Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-07-08

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record In favor OF concealing the
names Of the contributors and the
amounts Of their subscription, by
vote of 80 to 1. in the committee, and
by vote of more than 10 to / in the
convention they confessed their guilt.
They thus admitted the charge so
freouently 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 mo
nopolies of the country and corruptly
used in the conduct of its campaigns.
Let the voters of this country serious
" consider whether the refusal of the
Republican party to disclose the
sources and amounts of its election
finances is not a confession of the de-
basing and CORRUPT use of money in its
campaign.
1t is eminently proper thai this con
yention should define the Democratic
attitude toward the regulation of
TRANSPORTATION companies, and call
the attention of the country to the in
| disputabIe fact that il was only after
years of Democratic effort that an
amendment was made to the inter
state commerce law authorizing the
commission TO establish reasonable
lratgs whenever it appeared that an
lexistiug schedule was unjust or I'M
reasonable. The national platforms
! OF fine Renublican marty remained
/ silent upon this great question for
years. and the fact that the necessary
I change was advocated by a Republi-
can 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 effect the credit To which our
marty is entitled for having worked
: persistenfIv for sucb an enactment.
J Further amendment to our laws giving
| the federal government slIperyision
over the issuance of railroad stocks
/ and bonds is demanded.
| The fixing of TRANSFORMATION charges
! and the control of issuances of rail
road securities are inseparably CON
Injected with the actual valuation of
railroads. The Democratic party he
llieVes the first thing to do Is tn So
cure a physical valuation of the roads.
that is a valuation of the solid rather
than the LIQUID assets of railroad com.
panies. While, on the other hand
the Republican marty. on a roll call
in the convention, by an oyerwheIm-
ing vote took an uneulivocaI stand in
favor Of a system OF water rates
without giving the people the benefit
Of a meter
We search in vain for one syllable
lin the Chicago platform pIedging' the
Republican party to retrenchment and
reform and il is no mere coincidence
that has given us a billion dollar ses-
sion Of congress on the eve of a ma
tional election. and the possible re-
vision of the tariff.
=, So long as we maintain the present
method of selecting United States.
senators we cannot hope that the up
Iper chamber of congress will reflect
line popular will On five different oc-
Icasions the house of representatives
has passed a constitutional amend
ment providing for the election of
United States senators by the direct
vote of the people. but these meas
ure5 have been sandbagged in the
senate by those who are determined
that the senate shall not become an
Integral part of our free rerresenta-
tive institutions.
The Democratic party will continue
to labor for the direct election OF
United States senators, and it appeals
to the voters of America to elect