Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-30

as 10 amply protect the public interests.
We demand that the rstr.ljut of such
democratic party. which is NOT RESPONSE
ble for their existence, aud which has
ever protested against their continuance.
We condemn the repuo ic,ln system OF
legislation under which trust monopUliea
are enabled TO exact higher prices for
their manufactured products IRON our
abroad.
we demand an enlargement OF tho
powers of the interstate commerce COM
mission, 10 the end that the travelling
public and shippers OF this country may
nave prompt and adequate relief fer the
matter OF transportation.
Monroe Doctrine.
we favor the maintenance Of the Mon
roe doctrine in its fun integrity.
We favor liberal trade treaty with
Canada.
Army and Navy.
we favor the reduction Of the army
ana OF army expenditures to the point his
tortcally demonstrated TO be safe and
sufficient. We favor the maintenance and
liberal annual increase of the navy as cur
best defense N our isolated continental
condition against Il foreign foe, and "a
source OF no possible danger to our liber~
ties as a people.
Capital and Labor.
I'VE favor tn~ 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 It's
rights, but the rights Of labor are ccr-
tainly no less vested, no less sacred
ard no less 'inalienable than the rights
OF capital.
American citizenship,
We pledge ourselves TO insist upon tho
just and lawful protection of our citizens
a home and abroad, and to use all proper
measures lo secure fer them whether
ratiNe- bora o. naturaIlzed, and without
distinction Of race or creed. the actual
protection Of laws and the enjoyment OF
all rights ard privileges open t0 them
under the covenants Of our treaties Of
friendship aud comlneree, and if, under
existing treatios, the right OF travel and
so1eufn is denied to American citizens. or
recognition i Withheld from American
passports by any countries on Tire ground
of race or creed we favor the beginning
OF negotiations with tile governments Of
such countries to secure by new trcAtfes
the removal OF these unjust diserimina-
tiops.
Pensions.
'@Fhe democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous PENSIONS not by an
arbitrary executive order. but by legis-
lat19n which grateful people stand
Our 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 of court
favorites: without distinguished service
over the Scared heroes of many battles; !;
or aggrandized by executive approprja-
tions out of the treasures of prostrats
people, in violation Of the act of con-
xress which fixes the compensation and
allowances of the military officers.
Merchant Marine.
I'VE denounce tho ship subsidy bill rA-
Gently passed by the United States sen.
ate as. an ubiquitous appropriation Of
liz do for
wasteful. illogical and useless attempt to
overcome by subsidy the obstructions
raised by republican legislation to the
growth and development of American
commerce on the sea;
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:
its continuous and sinister encroach-
ments upon the spirit and operation of
civil service rules. whereby it has arbi-
trarily dispensed with examinations for
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.
ndemnatiOn of POlysaIny.
lYgamy within the jurisdiction of the
United States and the complete separa-
tton of church and state in political at
fairs
upon the passage of the measure known
as the Newlands irrigation act for the
irrigation and reclamation OF the arid
lands Of the west-a measure framed by
a democrat, passed in the senate by a
non.partizan vote and passed in the house
against the opposition OF almost all the
leaders
lty Of which was democratic. We call at
tentioa to this great democratic measure.
ing automatically throughout all time
without further action Of congress, until
the reclamation Of all the lands In the
arid west capable. of reclamation is ac-
complished, reserving the lands reclaimed
for homeseekers in small tracts and rigid
lv guarding against land monopoly. as an
opment contemplated by the democratic
party should it be placed Ia power.
imperialism
I'VE favor the preservation, so far as
we can, Of an open door for the world s
commerce in the orient without unneces-
Sary ENHANCEMENT in the oriental and
European affairs and without arbitrary,
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute gov
tion. We oppose. as ferventy as did
George Washington himself. an Indefinite,
irresponsible, discretionary. and vague
absolutisrn and a policy OF colonial ex-
plotation, no matter where or by whom
in~oked or exercised: we believe, with
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, that
no government has right TO make one
set of laws fer those at home and an
other and a different set of laws. abso-
lutte in their character for those in tho
colonies. All men under the America1
flag are entitled to the protection of the
Institutions whose emblem the flag is: II
they are Inherently unfit for those insti-
members of the American body polite.
Wherever there may exist a people in
capable Of being governed under Amer
lean laws. IN consonance with the Amer
ican constitution. the territory of that
people ought not to be part of the Amer
team domain.
I'VE insist that We ought to do for the
Filipinos what we have already done for
the Cubans. And 1t Is our intent, as soon
as it can be done wisely and safely for
the Filipinos themselves, and after amica-
BILE arrangements with them concerning
naval stations. coalng stations and trade
relations, and upon suitable guarantees
of protection to all national and interna-