Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-12

not being done. If the Democracy goes into power it will be in accordance
 with the grand antebellum record of that party to declare "all over the world that a duty authenticated pass
 port issued by the government of the United States to an American citizen shall be proof of the fact that he is an American citizen and shall entitle him to the treatment due him as such"
 It would be sincere coming from us.
 The Republican platform, to sum il all up. obeys the precept to stand pat in every respect except one, and that is one which well enough might have been left alone. The plank is the one in which, this language is used:
 We favor such congressional action as shall determine whether by special discrimination the elective franchise in any state has been constitutionally limited" followed by the promise made. in that event, to reduce south ern representation in the house O. representatives and in the electorial college. The pledge is to reduce rep resentation if it is found that the sui frage has been unconstitutionally linn ited." The only unconstitutional linn itation" would be in violation of the fifteenth amendment. because of race color or previous condition of servi tude"
 fUnconttitutionaHy aimi:edi" The adverb "unconstitutionally" is useless and fools nobody and especially when one remembers that the author Of the phrase, or at least the voice that read 1t, was the author of the old "fJ:ce bill" Whether or not the suffrage mas been internationally limited" is B matter for the courts to determine. and 8 representative of a Republican com mittee on elections in the last con gress so confessed il.
 Le. not the business interests of the country deceive itself: let those con- trolling il prepare. if Roosevelt is elected on this platform, for another period of uncertainty. unrest, business disturbance and race war in the south ern states instead Of that peace and prosperity which both races now enjoy and which has been rendered possible only by home rule and by white supEe- macy. Let the south not deceive itself either. If the Republican party was sincere il its proposition to reduce southern representation on the grounds of disfrancnisement or pretended ''un- constitutional limitation itself. it would accompany the proposition with anotheT-to-wit. the proposition to re call of tte fifteenth amendment.
 Their duplicity is shown ip this: They wish 10 maintain the fifteenth amendment, which forbids the negro for racial reasons from being disfran- onised, they would have the negro not counted as a basis of representation in the southern states. where he chiefly resides. II is not the white man. as Q white man who is injured by Q rccur- renee of the pentency of force bill days-he can and will always main tain himself in business agriculture and manufactures. Commercially and in- industrially the white man of the south will not be much more injured by this sort of agitation than northern people will be. The mercantile class would be the first to suffer, but as they owe debts to the north and buy from the north, and as nearly e. erything they sell is manufactured in the north. they would not De alone in their sufferings.
 But enough of the other party; some things about ourselves. One thing the country can rely upon-the Democracy will nominate for president a man trained in the ways of the constitution, who will not usurp legislative or judic- ial functions: who will not recklessly violate international usages even with the weakest nation, no matter how tempting the profits to be reaped by 1t; who will not keep people guessing about what he is going to do or 10 sa!, next; it is going to nominate him upCn platform ignoring dead issues ai,d dealing with the important live Issle in tones certain and unmistakable. ia voring economy of admins ration. en- forcement of honesty in the pubic service; a wise and busiress like rs- vision and reduction of the tariff by the friends of the masses and Of the commonwealth. and not be tariff bene- ficiaries and their representatives alone, a reduction of which shall aim at equality of burdens and equality of opportunities, and whose ultimate object shall be 10 raise a revenue by taxation to support the federal gov ernment in virility, in simplicity-an object to be reached in business-like common sense way with due regard to existing conditions and by steps constituting in themselves an object lesson for their own Justification ana for the justification of further reform.
 It will not falter when it comes to declaring for a reduction of tariff tax. ation on trust produced article to the point where foreign competition may enter the American market, which combines raise the price to the Amer icaR consumer to the point of extor- tion; nor will it falter in declaring for reduction where American con cerns habitually charge American con- sumers higher prices than those charged foreigners for identical arti- cles. It will come out flat-footed for amicable rather than reta'iatory trade relations with the other nat.ans Of reciprocity with Canaoa.
 the world. and especially for reuerous IL will denounce the needless and -r-r- . | -r