The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-07-10

from the White House.
"The Chicago platform POINTS with
pride to the passage of child labor
law for the District of Colombia. Let
the Republican party go further than
the enactment of penal laws and in
the naae of humanity use its vast
energies for the removal Of the con-
ditions that are forcing our children
into the labor market. 1t is the reign
of monopoly that is emptying our
school houses and filing the sweat
shops with child labor and this same
system of monopoly is fast limiting
the opportunities, for Independent liv-
lihood among those who are forced
into the industrial field and thus it is
doubly blighting that hope of youth
which in former stages of our national
growth opened an avenue of honor
and independence to every child upon
our soil.
"The most palpable instance of the
hsincerity Of the Chicago platform is
found in it's declaration respecting the
issuance of injunedons. 1t would have
omitted all mention of it. At session
after session of congress, labor has
pleaded for relief from the abuses of
ipjunctions, but lis appeals have fallen
on deaf ears and there has been no in
dication that remedial legislation of
any character would be enacted. The
oligarchy in house and senate has de-
cided that nothing shall be done to
weaken any advantage that corpora
tons have gained in labor disputes.
1.-The charge that the courts are
being assailed is simply made for the
purpose of diverting attention from
the real issue. Heretofore it has not
been considered treason or an unwar-
rantable attack upon the honor of the
courts to define their jurisdiction, pre-
scribe their procedure, restrict their
processes and generally to fix the
bounds with which judicial functions
/ shall be exercised.
ct makes no difference whether
the courts are acting in excess of their
| jurisdiction or strictly within their
| delegated powers. In either case the
people have a right to throw additional
safeguards around human liberty.
There can be no reflection upon the
honesty of the courts in the passage of
a measure that Will confine the equity
powers of the federal judiciary within
such bounds as the people of the Uni
ted States, through the legislative
branches of their government may de-
termine. This Democratic convention
| must formally and unequivocally
| pledge itself to such legislation as
will prevent the writ of injunction
from being converted into an instru-
ment Of oppression.
"We have something to do in this
convention besides pointing out evils
and taking the Republican party to
task for the part it has played in Gre
ating and perpetraaiag abuses. Dem,
ocracy is once more called to the
front to battle for the secret principles
Of selflgovernment. 1t must wage an
JIncompromising war for theureturu of
the government to the hands of the
people, and this means that the
phalanx of special interest must be
broken. With the. power and oppOr-
tunity to carry out Democratic prin-
ciples, we will be called upon to revise
/ our tariff laws in the interests of the
whole people. This issue cannot be
disposed Of by the assertion that the
Republican party also stands for tariff
reform. Republican revision and
Democratic revision are two different
things
''The Democratic idea is that where
tariff enables the trusts to maintain a
system of eXtortion the duty should be
removed from all trust-made goods, 80
that competition from abroad N.Y.
/, compel reasonable prices to our own
| people. There is vast difference be-
tween the protection of American in
dustries and the protection of criminal
mOnopOlies.
1.-THE expense of our government,
even when most economically admin
istered will always require substantial
tariff rates, for the customs duties will
| always be our chief source of revenue.
The amount and distribution Of these
rates must always be delivered along
equitable lines, keeping in view the
greatest happiness to the greatest
number and particularly Withholding
the shelter of the tariff from those who
useGit, not for legitimate self protec-
ton, but for the criminal purpose of
extorting the last dollar from the
American consumer.
1.-THE corrupt use of large sums of
money in political campaigns is largely
responsible for the subversion of the
peoples will at the polls. The masses
are awakening to realization of the
great power of gold in contests that
ought to be determined according to
the character of nominees and the
soundness and morality of political is
sues; and there is general demand
for publicity in the collection and use
of campaign funds so that our citizens
may know whether political party
has purchased its way into Office or
has won its victories by honest means.
''In the Chicago convention a minor
ity report of the committee on resolu-
tons, containing declaration in favor
Of publicity was overwhelmingly de-
feated upon a roll call of the conven-
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