Evening star., 1924-06-29
IMMIGRATION:

ASIATIC IMMIGRATION:
We pledge ourselves to maintain
| our established position in favor of
| the exclusion of Asiatic immigration.
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE:
The Filipino people have succeeded
| in maintaining a stable government
! and have thus fulfilled the only con-
| dition laid down by the Congress as
| dependence. We declare that it is
now our liberty and our duty to keep
our promise to these people by
granting them Immediately the in
| dependence which they SO honorably
covet.
| alaska,
The maladministration of affairs in
Alaska is a matter of concern to all
| our people. Under the Republican
| has ceased and the fishing industry
i has been considerably impaired. We
pledge ourselves to correct the evils
| which have grown up in the admin
| istration Of that rich domain.
| An adequate form of local self
| government for Alaska must be pro-
| yided and to that end we favor the
establishment of full territorial
| iOTiH Oi government LOT tndt teTTl-
| tory similar to that enjoyed by all
| the territories except Alaska during
the last century of American history.
TERRITORY OF HAWAII,
| We believe in a policy for con-
| tinuing the improvements of the ma
| tional parks, the harbors and break
| waters and the federal roads of the
| territory of Hawaii.
VIRGIN ISLANDS:
| We recommend lepiSIofiop tho
welfare Of the inhabitants of the
Virgin Islands.
ARMENIA AND THE LAUSANNE
| TREATY,
| We condemn the Lausanne treaty.
1t barters legitimate American rights
and betrays Armenia for the Chester
| oil concession.
| lean rights in Turkey and the fulfill
ment of President Wilson's arbitral
award respecting Armenia.
REPUBLIC OR GREECE:
We welcome to the sisterhood of re-
publics the ancient land of Greece
Wnlch gave to our party it's priceless
name. We extend to her government
and people our cordial good wishes,
WAR:
War is relic Of barbarism and it
| fense.
In the event of war in which the
man power of the nation is drafted,
ali other resources should lik kewise be
drafted. This will tend to discourage
war by depriving it Of its profits.
DISARMAMENT. WAR REFEREN.
DUN AND NATIONAL DEFENSE:
We demand a strict and sweeping
reduction of armaments by land and
sea; SO that there shall be no COM
petitiNe military program or naval
building. Until International agree
me ,nents to this end have been made,
we advocate an army and navy ad-
equate for our national safety.
Our government should secure
Jolnt agreement with all nations for
Wor!d disarmament and also for a
actual or threatened attack
Ihose who must furnish the blood
ana pear the burdens imposed by war
snould, whenever possible, be con-
required of them.
DEEP WATERWAYS.
We favor and will promote deep
WhaterWays va from the Great Lakes to
the Gulf and to the Atlantic Ocean.
FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER
RANSPORTATION:
We favor a policy for the fostering
and building of inland waterway
ana the removal of discrimination
against water transportation. Flood
eontrol and the lowering Of flood
ievels Is essential to the safety of
our isnds, the, navigability of our
streams and the retaining of our
wet and -overhowed lands and the
creation OF hydroelectric power. We
Of flood relief work on the Missisi
sippi and Colorado Rivers and also
sucn reclamation and irrigation
projects upon the Colorado River as
na., may be found to be feasible and
we favor liberal appropriations for
prompt -ordinated surveys by the
united States to determine the pos
s s,ointles OF general navigation i'm
velopment on navigable streams and
tneir tributaries, to secure reIiabIe
inIormation as to the most econom-
ical navigation improvement, in com
on odnae1on with the most efficient and
power.
We favor suspension Of the grant
ing or federal water power licenses
oy tne iederal water power commits
sion until Congress has received re-
ports from the water power com
mission with regard to applications
for such licenses
| FRAUDULENT STOCK SALE.
we favor the immediate passage
OF such legislation as may be necese
sary to enable the states efficiently
TO enforce their laws relating to the
gradual financial strangling of innoe
cent investors, workers and con.
| sumers. caused by the indiscrfminate
promotion. rehnancing and reorgan-
lzins OF corporations on an inflated
and overcapitalized basis, resulting
already in the undermining and col.
lapse OF many railroads, public sery-
Ice and industrial corporations. mani
Testing itself in unemployment. ir-
reparable loss and waste, and which
constitute serious menace to the
stability OF our economic system.
PRIVATE MoNOP0LIEs,
The Federal Trade Commission has
submitted to the Republican admins
tration numerous reports showing the
existence of monopolies and combina-
tiens In restraint OF trade, and has
recommended proceedings against
these violators of the law. The few
prosecutions which have resulted
from this abundant evidence furnish
ed by this agency created by the
Democratic party, while proving the
indifference Of the admins ra tion to
the violations of law by trusts and
monopolies and it's friendship for
them. nevertheless demon strates the
value Of the Federal Trade Commits
sion.
We declare that . private monop-
oily IL indefensible and tntolera BILE,
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