answer has been made TO the
indictment against the high tariff,
and yet, here, too, the burden of
the tariff system is concealed by
the method in which the taxes are
collected. 1t cannot be made the
sole issue in a campaign.
The party must renew it's de-
mand for an income tax, to be Sc
cured through d constitu tionaI
amendment, in order that wealth
may be made to pay its share OF
the expense Of the government.
Today we are collecting practical
ly all of our Federal revenue from
taxes upon consumption, and these
bear heaviest upon the poor and
lightest upon the rich.
The party must maintain its po-
sition in favor or bimetallsm. II
cannot surrender its demand fol
the use of both gold and silver as
the standard money of the country
but the question must remain in
allegiance until conditions SO
change as to bring the public
again face to face with falling
prices and p rising dollar. This,
therefore, cannot be made the con
trolling issue, of the contest, upon
which we are entering.
The trust question presents the
most acute phase of the contest
between democracy and pluto
cracy, so far as economic issues
are concerned. The president vir-
tually admits that the trusts con-
tributed to bis campaign fund, but
he denies that they received any
promises of aid or immunity. No
well-infOrmed person doubts that
the large corporations have furn-
ishcd the Republican campaign
fund du' ing the campaign of 1896,
1900 and 1904, and no one can an
swer the logic of Judge Parker's
arraignment of the trusts contri-
button.
The trusts are run on a bust
ness principle. They do not sub
scribe millions of dollars to a cam
caign unless they are paying for
favors already granted or purchas-
ing favors for future delivery. The
weakness of Judge Parker's posi-
ton was that the charge was
made at the close of the campaign,
when it was neutralized by a coun-
ter charge. The trusts cannot be
fought successfully by any party
that depends upon trust funds to
win the election. The Democratic
party nuts make its attack upon
the trusts so vehement that no one
will suspect it of secret aid from
them. 1t will be to it's advantage
if it will begin the next campaign
with an announcement that no
trust contribution Will be accept
ed, and then prove It's sincerity by
giving the public access to it's con-
tribution list. In public enter
prises the names of contributors
ara oranarollu vnado o,,hI;o - o.Iar