The Alaska citizen., 1912-09-09

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 He states the Democratic position without equivocation or evasion when he declares that he can arrest and prevent monopoly. and that com. petition can. in a large measure. be revived by changing the laws and forbidding the practices that killed it. The real issue presented by the trust question is whether we shall attempt to restore competition as an effective force or accept the position advanced by Socialists and trust masnates. namely, that all competition is hurtful and that mo- nopoly must he accepted as an eco homie necessity. He takes the Democratic position that monopolies are the result of unwise laws rath. CT than a natural development and that the cure is to be found in the withdrawal of the support which leg islation or lack of governmental ad- ministratiye efficiency has conferr- ed
 In discussing the labor question Governor Wilson has happily pro- tested against the distinctions that have been drawn between the la boring classes and classes describ- ed in other ways. He insists that laws that safeguard the lives of la. boring men. that improve the phy- sical and moral conditions under which they live and make their hours rational and tolerable. together with the laws that give them free dom to act in their own interest and to protect them where they can not protect themselves such laws can not be properly regarded as class legislation or as anything but measures taken in the interest of the whole people.
 Without attempting to outline a plan for currency reform he declares that no mere bankers plan will meet the requirements, no matter how honestly conceived; that it must be a merchants and farmers plan as well. This states in an other form the doctrine of the Bal timore platform. namely. that banks exist not for the control of com merce but for the accommodation of the public. and that legislation on this subject should have for it's object the securing of these accom- modations with protection to the public from the abuse of the power which wealth brings to those who possess it
 Governor Wilson's treatment of the Philippine question will be gratify- ing to those who have in four cam paigns ndorsed the Democratic pro- test against imperialism. He de- clares that We are not the owners of the Philippine islands; that We are not even their partners, but that we hold them in trust for the people who live in them
 While the speech of acceptance is not long it covers a very wide field The Democratic candidate is in hearty sympathy with the con servation of the nations resources, with the development of water trans portation, with the completion of the canal. with the revival of the merchant marine, and with the ex- tension of postal facilities. He rec rgnzes the importance of health as national asset and of vocational training for the people. His work as an educator naturally predisposes him to large views on all subjects connected with the separation of the young for the highest useful ness. He is the champion of eco nomy in government; in a word, he believes that the government should not only be conducted by the peo- pie, but, as would naturally follow, should be conducted in the interest of all the people. Without assuming to formulate a detailed plan for dealing with every condition which may arise, he lifts into a position of supreme importance the dominat- ing thought of the Baltimore plat form and appeals to the country for it's cooperation in making popular government a reality throughout the land.