The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-08-17


Shall the tariff never be revised
vita the consent and under the di.
rection of its beneficiaries-by
"the friends of it's abuses, lis ex
tortions and determinations
shall it be revised in a judicial
spirit by "the friends of the masses
and for the common wealP"
I1I-CURB THE TRUSTS
Shall monopolies like the Beef
Trust, controlling universal necess.
aries of life, continue to receive
the protection of a sheltering tariff,
and enjoy still longer indulgence
in the non. enforcement of anti
trust laws by reason of their enor-
nous contributions TO party cam.
paign funds and their potential in
anence with party lesdersP
IV-THE ABUSE OF POWER.
Shall the action of the President
of Kidding himself of the one sue.
cessful trust prosecutor in order to
placate the corporations-in max
ing his former private SECRETARY
and head of the Department of
Commerce a campsign-fund solioi
tor from the very corporations he
was appointed to diligently in.
vestigate"-in appointing a rail
road corporation official Secretary
of the Navy. and political agent
of the Southern Pacific Railway to
the head of the department of
supervisor and curb corpora
tions TALL to aid his own cam.
paign )-shall this "surrender of
the Rough Rider" be approved by
the people?
N-No CORPORATION RULE
Shall the rule of corrupt cor
poratious in politics and their oon
trolling influence in government
be further enlarged and confirmed
by continuing in power a party
closely allied with them by the
granting of special privileges in
the tariff, by the election of cor.
poration agents to Congress and to
State Offices, and through the re-
construction of the Cabinet to
meet their views?
Vl-sToP THE ExTRAvAGANCE.
Shall We continue a policy of
reckless extravaganza, as evidenced
by the expenditure of more than
81 100000 during the last four
years or shall we return to a reas
enable economy?
V1I-oHEoK THE CORRUPTION.
Shall corruption bred of too long
lease of power, as instanced in
the half disclosed postal frauds, in
the land Office scandals, in the pen.
sion abuses, in the sale of offices
and negotiation of corrupt public
contracts by Senators Dietrich and
Burton. in the purchase of a seat
in the Senate by the Democrat W.
A. Clark, ratified by Republican
Senators, and in the ascendapoy
and executive recognition of note
rious corruptionists and profession
al spoilsmen, be condoned and oor-
tinuedp
VIII-No BIG STICK" BLUsrER
Shall the attitude of the United
States toward foreign nations be
that of bully with big stick"
and a chip on his shoulder, or
shall we return to the policy of
Washington and Jefferson
peace and friendship with all
nations, entangling alliances with
none"-minding our own business
aud expecting other nations to do
the same?
lA-wHAT WILL THE FILIPINoS DO
TO Us2
Shall we continue the malevo-
lent effect upon ourselves of SO
called benevolent assimilation"
in the Philippines until it is too
late to withdraw from that deplor.
able and American adventure
in Asistic which be
comes all the more dangerous the
more we impose upon them the
veneer of our civiliz .tion-and
until the hybrid and fcrever alien
races of those islands shall be in
corporated into our body politics,
to cast the die in our N4tionsl
Conventions, as the delegate from
Hawaii did at Kansas City in 1900;
to participate in our elections, to
sit in our Congress and eventually