River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-14
Statehood for Territo1 les.

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 a territorial government for Alaska
and Porto Rico.
We hold that the officials appointed to
ritory, as well as with the district of Alas
ka should be bona fide residents at the
time of their appointment of the territory
or district in which their duties are to be
Condemnation of Po1ygamy.
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 Ubiquitous appropriation of public
funds for private purposes and Wasteful,
Illogical and useless attempt to overcome
nv subsidy the distractions raised by re-
publican legislation to the growth and de-
yelopment of American commerce on the
We favor the upbuilding of a merchant
marine without new or additional burdens
upon the people and without bounties from
the public treasury.
Reciprocity.
we favor liberal trade arrangements
with Canada. and with peoples of other
countries where they can be entered into
with benefit to American agriculture,
manufactures, mining or commerce 49,
We favor the maintenance OF the Mon
roe doctrine in its full integrity.
We favor the reduction of the army
and of army expenditure to the point his
sufficient
Pensions.
The democracy would secure to the sur
viving soldiers and sailors and their de-
arbitrary executive order, but by legis--
lation, which 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
administration. They must therefore
share with uS the humiliation with which
we have witne ssed the exaltation of court
favorites, without distinguished service,
over the SCARED heroes OF many battles;
or aggrandized by executive approprla-
tons out Of the treasures of a PROSTATE
people in violation of the act OF congress
which fixed the compensation of allow
anceS OF the military officers.
Civil Service.
The democratic party stands commit
ted to the principle OF civil service re-
form, and we demand their honest, just
and impartial enforcement.
We denounce the republican party for
its continuous and sinlstet encroachments
upon the spirit and operation OF civIl
service rules, whereby il has arbitrarily
dispensed with examinations for office III
the interests of favoriter and employed
all manner of device to orerreach and set
aside the principles upon which the cjVn
service was established.
Race Question.
The race question has brought cour tless
woes to this country. The calm wisdom
of the American people should sec to it
that it brings no more. TO revive the
dead and hateful race and sectional ami
mosities in any part of our common
country means confusion, distraction of
business and the reopening of wounds
now nov happily healed; North, south, east
gether in line of battle from the walls of
Pekin to the hills of Santiago, and as
sharers of common glory and a COM
mon destiny, we should share fraternaliy
the common burdens. We, therefore, dep
recate and condemn the Bourbon-like
selfish and narrow spirit of the recent
sought to kindle anew the embers of
racial and sectional strife. and We appeal
from It to the sober common sense, and
PATRIOTS spirit of the American people.
Republican Administration.
The existing republican administration
has been spasmodic, erratic, sensational,
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 congress into hasty and fu-
tile extra session and virtually adjourned
it, leaving behind it's fight from Washing
ton uncalled calendars and unaccomplished
tasks
1t made war. which is the sole power of
usurping one of it's fundamental preroga-
tives. 1t violated plain statute of the
United States as well as plain treaty obli-
cations, International usages and conSti-
tutional law; and has done so under pre-
tense of executing a great public policy
which could have been more easily effectea
lawfully, constitutionally, and with honor.
1t forced strained and unnatural con-
structionS upon statutes, uSurping judicial
Interpretation, and substituting congress
sional enactment in the decree.
withdrew from congress their
tomary duties of investigation which have
people and the states the terror of evil
doors.
1t conducted secretive investigation Of
it's own and boosted of few sample con-
victs while it threw broad coverlet over
the bureaus which had been their chosen
field of operative abuses, and kept in pow
er the superior officers, under whose adj
ministration the crimes had been commits
ted
1t. ordered assault upon some monopiies,
but paralyzed by it's first victory it flung
out the flag of truce and cried out that ii
would not run amuck"-leaving it's fu-
ture purposes beclouded by its vacciila-
tons.
Appeal to the Country.
Conducting the campaign upon this dec
slaration of our principles and purposes, we
invoke for our candidates the support, not
only of our great and time honored or
ganization, but also the active assistance
past differences upon questions no longer
in ISSUE desire the perpetuation of our con-
stitutional government as framed and es-
tahlishe1 by the fathers of the republic