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tiny aks sae a ¢ Aaa | uy | nye wa * Mgt Le as 7 WILSON AND LEAGUE UPELDB DENOCRAT ~NTER LATOR (Continued from Third Page.) me ury sel insisted during the war Upon meeting an adequate portion of the war expenditures from current taxes and the bulk of the balance from Popular loans, and, during the first eal year, after fighting pon meeting current expenditures ing the new and unnecessary burdens thrown upon the Treasury by the de. Jay, construction and extravagance of a Republican’ Congrees. The non tisan Federal Reserve have used courageously, though cau Mously, the Instruments at their dis inflation has been held down fo a minimum, and the cost of living has en prevented from increasing Kere belligerent countries, and In neutral countries which are in close contact with the world’s commerce and ex- changes, in Europe and despite another year and a halt of Republican obsti uction home, the credit of the Govern- ment of the United States stands un- impaired, the Federal Reserve note is the unit of value throughout ali the world, and the United States is. the ume great country m the world which maintains a free gold market. We condemn the attempt of the | fects and defaced by considerations was Republican Party to deprive the American people of their legitimate Pride in the financing of the war, an @ohievement without parallel in’ the nancial history of this or any other country, in this or any other war. And in particular we condemn the Bernictous attempt of the Republican arty to create discontent among the holders of the bonds of the Govern- ment of the United St and to drag our public finance and our bank- ing and currency system back into the arena of party politics. TAX REVISION. We condemn the failure of the s to respond to ident and the the Treasury to revi ing tax laws. The continuance ip force in peace times of taxes devised under pres- sure of imperative necessity to pro- | duce a revenue for war purposes, in indefensible and can only result in lasting injury to the people. The Re- | publican Congress pe ntly failed, | hrough sheer political cowardice, to the exist- from current receipts, notwithstand-: EXT OFD - roars eee at ath au aS : is EMOCR single act to brin limitations, The simple truth is that th high cost of tiving re by tions, strict Governmental econ- omy and a retentiess pursuit of those who take post-war conditions . manding and receiving outrageous Profits, We pledge the Democratic Party to a policy of strict econ- omy in Government expenditures and to the enactment and enforce- ment of such legislation may be required to bring pro’ before the bar of criminal justice. THE TARIFF. ie the latter within and the promoter of progressive in- dustry. It, established «the Depart- ment of Labor Washington and a Democratic President called to his official council board the first prac- tical workingman who ever held a cabinet portfolio, Under this admin- istration have been established em. ployment bureaus to bring the man and the job towether; have been peaceably determined many bitter disputes between capital and labor; Were passed the Child Labor Act, the Workingman's Compensation Aot (the extension of which we advocate go as to include laborers engaged tn load- ing and unloading ships and in inter- state commerce); the Eight Hour | Law, the act for vocational training and a code of other wholesome laws |_,We reaffirm the traditional policy affecting the Uberties and bettering of the Democratic Party in favor of a tariff for revenue only, @ non-partisan commission, terests temporarily h: rid in abeyance BUDGET. | In the Interest of economy and good | authorities have been wholly free of ®4™Inistration, we favor the creation Political interference or motive, and, Of an effective budget system that in thelr own time and their own way, Will function in accord with the prin- \ciples of tha Constitution, The reform should reach both the executive and Posal to prevent undue expansion of legislative aspects of the question. | Credit in the country. As a result of The supervision and preparation of these sound Treasury and Federal the budget should be vested in the Reserve policies, ‘the tnevitable: war Secretary of the Treasury as the rep- resentative of the President. The budget, as such, should not be Increased by ‘the Congress except by dn proportion to the Increase in other ® two-thirds vote, each House, how- eve tut priations through independent being free to exercise Its cons*t. House and Senate. The audit tem should be co: | ity for expenditures. | “A budget bill was passed | closing day: | the Sixty-fourth Congress, which, 1a- | validated by plan constitutional de in of patronage, the President obliged to veto. ‘The House amended the bill to meet the executive objec- | tion. We condemn the Republican Senate for adjourning without pass- ing the amended measure, when | devoting an hour or two more to this urgent public business a budget sys. j tem could have been prov ded. SENATE RULES. We favor alteration of the rules of procedure of the Senate of the United States as will perm't the prompt transaction of the Nation’s Legisla~ tive business, AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS: To the great agricultural interests of the country the Democratic part: does not find It necessary to make promises, It already is rich in its record of things actually accomplish ed. For nearly half a century of Re- publican rule not a sentence was writ- ten ite the Federal statutes affording one dollar of bank credits to the farm- i. interests of America, In the trst term of this Democratic administra- tion the National