Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-26

We Gcilsal,G that the rstrajnt II sues
Illegal combinations he entrusted 10 be
Ct nlttr..t4c- party. which Is not II 81 Cr.sj-
he tor Their existence, ana W.! b tts
ever protested against Their c,iil}r .5...tr
We Crudt mn the relubical4 y 3rttin. -
leg station unUer which truss !HVHcEt I@s y
tTt enabled to exact higher prIses fer
Their manufactured products from Cur
own people than they So! tLs.n fox
We demand an enlargement ef tie
powers Of the interstate Con,pftrce con
mission, to the end that the travelling
public and shippers CT tlUs country may
have prompt ard adequate reiief fer Tie
abuses they are now subjected to in ihs
matter OF Transportation
Monroe Doctrine.
We favor the maintenance ef The Mon
roe doctrine in its full integrity
I'VE favor liberal tIade treaty with
Canada.
Army and Navy.
We favor the reduction Ct the army
end OK army expenditures to the roin, h,s-
torically demonstrated to be safe and
sufficient. We favor the maintenance and
liberal annual increase Of the navy as our
best defense in cur isolated continental
condition against a foreign fee, and =
source Of no possible danger to ouI lbSS-
ties as q people
Capital and Labor.
I'VE favor the enactment hnd admi1is-
sration 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 has Its
rights. but the rights Of labor are GER
tainly no less vested no less sacred
ard no less 'inalier.able than the II. hts
OF capital
American Citi1enship.
We pledge. ourselves to insist upon tho
Just ana Lawful protection Of cur citizens
AT home and abroad, and TO use all proper
measures to secure for them, whether
natiVe-b born or naturalized and without
distinction Of race er creed, the actual
RI hn tpv
all rights and privileges open 10 them
under the covenants Of cur treaties Of
friendship and commerce. ano if, under
existing treaties, the right Of travel and
sojourn.is denied to American citizens, or
recognition Is withheld from American
passports by any countries on the erouId
of race or creed, we favor the beginning
OF negotiations with the government. Of
such countries TO secure, by new treaties
the removal OF these un.i ust discyjmins-
tions.
PENSIONS.
1.-THE democracy would secure to the
surviving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions. not by AN
arbitrary executive order. but by legis-
lation which grateful people stand
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 witnessed the exatation of court
over the Acarred heroes Of many battles;
or aggrandized by executive appropriar
tons out OF the treasuries OF n PROSTATE
people In Violation Of the act OF con-
gress which hxes the compensation and
allowances of the military officers.
Merchant Marine.
I'VE denounce the shfr subsidy bill rs-
Gently passed by the United States SEN
public funds for private Purposes and q
Wasteful, Illogical and useleAs attempt tc
overcome by subsidy the distractions
growth and development Of American
commerce on the sea.
We favor the urbuiding Of q mer-
burdens upon the people and without
bounties from the pubic 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 tie republican party for
its continuous and sinister encroach-
ments upon the spirit and operation Of
civil service rules, whereby ii has arbt.
trarily dispensed with examinations Tor
office in the interest of tavorites and
employed all manner of devices to over
which the civil service was established
Condemnation OF PoDyggmNs
I'VE demand the determination Of po-
lXEamy within The jurlsdict1on CT the
United states and the complete sepaI2-
tion Of church and state in political afA
We congratulate cur western cjtizens
upon the passage OF the measure known
Al the NeWlands irrigation act for the
irrigation and reclamation Of the arid
lands OF the west--a measure framed by |
q democrat, passed in the senate by q
non partizan vote and passed in the house
against the opposition Of almost all the |
republican leaders by vote the major. |
ity OF which was democratic. We call at
n fhiO AarnnNTaftr mo
Ing automatically throughout ali time
f4Ither of q he
arid west capable Of reclamation Is ac.
complished reserv1ng the lands reclaimed |
io' enaTns m ana ano asd
evidence OF the policy Of domestic devel.
opnent contemplated by the democratic
party should 1t be placed In power.
JmpeF1RBlshn.
1--WE favor the preservation, 30 far Or
We can, of an open door for the world |
commerce In the orient without unneces. /
eary ENHANCEMENT IN the oriental and
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment anywhere within our jurtsdic-
t1on. We oppose as 5ervently. AZ did
irresponsible, discretionary. and vague
absolutism and IL policy Of colonial ex-
plo'tation, nc matter where or by whom
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, that |
no government has right to make one
set Of laws for those at bone and an
ether and different set of laws, abso-
lutte In their character, for those In tho
colonies AL men under the AmericaF |
nag are entitled to the protection Of the /
institutions whose emblem the flag is. Is
they are inherently unfit for those 1nsti.
tions then they are inherently unfit to be
members Of the American body polite
Wherever there may exist q people tn
capable OF being governed under Amer.
tcan laws Ia cOnsOnanCe with the Amer.
acan constitution, tho territory of that
people ought not TO be part Of the Amer.
lean domain.
We insist that we ought to DO for thu
F1l1pnos what we have already done Tor I
the Cubans. And 1t 10 our intent, as soon
ls 1t can be done wisely ana safely for /
the Filipinos themselves, and after alnica-
naval stations, coaline stations and trade
relations, and upon suitable guarantees
Of protection to all national and interna. /
tional interests. to settle the people 0pon
their feet, free and independent. to work ,
out their own destiny.
The endeavor Of the secretary Of war
by pledging tho governments indorse-
ment. for promoters in tho Philippine
islands, to make tho United States @ part |
OeT In speculative 0YDlOft0t ton Of tht