Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-11
DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM

(IOnllnueQ FROM rage IWO.D
Adams that no government has a
right to make one set of laws for
those at home" and another and diff.
ferent set OF laws, absolute in their
character, for those lin the colonies
All men under the American flag
are entitled to the protection OF the
institutions whose emblem the flag is,
If they are inherantly fit to be
members Of the American body poll
tic wherever there may exist people
incapable Of being governed under
American laws in connection with the
American domain. We insist that we
ought to do for the Filipinos what we
have done already for the Cubans, and
it is our duty to make that promise
now, and upon a suitable guarantee
OF protection to the citizens of our
own and other countries resident
there at the time of our withdrawal
set the Filipino people upon their
feet, free and independent to work
out their own destiny.
The endeavor of the secretary 81
war, by pledging the governments en-.
dorsement for promoters in the
Philippine Islands to make the Unit,
ed States a partner in the speculative
legislation of the archipelago, which
was only temporarily held up by the
opposition Of democratic senators in
the last session of congress will, il
successful lead to entanglements
from which 1t will be difficult to es,
tablish a remedy.
Trusts and the Tariff.
The democratic party has been and
will continue to be. a consistent OPP
ponent of that class of tariff legisla-
tion by which certain interests have
been permitted, through c~ongression-
al favor. to draw heavy tribute from
the American people. This monstrous
perversion of those equal opportuni-
ties which our political institutions
were established to secure, has caused
what may once have been infant in
dustries to become the greatest com.
b%inations Of capital that the world
have ever known. These especial fav-
orites Of the government have,
through trust methods, been convert
ed into monopolies thus bringing to an
end domestic competition, which was
the only alleged check upon the ex-
travagant profits made possible ~ the
protective system. These industrial
combinations by the financial assist
ance they can give, now control The
policy of the republican party.
We denounce protection as ROBBERY
of the many to enrich the few, and
We favor a tariff limited to the needs
of a government economically admin
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eliminate against any industry, class
Or section, to the end that the bur
dens of taxation shall be distributed
as equally as possible.
We favor a revision and gradual re-
duction Of the tariff by the friends of
the masses and for the commonwealth
and not by friends of its abuses. in ex-
tortions and its determinations. keep
ing in view the ultimate end of
equality of burdens and equality of
opportunities and the executional
purpose of raising reyenu by taxa
tion, towit. the support of the federal
government in all its integrity and vi.
rilty, but in simplicity.
We demand an enlargement Of the
powers. of Interstate commerce com
mission, to the end that the travelling
public and shippers of this country
may have prompt and adequate relief
for the abuses to which they are sub
jected In the matter Of transportation.
We demand strict enforcement Of the
existing civil and criminal statutes
against all such trusts, combinations
and %monopolies and we demand the
enactment of such further legislation
as may be necessary to effectually
suppress them.
Any trust OF unlawful combination
engaged in Interstate commerce
which Is monopilizing any branch Of
business or production should mol be-
permitted to transact business out
side or the state Of Its origin. When
ever 1t shall be established In any
court OF competent Jurisdiction that
such monopolization exists, such pro.
hibition should be enforced through
comprehensive laws to be enacted on
the subject.
Arid Lands and Domestic Develop
ments.
We congratulate u western citi.