Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-26

we demand tHtt the rstrdnt Of such
Illegal combinations he ntrust6d to The
he for Their eNis'enee. aHd which E"5
ever protested against their coutiHBaa-v
I'VE condemn the republican sN>t'Ut uf
legislation under which trust mnnoneiies
ar enabled To exact higher prices Ter
their mauUfaC arc products from our
own people than they seu them for
I'VE ',s demand an enlargement Of tho
powers ef the Interstate commerce COM
mission, to the end tnat the travelling
public and shippers ot tias country may
have prompt and adequate relief for the
abuses they are now subjected to IN the
matter OF transportation
Monroe Doctrine.
I'VE favor the maintenance of the Mon
roe doctrine in its full integrity.
We favor liberal trade treaty with
Canada.
Army and Navy.
I'VE favor the reduction of the army
and Of army expenditures to the point his,
toricaIly demonstrated to be safe and
sufficient We favor the maintenance and
liberal annual increase of the navy as our
best defense in our Isolated continental
condition against foreign foe, and
source of no possible danger to our liber-
ties as a people.
Capital and Labor.
I'VE favor the enactment and adminis-
tration of laws, giving labor and capital
impartially their just rights. Capital and
labor ought not to be enemies. Each Is
necessary to the other. Each hats its
rights but the rights of labor are Ger
tainIv no less .vesled.' no less .s.tered
and no less 'tnalIeuable than tie rights
! of capital
American Citizenship.
I'VE pledge ourselves To insist upon the
just ana lawful protection ot our citizens
at home and abroad, a1d te use all proper
measures to secure for taem, whether
natiVe-born or naturaIllcd and Without
distinction OF race or creed. the actual
i4410 n a ~ a
all rights and privileges open to them
t under the covenants OF 0HG treaties OF
! friendship and commerce, and If, under
existing treaties, the r{&at Of travel and
soieuHn is denied to American CitiHens. or
recognition is withheld Irom American
! passports by any countries on thG Efeaad
.9f race or creed, we favor the bsgmnmS
Of negotiations with the governments Of
such countries to secure. ny new treaties,
the removal OF these unjust diserindna-
tions.
Pensions.
'"The democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions, hot by an
arbitrary executive order, but by legis-
lation which grateful people stand
i ready to enact.
| .'Our soldiers and sailors who defend
| with their lives the constitution and the
3, laws have a sacred interest IN their just
| administration. They must therefore
| share With us the humiliation with which
| we have witnessed the exaltation OF court
| favoritts, without distinguished service,
| over the Scared heroes Of many battles;
: or aggrandiZed by executive apprupria-
| ticns out of the treasures of a PROSTATE
| people, in violation OF the act of con-
| gress 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
| wasteful. illogical and useless attempt to
| overcome by subsidy the ohstructions
| raised by republican legislation To the
| growth and development OF American
Commerce on the sea;
chant marine without new or additional
| burdens upon the people and without
bounties from the public treasury.
Civil Service.
THE democratic party stands commit
ted to the prnciples OF civil a. service re, re,
| and impartial enforcement.
I'VE denounce the republican party fol
its continuous and sinister encroaeh,
ments upon the spirit and operation OF
| trarily dispensed with examinations fol
/ office in the interest OF faVorltes anC
employed all manner OF devices to over
reach and set aside the principles upor
| which the civil service was established.
| Condemnation OF PolySnmy.
I'VE demand the eXtermination Of po
/ lygamy within the Jurisdiction of th'
|
! tion Of church and state III political al
! fairs 5
We congratulate our western citizens
| upon the passage of the measure known
| as the Newlands irrigation act for thu
| irrigation and reclamation OF the arit
| lands OF the west-a measure framed b.
| non-partizan vote and passed in the house
against the opposition OF almost all th'
republican leaders by vote the major
ity Of which was democratic. We call at
| tention to this great democratic measure
broad and comprehensive as 1t Is work
Ing automatically throughout all TIM
without further action Of congress, unit
the reclamation of all the lands in thu
arid west capable of reclamation is ac
complished, reserVing the lands reclaimed
for homeseekers in small tracts and rigid
lv guarding against land monopoly. as al
evidence of the policy of domestic devel
opment contemplated by the democratic
party should it be placed Ill power.
lmperIHlism.
I'VE favor the preservation, 50 far a
we can, of an open door for the world
commerce in the orient without unneces
European affairs and without arbitrary
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment anywhere within our Jurisdic
ton We oppose. as ferVehtly as dl
George Washington himself, an indefinite
Irresponsible discretionary and Vagu
absolutism and policy OF colonial eA
invoked exercised: We believe, wit
Thomas Jefferson Sld john Adams, tina
, no government has a rIEht TO make on
set of laws for those ,'at home and an
other and different set Of laws, abs0
lutte in their character for these in tn
colonies All men under the America
flag are entitled TO the protection Of tn
institutions whose emblem the flag is:
they are inherently unfit for those inst
tions then they are inherently unfit to b
members of the American body polite
Wherever there may exist a people ir
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
Ftipinos what we have already done fo
, the Cubans. Andit is our intent. as 500
as 1t can be done wisely and safely fc
the Filipinos themselves. and after amica
BILE arrangements with them concernin
y naval stations coaling stations and trad
relations and upon suitable guarantee
. of protection to all national and interns
! tional interests, to settle the people upo
:, their feet, free and independent. to wor
out their own destiny.
a 1.-The endeavor Of the secretary Of wa
= by pledging the government's indors
O ment for promoters in the Philippir
g g islands, to make the United States a par
q ner in speculative exploitation Of II
i archipelago. which was only temporary