The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-10-07

Tine average selling price Of huEdred
1870. taksh pslheiP@.ls rom ms iIo ~.
cent hightr In this country than abroad
Relief from these conditions viii oniy
cratic naJtS which Stands for a wise
1 conservative and gradual change ia the
tariff laws. which win equalize the bur-
ton possible. But in making such changes
its purpose Will be 10 legislate with due
regard for the labor and capital involved
In Industrial enterprises.
The Trusts.
1t is estimated that there are in the
| United States between two and three
hundred combinations of capital and cor
porate interests, known trusts, which
der republican rule. Some OF them are
, so conducted as to be pernieiOus and
| harmful to the general interest With the
power they are able to exert they can
/ lessen competition. control prices and
! regulate to their own advantage the law
! OF supply and demand. Individual effort
4 Is helpless against such strong rivals, and
/ the natural right of all persons TO barter
\ and trade is naturally restricted.
The effort of these trusts is 10 eontroI
| or monopoliZe, and these monopolies,
| when unrestrained, seem to produce con.
| ditions which bring about strikes and dis
orders and disturb the business affairs of
the country
Local Self Government.
not as the gift of the national government.
but the legitimate outcome of the re-
serve powers of the state and of the peo-
pie is the very cornerstone of our po-
ltical structure, and the best assurance
of liberty regulated by law. 1t can only.
be maintained by strict observance of the
limitations of the federal constitution.
The de mocratic party has always resisted,
and will continue to resist, the encroach-
ment by its enemies upon the fundament-
al right of the people of the several
and should be surrendered only IN the in
terests of the people, and whenever this
power is used for selfish interests, it is
not only an abuse, but usurpation.
Arbitration.
The declaration in the ST. Louis plat
form in favor IF arbitration is one that
appeals to any sense of fairness. Nations
a abis SoatSs haSe eR0yed 10 aaIantage
lions, states have invoked its aid with
good results, and individuals frequently
have resort to 1t in adjusting questions Of
difference. The Hague tribunal repre-
senting the sentiment of Cancellation, is |
the highest practical expression of INTEL |
ligent thought on this subject The prin-
cipfes OF arbitration are the same, wheth- |
er governing in the great court of ma. |
tons or applied in the affairs of industrial |
part of the industrial system of the coun-
try, upon basis of mutual consent of all |
parties TO a controversy, would insure
more friendly relations between employ
er and employed, for the interest of the |
woringman and the employer is iden-
teal. 1t affords safe and equitable
may arise, and has been called "a rea-
sonable and natural mode of settling
such disputes The spirit of arbitration is
to the love Of lazy and order. It
Is the arbiter of peace, instead OF war, |
and makes for happiness instead of sor-
row.
The Race Issue.
All lovers of their country must depre-
cate the rehabilitation by the republican
party of a disappearing race issue, at a
time when every effort should be made to
promote rather than retard the progress
which was being made in the states
where slavery had existed, toward kind |
Ter relations between the two races. The
revival OF this issue, with all its attend
INT evils must Of necessity retard the
whose people are struggling manfully
With conditions left by the war, and Sc
iously interferes with the industrial
progress of both races.
Fraud in the Public Service.
Peculations and fraud in the public
ervice under the present administration,
specially in the post office and land de-
artments, reached such proportions that
of the evils practiced became q
lublic property. Prosecutions naturally
ollowed, but a thorough and impartial
investigation by congress, proposed and
efused by the republicans at the man.
ate, 1t Is believed, of the administrat ton. !
congress adjourned earlier than at any Z
ing session for many years, for the pur-
ose, it is believed, Of preventing further
citation of the question, and in an eff
ort to curtail expenses. 7
The Civil Service.
Offices are created and filled in pur-
rent and not to further party ambitions
nd the selfish purpose of any citizen.
[any of the hundred thousand federal
servants of all the people,
NlROrOnSlV |
ome covertly and some openly, working
nd contributing in the present campaign
arty, in defiant violation of the civil
,rvice laws, rules and regulations. Sew 10
al members of the cabinet and other Of y
,ials of the government, forsaking their G.
titles and the departments at Washing =,
N, are spending their time in making y
,aeches and using all the influence and IT.
'wer of their official positions to elect n,
Judge Parker. r
The late democratic convention and it's
indicate for presid mt have given signal at
Inhibition of mutual respect and conf =
,nce almost unprecedented in our po- 81
ieal history, and our party has re- +,
lived new inspiration and hope in its y
peal to the people, who always appre- w
ate and admire courage, character and ad
secretion in their leaders. Our candidate IL,
Is these qualities. and can be depended on
ION at all times to observe that self 4;
ntrcl in speech and action which Is so -
to safe reasoning and sound hs
dgment. pi
With undated trust In the efficiency of es
e cardinal principles of our great party, m
len applied to the practical A!ministra- du
IN of government to realize the bless in
Is of peace and prosperity for ALL and mr.
lieying that the people will correct the ~,
esent abuses of administration by a ne
ange of party in power, l await with or
the result of their Judgment at in
e polls. Very truly yours, tel
II. G. DAVIS. Dc
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