Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-16

ever protested against their continuance.
We condemn the republican system Of
legislation under which trust mOnOpolicS
enabled to exact higher prices for
their manufactured products from our
own people than they sell them for
abroad.
1--WE demand an enlargement Of tho
powers of the interstate commerce COM
mission. to the end that the travelling
have prompt and adequate relief for the
abuses they are now subjected to in the
matter of transportation.
Monroe Doctrine.
I'VE favor the maintenance Of the Mon
roe doctrine In Its full integrity.
I'VE favor a liberal trade treaty with
Canada.
Army and Navy.
I'VE favor the reduction OF the army
and Of army expenditures to the point his
torically demonstrated to be safe and
sufficient. We favor the maintenance and
liberal annual increase OF the navy our
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 and 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
neesessary to the other r, Each has Its
tainly no less vested no less sacred
and no less 'inalenable' than the rights
Oh Capltal.
American Citizenship.
I'VE pledge ourselves to insist upon the
just and lawful 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
friendship and commerce. and if, under
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 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.
''The democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
arbitrary executive order. but by legis-
lation which grateful people stand
ready to enact.
with their lives the constitution and the
laws have a sacred interest in their Just
administratien. - They he unjust must therefore 1I
we have witnessed the exaltation Of court
favorjtes without distinguished service.
over the SCARED heroes Of many battles; !;
or aggrandized by executive appropria-
tions out of the treasures Of PROSTATE
people, In violation of the act of con.
allowances OF the military officers.
; Merchant Marine.
1--WE denounce the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United States SEN
. ate as an ubiquitous appropriation Of
Wasteful. illogical and useless attempt to
F., overcome by subsidy the Instructions
raised by republican legislation to ;, IL the
I'VE favor the upbuilding of a mer-
burdens npon the people and without
bounties from the public treasury.
| Civil Service.
1.-THE democratic party stands commit
ted to the principles Of civil service re.
| form, and we demand their honest. just
! and impartial enforcement.
I'VE denounce the republican party for
its continuous and sinister encroach.
ments upon the spirit and operation OF
civil service rules, whereby it has arbi-
trarly dispensed with examinations foI
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.
Conde mnation of Polygamy.
1--WE demand the determination Of po-
lygan,y within the jurisdiction of the
4 United. States and the complete :separa'
tion OF church and state in political af.
We congratulate our western citizens
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
non-partizan vote and passed in the house
against the opposition OF almost all the
1epubliean leaders by vote The tie N major. q
tentioa to this great democratic measure
, broad and comprehensive as it is, work
Ing automatically throughout al tim, umt
the reclamation of all the lands in the
arid west capable of reclamation is &C
for homeseekers in small tracts and rigid
lv guarding against land monopoly, rs ar
evidence Of the policy of domestic devel.
: Opment contemplated by the democratic
party should it be placed IN power.
ImDerlalfsm.
!, 1--WE favor the preservation, so far a.
We can, of an open door for the world
tine 9rfn I'm ns
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment anywhere WITHIN tnrn., our Jurlsac nc
+ George Washington himself. an indefinite
irresponsible, discretionary, and vague
ploitation. no matter where or by whom
invoked or exercised: We believe. will
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams tina
no government has a right to make one
set Of laws for those at at h9Ye and an
Lutte in hes sn ndaf e e0ss n .a
= flag are entitled to the protection OF th'
!, institutions whose emblem the flag is i
they are Inherently unfit for those insti
tions, then they are inherently unfit to b.
: members of the American body polite
t Wherever there may exist a people in
: capable of being governed under Amer
5 lean laws, in consonance with the Amer
e ican constitution. the territory of tha
r people ought not to be part Of the Amer
> lean domain.
= = I'VE insist that we ought to do for tn
e Filipinos what we have already done TO
= the Cubans. And it is our intent. as 500,
as 1t can be done wisely and safely 70
the Filipinos themselves. and after amica
BILE arrangements with them concerning
v naval stations coalng stations and trad
= relations. and upon suitable guarantee
- :. Of protection to all national and interna
q tional interests. to settle the people upo
~ ~ their feet, free and Independent, to wor
out their own destiny.
= 1.-THE endeavor of the secretary of wal
~ ~ by pledging the governments indorse
~ ment for promoters in tbs Philippin
" islands, to make the United States a part
..ee ner in speculative exploitation OF tn
,,eI archipelago which was only temporaril
II held up by the opposition Of democrati
=, senators in the last session. will. II sue
y cessful, lead to q permanent entanHle
"a ment. from which It will be difficult {
y. Statehood for Territories.