The Holly chieftain., 1904-07-15
American Citizenship.

mtItu trade relations Win tne other
peoples OF the world.
American Citizenship.
We 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 il
for them, whether native born or nat.
uralized.
Election Of Senators by People.
We favor the election of United
States senators by the direct vote OF
the people.
Statehood for Territories.
We favor the admission of the terri
tories OF Oklahoma and the Indian ter
ritory. We also favor the immediate
admission OF Arizona and New Mex
leo as separate states and a terrific
rial government for Alaska and Porto
Rico.
We hold that the officials appoint
ed to administer the government OF
any territory. as well as the district
OF Alaska should be bona fide resi-
dents at the time of their appointment
of the territory or district in which
their duties are to be performed.
Against PoIygamy.
We demand the determination of
polygamy within the jurisdiction of the
United States and the complete sep
aration of church and state political
affairs.
Merchant Marine.
We denounce the ship subsidy bill
recently passed by Congress as an in
iquitous appropriation of public funds
for private purposes, and wasteful,
Illogical and useless attempt to over
come by subsidy the Instructions
raised by Republican legislation TO
the growth and development of Amer
lean commerce on the sea.
We favor the upbuilding of a mer-
chant marine without new or addition
al burdens upon the people and with
out bounties from the public treasury.
Monroe Doctrine.
We favor the maintenance of the
Monroe Doctrine in its full entirety.
Navy and Army.
We favor the reduction of the army
and navy expenditures to the point
historically demonstrated to be safe
and sufficient.
Pensions.
The Democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions, not by
an arbitrary executive order, but by
legislation which a grateful people
stand ready to enact.
The Race Question.
The race question has brought count
less woes to this country. The calm
wisdom of the American people should
see to it that it brings no more.
We therefore deprecate and con-
denim the Bourbon-lke, selfish and
| narrow spirit of the recent Republican
convention at Chicago which sought
to kindle anew racial and factional
strife, and we appeal to the sober COM
mon sense and patriotic spirit of the
American people.
The Republican Administration.
The existing Republican administra-
ton has been spasmodic, spectacular
and arbitrary. 1t has made itself
satire upon the Congress, the courts
and upon the settled practices and
usages of national and international
law.
1t summoned the Congress into
| hasty and futile extra session and vir-
tually adjourned it, leaving behind its
flight from Washington uncalled calen-
dars and unaccomplished taskg.
1t made war, which is the sole power
of Congress, without its authority,
thereby usurping its fundamental pre-
negatives. 1t violated a statute of the
| United States, as well as plain treaty
obligations, international usages and
constitutional law, and has done so un-
der pretense of executing great pub
lie policy which could have been more
easily effected lawfully, constitution
ally and with honor.
1t forced strained and unnatural con-
structions upon statutes, usurping jul
dicial interpretations and substituting
congressional enactment decree.
1t withdrew from Congress their
customary duties of investigation
which have heretofore made the repre-
sentatives of the people and the states
the terror of evil-doers.
1t conducted secretive investigation
of its own and boasted of a few sam
pie convictions, while it threw broad
coverlet over the bureaus which had
been their chosen field of operative
abuses, and kept in power the superior
Offices under whose administration the
crimes had been committed.
1t ordered assault upon some monop-
olies, but paralyZed by its first victory,
it flung out the flag Of truce and de-
clared that it would not run amuck,"
leaving its future purposes beclouded
by its Vacillations.
Appeal to the Country.
Conducting the campaign upon this
declaration of our principles and pur-
poses, we invoke for our candidates the
support not only of our great and time
honored organization, but also the act
i've assistance of all our fellow citizens
who, disregarding past differences upon