The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-16
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enforcement of the laws already made to
prevent and control such trusts and COM
binations. and we favor such further leg
islation in restraint thereof as experience
shows to be necessary.
Corporations chartered by authority of
the people must forever remain subject
to regulation in the interest of the people.
"A private monopoly is indefensible and
htolerable. We recognize the right of
capital In all legitimate lines of enter
prise to combine for the increase of BUSH
ness. for enlarging productive capacity,
and for decreasing the cost of production.
but when such combination in its pur-
pose, or effect, creates, or tends to Gre
ate a monopoly in Its productions. TO re-
lstrain trade. or TO stifie competition; to
increase cost to the consumer or TO con-
troll the market IL violates the shirt Of
our laws, becomes inimical to public well
fare and peace, and should be SO regu-
as to amply protect the public interests.
We demand that the rstraint of such
illegal combinations be intrusted to the
democratic party, which is not RESPONSE
BILE fer their existence. and which has
ever protested against their continuance.
w condemn the, republican system OF
legislation under which trust monopolies
are enabled to exact higher prices for
their Manufactured products from our
own people than they sell them for
I'VE demand an enlargement of ths
powers OF the interstate m COM
public and shippers of this country may
have prompt and adequate relief for the
abuses they are now subjected 10 in the
matter OF transportation.
Monroe Doctrine.
W favor the maintenance of the Mon
roe doctrine In its full integrity.
I'VE favor a liberal trade treaty with
Canad
Army and Navy.
I'VE favor the reduction of the army
and of army expenditures TO the point his
t~orically demonstrated to be safe and
sufficient. We favor the maintenance and
liberal annual increase of the navy as on;
best defense IN our Isolated continental
condition against a foreign foe, and a
source of no possible danger to our liber-
ties as a people. '
Capital md Labor
1--WE favor the enactment and admins
tration of laws, giving labor and capital
impartially their just rights. Capital and
labor ought not to be enemies Each is
necessary to the other. Each has its
rights, but the rights OF labor are Ger.
tainly no less vested, no less sacred
and no less 'inalienable' than the rights
of capital. .4
American Citizenship.
w pledge ourselves to insist upon the
just and awful protection of our citizens
at home and abroad. and TO use all proper
measures to secure for them, whether
native-born or naturalized. and without
distinction of race or creed, the actual
protection of laws and the enjoyment OF
all rights and privileges open to them
under the covenants of our treaties of
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existing treaties, the right of travel and
sojourn is denied to American citizens, or
recognition is withheld from American
passports by any countries on the ground
of race or creed, we favor the beginning
of negotiations with the governments of
such countries to secure, by new treaties.
the removal of these unjust diScrimina-
tions.
Pensions.
1.-THE democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions. not by an
iation which a grateful people stand
ready to enact.
"Ouu soldiers and sailors who defend
with their lives the constitution and the
laws have a sacred interest in their just
administration. They must therefore
share with us the Humiliation with which
we have witnessed the eXaltation CT court
favorites, without distinguished service,
over the SCARED heroes of many battles;
or ~asgrandized by executive appropria-
tions out of the treasures of a PROSTATE
people, in violation OF the act of con-
gress which fixes the compensation and
allowances of the military officers
Merchant Marine.
I've d~enounce the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United states sen.
ate as an ubiquitous appropriation OF
public funds for private purposes and a
was. eful. illogical and useless attempt TO
overcome by subsidy the Instructions
raised by republican legislation to the
growth and development of American
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I'VE 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.
THE democratic party stands commit
ted to the principles of civil service re-
form, and we demand their honest, just
and impartial enforcement
1--WE d%enounce the republican party for
it's 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 POlygamy.
I'VE demand the determination of po-
lygamy within the jurisdiction of the
United States and the complete separa-
ton of church and state in political af-
fairs.
we congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage of the measure known
as the Newlands irrigation act Tor the
irrigation and reclamation of the arid
lands of the west-a measure framed by
a democrat. passed in the senate 10y d
non-partizan vote and passed in the house
against the opposition of almost all tho
republican leaders by a vote the major
ity of which was democratic. We call at
tentio1 to this great democratic measure.
broad and comprehensive as ii is, work.
ing automatically throughout all time
without further action of congress-, until
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arid west capable of reclamation is ac-
complished, reserving the lands reclaimed
for homeseekers in small tracts and rigid-
" guarding against land monopoly, as an
evidence of the policy of domestic devel-
opment contemplated by the democratic
party should it be Llaced III power.
limp eriaIism.
wv favor the preservation, so far al
we can. of an open door for the worlds
m in the orient without unneces-
sary ENHANCEMENT in the oriental and
European affairs and without arbitrary,
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute gov
eminent anywhere within our jurisdic-
ton. We oppose. as fervently as did
George Washington himself, an indefinite,
irresponsible, discretionary and vague
absolutism and a policy of colonial ex-
ploitation, no matter where or by whom
invoked or. exercised: we believe, with
Thomas jefferson and John Adams, that
no government has a right 10 make one
set of laws for those at home and an
other and a different set of laws, abso-
lutte in their character, for those in the
colonies! All men under the American
flag are entitled to the protection of the
Institutions whose emblem the flag is: If
they are inherently unfit for those insti-
TONS, then they are inherently Unfit TO be
members of the American body polite.
Wherever there may exist a people in
capable of being governed under Amer