Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

permanent currency system, responding
to our greater needs and the appoint.
ment of the national monetary commits.
sion by the present congress-, which vii
impartially investigate all proposed
ton of this purpose. The present cur
rency laws ave fully justified their
adoption, but an expanding commerce,
a marvellous growth in wealth and pop,
u%lation, multiplying the centers OF dis.
tribution, increasing the demand for
movement of crops in the west and south
and entailing. periodic changes in mo.
a more elastic and adaptable system.
Such a system must meet the require
ments OF agriculturalists. manufacturers
be automatic in operation. minimizing
the fluctuations in interest rates and
above all. must be in harmony with that
republican doctrine which insists thai
every dollar shall be based upon and as
good as gold.
Postal Savings.
We favor the establishment of a postal
savings bank system for the convent
ence Of the people and the encourage
The Trusts.
The republican party passed the Sher-
man antitrust law over democratic oppo-
sition and enforced 1t after democratic
dereliction.
1t has been a wholesome instrument for
good in the hands of a wise and fearless
administration. But experience has shown
that it's effectiveness can be strengthened
and it's real objects better attained by
such amendment as will give to the fed
eral government greater supervision and
control over, and secure greater publicity
in the management of that class of in
~terstate corporations having power and
desire to effect m~onopolies.
The Railroads.
We favor the enactment Of the railroad
rate law and the vigorous enforcement
by the present administration of the
statutes against rebates and discrimina-
tons as a result of which the, adyant-
ages formerly possessed by the large
shipper over the small shipper have sub
stantially Disappeared; and in this con-
nection we the appropriation
by the congress to raise the interstate
commerce commission to thoroughly in
Vestigate and give publicity to the ac-
counts Of interstate railroads. We be-
merce law should be further amended so
as TO give the railroads the right TO
make and publish traffic agreements sub
ject u the approval of the commission,
but maintaining always the principle OF
competition between naturally competing
lines and avoiding the common control
We favor such national legislation and
supervision as will prevent the future
over-issues of stocks and bonds by in
terstate carriers.
Railroad and Government Employees
The enactment in constitutional form at
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ployers' liability law; the passage and
enforcement of the safety appliance stat
utes, as we'll as the additional protection
secured for engineers and tiremen. the re-
duction in the hours of labor of trainmer
and railroad telegraphers: the successful
exercise of the powers Of mediation and
arbitration between interstate railroads
and their employees and the law making a
beginning in the policy of compensation
for injured employees of the government
are among the most commendable accom-
plishments of the present session. But
there is further work In this direction &c
it's continued devotion to every cause that
makes for safety and the betterment OF
conditipons among those whose labor con-
tributes so much to the proSres and well
| fare of the country.
Wage Farmers Generally.
The same wise policy which has induced
the republican party to maintain protec-
ton to American labor; TO establish ar
eight-hour day on the construction of al
public works; to increase the list of EN-
| ployes who shall nave preferred claims for
wages under the bankruptcy laws; &c
adopt a child labor statute for the District
of Columbia; to direct an investigation
into the conditions of working men, WON.
en- and children and later, of employees OF
telephone and telegraph companies en-,
gagged in interstate business; to appro-
pirate $3.50, 900 at the recent session of con.
gress in order to secure a thorough in
quiry into the causes of catastrophes and
loss of life in mines; and to amend and
strengthen the law focbidding the i'm
portation of contract labor will be pursued
in every legitimate direction within federal
authority to tighten the burdens and in.
crease the opportunity for happiness OF
all who toll. The republican party recog.
niZes the special needs of wage workers
generally, for their well being means the
we'll being of all. But more importan,
than all other considerations is that OF
good citizenship and we especially stand
o., +lo ,naIu Of AFnnrinan urhn+
ever his occupation, in his capacity as a
self-respecting citizen.
Court Procedure.
The republican party will uphold at al
times the authority and integrity of the
courts. state and federal, and will ever
insist tha their powers to enforce their
process and 70 protect life, liberty and
property, shall be preserved inviolate. We
believe, however, that the rules Of pro-
cedure in the federal courts WITH respect
should be more accurately defined by
statute, and that no injunction, or tenn,
porary restraining order should be issued
without notice, except where irreparable
injury would result from delay, in which
case a speedy hearing thereafter should
be granted.
The American Farmer.
Among those whose welfare is as vita
as the welfare of the whole country, as
that of the wage earners, is the American
farmer. Prosperity of the whole country
rests peculiarly upon the prosperity OF
agriculture. The republican party during
the last II years has accomplished an eX-
traordinary work in bringing the re-
sources of the national government TO the
aid of the farmer. Not only in advancing
agriculture itself, but in increasing the
conveniences of rural life.
Free rural mall delivery has been estab-
lished: il now reaches millions of our cit
liens and we favor its extension until
every community in the land receives the
full benefits Of the postal service: we rec
ognize the social and economic adyant-
ages of good country roads. maintained
and less and less at the expense OF the
abutting owner. In this work we com
mend the growing practice OF state aid
and we approve the efforts of the national
agricultural department, by experiments
and otherwise, to make clear to the pub.
lie the best methods of road construction,
Rights Of the Negro.
The republican party has been for more
than 30 years the consistent friend of the
American negro. 1t gave him freedom
and citizenship. IT wrote into the organic
law the declarations that proclaim his
civil and political rights and II believes
today that his noteworthy progress in in.
telligence, industry and good citizenship
has earned the respect and encouragement
of the nation. We demand equal justice
for all men without regard for race OIL
color: we declare once more and without
reservation for the endorsements of the
amendments to the constitution which
were designed for the advancement and
protection of the negro and We condemn
all devices which have for their real ain
his disfranch!sement for reasons Of color
alone. as unfair, un-Amerlcan and repug'