Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-07-14
Text of tho doclara-
ton on which tho ,
Democrats will stand
in coming Campaign

tunity and free competition are essential
10 healthy and permanent commercial
monopoly tending to destroy these by con-
trolling production, restricting competi-
ton or fixing prices should he prohibited
and punished by law. We especially de-
nounce rebates and discrimination by
transportation companies
Enlarge Commerce.
We demand an enlargement of the pow
erS of the interstate commerce commits
sion to. the end that the travelling public
and shippers of this country may have
prompt and adequate relief from abuses
to which they are subjected in the matte,
of transportation We demand strict
enforcement of existing civil and criminal
statutes against all such trade comhna-
tons and monopoles. and we demand the
enactment of such further legislation as
may be necessary effectuallv to suppres.
them. Any trust or uniawful combination
engaged in Interstate commerce which Il
monopoizing any branch of the business
of production should not be permitted Ia
transact business outside of the state OF
It's origin. Whenever it shall be cstab-
lished in any court of competent jurisdic-
ton that such monopoization exists. such
prohibition should he enforced through
comprehensive laws to be enacted on the
subject.
Statehood Questions.
We favor the admission OF the terri
tories of oklahoma and Indian Territory
We also favor the immediate admission
of Arizona and New Mexico as separate
STATES ,;lt, and territorial goyernms,nt for
the officials appointed TO administer Tho
government of any territory as we'll a
With the district OF Alaska. should be bona
fide residents at the time of Their appoint
mont of the territory or district in which
tlcn duties are to be performed.
We demand the determination of polyg-
amy within the jurisdiction of the United
States. and the complete separation OF
fsll ND Gf TAI TO IN, r...1't tool ~ ipc
We dcno,ncc the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United States senate
as am Ubiquitous appropriation of public
funds for private purposes and q wasteful
Illogical and useless attempt to overcome
by subsidy the distinctions raised by re-
public. legislation of yhe growth and de-
vclopment of American commerce ON tho
sea. We favor the uphllilding of naer-
chant marine without new or additional
burdens upon tho people and without
hcrnies from tho public treasury
The Race Problem Covered.
Tho race question has brought countless
woes 10 this country. The calm Wisdom
of the American people should sec TO it
dead and hateful race and sectional ami
mositics in any part of orr common coun-
Try means confusion. distraction of bust
ness. and the reopehing of wounds MOI
happily healed. North, south, east and
west nave but recently stood together IL,
line of battle from the walls Of Picking
10 III" walls Of Santiago, and. sharing in
common glory and common destiny, We
should share fratcrnally the common bur
dens. We, Therefore. uep"ecate and con-
denim the burdenlike, selfish and narrow
spirit of the recent republican convention
at Chicago, which sought to kindlc annW
the cmbcrs of racial and sectional strife
and W" appeal from it To the sober com
mon sense and patriotic spirit of thu
American people.
Present Administration.
The existing republican adninistra ton
has been spasnlodic, erratic, sensational
spectacular and arbitrary 1t has made
itself satire upon the congress. the
courts aud upon the settled practices and
usages of national and International law
1t summoned the congress into hasty
and futile extra session and virtually adj
journed it, leaving behind It's fight from
Washington uncalled calendars and unac-
eomplished tasks. 1t made war, which Is
the sole power of congress. without Its
authority, thereby usurping one of its
fundamental prerogatives. 1t Violated a
plain statute of the United States, as well
as plain treaty obiigat 'ons, international
usages and constitutional law, and has
done so under pretense of executing pub
tic policy, which could have been moro
easily effected lawfully. constitutionally
and with honor. 1t forced strained anc
unnatural constructions upon statutes
susnrping judicial interpretation, and sub
shutting congressional enactment by de
cree. 1T withdrew from ce.lgrcss ti.eii
customary duties of Investigation. which
have heretofore made tn" representatives
of the people and the states the terror oil
evil doors. 1t conducted a sccrctive in
vest.gation of its own. AMI boasted of q
few sample convictions, while it threw
Il broad covcr.et over the bureaus which
had been their chosen field.
Right of triad by jury: freedom of tho
person defended by the writ OF habe;..
corpus; liberty of personal contract un
trammelcd by s,inptIrary Laws: suprcm
acy Of tho civil over military authority
of church and state; economy in eXpcndi
lures; low taxation, that labor may bt
lightly burdcned; prompt and sacred full!
lillment of public and private obligations
fidelity to treaties. peace and FRIENDSHIP
with all nations. entangling alliances Will
none; absolute acquicsccnce TO the will O
the majority, the vital principle of reptb
lics-these are the doctrines which tlcmoc
racN has established as proverbs of tn,
nation, and they should be consctantly in
vokcd and enforced.
On Capital and Labor.
VIC favor adjustment and administra
ton of laws giving labor and capital i'm
partially their just rights. Capital an'
necessary to the other Each has it
rights, but the rights of labor are cor
family no less vested, no less sacred
and no less "mnalienable' than the right
OF capital
Constitutional guarantees are violated
whenever any citizen is denied the RICH
of labor. to acquire and enjoy property
or reside wherever interest or inclination
may determine. ANY dental thereof by in
dividuals. organizations. or government
should be summarily rchuked and pun
ished
We condemn the action of the rep,,b
lican party in congress in refusing TO pro
hibit the executive department. from en-
tering into contracts with convicted trust
on. unlawful combna at IN restraint o
of the best methods of procuring cconom.
and honesty In the public service is t.
have public officials, from the occupant o
The White House down to the lowest o
them, return as nearly as may he TO JEFF
fersonian simplicity of living.
We favor the nomination and election
of a president imbued with the principle
of the constitution. who will set his fac
stcrnly against executive usurpation o
legislative and judicial functions whethe
that usurpation be yelled under the guis
of executive construction of existing laws
or whether it take refuge in the tyrant'
pleas of necessity or upper wisdom.
Imperialism Denounced.
We favor the preservation, so far as w
can, of an open door for the worlds com
merce in the orient without unnecessar.
ENHANCEMENT in oriental and European
irresponsible and absolute government
anywhere within our Jurisdiction. We op
pose, fervently, as did George Washington
himself, an indefinite. irresponsible, dis
policy of colonial exploitation, no matte
whenever or by whom invoked or exer
cised:. we believe with Thomas jefferson
and Jhon Adams that no government ha
a right to make one set of laws for thos
lat HOME and another and differen
set of laws. absolute in their character
for those unfortunates Sin the colonies
All men under the American flag are en-
titled to the protection of the institu
lions whose emblem the flag is; il they ar
Inherently unfit for those institutions, the
they are inherently unfit to be member
of the American body polite
Wherever there may exist Il people in
capable OF being governed under Ameri
can laws in consonancc with the Ameri
can constitution, the territory of thu,
American domain. We insist that w
ought to do for the Philippines what w
have already done for the Cubans. an