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THE 4.MERICU& WEEKLY, TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1900.
OFFICIALS OK SEABOARD LINE. §}j|Pp|^[j
MAGNIFICENT FRUIT.
J! Distinguished Party Visited Amer
icus Yesterday.
A special train bearing the geueral
officers of the Seaboard Air Lino Rail
way and others interested in tbo great
■ystcm reached Americas yesterday
morning early, cn ronte to Montgom
ery and Colnmbus upon a general tonr
of inspection of the properties recently
acquired by the Seaboard.
Tho special was made up of four ele
gant privato cars.
Later in theday tho officials returned
to Americas and spent probably two
hours inspecting property here, spend
ing thegreater portion of this time at
the shops.
As usual this hive of industry pre
sented a very busy appearanco and the
distinguished visitors were most fa
vorably impressed and pleased the
more when General Superintendent
McKee explained that the people of
'Americas had given the valuable
grounds and coBtly buildings to the
company.
The members of tho party were Vice
President St. John, General Superin
tendent V. E. McKee, W. T. Reid, su
perintendent of machinery; Georgo P,
Johnson, superintendent of transpor
tation ; H. W. K. Glover, freight traffic
manager; C. R. Capps, geueral freight
agent, and YV. E. Elournoy, stenog
rapher.
Supt. Gabbett, of the Fourth divis
ion, accomnanicd tho party.
Speaking of the consolidation of the
Seaboard lines Mr. St. John said that
eleven of tho small lines in Y'irginia
and North Carolina were gathered into
the system last week.
“The general work of the consolida
tion is about complete,’' he said. “We
are now getting tho details in hand and
putting on the finishing touches. Oar
headquarters will bo at Portsmouth
and the general business will bo trans
acted from that point. As vice presi
dent and general manager I have
chargo of both the traffic and operat
ing departments.
“Mr. McKee is general superintend
ent of the system and will exercise
immediate supervision of the operating
1 department, while Mr. Glover and Mr.
Capps will look after tho freight do
partmont. ”
The new Seaboard system now in
cludes 2,000 miles of rail lines. As to
whether there will bo sufficient busi
ness for another great sys'em of tho
magnitude of tho Seaboard, Mr. St.
John replied: “I have no fear on that
acoro. The outlook is very satisfac
tory, indeed."
After a thorough inspection of tho
shops tho railway officials left for
Savannah.
Miss Lockheart’s
LETTER TO MRS. PiNKHAM.
Melons and Peaches Will Begin Mov
ing Next Week.
AN ORCHARD SOLD WEDNESDAY
Elbertas Grown Here the Finest in
Georgia and Crop is Fine. Nearly
Hundred Cars Melons Will Be Ship
ped. Other Fruits in Abundance.
AMERICUS HAD QUIET FOURTH.
Business Suspended and Day General
ly Enjoyed.
The Glorions Fourth in Americas
was more like an ordinary Sabbath
than a .national holiday, so qniet was
the observance here. Nearly all the
stores were closed, as were the public
offices, shops, eto, Hundreds enjoyed
the day at tho two nearby resorts,
Holly and Myrtle Springs, while others
wont out of town for a day's amuse
ment or to visit friends. Tho weather
was of the regulation Fourth of Jaly
variety, and withont the slightest in
dications of sleet or snow. The ab
sence of fireworks was noticeable, bat
patriotism riot not in the breast of the
averago citizen and a’l Americas rev
ered the memory of T. Jefferson and
other patriots who conceived the happy
idea of independence.
Perfect Health.
Keep the system in perfect or
der by the occasional use of
Tutt’s Liver Pills. They reg
ulate the bowels and produce
A Vigorous Body.
For sick headache, malaria, bil
iousness, constipation and kin
dred diseases, an absolute cure
TUTT’S Liver PILLS
FAINTING THE ROLLING STOCK
All Engines and Cars to be Relettered
Shortly.
While it may require some lime to
repaint and letter all the rolling stock
of the Georgia .t Alabama Railway,
now a part of'tbc Seaboard, this will
be done in time and the name “Sea
board Air Line” will appear upon all
cars and engines. Several engines of
the Florida Central divnion now in
the shopH here will be re lettered the
tame way. Tbo hundred freight cars
recently built in the Americas shops
bear the name of the Seaboard.
A Monster Devil Fish
Destroying its victims, is a type ot
iConstipation. Tho power of this mur
derous malady if felt on orgons and
' nerves and muscles ai d brain. There’s
no health till ids overcome. Kut Dr.
King’s New Life Pills are a safe and
certain cure. Rest In the world for
stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels
Only 25 cents at E. J, Eldrtdge’s drug
t Only 2-i
KEtsre.
While Americus has never cut any
great figure as a fruit shipping point,
as compared with other towns in “the
belt,” it is nevertheless a fact that tbo
finest peaches and melons grown in
Georgia this year will come from fields
and orchards within a few miles of
this city.
And shipments in carload lots will
go forward early next week.
For now that the rains have ceased
the Elbertas are blushing red beneath
the kisses of old Sol, while tho jnicy
melon is being given a finishing touch
as well.
Mr. H. C. Ksgley, who has quite a
largo orchard three milos above tho
city, mado a solo yesterday of his crop
of Elbertas as it stands upon the trees.