Bank Act was s0 ered a8 to authorize loans of five make a single move toward a read- justment of tax laws which it de-_ nounced before the last election and was afraid to revise before the next election. | We advocate tax reform and a searching revision of the war rev- enue acts to fit peace conditions, so that the wealth of the Nation may not be withdrawn from productive| enterprise and diverted to wasteful | or _non-productive expenditure. | We demand prompt action by the mext Congress for a complete survey of existing taxes and thelr modifica- tions and simplification, with a view to secure greater equity and justice in tnx burdens, and improvement tn} administration, PUBLIC ECONOMY. Claiming to . effected great geonomies In Government expendl- tures, the Republican Party cannot show the reduction of one dollar taxation as a corollary of this false pretense. In contrast, the last Demo- Cratic Congress enacted legielation reducing taxes from eight billions, designed to be rai to aix billions for the first year after the armistice and to four billions thereafter. And) + there the total {s left undiminished by our political adversaries, Two ears after Armistice Day a Repub- ican Congress provides for expend- n| rs maturity on improved farm Later was established a sys- tem of farm loan banks from which the borrowings already rate to farmers has been so materially reduced as to drive out of business the farm loan sharks who formerly subsisted by extortion upon the great agricultural interests of the country. ‘Thus tt was a Democratic Congress, in the Administration of a Democratic President, which enabled the farmers of America for the first time to obtain credit upon reasonable terms and in- sured their opportunity for the future development of the Nation's agricul- tural resources. Tied up in Supreme Court proceedings, in a suit by hostile interests, the Federal farm loan sys- tem, originally opposed by the Re- publican candidate for the Presidency, appealed in vain to a Republican Con- ss for adequate financial assist- ance to tide over the intérim between the beginning and the ending of the current year, awaiting a final decision of the highest court on the validity of the contested act. We ple prompt and consistent support of sound and effective measures to sus- tain, amplify and perfect the rural credits statutes and thus to check and reduce the growth and course of farm tenancy, iq the stupendous sum of $5,403,- $0,327'30. ffacting great paper economies by Teducing departmental est'mates of gums which would not have been Not only did the Democratic party put into effect a great farm loan sys- tem of land mortgage banks, but It passed the Smith-Lever Agricultural Extension Act, carrying to every spent in any event, and by reducing formal appropriations, the Republi- can statement of expenditures omits the pregnant fact that Congress au- thorized the use of one and a half Dillion dollars. in the hands of vari- ous acpartments and bureaus, which farmer in every section of the country, through the medium of trained ex- perts and by demonstration farms the al knowledge acquired by the 1 Agricultural Department in all things relating to agriculture, horticulture and animal life. It estab- otherwise would have been covered into the treasu nd which should be added to the Republican total of expenditures HIGH COST OF LIVING. high cost of living and the de of bond values in this country are primarily due to war it- gelf, to the necessary governmental expenditures for the destructive pur: poses of war, to pri y gance, to the world shortage of tal, to the inflation of foreign cur eles and credits, and, in large degree, to cons 88 profiteering. The Republican party ple. for the failure to reste conditions in EB , which principle cause of post arm flation the world over. It has denied the demand of ident for necessary 1¢ ul with secondary and ‘The sound policies. pursued the treasury and the federal reserve system have limited in this country, though they could not prevent, the inflation which was world wide. Elected upon specific promises to curtall public expenditures and to bring the country back to a status sot effective economy, the Republican party in’ Congress wasied time and energy for more than a year in vain and extravagant investigations, costing the tax payers great sums of money, while revealing nothing be- yond the incapacity of Republican politicians to cope with the problen Demanding that the Presiden his py the sin sion for impe adjustment, th sperm Th preciation the ation local Pre to d causes, t itive purposes Congress: w thirteen months n pursuits, failing to repeal a single v tatute which harassed business, to Initiate a single con- structive. measure to help business. It busigd itself king a pre-elec- tion record of p nded thrift hav ing not one article of substantial existence in fact It raged against profiteers and the high cost of living without enacting a single statute to suake the former afmid, or doing a in or lished the Bureau of Markets, the Bureau of Fanm Management and passed the Cotton Futures Act, the Grain Grades bill, the Co-operative Farm Administration Act and the I ‘al Warehouse Act. The Democratic party has vastly mproved the rural mail system and bas built up the parcel post system to such an extent as to render ite activitios and its practical service in- dispensable to the farming com- munity, It ‘was this wise encourag- ment and this effective concern of the Democratic purty for the farmers of the United States that enabled this great interest to render such essential service In feeding the armies of America and the Allied nations of the war, and