Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-07-31

We demand that the rsfrai,4i interests
Illegal como oinations be mtfuslad VI such
Bile for their existence. ami NJ: rr::spons-
ever protested against Their non.ih "nIch has
We condemn the republican stisntuiance.
legls'ati1,n 9nder which trust rnoSonn,,otf sce,n Of
their manufactured produers prices prices for
abroad. mem for
we demand an enlargement =. :,
mission. to the end that the trsvcoom- re COM
public and shippers Of this 'utlSavetng
have prompt and adequate reuaf may
abuses they are now ubiectsd - i1f ne
matter Of transportation " III the
Monroe Doctrine
We ', ., navor the maintenance Of the Mon
I'VE favor Il liberal trad. tSs.4,
Canada. ey With
Army aud Navy.
I'VE favor the reduction az ~.
and OF army expenditures to Tho NOT. stmy
torically demonstrated TO be Sont eofa nus.
sufficient. We favor the maintenancee ana ana
noerai 1i annual Increase OF the navy az ans ou.
best defense in our isolated continontaat, ns vat
condition against d foreign foe ua'a ana
source Of no possible danger to onr aHu 1in.a
ties as people. ''sF-
Capital and Labor.
We favor the enactment and adn,n..
tration OF laws, giving labor and aIas, nan;.a,
33mpart1aily their Just rights. Capital and
necessary 10 the other Each has ~ ~
rights. but the rights OF labor ara rs' oas .s
tainly no less vested no less .ss,se,' sei,
and no less 'inalienable' than thu rtsst.
OF capital. s"~
American Citizenship.
I'VE pledge. ourselves to insist upon N.
just and lawful protection OF our citi,sns sas
a a q N q RVn
measures to secure for them, vhetks.r
native-born or naturalized, and without
distinction of race or creed. the actyas
protection OF laws and the enjoyment -
all rights and privileges open to th.rs
under the covenants Of our treaties Of
friendship and commerce. and if. unds,
existing treaties. the right Of travel and
sojourn is denied to American citizens or
passports by any countries on the ground
IF race or creed, we favor the beginnns
OF negotiations with the governments y
such countries 10 secure, by new traat,as
the removal OF these unjust discrimna.
tionS.
'"rhe democracy would secure to ths
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions, not BY an
arbitrary executive order. but by lees-
lation which grateful people stand
ready to enact.
"Our. soldiers and sailors who defend
with their lives the constitution and the
laws have a sacred interest in their 1ust
administrator. They must therefore
share with US the humiliation with which
we have witnessed the exaltation Of court
favoriteA without distinguished service
over the SCARED heroes OF many battles.
or aggrandized by executive appropria-
tons out of the treasures Of PROSTATE
people, in violation Of the act Of con.
Kress which fixes the compensation and
n1ioua nf thA military ofn1ars
Merchant Marine.
Gently passed by the United States sen.
ate as an tniQuitous appropriation q
public funds for private purposes and
wasteful. Illogical and useless attempt to
overcome by subsidy the obstructions
growth and development Of American
commerce on the sea.
I'VE favor the upbuiidins Of a msr;
chant marine without new or additional
burdens upon ths people and without
bounties from the public treasury
Civil Service.
"Ths democratic party stands commit.
ted to the principles OF civil service 70.
form, and we demand their honest, Just
and impartial enforcement;
I'VE denounce tho republican party loe
its continuous and sinister encroacn::
ments upon the spirit and opesas'on y sas s,tI.
trarily dispensed with examinations l%
office in the interest Of fayofites ano 4
employed all manner OF devices 10 oveE.
reach and set aside the prlncipies 1P's
which the civil service was estabeshea
Condemnation of POlygaDy.
1--WE demand tho determination q r
lygamy within the jurisdiction ,.s. o. Wv
United States and the complete sepans
tion OF church and state in pohucs' "
fairs. .....,.
We congratulate our western c!tlis@
upon the passage Of the measure knoss ~
as the Nswlands irrigation act Tor la %
irrigation and reclamation oi m.d M,e Nv
lands of the west-a measure 1lam1e ~
= democrat. passed in the sehats hcus
non-partizan vote and passed IN tne - n0S: n.
against the opposition OF almost all ,a. M
republican leaders by vote Inc Inc oa1 nnSI a..
lty of which was democratic. we saau,s csa ~,
tention to this great democratic ~ nean~s a,s'E.
broad and comprehensive as 1t ~ SHM Una
without further action oi COTE sis ~ In TIN TN
the reclamation of all the ianos amos ~ ~ A. A.
arid west capable Of reclaInallun u.ao,s,ma
comp'ished, reserving the laias md lnt'Iid rgid
for ho,neseekers In small tracts anu as az Al,
lv guarding against land monopoi;S ',;S isy,
evidence Of the policy of domestlc .a,,,s u,un
epment contemplated by the 'uar us,.'''''
party should 1t be placed III po"e''
imperialism.
eve favor the preservation. .ts 50 ysrNs ,s
we can, of an open door i.n,t io1 u'I unnsc.s
commerce i'll the orient Wlthou;. ouu;.antal ab
sary ENHANCEMENT In ne ..t ot'e"ih earhitran
European affairs and Wltnoue ointa a. rqr
unlimited, irresponsible and anso'uiM inTsSt s
ernment anywhere wltnln ltnl,.nt1v ~, IS "a
George G Washington Himself. an indsnsSss ,,Ss
IRRESPONSIBLE, discretionary. and a'd,a ~ s.
absolutism and policy OF or Hob by Tha
ploitation, no matter where ,ovs vi W. Ma
invoked or exercised we bellevs. b"s. M
Thomas Jefferson and John Adaiass M
no government has right to n'snSS snS n
set Of laws for those at home e. a." sbr
other and a different set OF la"" asn IN b
lutte In their character, FOR tn's9 9n,ersa
colonies. All men under tne t.,on no Of bt
flag are entitled to the protsc.'HSaaf pros. Haf ii
institutions whose emblem the thnse nS
they ara inherently unht loI I,,' .nuft Unfit toll
tions. then they are inherently yoSv poIb
members OF the American poIs nseopIs
Wherever there may exist ID d dar Art
capable Of being governed. ~" the Art
ican laws, in consonancs sitnrv witn Of "
ican constitution. the terr't " fths Auf
people ought not to DC par' "
|. lean domain. - do fot
1--WE insist that we ougnI ~ dom
Filipinos what we nave a't 'tnsent ss
as 1t can be done wisely - a"e ofter am
the Tilipinos themselves. ana al.O le.oncenI
Bio ARRANGEMENTS with them and and Vi
naval stations. coaling stat.iH'1e t.in 1euaran
relations. and upon sultaunI,a md inta
OF protection to all natlonas. @n,eople
tiorlal interests, to settle tne ne.ppt p 10
their feet, free and indepehu0"'
out their own destiny. ..rv Of
"The endeayor Of the Seclet.",s ,ndal