The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-14

Il is tuSttIeT III party COmmuulOH
| Under them local self government and ma
i0nal unity and prosperity were alike es-
;ablished. They underlaid our independ-
/ ince. the structure Of our free republic and
| every Democratic extension from Louisiana
| 20 California and Texas to Oregon, which
| preserved faithfully in all the States the
lie between taxation and representation.
They yet inspire the masses Of our people,
| guarding jeaiously their rights and liberties
/ and cherishing their fraternity, peace and
| orderly development.
| They remind us OF our duties and respon-
particularly at Slis time. the necessity Of
| reform and the rescue Of the administra-
lion or government from the headstrong,
irbitrary and spasmodic methods whIcn dis,
| the public mind with dread, dfstrust and
| perturbation.
| Fundamental Principles.
| The application of these fundamental
| principles to the living issues OF the day Is
safety and progress of our nation. Free.
| dom of the press, Of conscience and Of
tpeech-equality before the law Of all citi-
Gems; right Of trial by jury; freedom Of the
torpus; liberty of personal contract un-
trammeled by sumptuary laws; supremacy
Of the civil over military authority; we'll
disciplined militia; the separation OF church
| and State; economy In expenditures; low
taxes, that labor may be lightly burdened;
| prompt and sacred fulhllment Of public and
private obligations; fidelity to treaties;
tangiing alliances with none; absolute ac-
| auiescence In the will Of the majority, the
vital principle Of republics,,these are doc.
trines which Democracy has established
approved by the nation, and they should be
| constantly invoked and enforced.
| Capital and Labor.
| We favor the enactment and administra-
/ tion of laws giving labor and capital i'm
partially their just rights. Capital and
labor ought not to be enemies Each Is
but the rights Of labor are certainly no less
| vested no less sacred and no less
''inalienable' than the rights Of capital
Constitutional Guarantees.
Constitutional guarantees are viol:.
labor, acquire and enjoy property or reside
| where interest or inclination may deter
mine. Any denial thereof by individuals.
organizations or governments should be
| summarily rebuked and punished.
| We deny the right Of any executive to
| disregard or suspend any constitutional priv
| llege or limitation. Obedience to the laws
and respect for their requirements are alike
official.
The military should be used only to sup
port and to maintain the law. We un-
summary banishment Of citizens without
| trial or for the control Of elections.
We approve the measure which passed
the United States Senate In 1896, but which
| q Republican Congress has ever since re-
| fused to enact, relating to contempts In
| Federal courts and providing for trial by
| Jury in cases of indirect contempt.
| Water Ways.
We favor liberal appropriations for the
| care and improvement Of the water ways
| Of the country. When any water way like
] the Mississippi River is Of sufficient I'm
| portance to demand special aid of the gov
trnment such aid should be extended. with
definite plan OF continuous n work until
We oppose the Republican policy Of starv-
| Ing home development In order to feed the
greed for conquest and the appetite for
national prestige and display of
strength
Economy of Administration.
Large reductions can easily be made l.:
the annual expenditures OF the goyernm
without impairing the efficiency of a.
branch Of the public service, and We shall
Insist upon the strictest economy and fru-
gality compatible with vigorous and effi-
eient civil. military and naval administra-
| tion a right of the people too clear to
be denied or withheld.
We favor honesty in the public service
| and the enforcement Of honesty in the pub
| lie service. and to that end thorough leg
| slative investigation Of those executive de-
| partments Of the government already
| other departments suspected OF harboring
corruption. and the punish ment Of ascer-
tained corruptionists witho,t fear or favor
| Or regard to persons.
| both the Senate and the II ,use of Repre-
| sentatives to permit such Investigation to
| be made demonstrates that only by a
change in the executive and N the legis-
| punishment and correction be obtained
Contract with Trusts.
We condemn the action Of the Republican
party in Congress in refusing to prohibit
an executive department from entering
Into contracts with convicted trusts or un-
state trade. We believe that one Of the
best methods of procuring economy and
honesty in the public service Is to have
public officials, from the occupant of the
White House down to the lowest of them
return as nearly as may be to Jeffersonian
| simplicity Of living.
Executive Usurpation.
We favor the nomination and election of
A President, imbued with the principles of
the constitution, who Will set his face
lslative and judicial functions, whether that
usurpation be yelled under the guise of ex-
ecutive construction Of existing laws or
whether 1t take refuge In the tyrant's
pleas Of necessity or superior wisdom.
Imperialism.
We favor the preservation, 80 far as we
can, of an open door for the worlds com
merce In the Orient without an unneces-
sary entanglement In Oriental and Euro
pean affairs and without arbitrary, unlim-
tied, Irresponsible and absolute government
anywhere within our Jurisdiction. We op-
pose. as fervently as did George Washing
ton himself, an Indefinite, irresponsible. dis
rretionary and vague absolutism and a pol
ley of colonial exploitation, no matter
where or by whom Invoked or exercised:
we believe with Thomas Jefferson and John
make one set Of laws for those "at home"
and another and a different set Of laws.
absolute In their character, for those I'm
the colonies.
All men under the American flag are on.
titled to the protection of the institutions
whose emblem the flag is: IL they are inher-
entity unfit for those institutions then they
are inherently unfit to be members Of the
American body polite. Wherever there
may exist a people incapable of being gov
erned under American laws in consonance
with the American constitution that people
ought not to be part of the American do
main.
Independence for Philippines.
We insist that We ought to do for the
Filipinos what We have already done for
the Cubans. and 1t is our duty to make
antees of protection to citizens of our own
and other countries resident there at the
time Of our withdrawal, set the Filipino
people upon their feet. free and independ-
ent. to work out their own destiny.
The endeavor of the Secretary Of War,
by pledsing the governments indorsement
Tor promoters In the Philippine Islands
to make the United States Il partner I'm
speculative legislation Of the archipelago,
which was only temporarily held up by the
opposition Of the Democratic Senators, In
the last session, will, II successful, lead
to entanglements from which 1t will be
difficult to escape.
Revision of Tariff.
The Democratic party has been, and will
continue to be- the consistent opponent OF
that class of tariff legislation by which
certain interests have been permitted
through congressional favor. to draw
heavy tribute from the American people.
This monstrous peryerson of those ecu:
opportunities, which our political institl
tions were established to secure, has caused
what may once have been infant Industries
to become the greatest combinations Of cap
hal that the world has ever known These
especial favorites Of the government have
through trust methods been converted Into
monopolies, thus bringing to an end domes-
tic competition. which was the only alleged
check upon the extravagant profits made
possible by the protective system.
These industrial combinations by the f.
nanclal assistance they can give now control
the policy Of the Republican party.
Denounce Protection.
We denounce protection as a robbery Of
the many to enrich the few and we favor a
tariff limited to the needs of the govern