The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-15
Text Of the d~eclnra-
ton on which tho
Democrats will stand
In coming campaign

TO a healthy aud permanent commercial
plosperity and any trust, combination or
trolling production. restricting competl
ton or fixing prices should be prohibited
and punished by law. We especially de-
nounce rebates and Discrimination by
transportation companies.
Enlarge Commerce.
We demand an enlargement of the pow
crs of the interstate commits
sion. to. the end that the travelling public
prompt and adequate relief from abuses
To which they are subjected in the matter
of transportation. We demand a strict
enforcement Of existing civil and criminal
statutes against all such trade %eonbina-
tons and monopolics. and we demand the
enactment OF such further legislation as
may be necessary ctfectuallv TO suppress
them. Any trust or unlawful combination
engaged in interstate commerce which is
monoDolizing any branch of the, business
or production should not be permitted to
It's origin. Whenever it shall be cstab-
lished in any court of competent jurisdic-
ton that such appropriation exists. such
prohibition should be enforced through
comprehensive laws to be enacted on the
subject.
Statehood Questions.
We favor the admission of the terri
t1r.es of oklahoma and indian Territory.
OF Arizona and New Mexico as separate
states and territorial government for
Alaska and Porto Rico. We hold that
g gov grresals of afPp an9 terr IL aS" as veil 'a as
with the district of Alaska, should be bona
fide residents at the time Of their appoints
mcnt of the territory or district in which
their duties are to be performed.
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.
We d%enounce the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently passed by the United States senate
as an iniquitous appropriation Of public
funds for private purposes and a wasteful.
Illogical and useless attempt to overcome
by subsidy the distractions raised by re-
publicSo legislation of tho growth and de-
sea. We favor the upbuilding Of a mer-
chant marine without new or additional
burdens upon the people and without
bounties from the public treasury.
The Race Problem Covered.
TIL race question has brought countless
that it brings no more. TO revive the
dead and hateful race and sectional ami
try means confusion, distraction Of busi-
happily healed. North. south. east and
line of battle, from the walls Of Peking
10 the walls of Santiago. and. sharing in
common glory and common destiny, we
should share fratsrnally the common bur-
, y -. tSpAG anu SoIi-
denim the burdenlike, selfish and narrow
spirit Of the recent republican convention
at Chicago. which sought to kindle anew
the embers of racial tand sectional strife.
ana we appeal from it to the sober COM
mon sense and patriotic spirit OF the
American people.
Present Administration.
The existing republican administration
spectacular and arbitrary. 1t has made
Itself a satire upon the congress. the
courts ard upon the settled practices and
1t summoned the congress into a hasty
and futile extra session and virtually adj
iourned 1t. leaving behind its flight from
complished tasks. 1t made war. which is
the sole power of congress. without its
authority, thereby usurping one of its
plain statute Of the United states, as we'll
as plain treaty obligations. ~nternational
usages and constitutional law. and has
Tic policy. which could have been more
easily effected lawfully, constitut!onally
and with honor. 1t forced strained and
unnatural constructions upon statutes,
shutting congressional enactment by de-
cree. 1t withdrew from ccagress their
customary duties of investigation. which
have heretofore made the representatives
or the people and the states the terror of
evil doors. 1t conducted a secretive in
v~est.gation of Its own. and boasted of a
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a broad coverlet over the bureaus which
had been their. chosen field.
Right of trial by jury: freedom of the
corpus: liberty Of personal contract UNI
trammeled by sumpturary laws: suprem-
acy Of the civil over military authority;
a we'll disciplined military: the separation
Of church and state; economy in expendi-
lures; low taxation, that labor may be
lightly burdened; prompt and sacred full
fllment OF public and private obligations;
TO treaties. nDQCQ md fr1oVIohfr
with all nations, %entangline alliances with
none; absolute acquiescence TO the will of
iIoe majority: the e vital principle Of repub-
racy has established as proverbs of the
nation. and they should be constantly in
voked and enforced.
On Capital and Labor.
We favor adjustment and administra-
partially their just rights. Capital and
labor ought not to be enemies. Each is
necessary to the other. Each has Its
tainly no less vested" no less Sacred"
and no less "u~nalienable" than the rights
of capital.
whenever any citizen is denied the right
of labor. to acquire and enjoy property,
or reside wherever interest Or Meditation
dividuals. organizations, or government
should be summarily rebuked and pun
ished.
- we SOLOeIull lle dCilON OF the rcpuO-
lican party in congress in refusing to pro-
hibit the executive department from en-
tering into contracts with convicted trusts
interstate. trade. We believe that one
Of the best methods Of procuring economy
and honesty in the public service is to
public officials. from the occupant Of
the White House down to the lowest Of
them, return as nearly as may be to JEFF
fersonian simplicity OF living.
We favor the nomination and election
of a president imbued with the principles
of the constitution, who will set his face
sternly against executive usurpation Of
legislative and judicial functions, whether
that usurpation be yelled under the guise
of executive construction Of existing laws,
or whether 1t take refuge In the tyrant's
pleas Of necessity or upper wisdom.
Imperialism Denounced.
We favor the preservation. so far as We
can, Of an open door for the worlds com
MERGE in the orient without unnecessary
ENHANCEMENT IN oriental and European
affairs, and without arbitrary, Unlimited
irresponsible and absolute government
anywhere within our Jurisdiction. We op-
pose, %fervently, as did George Washington
himself. an indefinite, irresponsible. dis
and vague absolutism, and q
policy of colonial exploitation, no matter
or by whom invoked or exer-
cised: we believe. with Thomas jefferson
and Jhon Adams, that no government has
q right to make one set of avs for those
lat home and another and a different
set Of laws. absolute In their character.
for those dn~fortunates 'in the colonies"
All men under the American flag are en-
tif1a1 IN tho Dr4$ontl1~ - a.