The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-11

placed itself ~squarely upon record In
favor of ~concealing the OF the
contributors and the amounts OF their
subscriptions. BY a vote Of 52 TO l
in the committee, and a vote OF more
than ten to one in the body Of the con
vention they confessed their guilt.
They thus admitted the charge SO ire
quently made by our party that Re-
publican success in the past has large
ly depended upon the vast sums OF
money collected from the great monop'
lies of the country and corruptly used
in the conduct OF its campaigns. Let
the voters OF this country seriously
consider whether the refusal OF the
Republican party to disclose the
sources and amounts Of its election
finances is not a confession OF the
debasing and corrupt use OF moneys
in it's campaigns.
1t Is eminently proper that this con-
vention should define the Democratic
attitude toward the regulation OF
transportation companies and call he
attention Of the country to the lndis-
putable fact hat it was only after
years of Democratic effort that an
amendment was made to the interstate
commerce law authorizing the commits
sion to establish reasonable rates
whenever 1t appeared that an exist
ing schedule was unjust and %unreason-
able. The national platforms Of the
Pnn,hltoo,, Dor}1y rar,oinod Ci1onf yynnn
this great question for years and the
fact hat the necessary change was
advocated by a Republican president.
who succeeded only through the aid Of
the Democrats in both branches OF
congress in placing the amendment
upon our statute books, does not affect
the credit to which our party is en-
titled for having worked persistently
for such an enactment.
Further amendment to our laws Civ
ing the federal government super
vision over the issuance of railroad
stocks and bonds is demanded.
The fixing of transportation charges
and the control of assurances of rail-
road securities are inseparably con-
nected with the actual valuation OF
railroads. The Democratic party be-
lieves that the first thing to do is to
secure a physical valuation Of the
roads, that is a valuation of the solid
rather than the liquid assets of rail-
road companies. While, on the other
hand, the Republican party, on a roll
call in the convention, by an over
whelming vote, took an unequivocal
rates without giving the people the
benefit Of a meter.
We search in vain for one syllable
in the Chicago platform pledging the
Republican party to r~etrenchment and
reforms; and it Is nc mere coincidence
that has given us a b~illion-dollar ses-
sion of congress on the w Of a ma
tional election and the possible re-
vision Of the tariff.
So long as we maintain the present
method of electing United States sen
ators we cannot hope that the upper
chamber of congress will reflect the
popular will.
On five different occasions the house
of representatives has passed a con-
stitutional amendment providing for
the election of United States senators
by the direct vote Of the people, but
these measures have been sandbagged
in the senate by those who are deter
mined that the senate shall not be-
come an integral part OF our free, rep
resentative institutions.
The Democratic party will continue
to labor for the direct election OF
United States senators, and it appeals
to the voters of all America to elect
members of the different state legisla-
lures who will pledge themselves to
vote for no candidate for the United
States senate that is not in favor OF
this reform.
On the bosom Of the Pacific will be
enacted the great commercial strug'
giles Of the future, and the interests OF
American commerce in connection
with the exposure Of our western
shores to any hostile attack will de-
mand that the greater portion Of the
American navy shall be retained In the
waters of the Pacific to preserve the
peace of the world.
This magnificent western country OF
ours has not only proved attractive to
our W people and the other white
nations Of the earth, but it has like
wise proved alluring to the brown and
yellow races of the east. Some pro
lection has been afforded by the ex
| clusion of Chinese labor, but the evil
is but half met if the immigration OF
Japanese, Koreans, Hindus and other
| Asiatic people be not excluded from
our shores. Not only the white toilers
of America. but all our people, with
out respect to class or residence. are
vitality interested in this menace to ouI
| social and industrial life from Asiastie
quarters, and If this is to remain 9
white mans country, immediate steps
| should be taken to prevent Asiatic In
migration of whatsoever character.
l. This national convention meets a
a time when the angel OF peace Is
lowering over the entire world and the
nations of the world each day are
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