Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-10

GcmQrrJNC party, which Is not rySnonsi-
bic for thcir existence. aud Wrirh has
ever protested against their Cou'iluanrr.
We Cz}lGcmn the republican, system Of
leElslati9u under which trust m"n"r"ll's
are enabled to exact higher prices for
their manufactured products from our
own people than they sell th.m for
We demand an enlargement Of the
powers of the interstate commerce COM
mission, to the end that the traVeing
public and shippers of this country may
have prompt and adequate relief for the
abuses they are now subjected to in the
matter Of ,GIanHportanhion,, Gnnr"r n"n, rim.
We favor the maintenance of the Mon
roe doctrine in its full integrity.
We favor q liberal trade treaty with
Canada.
Army and Navy.
We favor the reduction of the army
and OF army expenditures to the point his,
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
source Of no possible danger to our liber-
ties as people.
Capital and Labor.
1--WE favor the enactment and admtnis-
tration of laws. giving labor and capital
impartialy their just rights Capital and
labor ought not to be enemies. Each is
necessary to the other. Each has its
rights, but the rights of labor are Ger.
ard no less 'malienable' than the rights
of capital.
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
natiNe-horn 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
existing treaties, the right of travel and
SOjoun Is denied to American cltlz"uS or
recognition is withheld from American
passports by any countries on Che ground
'of race or creed favor the beginning
OF negotiations With the goveruments of
such countries to secure. by new treaties.
The removal of these unjust dtscfimlHa-
tions.
Pensions.
"The democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions, not by an
arbitrary. executive order, hnt by legis--
lation which Il grateful people stand
ready to enact.
sOirr soldiers and sailors who defend
with their lives the constitution and the
laws have a sacred interest i'll their just
administration. They must therefore
share with us the humiliation with which
we have witnessed the eXaltation of court
favoritess without distinguished service.
over the SCARED heroes of many battles;
aggrandized by executive appropria-
people. in violation of the act of con-
eress which fixes the compensation and
allowances of the military officers.
Merchant Marine.
1--WE denounce the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United States SEN
ate as iniquitous appropriation CT
: public funds for private purposes and a
wastcful, illogical and useless attempt to
overcome by subsidy the obStrnctions
raised by republican legislation to the
growth and development of American
commerce on the sea.
I'VE favor the upbuilding of a mer-
chant marine without new or additional
burdens upon the people and without
bountes from the public treasury.
Civil Service.
''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
ments upon the spirit and operation of
civil service rules, whereby it has arbi-
trarily dispensed with examinations for
reach and set aside the principles upon
/. which the civil service was established.
Condemnation of Polygamy.
| Eve demand the determination of po-
| United States and the complete separa-
tion OF church and state in political af-
| fairs.
!
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
. democrat. passed in the senate by a
non-partizan vote and passed in the house
! against the opposition OF almost all the
I ity of which was democratic. We call at
, tention to. this great democratic measure,
, ing automatically throughout all time
without further action Of congress. until
the reclamation of all the lands In the
! arid west capable of reclamation is ac,
complshed, reserving the lands reclaimed
for homeseekers In small tracts and rigid
Nv gaardng against LAND a. as
opment contemplated by the democratic
party should it be placed IN power.
imperialism.
1--WE favor the preservation, so far as
commercs in the orient without unneces.
sary ENHANCEMENT IN the oriental ano
European affairs and without arbitrary
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment anywhere within our jurisdic
tion. We oppose. as fervently. as die
George Washington himself an Indefinite
.absolutism and d policy of colonial ex
ploitation no matter where or by whom
Invoked or exsreised nG we eeleve W1tf
no government has right to make ont
set Of laws for those at home and an
other and different set Of laws, abso
colonies All men under the American
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
capable Of being governed under Amer
lean laws, in consonance with the Amer
ican constitution, the territory Of tina
people ought not to be part OF the Amer
lean domain.
1--WE insist that we ought to do for tn
Filipnos what we have already done TO
, the Cubans. And it is our intent. as sool
as 1t can be done wisely and safely TO
the Filipnos themselves. and after AMIGA
BILE arrangements with them concerning
U naval stations, coaling stations and trad
relations, and upon suitable guarantee
q Of protection to all national and 1nterna
i tional interests, to settle the people upo
= their feet, free and independent. to wor
out their own destiny.
4 .'The endeavor Of the secretary OF wal
4 by pledging the governments indorse
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