The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-10

bate and we favor any further neces-
sary legislation to restrain, correct
and prevent such abuses.
1--WE favor such legislation as will
increase the power of the interstate
commerce commission, giving to it the
initiative with reference to rates and
transportation charges put into effect
by the railroad companies, and permit
ting the interstate commerce commits
sion, on its own initiative. to declare
a rate illegal and as being more than
should be charged for such service.
That the present law relating thereto
I is inadequate by reason of the fact that
! the inttstate commerce commission
/ is without power to fix or investigate a
rate until complaint has been made
to it by the shipper.
eve further declare that all agree
ments of traffic or other associations Of
railroad agreements relating to inter
state rates service or classification,
shall be unlawful unless filed with and
approved by the interstate commerce
commission
I'VE favor the enactment of a law
giving to the interstate commerce COM
mission the power to inspect proposed
railroad tariff rates of schedules before
they shall take effect and if they be
found to be unreasonable to initiate an
adjustment thereof.
Banking.
1.-THE panic of 1907 coming without
any legitimate excuse when the repub-
lican party had for a decade been in
complete control of the federal gov
eminent furnishes additional proof
that it is either unwilling of incompe-
tent to protect the interests of the
general public. 1t has so allied the
country to Wall street that the sins of
the spectators are visited upon the
whole people. While refusing to rescue
the wealth producers from spoiliation
at the hands of the stock gamblers and
spectators in farm products it has de-
posted treasury funds without inter-
est and without competition in favor
lite banks. 1t has used an emergency
for which it is largely responsible to
force through congress a bill changing
the basis Of the bank currency and In
wiling market manipulation, and has
failed to give to the 100000 deposit
tors of the country protection in their
savings.
Guarantee of Deposits.
1--WE believe that insofar as the needs
of commerce require an emergency
currency such currency should be is
sued, controlled by the federal govern
ment and loaned on adequate security
to national and state banks. We pledge
ourselves to legislation under which ma
tional banks shall be required to es-
tablish guarantee fund for the prompt
payment of the depositors of any in
solvent national bank under an equit-
able system which shall be available
to all banking institutions wishing to
use it.
We favor Il postal savings bank if
the guaranteed bank cannot be secured
and that it be constituted so as to keep
the deposited money in the communi-
ties where it is established. But we
condemn the policy OF the republican
party in providing postal savings banks
under plan Of conduct by which they
viii aggregate the deposits of rural
communities and re-depOsit the same
While under government charge in the
banks Of Wall street, thus depicting the
circulating medium of the producing
regions and unjustly favoring the spec
ulatiVe markets.
income Tax
I'VE favor an income tax as part of
our revenue SYSTEM and we urge the
submission of a constitutional amend
ment specifically authorizing congress
to levy and collect tax upon individual
ana corporate incomes, to the end that
wealth may bear its proportionate
share Of the burdens or the fed. II
government
Courts and Injunctions.
Courts Of justice are the bulwarls
of our liberties and we yield to none
in our purpose to maintain their dig
nifty Our party has given to the
bench a long line of DISTINGUISHED |
judges who have added the respect !
ana confidence in which this depart- |
ment Of our government mist be ieal- |
ousiy maintained. We resent the at
tempt of the republican party to raise |
false issue respecting the judiciary. |
It is an unjust reflection upon the great !
body Of our citizens to assume that |
they lack respect for the courts.
ut IS the function of courts to inter !
pref laws which the people create and |
If laws appear to work economic social /
or political injustice it is our duty to |
change them. The only basis unon
which the integrity of our courts can |
stand is that OF answering justice and |
protection OF life and property. # ju-
dIclal processes may be abused ana we
should guard them against abuse.
Experience proves the necessity OF !
the modification of the present law re- !
latirg to injunctions and we reiterate
the pledge Of our national platforms
of 1906 and 1904 in favor of the meas
ure which passed the United States
senate in 1886 but which a republican
congress has ever since refused to en-
act. relating to contempt of federal !,
courts and providing for trial by jury
IN cases of indirect contempt
Questions OF judicial practice have !
arisen especially in connection with
industrial disputes. We deem that par