The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-07-11

III the committee. and a vote of more
than len to one in the body of the con-
NenIlnn they confessed their guilt.
lhe5 thus admitted the charge so fire.
qu'ui.y made by our party that Re
pnod'a an success in the past has large
~ arpended upon the vast sums of
moAr} collected from the great monop-
lie nl the country and corruptly used
In yae conduct of its campaigns. Let
The voters of this country seriously
consider whether the refusal of the
II KClublican party to disclose the
sources and amounts of its election
nnaGves is not a confession of the
dehasing and corrupt use of moneys
IN lis campaigns.
II lis eminently proper that this CON
ven'ton should define the Democratic
attitude toward the regulation of
tram portation companies and call the
at n'ion of the country to the indis-
putaGie fact that il was only after
years of Democratic effort that an
amendment was made to the interstate
commerce law authorizing the commits
slou 20 establish reasonable rates
whenever ii appeared that an exist
ins schedule was unjust and unreason-
ablo The national platforms of the
Republican party remained silent upon
tn great question for years and the
faCt that the necessary change was
advocated by a Republican president,
who succeeded only through the aid of
tn Democrats in both branches of
congress- in placing the amendment
u ,on our statute books, does not affect
the credit to which our party is en-
titled for having worked persistently
for such an enactment
Further amendment to our laws Civ
ins the federal government super
vision over the issuance of railroad
stocks and bonds is demanded.
The fixing of transportation charges
and the control of issuances of rail
road securities are inseparably con
nected with the actual valuation of
railroads. The Democratic party be-
lieyes that the first thing to do is to
secure a physical valuation of the
roads. that is valuation of the solid
rather than the liquid assets of rail
road companies. While, on the other
hand, the Republican party, on a roll
call in the convention, by an over
whelming vote, took an unequivocal
stand in favor of system of water
rates without giving the people the
benefit of meter
We search in vain for one syllable
in the Chicago platform pledging the
Republican party to retrenchment and
reforms; and it is no mere coincidence
thai has given us billion-dollar ses-
sion of congress on the eve of a ma
tional election and the possible re-
vision of the tariff.
So long as we maintain the present
method of electing United States SEN
ators we cannot hope that the upper
chamber of congress will reflect the
popular will.
.t On Ave different occasions the house
of representatives has passed con
stitutional amendment providing for
the election of United States senators
by the direct vote of the people, but
these measures have been sandbagged
in the senate by those who are deter
mined that the senate shall not be
come an integral part of our free, rep
resentative institutions.
The Democratic party will continue
to labor for the direct election of
United States senators, and it appeals
10 the voters of all America to elect
members of the different state legisla
lures who will pledge themselves to
vote for no candidate for the United
States senate that is not in favor of
this reform.
On the bosom of the Pacific will be
enacted the great commercial strug-
gles of the future, and the interests of
American commerce in connection
with the exposure of our western
shores to any hostile attack will de-
mand that the greater portion Of the
American navy shall be retained in the
waters Of the Pacific to preserve the
peace of the world.
This magnificent western country of
ours has not only proved attractive to
our own people and the other white
nations of the earth. but it has like
wise proved alluring to the brown and
yellow races of the east Some pro-
lection has been afforded by the ex-
clusion of Chinese labor. but the evil
is but half met if the immigration of
Japanese, Koreans, Hindus and other
Asiatic people be not excluded from
our shores. Not only the white toilers
of America, but all our people, with
out respect to class or residence, are
vital1y interested in this menace to our
social and industrial life from Asiastic
quarters, and if this is to remain
white mans country, immediate steps
should be taken to prevent Asiatic i'm
migration of whatsoever character.
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
Strengthening those ties of friendship