Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-22
c,ous beginning OF a great career.

cious beginning or q great career.
We demand fol
AIsska and Porte the people ef Aiasks
Rico. and Porto Rico the
i>ii enjoyment OF
the rights and pri, Neges OF q terri.
torial form OF govern ment The on.
cials appointed to adm mister the gov
eminent OF all our teri Tories and the
District OF Columbia sh Guild 10 thor.
oughly qualified by previous bona doe
residence.
We fav,or the sp-
Hawaii. plication vi princi.
pies OF land laws Of
the United States to our ne Wy ae-
qulred territory, Hawaii. to the end
that the public lands OF that TERRITORY
EFT OF bona fide homesteaders.
We believe IN TIE
Merchant upbuilding Of the
Marine. American and mer-
chant marine with
out new or additional burdens upon
the people and without bounties from
the public treasury.
We advocate the
Health Bureau. organization Of all
existing national
public health agencies into q national
bureau OF public health, with such
power over sanitary conditions con-
nected with factories, mines. tene-
ments. child labor and other such sub.
jects as are properly within the juris
diction Of the federal government and
do not interfere with the power OF tho
states controlling public health agen.
cies.
We believe the
Panama Canal. Panama canal win
prove OF great value
to the country. and favor its speedy
completion.
The Democratic
Nsr,'u''urs' sno party favors the CT
me tension Of agricul-
tural, mechanical
and Industrial education. We there
fore favor the esta blishment of district
| agricultural experiment stations, the
secondary agricultural and mechanical
colleges In the several states.
We favor federal
Post Roads. aid to state and To-
cal authorities In the
construction and maintenance OF post
roads.
We believe that
Foreign Patents. where an American
citizen holding n
patent In foreign country In COM
PEELED to manufacture under his patent
within certain time. similar restrio-
lions should be applied In this country
to the citizens OF subjects Of such q
country.
We favor q gener-
Pensions. GUS pension policy.
both as a matter OF
justice to the surviving veterans and
their dependents, and because II tends
TO relieve the country of the necessity
or maintaining large standing army.
y A private monopoly
Trusts- IL indefensible and In.
tolerable. We there
fore favor the vigorous enforcement of
the criminal law against guilty trust
magnates ard officials. and demand thu
enactment Of such additional legisla-
ton as may be necessary to mako 1t
Impossible for a private monopoly to
exist I'm tho United STATES. Among the
additional remedies wo specify three
hrst, law preventing a duplication Of
directors among competing corpora
lions; second, a license system which
will, without abridging the right Of
each state to create corporations, OF its
right to regulate at will foreign cor
porations doing business within its
limits. make II necessary for q manu-
featuring or trading corporation en-
gagged IA Interstate commerce to take
out federal license before 1t shall be
permitted to control as much az rs per
cent Of the product In which II deals,
the license to protect the public from
watered stock and to prohibit the con-
troll by such corporation Of more than
90 per cent OF the total amount Of any
product consumed I'm the United States,
and. third, a law compelling such
licensed corporations to sell to all pur-
chasers In all parts OF the country on
the same terms, after making due al
lowance for cost OF transportation.
The Democratic
Conclusion. party stands for
Democracy; the Re-
hoaNy hNo oihWh W llatlI
that b aristocratic and plutocratic.
The Democratic party is the cham.
pion OF civil rights and opportunities
to all; tho 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 beneh-
Charles OF governmental fayoritism.
We invite the cooperation Of all, re-
CARELESS Of previous political afllia-
lion or past differences, who desire to
preserve government of the people,
by the people and for the people and
who favor such an administration of
the governments as viii insure, as far
as human wisdom oan, that each citi-
zen shall draw from society a reward
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