The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-07-14
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

eminent of the United States to an Amer.
lean citizen shall be proof Of the fact that
he is an American citizen aud shall entitlc
him TO the treatment due him as such.
Election of Senators by the People.
! We favor the election OF United States
senator's by direct vote of the people.
Statehood for Territories.
We favor the admission OF the territories
Of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory We
also favor the immediate admission Of Ari-
iona and New Mexico as separate states
and territorial government for Alaska and
/ Porto Rico.
We hold that the officials appointed to
administer the government of any territory,
as well as with the district of Alaska,
should be bona tde residents at the time Of
! their appointment of the territory or dis
trct In which their duties are to be pe>-
| formed.
Condemnation of Polygamy.
We demand the determination of polyg.
amy within the jurisdiction Of the United
states and the complete separation Of
church and state in political affairs.
Merchant Marine
We denounce the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United states Senate
as an iniqutous appropriation of public
I'm innas Tor private purposes and wasteful
iloSical ana useless attempt to overcome
by subsidy the distractions raised by Re
publican legislation To the growth and de.
velopment OF American commerce on the
sea.
We favor the upbuilding Of a merchant
marine without new or additional burdens
upon the people and without bounties from
the pubnc treasury.
Reciprocity.
We favor liberal trade arrangements with
Canada and with peoples of other countries
where they can be entered into with benefit
10 American agriculture MANUFACTURES,
mining or commerce.
Monroe Doctrine.
We favor the maintenance OF the Monroe
doctrine in its full integrity
Army
We favor the reduction Of the army and
or army expenditure to the point where his
torcally demonstrated TO be safe and sur
tcent.
Pensions and Our Soldiers and Sailors.
The Democracy would secure 10 the serv-
Ing soldiers and sailors and their depend
ents generous pensions, not by an arbitrary
executive order, but by legislation which a
grateful people stand ready to enact.
Our soldiers and sailors, who defend with
their lives the constitution and the laws,
have sacred interest in their just admin
istratlon. They must therefore share with
rs the humiliation with which we have wit
messed the e1altation Of court favorites,
without distinguished service, over the
Scared heroes of many battles OF ag
grandized by executive appropriations out
OF the treasures OF a PROSTATE people. in
violation OF the act OF Congress which likes
the compensation and allowance Of the
military officers.
Civil Service.
The Democratic party stands committed
to the principles OF civil service reform.
and we demand their honest, just and i'm
partial enforcement. We denounCc the Re
publican party for It's continuous and sin
lister encrOachmentS upon the spirit and
operation Of civil service rules. whereby 1t
has arbitrarily dispensed with examinations
for Office in the interests Of fayOrites. and
employed all manner OF devices TO over
reach and set aside the principles upon
which civil service was established.
School and Race Questions.
The race question has brought countless
woes to this country. The calm wisdom Of
the American people should sec to 1t that
it brings no more.
TO revive the dead and hateful race and
sectional animositieS in any part of our
common country means confusion. dstrac-
ton of business and the reopening Of
wounds now happily healed. North, south.
east and west have hut recently stood to,
gether in line " battle from the walls Of
rekin to the hills of Santiago, and. is
Sharers OF common glory and common
destiny, we should share fraternaliy the
common burdens
We therefore dcprecare and condemn the
Bourhon,li like selfish. narrow spirit Of the
which sought TO kindle anew the embcrs OF
racial and sectional strife. and We appeal
from Ii to the sober common sense and
patriotic spirit Of the American people.
The Republican Administration.
Tho existing Republican, administration
has been spdSmodic. crratlc, sensational
spectacular and arbitrary. II has made
courts and upon the settled practices and
usaecs Of natO1a! and International law.
II summoned the Congress into hasty aud
futile extra session ana virtually adjourned
II, leaving behind its Hight from Washing
ton uncalleu calendars and unaccomplished
tasks.
1t made war. which is the sole power Of
Congress, without its authority, thereby
usui ping one Of its fundamental pr"rogi-
tiyes. It violated pain statnte OF the
United States as well as plain obligations,
International nsages and constitutional law;
and has done So under pret"nse of ,execut-
ing A great public policy which could have
been more easily effected lawfully, consti-
tutlonally and with honor.
1t forced strained and unnatural con
structons upon statutes uSurping Judicial
Interpretation and substituting congress
SIGNAL enactment decree.
It withdrew from Congress their Gus
tomary duties Of Investigation. which have
heretofore made the representatives OF the
people and the states the terror Of evil
doors.
1t conducted q secretive Investigation Of
It's own ana DoasttTl OF Il low Sample CON
yicts while 1t threw broad coverlet over
the bureaus which had been their chosen
field of operative abuses and kept in power
the superior officers under whose admins
tratlon the crimes had been committed.
II ordered assault upon some mOnop0lies.
hut. paralyzed by It's victory 1t flung out
the Dag of truce and cried out that it would
not run amuck" leaving its future pur
poses beclouded 10y its yacllatons.
Appeal to the Country.
Conducting the campaign upon this dec
laration Of orr principles and purposes we
invoke for our candidates the support not
only Of our great and time honored organi-
zation. but also the active assistance Of all
our fellow citizens, who. disrcgarding past
differences upon questions no longer in iS-
sue, desire the perpetuatiOn Of our cons'itu-
tional government as framed and estab-