The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-07-16
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Alaska and Porto the people or AlaSka
Rico. and Porto Rico the
full enjoyment of
the rights and privileges of terri
torial form Of government The off,
cials appointed to administer the gov
ernment of all our territories and the
District of Columbia should be thor
oughly qualified by previous bona fde
residence.
We favor the ap.
Hawaii. plication of princt.
pies of land laws Of
the United States to our newly ac-
quired territory, Hawaii. to the end
that the public lands of that territory
may be held and utilized for the ben
eft Of bona fide homesteaders,
We believe In the
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 the
states controlling public health aRen-
cies.
We believe the
Panama Canal. Panama canal will
prove of great value
to the country, and favor its speedy
completion.
The Democratic
agricultural and party favors the ex-
se"sa' m,. tension Of agricul-
sooes''o"' tural, mechanical
and industrial education. We there
fore favor the establishment 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
patent In foreign country Is COM
PEELED to manufacture under his patent
within a certain time. similar restric-
tions should he applied in this country
to the citizens Of subjects Of such a
country.
We favor geners
Pensions. Gus pension policy.
both as matter Of
Justice to the surviving veterans and
their dependents, and because it tends
to relieve the country Of the necessity
OF maintaining large standing army.
Aprivate monopoly
Trusts. isindefensibleandin-
tolerabIe. We there.
fore favor the vigorous enforcement Of
the criminal law against guilty trust
magnates and officials. and demand the
,nactment of such additional legisla-
tion as may be necessary to make 1t
impossible for private monopoly 10
exist in the United States. Among the
additional remedies we specify tree-
first, law preventing duplication Of
directors among competing corpora
tions; second, license system which
will, without abridging the right OF
each state to create corporations. or tt8
right to regulate at will foreign cor
porations doing business within its
limits, make it necessary for manu.
featuring or trading corporation en-
gagged in interstate commerce to take
out federal license before it shall be
permitted to control as much as 20 per
cent of the product in which it deals.
the license to protect the public from
watered stock and to prohibit the con-
troll by such corporation Of more than
80 per cent of the total amount Of any
product consumed in the United States,
and, third, 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
publican party has drawn to itself all
that Is aristocratic and plutocratic.
The Democratic party is the cham
pion Of civil 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 subservicnt to the
comparatively few who are the benefi-
ciaries OF governmental favoritism.
We invite the cooperation of all. re-
gardless of previous political afiilia-
ton or past differences. who desire to
preserve 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 citi-
zen shall draw from society reward