The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-02

that they Will give d commission for
 four Years III ms own udIue IU tnt chance pilot Wno IS now neauInS the suIl
 or otate toward the rocks upon wnIei. other republics nave been wrecKed--tuI-
 erated usurpatlons by the Executive, i,
 warAke adventures Tor gam and glory;
 contempt for law; privileged cidsses
 sustained by election brlDeS; corrup-
 ton lil hiSn places and eXtravaga.It
 expenditures from unjust taxes. hun
 or and prudence alike require d chang e of pilots and return to the chart vf the Constitution, to the rule of law and
 the flag of peace-lovig republic. Not for the Democratic party, but for Democratic institutions is l. IS written. Not against the Republican, party, but for the Republic. Not Tn the interest of office seekers against offlceholders. but in that spirit of in- dependent thought and actiup.s inspired by common desire for the pt. lie good,
 which has led to thtsextraordinary and most significant union in opposition to your candidacy of all the independent journals of the metropolis that advo- cated the election of MT Mckinley in 1896.
 THE TEN LIVING QUESTIONS. The real living, burning questions of the campaign are:
 L-ROush Rider Or Judge: Shall the people of the United States nave TOT the next lOuE yGdIS T Sl sonal or a Constitutional Government the sovereignty of a party dictator or the sovereignty of the people,
 Rough Rider or Judge for Chief Mag istrate?
 U.-Reform the Tariff. Shall the tariff never be revised ex-
 cept with the consent and under the direction of it's beneficlaries-hv "th. ..
 its discriminations"-or shall 1t be re-
 vised in judicial spirit by the
 friends of the masses and for the com
 mon weal?'
 IlI.-Curb the Trusts.
 Shall monopolies like the Beef Trust, controlling universal necessaries of life, continue to receive the protection
 of a sheitering tariff and enjoy. still
 longer indulgence in the non-enforce-
 ment of antitrust laws by reason of campaign funds and their potential In : fluence with party leaders?
 IV.-The Abuse of Power. Shall the action of the President In ridding himself of the one successful trust prosecutor in order to placate the corporations-in making his former private secretary and the head of the Department of Commerce campaign fund solicitor from the very corpora tions he was appointed to diligently investigate"-in appointing a railroad corporation official Secretary of the
 Navy. and a political agent of the Southern Pacific Railway to the head
 of the department to supervise and curb corporations Gall to aid shis own eampaign)-shall this "surrender of the
 Rough Rider" be approved by the peo- pie?
 V.-No Corporation Rule. Shall the rule of corrupt corporations in politics and their controlling infiu-
 ence In Government be further en- larged and confirmed by continuing in
 power a party closely allied with them hHr hn nf Nfot : In the tariff, by the election of corpo-
 ration agents to Congress and to State
 offices. and through the reconstruction
 of the Cabinet to meet their views? VI.--StOp the Extravngnncc.
 Shall we continue policy of reckless extravaganza, as evidenced by the ex penditure of more than $2,500, ,000, ,000
 during the last four years. or shall we return to a reasonable economy? VII-Check the Corruption. Shall corruption bred of too long a | lease of power as instanced in the half disclosed postal frauds. in the land office scandals. in the pension abuses, | in the sale of offices and negotiation of | corrupt public contracts by Senators Dietrick and Burton, in the purchase nf l a seat in the Senate by the Democrd. . w A. Clark. ratified by Republica1 Senators, and in the ascendancv and | Executive recognition of notorious cor ruptionists and professional spoiis-
 men. be condoned and continued? VIIJ.-NO "Bisy Stick" RIuster.
 Shall the attitude of the United States | toward foreign nations be that of d | bully with a ''big stick" and a chip l on his shoul6ed. or shall we return 10 l the policy of Washington and Jefferson -'Peace and friendship with all na- | tions, entanRling alliances with none' -mindinE our own business and ex- | pec.- other nations to do the same? TX k& hat VIII the FiIipinos Do to Us. 1 Swall we continue the malevolent | efect upon ourselves of so-calied be nevolent assimilation" in the Philip pines until if is too late to withdraw | from that deplorable and un-American n adventure in Asiatic colonialisnl--- ! which becomes all the more dangerous veneer of our ciyilzation-and until | the hybrid anG forever alien races of those islands shall be incorporated into our body polite, to cast the die in our National Conventions. as the delegate from Hawaii did at Kansas City n l 1900; to participate in our elections, to | sit in our Congress and eventually to | help govern those who now by Srrce. impose upon them government with out consent and taxation without rep resentation?
 X.--"L.et Us Have Peace" Shall we. forty years after the end | of the war and after complete re- conciliation of the once hostile States, | tear aSunder by a revival of the sec | ttona1 issue the bonds of fraternity and | the South have inst secured the nomi- | nation of a conservative and sound
 money Democrat for President anl l have given repeated instances of th,,