Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-07-15

OF strength.
Large reductions can easily be made
In the annual expenditures of the govern.
ment without impairing the efIicienc,, -,
any branch OF the public service ana No.
shall insist upon the strictest economv
ana fruyahty compatible with vfa,oro,,s
anu anu eincient ciYii, military and naval ad-
ministratton as a right of the DeopIs toc
clear to be denied or withheld
1--WE favor honesty In the public sar.
vice The enforcement OF honesty In tbe
pubic service. and TO that end n thor
ough legislative Investigation Of tboss -.
ecutive departments of the governmen,
already known to TEEN with oorrunt,o,,
as well as other departments susbectsd
or harboring corruption, and the nunisb
ment or ascertaiued corruptionists VIII
9'I, 1Et ieaI OF IaNor or regard to persons.
The persistent and deliberate refusal 80
both the senate and house OF renresen.o-
tNes TO permit such Investigation 10 ba
made demonstrates that only Nv :
ehanSe In the executive aud In the legis-
iatiVe departments can comnlete axno-
sure. punishment and correction 10 -
tained. ""
We condemn the action of the Rer,b
hcan party in congress I'm refusinsy 90
prohibit an executive department from
entering into contracts with convicted
trusts or unlawful combinations in -
straint of interstate trade we bolio,,o
that one of the best methods Of nroT,,r
ing economy and honesty in tho nnblJc
service Is to have public officials. from
one occupant of the White House, do,,-n
to the lowest OF them. returned nc ,,os'',.. :.
rs may be to Jeffersonian simplIcItv ~
living. Vi
S-We favor the nominations and cloo-
ton OF a president imbued with the nri,,-
SIples OF 'ne constitution who will set his
race sternly against executive usurnation
OF legislative and judicial functions
whether that usurpation be yelled undey
the guise of executive construction Of e~-
lsting laws, or whether II take refuge In
the tyrants pleas of necessity or supe-
rior wisdom.
We favor the preservation. so far -,
we can. of an open-door for the wor,d's
commerce In the Orient without nnv m
necessary entanglement I'm Oriental and
european ahairs. and without arbitrary
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute syot.-
ernment anywhere within our iurisdic
tlon- we oppose as fervently as ala
George Washington himself an indeanite
irresponsible. discretionary and vague ah,
so!utism ana policy of colonial exploit
alton. no matter where or by whom in
Voked or exercised; we believe with
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams that
20 government has right 20 make ono
Set or Jaws Tor those "at home" and am
Qther and q different set OF laws abso-
lutte In their character for those in the
colonies" All men under the American
nag are entitled to the protection of the
institutions whose emblem the flag il,
u they are inherently unit for those in
situations, then they are Inherently
amt 10 be members OF the Amerf-
tan body polite, Wherever .sere may
exist people incapable of being
governed under American laws inconso-
nance with the American constitution of
that people ought not to be part of the
American domain.
We insist that we ought 10 do for the
philippines what we have done already
Tor the Cub0ns. and II is our duty TO
make that promise now, and upon suit
able guarantees OF protection TO citizens
or our own and other countries resident
there at the time OF our withdrawal, set
the Filipino people upon their feet, free
ana ipdependent 10 work out their own
destiny
Tho ondeavor OF the secretary of war.
by pledging the governments endorse
ment for promoters" In the Philippine
Islands TO make the United States a part
ner In speculative legislation OF tho
Archipelago. which was only tempora-
rily held up by the opposition OF the
Democratic senators in the last session,
VIII. IL successful. lead TO entanglements
from which 1t Will DO difficult to escape
4EThe Democratic party has been, and
VIII continue to be, the consistent oppo-
nent or that class of tariff legislation by
which certain interests have been per-
mitted, through congressional favor. to
people, This monstrous perversion of
those equal opportunities which our no.
litical institutions were established to Sc
cure has caused what may once have
been infant industries to become the
greatest combinations OF capital that the
world has ever known. These especial
favorites OF the government have.
through trust methods, been converted
into monopolies. thus bringing 20 an end
domestic competition, which was the only
oh alr
Its made possible by the protective sys-
tenn. These Industrial combinations, by
the financial assistance they can give
now control the policy of the Republican
party.
We denounce protection as q robbery of
the many to enrich the few, and we ia
vor tarin limited To the needs OF tho
government. economically administered,
and 80 levied as not TO discriminate
against any industry class or section, to
the end that the burdens of taxation
snail be distributed as equally as possi-
BILE.
We favor n revision and n gradual re-
duction OF the tariff by the friends OF
the masses and for the common veal,
and not by the friends of its abuses, its
exortations and its determinations, keep
ing in view the ultimate ends OF equal
ity OF burdens and equality of opportuni-
ties. and the constitutional purpose OF
Faising a revenue hy taxatlan, 10 wit,
the support of the federal government in
All It's integrity and virility. but In sim
plicity.
We recognize that the gigantic trusts
and combinations designed 10 enable can
ital To secure more than it's Just share
or the joint products of capital and la
Dor, and which have been fostered and
promoted under Republican rule, are a
menace TO beneficial competition and an
obstacle TO permanent business prosper
ity. n private monopoly is indefensible
and intolerable.
Individual equality of opportunity and
free cQmpetition are essential to a
healthy and permanent commercial pros
pefity. ana any trust. combination or mo-
nopo!y tanding to destroy these by con-
trolling production. restricting competi-
tion or liking prices. should be prohibited
and punished by law. We especially de-
nounce rebates and discrimination by
companies as the most DO
tent agency in promoting and strength
ening these unlawful conspiracies against
trade.
We demand an enlargement of the
powers OF the Interstate commerce COM
mission to the end that the travelling
public and shippers of this country may
have prompt apd adequate relief from tho
abuses TO which they are subjected In
ehe matter of transportation, We de-
mand strict enforcement OF existing
civil and criminal statutes against all
lies, and We demand the enactment of |
such further legislation as may be neces-
sary TO effectually suppress them.
Any trust or unlawful combination en-
gagged in interstate commerce which is |
any branch of business or |
production should not be permitted TO |
transact business outside of the state OF |
is origin. Whenever ii shall be estab- |
ished in any court or competent luris- |
iiction that SUCH decentralization exists, |
such prohibition should be enforced |
through comprehensive laws 10 be en- |
acted on the subject.
We congratulate our western citizens /
lpon the passing of the law known as |
he Newland's irrigation act for the irrs- |
cation and reclamation of the arid lands |
If the west, a measure framed by a |
Democrat. passed in the senate by n non
PARTISAN vote. and passed in the house |
against the opposition OF almost all the |
leaders by a vote, the ma
ority OF which was Democratic.
We call attention to this great Demo-
ratio measure. broad and comprehen-
i've IL Is. working automatically |
throughout all time without further ac-
ion of congress until the reclamation Is |
reserVing the lands re- |
aimed for home seekers in small tracts,
nd rfg