succoring starving popula- tions since armistice day Meanwhile the Republican leaders at Washington have failed utterly to propose one single meagure to make rural life more tolerable, They have signailzed their fifteen months o1 Congressional power by — urging schemes which would strip the farms of labor—by assailing the principles of the farm loan system and seeking to impair {ts efficiency; by covertly attenypting to destroy the great nitro- gen plant at Muscle Shoals upon which the Government has expended $70,000,000 to supply American farm- ers with fertilizers at reasonable cost; by ruthlessly crippling every branch of agricultural endeavor, " lterally crippling the productive’ mediums through which the people must be fed. We favor such legtslation as will confirm to the primary producers of the nation the right to golloctive bar- gaining and the right of co-operative handling and marketing of the products of the workshops and th m and such legislation as will facilitate the exportation of our farm products. ; We favor comprehensive studies of farm production costs and the un- censured publication of facts found in such studies. LABOR AND INDUSTRY, The Democratic Party is now, as eyer, the firm friend of honest labor and to con- firm the policy of basing tariff revis- fons upon the inteljigent research of }ished a woman's bureau, which a rather | than upon the demands of selfish in- onal privilege of making appro- bills. The appropriation b Ils should be con- After a year and a half of dghting sidered by single committees of the sys- olidated and its powers expanded so as to pass upon the wisdom of, as well as the author- the of the second session of by the conditions of the laboring classes. In the Department of Labor the Democratic administration estab- Republican Congress destroyed oy withholding appropriations. Labor is not a commodity; it is hu. . Those who labor have rights, and the national security and safety | {strength of the workers and their | families in the interest of souml. hearted and sound-headed men, women and children. Laws regulating hours | of labor and of conditions under which |iabor is performed, when passed in recognition of the conditions under which life must be lived to attain the highest development and happiness, are just assertions of the national in- terest in the welfare of the people. At the same time, the nation de- pends upon the products of labor; {a cessation of production means loss and, if long continued, disaster. The whole people, therefi ve | right to insist that justice shall be | done to those who work, and in turn that those whose labor cteates th upon which the life of the nation depends must recognize the ciprocal obligation between ti | workers and the State. They should [Participate in the formulation of sound laws and regulations govern- ing the conditions under which la- bor is performed, recognize and obey the laws so formulated, and seek their amendment when necessary by ; the processes ordinarily addressed to the laws and regulations affecting the other relations of life. fLabor, as well as capital titled to adequate compensation, the indefensible right of or of collective bar- gaining and of speaking through representatives of their own selec- tion. Neither class, however, should at any time nor in any circumstances take action that put in jeopardy tl welfare. Resort to stri lockouts which endanger health or lives of the people an unsatisfactory device for deter- ing disputes, and the Demo- i itsel? to con- pos put into operation a fair and com- prehensive method of composing differences of this nature. In pri- industrial disputes we are opposed to compulsory arbitration a method, plausible in theory a failure in fact. With respect to Government service we hold distinctly that the rights of the people are paramount to the right to strike. However, we profess scrupulous regard for the condi- tions of public employment and pledge the Democratic party to prompt inquiry into the pay of Government employees and equal- ly speedy regulations designed to bring salaries to a just and proper level. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE. We tndorse the proposed Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States granting equal suf- frage to women. We congratulate the Legislatures of thirty-five States which have already ratified said amendment, and we urge the Demo- cratic Governors ahd Legislatures of Tennessee, North Carolina and Flori~ da and such States as have not yet ratified the Federal Suffrage Amend- ment to unite in an effort to com- plete the process of ratification and secure the thirty-sixth Btate in time for all the women of the United States to participate in the fall elec- tion. We commend the effective ad- Yocacy of the measure by President Wilson, WOMEN IN INDUSTRY, We urge co-operation with the States for the protection of child life through Infancy and maternity care, in the prohibition of child labor, and by adequate appropriations for the Children's Bureau and the Woman's Bureau in the Department of Labor. Co-operative Federal assistarice to the States is !mmediately required for the removal of illiteracy, for the Increase of teachers’ salaries and Th- struction in citizenship for both na- tive and foreign born; increased ap- Propriations for vocational training in home economies; re-establishment of Joint Federal and State employment service with women's departments under the direction of technically qualified women, We advocate full representation of women on all com- missions dealing with women's work or women’s Interests, and a reclassifi~ cation of the Federal Civil Service free from