Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-02

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illegal combinations lie iut'l.=trd to the
Cemocg4tlC party. which i~ not responsi-
bic for their existence. and which has
eNc" protested AGAINST their continuance.
We condemn the repuhlie9u system Of
LEXIS alton under which trust mOuup0lies
are enabled to exact higher prices Tor
their manufactured products from our
own people than they soN them for
abroad.
I'VE demand an enlargement Of tho
powers of the interstate commerce COM
mission. to the end that the travelling
public and shippers OF this country may
have prompt and adequate relief for the
abuses they now subjected to in the
matter Of ,ransportation
Monroe Doctrine.
I'VE favor the maintenance of the Mon
roe doctrine in its full integrity
I'VE favor a liberal trade treaty with
Canada.
Army and Navy.
I'VE favor the reduction Of the army
and OF army expenditures to the point his
torlcaIiy demonstrated to be safe and
sufficient We favor the maintenance and
liberal annual increase of the navy as our
best defense In our isolated continental
condition against a foreign foe, and a
source of no possible danger 70 our liher-
ties as people.
Capital and Labor.
I've favor the enactment and adminis4
tration of laws. giving labor and capital
labor ought not TO he enemies. Each is
necessary to the other. Each has It's
rights, hut the rishts Of labor are Ger:
and no less 'lnaleHabie' than the rights
Of capital
American Citizenship.
We pledge ourselses 70 Insist upon the
Just and lawful pretoctita Of our citIzen9
measures to secure for them. whether
nsetiNe-horn or AatGrat.ZrG. end without
distinction Of race or creed. The actual
protection Of Laws a}d .t.e enjoyment OF
ali rights and privileges open % them
under the SpLenant5 Of our treaties OF
friendship aHl commerce, and IL under
spioUGn is denied u American citizens, or
recognition Is AfitRhe#a from American
passports by any countries Ell She ground
u race or creed, We f&&ur the beE! anlHR
of negotiations with the EoNeHNtnt OF
such countries to secure, by nov treaties.
the removal of these unjust diseriInina-
tIonS.
Pensions.
"The democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous PENSIONS, not by an
arbitrary executive order, but by iegis-
latton which grateful people stand
ready to enact.
"Our soldiers and sailors who defend
with their lives the constitution and the
laws have sacred interest in their Just
administration. They must therefore
share with us the humiliation with which
We have witnessed the eXaItation of court
favorites, without DISTINGUISHED service
over the scared heroes Of many batti.s
or aggrandized by executive appropria-
items out of the treasures OF a PROSTATE
people, in violation of the act Of con-
Eress which fixes the compensation and
allowances OF the military officers.
Merchant Marine.
eve denounce the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United States SEN
ate as an 1niquitous appropriation Of
public funds for private purposes and a
overcome by subsidy the obstructions
raised by republican legislation to tho
growth and development of American
commerce the sea.
we favor the upbuilding OF a mer-
chant marine without new or additional
burdens upon the people and without
bounties from the public treasury.
Civil Service.
Tho democratic party stands commit
ted to the principles of civil service re.
form, and we demand their honest, just
! and impartial enforcement.
I'VE denounce the republican party for
its continuous and sinister encroach-
ments upon the spirit and operation OF
civil service rules. whereby 1t has arbi-
office in the interest of favorites and
! employed all manner OF devices to over
reach and set aside the principles upon
which the civil service was established.
Condemnation of POIySamy.
1--WE demand the determination of po-
.lygalay within the jurisdiction of the
United STATES and the complete separa-
tien Of church and state in political at
AaI
/ We congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage of the measure known
as the Newlands irrigation act for the
irrigation and reclamation ot the arid
: lands OF the west-a measure framed by
democrat, passed In the senate by a
/ non -partiZan vote and passed in the house
republican leaders by vote the major.
ity Of which was democratic. We call at
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
arid west capable Of reclamation is ac-
complished, reserVing the lands reclaimed
for homeseekers in small tracts and rigid
lv guarding against land monopoly. as an
evidence of the policy Of domestic devel-
opment contemplated by the democratic
party should II be placed in power.
imperialism.
1--WE favor the preservation, so far as
we can. OF an open door Tor the word >
commerce in the orient without unneces-
sary entanglement In the oriental and
European affairs and without arbitrary,
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment anywhere within our jurisdic-
ton. We oppose. as fervently as did
George Washington himself, an indefinite,
irresponsible, discretionary. and vague
absolutism and 81 policy of coIoniai eX-
ploitation, no matter where or by whom
invoked or exercised; we believe, with
Thomas jefferson and John Adams, that
no. government has a risht to make one
other and a different set ot laws, abso-
lutte in their character, fer those in the
colonies Al men under the .America1
flag are entitled to the protection Of the
Institutions whose emblem the flag is: II
they are inherently unfit for those insti-
tions. then they are inherently unfit to be
members of the American body polite
Wherever there may exist people in
capable Of being governed under Amer
lean laws In consonance with the Amer
team constitution, the territory of that
people ought not to be part of the Amer
lean domain.
I'VE insist that we ought to do for the
Fipinos what we have already done fol
the Cubans And it is our intent, soon
as 1t can be done wisely and safely fol-
the Filipinos themselves. and after amica-
bic arrangements with them concerning
naval stations, coaling stations and trade
relations. and upon suitable guarantees
Of protection to all national and interna.
tional interests, to settle the people upor
their feet. free and independent. to work
out their own destiny.
'"The endeavor Of the secretary OF war
by pledging the governments indorse-
ment. for promoters. In the Philippine