Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-25

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We demand that the rstraint OF such
Illegal combinations be intrusted to the
democra'ic party, which is not responsi-
bic fer their existence, and which has
ever protested against their continuance.
We condemn the republican system OF
legislation unoer which trust monopolies
their manufactured products from our
own people than they sell them for
aoroad. mxsa ,. ..,a.u.
powers Of the interstate commerce com
mission. TO the end that the travelling
public and shippers Of tins country may
have prompt and adequate relief for tho
abuses they are now subjected to in tha
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 snG Navy.
We favor the reduction Of the army
end or army expenditures 10 The point his
torically oemonstrated TO he safe and
euffc1ent. We favor the maintenance and
liberal annual increase OF the navy aas9ur
best defense IN our isolated continental
condition against foreign foe, and q
source Of no possible danger 10 our libsre
ties as people.
Capital and Labor.
We favor the enactment and Admlnis.
tration Of laws, giving labor and capital
iimpartially ilnL their jost tights Capita nd
necessary to the otheJ. Each has its
rights, but the tights OF labor are GER
tainly no Jess vested no less sacred
and no less 'jnaljeuable' than the RIG hts
OF capital.
American Gitizenshfp.
I'VE pledge ourselves to insist upon the
just and lawful prote eCtIon Of cur citizens
al home and abroad hIIG 10 use ali proper
native-horn or naturalized, and without
distinction Of race OF creed the actual
protection Of laws and the enjoyment Of
all rights anG privileges open to them
under the covenants Of our treaties OF
friendship and commerce, and If under
existing treaties; the night of travel and
eoJourn Is denied &c American citizens or
recognition is withheld from American
passports by any countries Oh the ground
VI race or creed. we favor the beginning
such countries to secure by new treaties
the removal Of these unjust discrirnins-
tions.
Pensions.
THE democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions, not by As
arbitrary. executive order, but by lsgis-
!ation which grateful people stand
Our soldiers and sailors who defend
with their lives the constitution and the
laws have sacred interest In their 3ust
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 approprior
tions out of the TREASURES Of q prostrate
people, In violation, OF the act Of con
allowances Of the military officers
Merchant Marine.
I'VE denounce the ship subsidy bill ~
Gently passed by the United States sen-
ate as an ubiquitous appropriation OF
public funds for private purposes and a
WAStpfli illogical Mt ttavn t..
oVerc one by subsidy the obstrnCtions
raised RAISED by ~ 'eRub,can legislation to the
commerce on the sea.
I'VE favor the upbuilding of q mer-,
san snans marine without new or additiona!
bounties from the public treasury.
Civil Service.
THE democratic party stands commit.
TED TO the principles of civil service re.
form, ard we demand their honest lust
and Impartial enforcement.
we denoDnce the republican party Yol
its continuous and sinister encroach.
ments upon the spirit and operation OF
elvll CIV n, service a,n rules, Whereby il has arbi-
office III the interest of favorites and
employed ali manner Of devices to over
reach and set aside the principles upon
which the civil service was establs shed
Condemnation of PDlyEamy.
I'VE demand the determination of DO
NEamy within the jurisdiction Of the
United States and the complete sepa,a.
t1cn Of church and state In political aa.
fairs.
We congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage OF the measure known
az the Newlands irrigation act for the
irrigation and reclamation OF the arid
lanes OF the West-a measure framed by
q democrat, passed In the senate by q
non.pArtizan vote and passed In the house
republican leaders by . vote the major.
ity Of which was democratic. We call Of
tention to this great democratic measure,
broad and comprehensive as it Is, work
Ing automatically throughout sll time
without further action Of congress-, until
the he reclamation ds. Of gu the lands In the
complished, reserv1ng the lands reclaimed |
for homeseekers In small tracts and rigid.
o9 e pecs S rs
opment contemplated by the democratic
party should it be placed IN power.
Imp
I'VE favor the preservation, so far as
We can OF ~ an open nsn door for the worlds
eary ENHANCEMENT In the oriental and
European affairs and without arbitrary,
S,% ana absolute
ton. We oppose. as fervently as did
George Washington himself, an indefinite
absoiutism and policy Of colonial exs
ploitation no matter where or by whom
,nxohed 3gre,sa or exereised @ we believe With
\ uOdHdS o0ncTSOA dHu JOHN Adams, that
no government has right to make one
set OF laws for those at home and an
other and different set of laws abso- !
lutte in their character, for those in tho
colonies All men under the Americaa
tiag are entitled to the projection Of the
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 . people In
!can laws, ia consonance with the Amer. {
team constitution, the territory of that
people ought not to be part Of the Amer
lean domain.
We insist that We ought to DO for the
F1lipinos 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 F4lipinos themselves. and after amioa-
BILE arrangements with them concerning
naval stations. coaling stations and trade
relations. and upon suitable guarantees
OF protection to all national and interna-
tional interests, to settle the people upon
their feet. free and independent, to work
out their own destiny.
''The endeavor Of the secretary Of war,
by pledging the governments indorse.
ment for promoters' In the Philippine
Islands, to make the United States part
ner in speculative exploitation Of tina
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