The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-24

Il president and vice president of the
United States or of any member of
the congress thereof.
We denounce the action of the Re-
publican party, having complete con-
troll Of the federal government, for
its failure to pass the bill, introduce
ed in the last congress, TO compel the
publication Of the names Of contri-
butors and the amounts contribute
ed toward campaign FUNDS and point
to the evidence Of their inconsis-
tency, when they set out by an abso~
lutely irrelevant and impossible
amendment to defeat the passage Of
the bill. For evidence or their intcn-
ton to conduct their campaign in the
coming contest with vast sums Of
money wrcsted from favor-seeking
corporations, we call attcndtion to
the fact that the recent Republican
national convention 1T Chicago re-
fused, when the plank was presented
to it, to declare against such practi-
ces.
We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment of Il law preventing
any corporation contributing to a
compaign fund and any individual
from contributing an amount above
Il reasonable maximum and providing
for the publication before election Of
all such contributions above Il reason
able minimum.
Panama Canal.
We believe the Panama canal will
prove of great value to our country
and favor it's speedy completion.
The Rights of States.
Believing with Jefferson in "the
support of the State governments in
all their rights as the most compet-
: ent administration for our domestic
concerns and The surcSt bulwark
h against anti-rcpublcan tcndencies,'
and in "thc preservation Of the gen
/ cral government in lis whole consii-
tutioual vi"or. as the sheet anchor Of
our peace at home and the safety
abroad,' we arc opposed to the cen
tralization implied in those suggcs-
tionS, now frequently made. that the
powers of ihc general government
should be extended by judicial con-
struction. There is no twilight zone
between the nation and the State in
which exploiting interests can take
refuge from both and it is as ncccs-
sary that the federal government
shall exercise the powers dclcagted to
it as it is that the State governments
shall use the authority reserved 10
them; but we insist that federal re-
medies for the regulation Of inter-
state commerce and for the preven-
iton of rivate monopoly shall be adj
ded t. OF substituted for-Statc
remedies.
Economy In Administration.
The Republican congress in session
just ended has made appropriations
amounting to $1,008,000, exceeding
the total expenditures of the past fis-
cal year by $990,000,000 and leaving
a deficit Of more than SEC, 100000
/ for the fiscal year. We denounce the
!. needless waste of the peoplc's s money,
:. which has resulted in this appalling
increase, as n shameful violation Of
all prudent conditions of government,
as no less than a crime against the
millions of working men and women
from whose earnings the great pro-
portion of these colossal sums must
be cXtortcd through excessive tariff
eXactions and other indirect methods
1t is not surprising that, in the face
of this shocking record, the Republic
can plat form contains no reference
to economical administration or
promise thereof in The future. We
demand that stop be put to this
frighiful extravaganza and insist up
on tnc strictcst economy III every de-
partmcnt compatible with frugal and
efficient administration.
Natural Resources.
We repeat he dcmand for internal
development and for the cunScrva-
Gion Of our natural resources con-
tanned i, PREVIOUS plat forms. the cn-
forcemcnt Of which Mr.. Roosevelt
has vain!y sought from reluctant
party, and to that end we ensist up
on the preservation, protection and
replacement Of needed forests, the
preservation Of the public domain for
home seekers, the protection OF the
natural resources in lumber, coal,