discrimination on the ground of sex; a continuance of ap- propriations for education in sex hy- giene; Federal legislation which shall insure that American women resident in the United States, but married to aliens, shall retain thelr American citizenship, and that the same process of naturalization shall be required for women as for men, DISABLED SOLDIERS. The Federal Government should treat with the utmost consideration every disabled soldier, sailor and marine of the world war, whether his disability be due to wounds re- ceived in line of action or to heajth impaired in service, and for the de- pendents of the brave men who died in the line of duty the Government's tenderest concern and richest bounty should be their requital. The fine patriotism exhibited, the heroic con- duct displayed by American soldiers, sailors and marines at home and abroad constitute a sacred heritage of posterity, the worth of which can never be recompensed from the treas- ury and the glory of which must not be diminished by any such ex- pedients. The Democratic Administration wisely established a War Risk In- surance Bureau, giving four and a half millions of enlisted men in- ‘ suraree at unprecedentedly low rates and through the medium of which compensation of men and women tn- jured in service 1s readily adjusted, x ® rs protection and assistance must re- necesstry to full and effective opera- tion. We believe that no higher or more valued privilege can be forded to an American citizen than to become a freehold the soil of the United Stat to that end we pledge our party to the enactment of soldier set- tlements and home aid legi which will afford to the m fought for America th tunity to become land owners under conditions afford- ing genuine Government assist- ance, unenoumbered by needless difficull of red tape, or ad- vance financial investment. THE RAILROADS. | transport of troops, supplies, When human life national hopes were at stake profi depend upon a just recognition of those! could not be considered and were Hants and the ‘conservation of the! not. Federal operation, however, was marked by an intelligence and effi- | crency that minimized loss and re- sulted in many and marked reforms |The equipment taken over was no fully outworn. Uni overcame these initial and provided additions, and inmyprovements. Economies abled operation without the | raises that private control en- rate that victory demanded. The funda- mental punpose of Federal was achieved fully and splendidly, ‘TIC PLATFOR as a whole, and this machinery of| nation. only grossly inadequate but shame- tion practices P' nu pettermens 000, not Including the crops and lab 8 pave found cae exact Justice that. the continuation and extenaton of this secured the enthusiastic co-operation sreat work of home bullding and In- control feneral lines, to the end that all prac: pe Gi A ns atiegatee FRIDAY, 0" a Our present facilities for distribution by rail are inadequate ceive aid of law and appropriation|ahd the promotion of transportation by water is imperative. ‘We therefore favor a liberal and comprehensive policy for the devel- opment and utilization of our har- bors and interior ays, FLOOD CONTROL. We commend the Democratic Con- gress for the redemption of the pledge contained in our last platform by the passage of the Flood Control Act of March, 1917, and point to the successful control of the fioods of the Mississipp! River and the Sacra- mento River, California, under the policy of that law, for its complete Justification. We favor the extension of this policy to other flood control problems, wherever the Federal in- |terest involved justifies the expendi- ture required, The railroads were subjected to Federal control. as a, war measure, RECLAMATION OF ARID LANDS. | without other idea than the swift munitions and the Government reclamadion projects, ts representing an Investment of $100,- By wise legislation and progressive administration we have transformed 000,000, from a condition of impending failure and loss of confidence in the ability of the Government to carry through such large enterprises to condition of demonstrated succes tt Whereby formerty arid and wholly un- productive land’ now sustain 40,000 rosperous families and have an an- al crop production of over $70,000,- non a million acres outside the projects supplied with storage water from would Government works. We favor ample appropriations for ternal improvement along the same tical projects shall be built, and and at far less cost to the taxpayer Waters now running to waste shall be private operation. Investments in railroad properties were not only soved by Government operation, but Government management returned |these properties vastly improved in jevery physical and executive detail, |“ reat task was greatly discharged e Prestdent's recommendation of return to private ownership gave the Republican majority a full year in which to enact the necessary leg's- | lation, ‘The House took six months to formulate {ts ideas and another six months was consumed by the Repuo- lican Senate fn equally vague debate. As a consequence the Esch-Cummins bill went to the President in tho closing hours of Congress, and he was forced to a choice between the chaos of a veto and acquiescence in the measure submitted, however grave may have been his objections to t. ‘There should be a fair and complete test of the law until careful and ma- ture action by Congress may cure its defects and insure a thoroughly ef fective transportation system und: private ownership without Govern- ment subsidy at the expense of the taxpayers of the country. IMPROVED HIGHWAYS. Improved roads are of vital {mport- ance