The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-10

any Legitimate excuse when the ie.
4 publican party had ior a decade been
in complete control cf the federal gov
ernment furnishes additional proof
! tnat IL Is either unwilling or incom-
petent TO protect the interests of the
general pubic, Il has 50 linked the
country TO Wall street that the sins Of
the spectators are visited upon the
whole peoGie. While trying TO rescue
the wealth prOdpcors from spoliati0n
at the hands Of the stock gamblers
and Spectators in farm products, Il
has deposited treasury f1nds. without
interest and without competition. IN
fayorite banks. II has used an emer-
gency for which % is largely responsi.
bic 10 force through congress bill
changing The basis of bank currency
and inviting market manipulation, anil
has failed TO give to the fifteen inil-
lion depositors of the country protec-
ton in their savings.
We believe that insofar as the reeds
OF commerce require an emergency
currency, such currency should be is
sued controlled by The federal govern
ment and loAaed on adequate security
10 national and state banks.
We pledge ourselves TO legislation
under which the national banks shaN
be required to establish a guarantee
fund, prompt payment of the depos-
itors of any insolvent national bank,
under a suitable system which shal.
be available TO all state banking n
stitutions wishing to use IT,
We favor a postal savings bank .i
the guaranteed bank cannot be Sc
cured and that il be constituted so as
to keep the deposited money in the
communities where it is established
But We condemn the policy Of the re-
publican party in providing postal saw
ings banks under a plan OF conduct
by which they VIII aggregate the e
pOsits I'm rural communities and re-
deposit The same while under govern
ment charge in the banks in Wall
street. thus depicting the circulating
medium OF the depositing regions and
aaiustly fayoring the speculative ele.
ments.
Misuse Of Patronage.
We condemn as violation of the
spirit OF Our institutions, the action OF
the present chief executive in using
The patronage OF his high office TO Sc
cure the nomination of one Of his cab
met officers. A forced succession in
the presidency is scarcely less re-
pugnant to public sentiment than Is
life tenure in that office No good
intention on the part Of the executive
and the virtue IN the one selected can
justify the establishment of a dynasty
The right OF the people to freely Sc
lect their officials is inalienable and
cannot be delegated.
Protection Of American Citizens.
We pledge ourselves to insist upon
the just and lawful protection of on
citizens at home and abroad, and TO
use all proper methods to secure for
them whether native born or natural
lied and without distinction OF race
or creed the equal OF law and the en-
iayment OF all rights and privileges
open 10 them under our treaty; and
II, under existing treaties the right OF
travel and sojoun is denied to Amer.
lean citizens or recognition Is with.
held from American passports by any
countries or creed we favor promp
negotiations with governments Of such
country to remove unjust discrimiam
tons.
AA AhAl'AA wv AhN Not AA - AAAs
passport issued by the
government OF the United States to an
American citizen snall be proof of the
fact that he is az American citizen
and shall entitle him TO the treatment
due him as such.
Waterways.
Water furnishes the cheapest means
of transportation and the national gov
ernment, having control OF navigable
waters should use them to their full
lest capacity. We earnestly favor the
adoption of a liberal ant
plan for improving ey-
cry water course in the Union, which
Is justified by the needs of commerce
and 10 secure thai end we favor when
the connection OF the grca;
lakes with the nayigable rivers and
with the gulf through the Mississippi
river and the navigable rivers with
each other, and Ihe rivers, bays ard
sounds of our coasts with each otner
by artificial canals with a Wow 10 per
fecting Z. system of inland WATERWAYS
10 se navigated By vessels of stand
ard dganght
We favor the coordination OF the
various services of the government
connected with waterways, in ona
service Tor the purpose of aiding in
the completion of such a system of in
land waterways; and We favor the ere
alton of fund ample for continuous
work which shall be conducted under
the direction Of a commission of eX.
perts TO be authorized by the law.
We condemn the experiment In im-
perlalism as an iueXcusable blundsf
which has involved us In an enorni-
ous expense brought as weakness In
stead of strength anG laid our nation
open 20 the charge of abandoning a
doctrine Of self-g0vern-
nent we iayoi an Immediate daclara
ion oi The nations purpose io recos
aize The Independence of the Philip
pine islands as soon as a stable gov.
eminent can be established, such 20 y
arnmept to be guaranteed by us as
We guarantee the independence 81
Cuba under the neutralizaf,lf of the
Islands can be secured hy treaty with
other powers. In recoHlizing the in
iepeadenee Of the philippines our GOV
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