The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-08

processes and generally to nx the bounds within which Judicial functions shall Dc exercised.
 Tt makes no difference whether the s1Hs ass ss'ins Cr ssrdey a ~hiS Sf ss sr delegated powers In either case the eafeguards around human liberty. honesty of the courts in the passage of q measure that will confne the equity powers of the Federal judiciary within sss ssss.s ssua' ss the psoRs of as Tive branches of their government may de- termine. This Democratic convention must formally and unequivocally pledge nsnt sss s Ss sa of a from w bsns converted Into an instrument of op-
 Battle for Principles.
 We have som mething to do In this convention besides pointing out evils and taking the Republican party to task for the part It has played in ere ating and perpetrating abuses. De- to battle for the sacred principles of self government, It must wage an un- compromising 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.
 Nor has the constructive work of the Democratic party been confined to the earlier periods of our nations his- tory. Tn recent years our party has given signal proof of it's ability to grasp the opportunity of building up an Independent policy of developing the natural resources of America and con- verting them to the use and benefit of all that will share in their blessings
 This policy of domestic development was strongly urged in former Demo- cratic national platforms and so earn sstly advocated by Democratic mem bers In both Houses of Congress stands in brilliant contrast with the imperial policy of the Republican party In the exploitation of distant territory for the beneft of favored few. Witness the beneicent opposition of national irri- Democrats in Congress. Is 1t not the Democratic party today that Is leading the hght for the Improvement of our interest and waterways along compre- hensive and scientific linesf
 The last Republican Congress turn ed q deaf ear to the appeals of the President to appoint commission to examine and report on the subject. The opposition of the Republican party to ing our natural wealth in the interest of whole people had It's origin in that unholy alliance between the Republic can party and the land transportation nonQpolies of the country.
 with the power and opportunity to carry out Democratic principles. we will be called upon to revive our tariff laws In the interests of the whole peo- pie. This issue cannot be disposed of by the assertion that the Republican party also stands for tariff reform. Re- publican revision and Democratic re- vision are two different things
 The Democratic idea is that where the tariff enables the trusts to maintain q system of extortlon the duty should be rem owed from all trust-made goods, so that competition from abrosd may compel reasonable prices to our own people. There Is vast difference be- dustries and the protection of criminal monopiles.
 The expenses of our government, sven when most economically admin istered will always require substautial tarln rates, for the customs cuties will always be our chief source of revenue.
 ~The distribution of tariff rates must always be established with special ref arence to expenditures of government, keeping in view the greatest good to the greatest number and prohibit the conversion of the tariff into an accom- plice of monopoly In the robbery of the American consumer.
 The Democratic idea is that coliec- tion of sufficient revenue to meet the necessities of the government must be a basis for tarin regulations, and the Republican policy of excluding eompe- titfon by a tax on the American con- sumner which requires him to pay great CT prices at home than are demanded abroad, is a pernicious use of the tax ing power and a manifest injustice to our own people"