The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07

OF the tariff.
So long as we maintain the present
method of electing United States SEN
ators We cannot hope that the upper
chamber of congress will reflect the
popular will.
On five different occasions the house
of representatives has passed a con-
stitutional amendment providing for
the election of United States senators
by the direct vote of the people, bu:
these measures have been sandbagged
in the senate by those who are deter
an integral part of our free, represen-
tative institutions.
Direct Election of Senator'S.
The Democratic party will continue
to labor for the direct election of Unit
ed States senators and it appeals to
the voters of America to elect MEM
bers Of the different state legislatures
who pledge themselves to vote for no
candidate for the United States senate
that is not in favor of this reform.
The affirmative position Of the DEM
ocratic party upon these great ques-
tions will be made clear during the i'm
pending campaign, and disdaininR all
subterfuges it will speak in language
that cannot be. misunderstood. It's
voice will ring with a genuine love for
humanity and the charge Of insinceri-
ty will never be brought to it's doors.
Let our hearty declaration In this con-
vention present the strong contrast be-
tween that wnich We here propose and
that which was declared at Chicago.
Let any man take the temperature of
the Chicago platform and discover If
he can, any sign of human warmth.
Not a single sentiment is there to re-
deem it from the materialism permeat-
ing it through and through.
Chinese Exclusion.
On the bosom of the Pacific Will be
enacted the mighty commercial strug-
giles Of the future and the interests of
American commerce will demand that
an adequate naval strength be main
tanned in the waters of the Pacific to
protect our expanding commerce.
This magnificent western coun-
try of ours has not only proved attrac-
white nations Of the earth. but it has
likewise proved alluring to the brown
and yellow races of the east. Some
protection has been afforded by the
exclusion of Chinese labor but the evil
is but half met if the immigration Of
other Asiatic people be not also exclud-
ed from our shores.
Not only the white toilers of Ameri-
ca, but all of our people without re-
spect to class or residence are vitality
interested in this menace to our social
and industrial life from oriental quar-
tiers.
This national convention meets at a
time when the angel of peace is hover
ing over the entire world and the ma
tons OF the world each day are
strengthening those ties of friendship
and common interest that will render
war less frequent and permit mankind
to turn their hands to the peaceable
pursuits of life rather than to the des-
truction of one another.
The Democratic party realizes the
weight that America must inevitably
exert in the affairs of the world
and will demand that her in
f1uence ever be cast on the
side of peace, on the side of Justice
on the side of the oppressed and if the
will of the people shall commit to
Democratic hands the scepter OF
power it will be used for the realiza-
ton of those high American ideals
that lift our own people to loftieI
and better things and through our
precepts and examples contribute to
the well being and happiness of all
mankind.