The Penn's Grove record., 1906-09-07
Y GREAT SPEECH.
Democratic Principles Outlined.

Square Garden, New York, August 30,
contained the principles upon which the
the next democratic campaign will be
fought with him as a candidate. Be
low are the pointed sayings which
caught the crowd.
ABOLITION OF WAR
The first message that 1 bring from
the Old World is a message of peace.
To take the lead in such a movement
international peace treaty would esta-
blish our position as a world Power
in the the best sense Of tie term.
We may not only promote peace, but
also advance Il commercial interests
by announcing as u national policy
that our navy will not be used for the
collection of private debts.
FREEDOM FOR PHILIPPINES
Our nation has lost prestige* \ \ \ by
u experiment in colonization.
We should lose no time in announc-
ing our purpose to deal with the Flip
mos as we deal with the Cubans.
Self government, with ultimate indie
pendence, must be assured.
FAULTS OF CONGRESS
In several of the nations of Europe
the legislative department of govern
ment is more quickly responsive to
public sentiment than is III Congress.
x X Even the desire to find ways for
spending the revenues = 4 + cannot
wholly account for the reckless extrav-
agance of recent Congresses.
L return more convinced than before
Of the Importance Of a change in the
method of eiecting United States Senat-
ors.
1 am within the limits of the truth
when / say that the Senate has been
for some years the bulkWark of predat-
DRY wealth.
CAPITAL AND LABOR
The people will sooner or at rdemand
an amendment to the Constitution
which will authorize an income tax.
1t is little short of a disgrace to our
country that it cannot compel wealth
to bear its share of the expenses of the
government which protects it.
In advocating arbitration l believe
that we are defending the highest in
terests of the employers, the employees
and the public.
The strike, the only weapon of the
employe at present, is a ~two-edged
sword.
Government by injunction is an at
tack upon the judicial system, an ought
to arouse an uHanious protest.
The struggle to secure an eight-hou1
day is sure to be settled in favor of the
workingman's contention.
TARIFF REFORM
tits probable that very few manufact-
uring establishments would dare to en-
ter into a trust if the President were
empowered to put on the free list ar
ticles competing with those controlled
by a trust.
One of the worst features of a tariff
levied for protection is that it fosters
the idea that men should use their votes
to advance their own financial inte--
ests.
The high tariff has long been a bur
den to the consumers in the United
States, and it is growing more and
more a menace to our foreign COM
merce.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
l have already reached the conclu-
sion that railways partake so much of
the nature Of a monopoly that they
must ultimately become public pro
perty.
L prefer to see only the trunk lines
operated by the Federal Government,
and the local lines by the several State
governments.
The United States mail is increasing
so rapidly that we shall soon be able to
pay the interest on the cost of trunk
lines out of the money which we now
pay to railroads for carrying through
mails.
TRUSTS AND PLUTOCRACY
The paramount issues in the minds
of a large majority of the people is the
trust issue.
No party can exterminate the the
trusts so long as it owes its political
success to trust contributions.
Our motto must be, "a private mon
opoly is indefensible and intolerable."
South Jersey News.
New JERSEYS $40, 900 Silver Service for
presentation to the new battleship New
Jersey is now ready for delivery. 1t is