The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-08
DEMOCRATIC
HANDBOOK
IS OUT ALREADY

Continued from First Pase.)
platform is, in fact, a contract signed
and sealed between the republican par
ty and the exploiting interests, qua
ranteeing that nothing shall be done
to free the people from graft and ex-
toTtiOn; it is an admission that the
money to carry on the campaign is to
be drawn from the System and that
means that the System will be in
control after the election. The Sys-
tenn is run on business principals, and
when 1t puts up its money to carry an
election, it is sure to be quite careful
on account of the security taken"
The Currency Law.
A resume of the currency law pass
ed by the last Congress is given,
with comment in part as follows:
Here is a bill, designed to prevent
panics like that which swept over the
land last fall. Nowhere in the bill do
you ind the slightest mention of the
cause of that and of all other pa1ics-
the distrust Of the bank depositor. II
the situation were not so serious, this
bill would be the most colossal Joke of
the century. The bill neither gives the
elastic currency OF the Canadian plan
nor the direct Government action of
the democratic plan. The machinery
so round about that nalf z dozen
panics could be well under way before
the circulating medium could get out.
But the principal fault of the bill there
Is that 1t is not honest The Govern
ment Is asked to go into partnership
with the banks. even farther into part
nership than now When the United
States Government lends its name to
an enterprise the least ii can do is to
insure that everyone dealing with that
enterprise gets fair play. If the Gov
eminent Il to cooperate in the bank
ing business, then the Government
must secure the bank depositors. If
this Is not done, then the Government
should withdraw all and meddIe no
more with banks than with grocery
stores"
On Imperialism.
On imperialism" the manual saws:
The democratic party has a plan;
the republican party has no plan that
II dares to reveal. The democratic
party deals frankly with the subject;
the republican party Is neither candid
with the American people nor with
the Fflipinos- The bTevity and ambig-
uity of the republican platform in
1fcates a desire on the part of the
republican leaders to avoid the subject |
takes the liberty of amending his plat |
form on this subject as he does on |
several others, by introducing matter |
which cannot be found in the platform. |
Or by any reasonable construction be |
ldduced from it The republican plat |
-orm SAYS nothing about independence, |
while Secretary Taft holds out the /
hope of independence, for to say that /
t is unlikely that the people will be /
-eady for independence before two |
generations must mean that they will !
liter that time be ready and ought to /
lave it. In his attempt to defend the
holding of the Philippines Ne has laid |
llmseit open to just criticism by con-
'eailng the cost of imperialism. The |
democratic platform presents the only
olution consistent with our traditions
Ind our ideals It is to declare the
lation's intention at once: this the re-
publican party has never done When
ne E1l1pinos know that they are to II
ave Independence as soon "a a stable II
government is stab-ished. thew will II
DIN US the more heartily in hasten II
ng the day of Independence. and that II
will be eaz-fv preserved II
ecause the nations of the world will i
e willing enough to join in the neu-
ral1zat1On of the islands"