Milford chronicle., 1904-07-15

laws have a sacred interest in their just
! characterization. They must, therefore,
1 rbare WITH us the humiliation with Wnlcn
I we have witnessed the eXaltation y,
court favorites, without oistlhs ulsl'es ls.'',,
/ service, over the Scared heroes OF Inalls ~
I battIes. or aggrandized by executive ap-
nronriations out Of the treasures OF
nrostrate people. in violation of the act
~ congress which fixes the compensa-
lion ana allowances of the military ON
GERS.
We denounce the ship subsidy bill re-
Gently nassed By the United States SEN
ate as an iniquitous appropriation oI pun
lie funds for private purposes anu a
wasteful. Illogical and useless attempt 70
overcome by subsidy .he Instructions
raieed nv Republican legislation to the
growth and development OF amer i'""
commerce on the sea.
We favor the up-building of a uerch-
ant marine without new or additional
burdens upon the people and without
bounties from the public treasury.
The Democratic party stands commit
ted TO the principles of civil service re-
form and we demand their honest JUST
and impartial enforcement
We denotrce the Republican party Ior
its continuous and sinister encroaeh-
mcnts upon the spirit ana operation ul
civil service rules. whereby il has ar
bitrarilv dispensed with examinations for
office In the interests OF faVorites, and en-
ploved all manner of devices to over
reach and set aside the principles upon
which the civil service was established.
We demand the determination of poly
gamy within the jurisdiction of the Unit
I'd states and the complete separation OF
church and state I'm political affairs.
We congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage of the measure known
as the Newlauds irrigation act for the
irrigation and reclamation of the arid
lands of the west-a measure framed py
"a Democrat. passed in the senate by
non-partisan vote and passed i'm the house
against the opposition of almost all the
Republican leaders by % vote, the ma
jority of which was Democratic. We call
attention TO this great Democratic meas
ure. broad and comprehensive as II Is,
working automatically throughout an
time without further action OF congress
unless the reclamation of all the lands in
the arid west capable of reclamation is
accomplished. reserving the lands re-
claimed for home seekers TN small tracts
and rigidly guarding against land mo-
nopoly as an evidence of the policy of
domestic development contemplated by
the Democratic party, should it be placed
in power.
We favor the preservation in so far as
we can of an open door for the world
commerce in the Orient without uunec-
essary ENHANCEMENT in Oriental and Eu-
ropean affairs. and without arbitrary, un-
limited irresponsible and absolute gov
ernment anywhere within our jurisdic-
tion. We oppose. as ferveutly as did
George Washington himself. an indefinite.
irresponsible, discretionary and vague alb
solutism and q policy of colonial eXploi-
tation no matter where or by whom in
Voked or exercised; We believe with
Thomas jefferson and John Adams that
no government has a right TO make one
set of laws for those "at home" and an
other and q different set OF laws absO-
lutte in their character for those 'in the
colonies. All men under the American
flag are entitled to the protection of the
institutions whose emblem the flag is if
they are inherently unfit for those insti-
tutions then they are inherently unfit to
he members Of the American body polite.
Wherever there may exist a people i'm
capable of being governed under Ameri-
can laws, I'm cousonanCe with the Amer
lean constitution the territory of that
people ought not TO be part of the Ameri-
Can domain.
We insist that we ought to do for the
what We have already done for
the CubauS And il is our intent as soOa
as il can bee done wisely and safely for
the Filipnos themselves and after annie.
able arrangements with them concerning
naval stations coalins stations and trade
relations and upon suitable guarantees
OF protection to an national and iutrrna-
tional interests to set the Filipino people
upon their feet free and independent, 10
work out their own destiny.
The cudeayor of the secretary of war
by pled2ing the governments indorse-
mrnt for promoters in the Philippine
Islands to make the United States a part
ner In speculative exploitation of the
archipelago, which was only temporarily
held up by the opposition of the Demo- 1
cratic senators in the last session will .
II successful, lead TO permanent cntan-
clement from which it will be difficult to
escape
We favor statehood for Oklahoma and /
The Indian Territory. statehood for Ari- /
zona. statehood for New Mexico and a |
territorial government for Porto Rico.
We favor the election of United States |
senator's by direct vote of the people.
Among the members of the national
are the following: Delaware. /
Richard R. Kenney; Maryland. L. Vic
or Baughman; New Jersey. William |
B. Gourley; New York, Norman E.
Mack; North Carolina. Josephus Dan
els; Pennsylvania, James NJ. Gudey;
West Virginia, John T. McGraw.