The daily sentinel., 1908-07-28
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member of the communities in which
he lives. The education of the negro
! is being expanded and improved in
J every way The best men of both
races, at the north as well as at the
south, ought to rejoice to see grow
| ing up among the southern people
an influential element disposed to
encourage the negro in his hard
struggle for industrial independence
and assured political status. The
Republican platform adopted at Chi
cago explicitly demands Justice for
all men without regard to race or
color and just as explicitly declares
for the enforcement and without res
ervation, in letter and in spirit of the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the constitution. 1t
is needless to state that l stand with
my party squarely on that plank in
the platform and believe that equal
justice to all men and the fair and
impartial enforcement of these
amendments is in keeping with the
real American spirit of fair play.
Publicity of Campaign Contributions
and Expenditures.
Another plank of the Democratic
! platform refers to the failure of the
Republican convention to express an
opinion in favor of the publicity of
contributions and expenditures in the
election. Here again we contrast
our opponents promises with our own
acts. Great improvement has taken
place under Republican auspices in
respect to the collection and expen-
diture of money for this purpose. The
old and pernicious system of levying
a tax upon the salaries of government
employees in order to pay the expenses
of the party in control of the admin
istration has been abolished by stat
ute. BY a law passed by the Repub-
lican congress in 1907 contributions
from corporations to influence or pay
the expenses connected with the cleo
ton of presidential electors or of
members of congress is forbidden,
under penalty.
"a resident of New York has been
selected as treasurer of the Repub
lican national committee, who was
treasurer of the Republican state
committee when Governor Hughes
was elected in New York and who
made complete statement within
20 days after the election, as required
by the New York law, of the contri-
buttons received by him and the eX-
penditures made by him or under his
authority in connection with the cleo
ton. His residence and the discharge
of his duties in the state of New York
subjects him to the law of that state
as to all receipts, and to all its dis
bursements. His returns will be un-
der the obligations and penalties of
the law and a mis-statement by him
or the filing of a false account will
subject him to prosecution for per-
| jury and violation of the statute. OF
course. under the federal law, he is
not permitted to receive any contri-
buttons from corporations.
"If / am elected president I shall
urge upon congress with every hope
of success. that law be passed re-
quiring a filing in a federal office of
statement of contributions filed by
! committees and candidates in elec-
tions for members of congress and in
such other elections as are constitu-
tionally under the control of con-
gress. Meantime the Republican
congress by the selection of a New
York treasurer has subjected all its
receipts and expenditures to the COM
pulsory obligation of such law.
| Charges of Extravaganza.
Our opponents denounce the Re-
publican party for increasing the
number of office $4,000 at cost of
sixteen millions of dollars during the
last year. Such denunciation is char
acteristic of the Democratic platform.
1t fails to specify in any way what
the offices are and leaves the infer
ence that the increase was resisted
by the representatives of Democracy
in congress. AS matter of fact the
net number of offices increased was
just about half the number stated !;
the increase was due chiefly to the
enlargement of the navy, the con-
stnuction of the Panama canal, the
extension of the rural free delivery
and the new offices necessary in the
enforcement of the pure food meat
inspection, railroad rate legislation,
arid land reclamation, forest preser-
walton and other measures which con-
gress passed with almost unanimous
popular approval. The Democratic
platform so far from attacking any
of the legislation specifically approx
ed much and condemns none of it
and it is, of course disingenuous to
claim credit for approving Legislation
necessary to give it effect and yet tc
denounce the expenditure.
Character and Efficiency of the
Administration.
, 'The truth is that it Is known o.
all fair-minded men that there never
has been an administration in tn,
government more efficiently conduct
ed, more free from scandal and IL
which the standard of official dut,
has been to set higher than in tn,
present Republican administration
/ which the Democratic platform ha.
thus denounced. 1t has had to NEE
the problem arising from the enor
nous expansion of government func
tions under new legislative measure.
as well as in the new dependencie.
and in the greatest constructive worl
of modern times, the Panama cana
and its members may well feel a JUS
pride to the exceptional record fol
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