not only to commerce and indus- try but also to agriculture and rural life, The Federal Act of 191 enacted by a De tic Congress, represented the first systematic ef- fort of the Government to insure the wullding of an edequate system of roads in this country. The act. as amended, has resulted An placing the movement for improved highways on @ progressive and substantial basis in every State in the Union and in bringing under actual construction more than 18,000 miles of roads suited to the traffic needs of the communi- tes in which they are located. We favor a continuance of the present Federal ald plan under exist- ing Federal and State agencies, amended so as to include as one of the elements in determining the ratlo in which the several States shall be entitled to share in the fund, the area of any public lands therein. Inasmuch as the postal service has been extended by the Democratic Party to the door of practically every producer and every consumer in the country (rural free delivery alone having been provided for six million additional patrons within the past elght years without matertal added cost), we declare that this instrumen- tality can and will ‘be used to the maximum of Its capacity to Improve the effictency of distribution and re- duce the cost of living to consumers while increasing the profitable opera- tions of producers. We strongly favor the increased use of the motor vehicle tn the trans- portation of the mails and urge the removal of the restrictions imposed by the Republican Congress on the use of motor devices in mail trans- portation in rural territories. MERCHANT MARINE. We desire to congratulate the American people upon the rebirth of our Merchant Marine, which once more maintains its former place in the world. It was under a Demo- watic administration that this was accomplished after seventy years of indifference and neglect, 13,000,000 tons having been constructed since the act was passed in 1916. We pledge the policy of our party to the continued growth of our Merchant Marina lander Recs: eulsincian cee that American products will be car- ried to all ports of the world by v sels built in American yards, flying the American flag. PORT FACILITIES. The urgent demands of the war for adequate transportation of war ma- terial, as well as for domestic needs, revealed the fact that our port facilt- ties and rate adjustment were such as to seriously affect the whole coun- try In times of peace as well as war. ‘We pledge our party to stand for equality of rates, both import and ex- port, for the ports of the country, to the end that there may be adequate and fair facilities and rates for the mobilization of the products of the country offered for shipment. INLAND WATERWAYS, We call attention to the fatlure of the Republican National Convention to recognize in any way the rapid development of barge transportation on our inland waterways, which de- velopment is the result of the con- structive policies of the Democratic Administration, and we pledge our- selves to the further development of adequate transportation facilities on im- our rivers and to the further provement of our inland waterw. and we recognize the importanc connecting the Great Lakes with th sea by way of the Mississippi Rive and its tributaries, as well as by the St, Lawrence River. We favor an en- than would have been the case under Made to provide homes and add to the food supply power resources and taxable property, with the Govern- ment ultimately reimbursed for the entire outlay. THE TRADE COMMI6SION. The Democratic Party heartily en- orses the creation and work of the Federal Trade Commission in estab- ishing a fair field for competitive | business, free from restraints of trade and monopoly, and recommends am- plifieation of the statutes governing, its activities so as to grant it au- | thority to prevent the unfair use of | patents in restraint of trade, LIVESTOCK MARKETS. For the purpose of insuring just and fair treatment in the great in- terstate Hvestock market, and thus inst Hing confidence in grower through which production will stimulated and the price of meats to consumers be ultimately reduced, we favor the enactment of legislation for the supervision of such markets by the national Government. ’ MEXICO, The United States ts the neighbor and friend of the nations of the three Americas. In a very special sense, our international relations in this hemisphere should be character- ized by good will and free from any possible suspicion as to our natiorfal purpose, The Administration, remembering always that Mexico is an independent nation and that permanent stability in her government and her inatitu- tions could come only from the con~ sent of her own people to a govern- ment of their own making, has been unwilling elther to profit by the mis: fortunes of the people of Mexico or to enfeeble their future by imposing from the outside a rule upon their temporarily distracted councils. As a consequence, order is gradually ro- appearing in Mexico, At no time In many years have American lives and interests been so safe as they now are, Peace reigns along the border and industry is resuming. When the new government of Mexico shall have given ample proof of its ability permanently to main- tain law and order, signified itr willingness to meet {ts international obligations, and ‘written upon its statute books just laws under which foreign investors shall have rights a8 well as duties, that government shuld receive our recognition and systematic assistance. Until these proper expectations have been met, Mexico must realize the propriety of a policy that asserts the right of the United States to