Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-09

1--WE favor the enactment aud admins.
tration Of laws, giving tabor and capital
impartiallY their Just rights. Capital and
labor ought NOT to- be enemies. Each is
necessary to tho other. Eaeh has its
tainy ne less vested no less 'sacred,
and no less .inalienabe' than the riBhts
OF capital.
American Citizenship.
"a We piedse ourselves 20 insist upon tho.
Just and taWfui protection Of our citizens
at hone and abroad. and To 1tse al proper
measures to secure for them. Nhet her
HatiSe-perl or naturalized. and without
distinction Of race or Creed the actual
protection of laws aud Che enjoyment of
all riShtS and privileges open u thca
friendship and commerce, and il. uader
existing treaties. the right ut tr5GVcI ami
sdjou"n is denied tu4Amerieau citizens. or
fs&Hs5.9H re a, 1a ~ %tdaahq Iih = taYH 9 AmG!e54l
II lae7a or ,et,si. We fI&oG The ts4,najut
scr q he eo,te s.s to %!sa saa,t u - e !
- .ie@qF;, u tia.se al 49, Il = llljn.4--5
ss"nsian.
Tho democracy would eegilre 10 the
SURVIVING. soldiers ana sailors aHq thtir
dependents g fler0Gs pen48auS.5 lot by an
arbitrary eNectfiTe 0Ete4. hd1 ~ fe8is-
ltion Which = sFatettl people ststHd
ready to ct4art.
"Ollr soldiers ana sailors who defend
With their ff1ct tfa clii~i tuition anG tire
laws have a sacred interest iG lhoir lust
share With EJs the lRniifl>l M nita WAlea
We have Witnessed the eXjttaIIuQ Of court
faVortoa, Without DISTINGUISHED scfvice
over the Scffrcd heroes u many battles.
or agSrandt1ed by executive aapropria-
items out of the treasures of a PROSTATE
people, IN violation o. the act of con
efess which fixes the compensation and
allowances of the military officers
Merch;tnt Ynriue.
ave denouhee the ship subsidy biIl re-
Gently PASSED ~ the, United states SEN
ate as an iniQuitous appropriation GS
pubic funds f9r private purposes and a
Wastoful, illogical and useless attempt to
oVere me by subsidy th.- distractions
raised lN republican legislation tn The
growth and development Of American
commerce. on the sest.
we favor the npbuildia% ef = ner-
chant marine without Hc# o. additional
burdens upon the people iad without
hounties from the public treasury.
Civil Service.
TIE democratic party stanas commit
ted TO the PRINCIPLES ot civil service re-
form. and VIC demand their honest. just
aHd impartial endorsements
"We denounce the rerub5.can parY for
it's continuous and sinister .oacrdach-
meDts upon the spirit and operation of
civil service fGtes, whereby il has arb-
trarily dispensed with examinations for
employed all manner of devices TO over
reach ana set aside the principles upon
which the civil service WAS established.
Condemnation Of raiS.any.
w G demand the eNlernllUdliOn OF pO-
lygamy within The jurisdiction Of the
United States and the complete scpara-
tion Of church and state i'll political at
We congratulate our western citizens
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
against the opposition Of almost all the
republican leaders by a vote the ajor
ity of which was democratic We call at,
tention to this great democratic measure.
broad and comprehensive as it is.' work
ing automatically throughout all time
the reclamation of all the lands in the
arid west capable of reclamation is ac-
complished, ,reserving the lands reclaimed
for homeseekers III small tracts and rigid
lv guarding against land monopoly, as an
evidence of the policy of domestic deve-
opment contemplated by the democratic
party should it be placed IN power.
imperialism.
eve favor the preservation so far as
We can. Of. an open door for the worlds
commerce ia the orient without unnecqs-
sary entanglement in the oriental and
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment anywhere within our jurisdic-
George Washington himself, an indefinite,
Irresponsible. discretionary and vague
absolutsm and a policy of colonial en-
ploitatiOn, no matter where or by whom
invoked or eXercis ID: We believe, with
Thomas jefferson and John Adams, that
no government has u right to make one
set of laws for those al home and an
other and A different set Qf laws, abso-
lutte in their character, for those 'tn the
colonies Al IL. men under the, America1
Institutions whose emblem fhe flag is if
: they are inherently unfit for those insti-
tions. then they are inherently unfit TO be
members of the American body polite.
Wherever there may exist u people in
capable of heing governed under Amer
lean laws, In consonance with the Amer
lean constitution, the territory of that
people ought not to be part of the Amer
lean domain.
I'VE insist that we ought to do for the
the Cubans. And it is our intent, as soon
as 1t can be done wisely and safely for
the Fiipinos themselves, and after amica-
BILE arrangements with them concerning
relations. and upon suitable guarantees
Of protection to all national and interna.
tional interests, to settle the people upon
their feet, free and independent. to work
out their own destiny.
"The endeavor of the secretary Of war,
by pledging the governments fndorse-
islands, to make the United States. part
ner in speculative exploitation Of the
archipelago, which was only temporarily
held up by the opposition OF democratio
,, senator's in the last session, will, If sue
cessful. lead to permanent entangle-
ment. from which It will be difficult to
Statehood for Territories.
Eve favor statehood for Oklahoma and
the Indian territory. statehood for Ari-
+ zona, statehood for New Mexico and q
territorial government for Porto Rico.
Electionl of Senators by the People.
I'VE favor the election OF United states
senators by direct vote Of the people"
COTTON BELT ROUTE