The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-08

peoples will at the polls. The masses are awakening to A realization aas.sa or the sse ought to be determined according to the character of nominees and the soundness and morality of political is- for | pu5iicity 6ii ~ in the collection and use of campaign funds so that our citizens may know whether political party won its Victories by honest means. National League.
 Tn the Chicago convention a minori- ty report of the committee on resolu- of publicity was overwheiminsiy de- feated upon roll call of the conven- tion and the Republican party placed itself ia s9uareiy upon the record in . fa. contributors. and the amounts of their
 By a vote of Ss to 1 in the commit one in the body of the convention they confessed their guilt. They thus ad- mitted the charge so frequently made in the past has largely depended upon the vest sums of money collected from the great monopoles of the country ana eorraRty used n ,s the sotls eondoS' tbIs % country seriously consider whether the refusal of the Republican party to dis- close the. sources and amounts Of its election finances Is not q confession of the depasing and corrupt use of money in its campaigns.
 An election Is a party affair and the people have a right to know before casting their votes whether campaign is being financed by tke trusts and mo- nopoiies and just exactly what innu- ences are being exerted to gain com trol.
 For 1t is not to be presumed that large appropriations for election pur-
 poses are being made from the treas uries of the corporations without an shall receive special benefits for their sins. Upon this subject the Republi- can has such contempt for the wishes of the people and its refusal to use clearly exhibits a crookedness and dis day.
 'It Is eminentiy proper that this con attitude toward the regulation of transportation companies and call the attention of the country to the indls- years of Democratic effort that an amendment was made to the interstate commerce law authorizing the commis-
 Whenever S " sHtags t appeared that an existing schedule was unjust ana unreasonable.
 The national platforms of the He- publican party remained silent upon this great question for years and the fact that the necessary change was ad-
 vocated by Republican Republican, s presiasssnt;; dss q; the Democrats in Doth brancss of Con gress in placing the amendment upon our statute books. does not affect the
 s5sds sos having sG wAISs korsa S8r BsrsK for
 such an enactment.
 "Further amendment to our laws
 giving the federal government super. stocks and bonds is demanded.
 Transportation Charges.
 The fixing of transportation charges
 rou road '1e securities Spa are inseparabiy con.
 nected with the actual valuation oL railroads. The Democratic party pe-
 lieves that the first tnlng .o oo thS h roads, that is a valuation of the soiic
 rather than tho iiguid assets or d raii-
 road companies. While on other hand;
 the Republican party on q roll calm cnli m
 the convention. by an overwnelmiHnas Has
 vote, took an unequivocai stand Tn ta- vor of a system of water rates Wlssh
 out giving the people the oenent or
 I've search in vain for one syllable in the Chicago platform pledging tns
 Republican party to retren.eanst ,neaaanee that has given us a billion dollar session ot | Congress on the eve of national etyc- | ton and the possible revision or 'ne
 'AsIst, .!so long as we maintain the pres | ant methods of eiecting United states | Senators we cannot hope that the up1
 per chamber of Congress Will rehect
 'ns sop five different occasions the | House of Representatives has past. pastsea
 constitutionai amsndsmsSnEs asS s.ptes ptosss sens | ators by the direct vote of the people but these measures have been shnse | bagged in the Senate py enote who are determined that the senatS
 Shai not become an integral part or our free, representative institutions.
 'The Democratic party will continue | to labor for the direct election of Unit | ed States Senators and it appeals to
 the voters of all Amerlfa 1S, 10 ,sg,sIatures s uho will pledge themselves 70 vote TOT no candidate for the United State sen
 ate that is not in favor oI seis tns seTSsn nsTs. ocratic party upon these great ques- lions win be made clear during tne innnending campaign, and disoalnlns
 all subterfuges 1t VII spstsm pts,,na M aarstnod. | its Voice will ring with genuine i0ve Tor humanity and the charge or insin- .-
 cerity will never be brousnr Ss1s,nrat,on o1 'h in this convention present the strong con trast between that which we here pro. | nose and that which was decieIeo ae narstiire of the Chicago platform ana
 discover. If he can. any sign gtar,nrI 2, nn ts
 warmth Not single sentlneens, ear,aie
 there to redeem it from h tne ma'era ana | Ism pSEHOdtAh8
 | through. -.
 "on tha bosom of the Pacific VIII pc enacted the mighty commereial strus Tles of the future. and the interests ot American commerce will demand tnat an adeouate naval strength pc nan tained In the waters of the Paelnc to protect our expanding commerce.
 aThis magnificient western country
 of ours has not only proved attractive to our own people and the other white nations of the earth. but 1t has like- wise proved alluring to the brown and yellow races of the east. Some protec- tion has been afforded by the exclusion of Chinese labor but the evil is but half met if the inauguration of Japanese and other Asiatic people De not also ex- cluded from our shores. Not only the white toilers of America. but all our people without respect to class or res ideiice are vitallY interested in this menace to our social and industrial life from Oreientai quarters.
 "This national convention meets at A time when the angel of peace is lowering over the entire world and the nations of the world each day are trenRthening those ties of friendship and common interest that will render war less frequent and permit man kind to turn their hands to the peace ahiA x,Y1ratIifa 0f life rather than to the