demand full pro- tection for its citizens. PETROLEUM. The Democratic party recognizes the importance of the acquisition by! Americans of additional sources of supply of petroleum and other ‘min- | erals and declares that such acquisi- tion, both at home and abroad, should | be fostered and encouraged. we) urge such action, legislative and ex- ecutive, a8 may secure to American | citizens the same rights in the ac- | quirement of mining rights in foreign countries as are enjoyed ‘by the, citizens or subjects of any other nation, NEW NATIONS. The Democratic party expresses its active sympathy with the people of China, | Czecho-Slovakia, — Finland, | Poland, Persia and others who have | recently established government and who are striving to develop the Institutions of true de- mocracy. IRELAND, The great principle of national | self-determination has recelved con- | stant reiteration as one of the chief, objectives for which this country en- tered the war and victory established | this principle. wit the limitations of inter- national amity and his con- vention re pre- vious expressions of the sympa- thy of the Democratic Party of the United States for the aspira- tions of Ireland for self govern- ment. ARMENIA, We express our deep and earnest sympathy for the unfortunate people of Armenia, and we believe that our Government, consistent with its Con- stitution and principles, should render every possible and proper ald to them in their efforts to establish and maintain a Government of thelr own. THE PHILIPPINES, We favor the granting of indepen- dence without unnecewmry delay to the 10,600,000 inhabitants of the Phil- ippine Islands. HAWAII. ‘We favor a liberal policy of home- steading public lands In Hawaii to promote a large middle class citizen population, with equal rights to all citizens. The importance of Hawaji as an and hospital facilities for those whose health is impaired are abun- jdantly afforded. The Federal Board for Vocat. nal 'Raucation should be made a part of the War Risk Insurance Bureay in order that the task may be treated terprising foreign trade policy with all nations and in this connection we favor the full utilization of all] Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific ports and | an equitable distribution of shipping facilities between the various ports, Transportation remains an increas- ingly vital problem in the continued development and prosperity of the outpost on the Western frontier of the United States, demands adequate appropriations by Congress for th development of our harbors and high- waya there, PORTO RICO, We favor granting to the people of paee MA be | representative | MA so todh aay Porto Rico the traditional territorial form of government, with a view to ultimate Statehood, accorded to all territories of the United States since the beginning off our Government, and we believe that the officials ap- ; pointed to administer the government such territories should be qualified by previous ‘bo fide residence therein. ALASKA. ‘We commend the Democratic Ad- ministration for inaugurating a new policy as to Alaska as evidenced by the construction of the Alaska Rall- at and opening of the coal and o!! elds. We declare for the modification of the existing Coal Land Law, to pro- mote development without disturbing the features intended to prevent monopoly. For such changes in the policy of forestry contro! as will permit the immediate initiation of the paper pulp industry. For relieving the territory frof the evils of long-distance government by arbitrary ,and interlocking bureau- cratic regllation, and to that end we urge the speedy passage of a law containing the essential features of the Lane-Curry Bill now pending, co- ' ordinating and consolidating all Fed- eral control of natural resources un: der one department to be adminis. tered 4 @ non-partisan board per- manently resident in the territory. FREE SPEECH AND PRESS. ‘We resent the unfounded reproaches directed against the Democratic Ad- ministration for alleged interference with the freedom of the press and freedom of speech. No utterance from any quarter has been assailed. and no publication has been repressed, which has not been animated by ‘treasonable purpose and directed against the Nation’ peace, order and security in time of war. We reaffirm our respect for the great principles of free veoh and a free press, but assert as an indisputable proposition that they afford no tol- eration of enemy propaganda or the advocacy of the overthrow of the aa Government of the State or Nation by force or violence. RE LICAN CORRUPTION, ~ The shocking disclosure of the lav- ish use of money by aspirants for the Republican nomination for the highost office in the gift of the people has created a painful impression through- out the country. Viewed in connec. tion with the recent conviction of a Republican Senator from the State of Michigan for the criminal tranagres- sion of the law limiting expenditures on behalf of a candidate for the United States Senate, it Indicates the re-entry, under Repubiican auspices, of money as’ an influential factor in elections, thus nullifying the letter and flaunt- ing the spirit of numerous laws en. acted by the people to protect the bal. lot from the contamination of corrup: Practices, We deplore those delin- JN for many. needs for men Our abundant of sizes and | tion, NDEPENDENCE for two days means a hurried out-of-town trip We feature speedy and accurate service in supplying holiday clothes- price moderation elimi- nate delay and disappointment. We Close at 12 Saturdays. Closed All Day Monday, Independence Day. 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