The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-07-16

campaign. In order that this practice
shall be stopped for all time, we de
mand the passage of a statute punish
ing with imprisonment any officer OF a
corporation who shall either contribute
on behalf of. or consent to the contrl-
button by, a corporation of any money
or thing of value to be used in further
ing the election of a president or 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 introduced in
the last congress to compel the publ
cation of the names OF contributors ana
the amounts contributed toward cam
paign funds. and point to the evidence
of their insincerity when they sought
by an absolutely irrelevant and impos-
sible amendment to defeat the passage
of the bill AS further evidence OF
their intention to conduct their cam
paign in the coming contest with vast
sums of money wrested from favor
seeking corporations. we call attention
to the fact that the recent Republican
national convention at Chicago refused
when the plank was presented to IT to
declare against such practices.
We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment Of q law preventing any
corporation contributing to a campaign
fund and any individual from contrib
utIng an amount above a reasonable
maximum and providing for the publ
cation before election of all such con-
tributions above reasonable mini
mum
Rights OF the States.
Believing, with jefferson, in the
support of the state governments in
all their rights as the most competent
admin istration for our domestic con-
Germs and the surest bulwark against
Republican tendencies" and in
the preservation of the general gov
eminent in its whole constitutional
vgor as the sheet anchor of our peace
at home and safety abroad" we are OPP
posed to the Capitalization implied in
these suggestions. now frequently
made, that the powers of the govern
ment should be extended by judicial
construction. There is no twilight zone
between the nation and the state in
which exploiting interests can take
refuge from both; and it is as neceS-
sary that the federal government shall
exercise the powers delegated to 1t as
it is that the state governments shah
we insist that federal remedies for the
regulation of interstate commerce and
for the prevention of private monop;
oily shall be added to, not substituted
for. state remedies.
Tariff.
We welcome the belated promise of
tariff reform now affected by the Re
publican party in tardy recognition of
the righteousness Of the Democratic
position on this question; but these
people cannot safely intrust the exc
party which is so deeply obligated to
the highly protected interests as is the
Republican party We call attention to
relief was POSTPONED until after the
coming election-an election to succeed
in which the Republican party must
have that same support from the
tariff it has always heretofore re-
ceived from them; and to the further
fact that during years of uninterrupt-
ed power no action whatever has been
taken by the Republican congress to
correct the admittedly existing tariff
We favor immediate revision of the
tariff BY the reduction of import duties
Articles entering into competition with
trust -controlled products should be
placed upon the free list and material
reductions should be made in the tariff
upon the necessaries of life. especially
AmeriCan manufactures as are sold
abroad more cheaply than at home; and
graduate reductions should be made in
such other schedules as NAV be neces-
sarv to restore the tariff to- a revenue
basis
Existing duties have given to the
hind which they have organized com
binations to raise the price of pulp and
of paper thus imposing a tax upon the
spread of knowledge.
We demand the immediate repeal of
the tariff ON pulp print paper, lumber.
timber and logs and that these articles
be placed upon the free list.
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