Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07
M ESAPns have gained in labor

disputes.
 The fact if that all our citizens without respect to station or occupa ton in life, have genuine respect for the courts and desire to maintain their integrity.
 The charge that the courts are being assaiied is simply made for the pur. pose of diverting attention from the real issue. Heretofore it has not been considered treason or an unwarrant. able attack upon the honor of the courts to define their jurisdiction, pre- scribe their procedure, restrict their processes and generally to fix the bounds within which judicial func. lions shall be exercised.
 It 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 right to throw addition al 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 United States, through the legisla- tive branches of their government, may determine. This Democratic con. yention must formally and unequivo- eally pledge itself to such legislation as will prevent the writ of injunction from being converted into an instru- ment of oppression.
 Self Government Sacred.
 We have something to do in this con- vention besides pointing out evils and taking the Republican party to task for the part it has played in creating and perpetuating abuses. Democracy is once more called to the front to bat tie for the sacred principles of self government. It must wage an uncom- promising war for the return of the government to the hands of the people, and this means that the phalanx of special interests must be broken. The triumph of the people can come only through the Democratic party, for the life of its chief political opponent is so absorbed into the artificial life of the monopolies and trusts that it ex- cludes the hope that the Republican party will ever be able or willing to regain a separate existence where it can honestly discharge its duty to the people.
 With the power and opportunity to carry out Democratic principles, 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 Republic an party also stands for tariff reform.
 The Democratic idea is that where the tariff enables the trusts to main- tain a system of extortion the duty should be removed from all trust made goods, so that competition from abroad may compel reasonable prices to our own people. There is vast difference between the protection of American industries and the protec- tion of criminal monopolies.
 The expenses of our government, even when most economically admin istered, will always require substan- tial tariff rates, for the customs duties will always be our chief source of revenue. The amount and distribution of these rates must always be deyel- oped along equitable lines, keeping in view the greatest happiness to the greatest number and particularly with holding the shelter of the tariff from those who use 1t, not for legitimate self protection, but for the criminal purpose of extorting the last dollar from the American consumer.
 Corrupt Use of Money.
 The corrupt use of large sums of poney in political campaigns is large. ' responsible for the subversion of the peoples will at the polls. The masses are awakening to a 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 citl- zens may know whether a political party has purchased it's way into office or has won its victories by honest means.
 In the Chlc- go convention a minori- ty report of the committee on resolu- tions containing a declaration in favor of publicity was overwhelmingly de. feated upon a roll call of the conven- ton, and the Republican party placed itself squarely upon record fin favor of concealing the names of the contribu- tors and the amounts of their sub scrlptions. By a vote of 5 to in the committee and a vote of more than ten to one in the body of the eonven. tion they confessed their guilt. They thus admitted the charge so frequent. ly made by our party that Republican sgccess in the past has largely de- pended upon the vast sums of money collected from the great monopolies of the country and corruptly used in the conduct of its campaigns. Let the voters of tais country seriously con slider whether the refusal of the Re