The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-07-18

OF modification Of the praso..
relating to injunctions, and wa ent Law
ate the pledge Of our nationa,r elter.
forms Of 1896 and 1904 in favoa' plat.
measure which passed the III VI the
states senate In 1896, but which nited
publican congress has ever s;. re-
fused to enact. relating to contan re-
federal courts and proyidinp fenipt IN
by jury In cases of indirect co nuI TRIAL
Questions Of judicial practioa enpt
arisens especially in connectios nave
Industrial disputes. We deem tbn. With
ties to all judicial proceedings a !, par
be treated with rigid impartisli+sSah should
that injunctions should not he i IT,. and
in any cases in which in ,sSsoea
would not issue If no industry 'lons
pute were involved. 'oi Dis
The expanding organization Of ;ra
try makes 1t essential that there al. aluus-
be no abridgment Of the right Of 1 wau
earners and producers to organiy" se-
the protection OF wages and the IL; ior
provement OF labor conditions 10 IN !.
end that such labor organizations ule
their members should not be regar alu
as illegal combinations in restrsi aaued
trade. 'iiit Of
We favor the eight-hour dav ~
government works. vi all
We pledge the democratic nart,.
the enactment Of a law by conpross 10
far as the federal Jurisdiction evt as
for a general employers liabilitV e Gnu
ering injury to body or loss of liz .ov
employees. We pledge the demoorvo.of
party to the enactment of a law cr rauc
ing a department of labor, represan ea.,
separately in the presidents cah; h'ea
which department shall inclnda =.
subject of mines and mining. ule
Merchant Marine and Navv
We believe in the upbuilding -
Americas merchant marine witboU vi
new or additional burdens unon tp'
people and without bounties from t tlle
public treasury. ''o
The constitutional provision that
navy shall be provided and maintains
means an adequate navy and we he
lieve that the interests of this countr,
would be best served by having navv
sufficient to defend the coasts of tbis
country and protect American citizens
wherever their rights may be in Icons
ardy. 'O'p-
The platform further declares ;,
favor OF rigid enforcement of civil ser.
vice; favors a generous pension svs-
tenn; national health bureau: income
tax; extension of agricultural mechan.
ica1 and Industrial educations; popuar
election of senator's; Improvement of
waterways and federal aid for most.
roads; regulation of telegraph and tel.
ephone lines, placing them under direc.
ton of the interstate commerce com.
mission; conservation of natural re-.
sources; application of public land
laws to Hawaii; admission of Alaska
and Porto Rico as territories; an i'm
mediate declaration Of the nations
purpose to recognize the Independents
Of the Philippine islands as soon as a
stable government can be established
such independence to be guaranteed bv
us as we guarantee the independence
of Cuba, until the naturalization Of the
islands can be secured by treaty with
other powers.
We favor full protection, by both ma.
tional and state governments within
their respective spheres, of all foreign
ers residing in the United States under
treaty, but we are opposed to the ad-
mission of Asiatic immigrants who can
not be amalgamated with our popula-
ton, or whose presence among us
would raise a race issue and involve
us in diplomatic controversies with
Oriental powers.
Conclusion.
The democratic party stands for de-
mocracy, and the republican party has
drawn to itself all that is aristocratic
and plutocratic.
The democratic party is the cham.
pion Of equal rights and opportunities
to all; the republican party is the
party of privilege and private monop-
oily. The democratic party listens to
the voice of the whole people and
gauges progress by the prosperity and
advancement of the average man; the
republican party is subservient to the
comparatively few who are the bene
ficiaries of governmental favoritism
We invite the cooperation of all, re-
CARELESS of. previous political affiliaton
or past difference, who desire to pre-
serve a government of the people, by
the people and for the people, and who
favor such an administration of the
government as will insure, as far as
human wisdom can, that each citizen
shall draw from society a reward COM
with his contribution to the
welfare of society.