The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-07-14
The Democratic Platform.
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mite, irresponsible discretionary and
vague absolutism and policy of ma =
tional exploitation. no matter where or
by whom exercised: we believe with
Thomas jefferson and John Adams tha.
no government has right to make one
set of laws for those lat home" and an
other and different set of laws. ab,o-
lutte in their character, for those lin
the colonies
All men under the American ~ are
entitled to the protection OF the iusti-
buttons whose emblem the nag is. If
they are inherently unfit to be mem
bers of the American body polite,
wherever there may exist a people in
capable of being governed under Amer
lean laws, under the American constitu-
ton, the territory or people ought not
to be part of the American domain.
We insist that we ought to do for the
filipnoS what we have done already
for Cuba, and it is our duty To make
that promise now and upon suitable
guarantees of protection to citizens of
our own and other countrie, resident
therein at the time of our withdrawal.
set the Filipino people upon their feet,
free and independent to work out their
own destiny.
The endeavor of the secretary of war
by placing the government indor>e-
mont ''for nromotpr.'' N rho hi linpip,
islands to make the United States
partner in speculative legislation OF
the archipelago which was only tenn
porarily held up by the opposition of
the democratic senators in the last
session. will, if successful lead to en-
Engagements from which it will be
difficult to escape.
The democratic party has been and
will continue to be the consistent oppo-
nent Of that class of tariff legislation,
by which certain interests have been
permitted. through congressional favor,
to draw Il heavy tribute from the Amer
lean people This monstrous perver-
sion of those equal opportunities which
our political institutions were e,tab-
lished TO secure. has caused what may
once have been infant industry to be-
come the great combinations of capital
that the world has ever known These
especial favorites of the government.
through trust methods. have been con-
verified into monopolie>, thus bringing
to an end domestic competition, which
was the only alleged check upon the
extravagant profits made possible by
the protective system. These industrial
combinations by the financial assist
ance they can give. now control the
policy of the republican party.
We denounce protection a, robbery
OF the many TO enrich the few, and We
favor tariff limited to the necessities
for the government TO be economically
administered and so levied as not to
discriminate against any industry.
class or section, to the end that the
burdens OF taxation shall be distributed
as equally as possible.
We favor a revision and a gradual re-
duction Of the tariffs by the friends of
the masses and for the commonwealth.
and DOT by the friends of its abuses, its
extortionS and ii, Determinations
keeping in view of the ultimate ends of
Equality of burdens and Equality of
OIportunities' and the constitutional
purpose of raising a revenue by taxa
tion. to wit: The support of the federal
government in all its integrity and
viriity, but in simplicity.
TRUSTS AND UNLAWFUL COMBINA-
TIONS.
We recognize that the gigantic trusts
designed to raise capital to secure more
than its just share Of the joint products
of capital and labor, and which have
been fostered and promoted under re-
publican rule, are a menace to beneti-
cial competition and an obstacle to
permanent business prosperity.
y private monopoly is ind0fensible
and intolerable. Individual equality of
i - too.