The purchaser was a Chattanooga deal
er, and tho trade will net Mr. Bogley
nearly §.">00 cash; a handsome profit
indeed.
This price comes from his El-
berta trees exclusively.
Besides that variety he has other fine
peaches that will ripen later, and al
together ho expects to realize botween
JH00 and §1,000 cash from bis peach
crop.
Messrs. T. B. Hooks, C. T. Broad-
field, Brice Adams and others here who
own orchards of considerable size will
make large shipments of Elbertas and
other favorite varieties. Their peaches
have sustained no injury whatever
and are in fine condition for shipping.
And then comes the largest melon
crop in several years.
The Times-Recorder is informed
that at least eighty car loads of water
melons will be shipped from Americas
and towns in this county, the largest
crop ever grown hero. The grape crop
grown here could easily fill two or
three cars if a full shipment was mado.
Altogether the fruit Jcrop will pour
several thousand dollars into the pock
ets of our farmers this season.
[LETTER TO MLS. TINKHAM NO. 67,104]
“ I cannot express my gratitude to
yon for the good that Lydia E. I’ink
ham's Vegetable Compound has done
for me. I have taken five bottles of
the Compound and two boxes of Liver
Pills and feel better in every respect.
I had suffered for years with dropsy
the veins in my limits burst, caused
from the pressure of the water. 1 had
the worst kind of kidney trouble, faint
ing spells, and I could not stand long
at a time. I also had female weakness
and the doctor said there was a tumor
in my left side. The pains I had to
stand were something dreadful. A
friend handed me a little book of yours,
so f got your medicine and it has saved
my life. I felt better from the first
bottle. The bloating and the tumors
have all gone and I do not suffer any
pain. I am still using the Vegetable
Compound and hope others may find
relief as I have done from its use.”—
Miss N. J. Lockhkaut, Box 10, Eliza
beth, Pa.
Only the women who have suffered
with female troubles can fully appre
ciate the gratitude of those who have
been restored to health.
Mrs. Pinkham responds quickly and
without charge toull letters from suffer
ing women. Her address is Lynn, Mass.
IT CAUSED MUCH EXCITEMENT.
State of Omo, City of Toledo >_
Lucas County. j b s
Frank J. Ciif.ney makes oath that
ho is tho senior partner of tho firm of
F. J. Cheney & Co. doing business in
the city of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
tho sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Ca-
t a it it i i that cannot bo enred by tbo use
of Hall’s Cataihiii Cube.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed
in my presence, this 0th day of De
cember, A. D. 1880.
A. . LEASON,
•< ^heal!- Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, and acts directly on tho blood
aud mucous surfaces of tho system.
Send for testimonials, free.
HEARD BAND IN KANSAS CITY.
Music and Hurrahs When Hill En
tered the Hall.
Manager Epps Brown, of tho local
telepbono exchange, has not been in
Kansas City recently, though he beard
yesterday in his office here a small pari
of tho Convention proceedings.
The Bell Telephone Co , has instru
ments in the big'.Convontion hall, and
gratuitously sends oat tho nows all
over tho country. Manager Brown
takes down the news hero, and during
this convention aud the Republican
powwow recently furnished an excel
lent bnlletin service.
This, as stated, came free to the
press and general public.
It was whilo rocciving a special yes
terday .that he distinctly heard the
mnsic of.tbo band in the great convon
tlon ball, more than a thi-usnnd miles
away, as well as tho cheoriug of tho
multitude that greeted David Bennett
Hill as bo entered the hall later.
It was for a moment only, bat be
heard a part of the proceedings.
People Wondered Why Hole is Dug
Near City Well.
The digging out of a great quantity
of earth near the non-flowing uptown
artesian well yesterday caused much
suppressed excitement as the gaping
natives speculated upon the object of
tho digees and diggors who myste
riously labored there. The suggestion
that the city conncil really meant to
have the well started again wuslanghed
to scorn. Someone suggested thnt it
might be a new route for the relief
column to advance on Tien Tsin and
Pekin, while another declared the dig
gers were hunting for tho bnried treas
ure of Capt. Kidd, tbo pirate cbieftain.
A maniac on manufacturing suggested
tbo foundation of a cotton mill, while
a mossback declared it a little hole for
the town to fall through to perdition
At 11:117 last night tho mystery of that
deep hole was still unsolved and even
the policeman on dnty there regarded
it with superstitious awe, while ne
groos passing by en route to church
reverontly crossed themselves and
broke for the woods. Y\ T hat does it
mean? Certainly not artesian water.
THOUGHT HIM FRES.’WILLIAMS
PLATFORM OF THE
NATION’S DEMOCRACY
Able Exposition of the Issues
of the Day.
DINGLEY LAW CONDEMNED
It Is Denounced As tho Breeder of
Trusts—Nicaragua Canal—Mainten
ance of the Monroe Doctrine—Op
poses Militarism—Silver Plank.
Kansas City, July 0.—Following is a
text of the platform as agreed upon by
tho committee on resolutions and
adopted by tho convention:
“We, the representatives of the Dem
ocratic party of the United States, as
sembled in convention on tho anniver
sary of the deflation of independence,
do reaffirm our faith in that immortal
proclaim! tion of the inalienable rights of
man and our allegiance to the constitu
tion framed in harmony therewith by
tho fathers of the republic. We hold
with the United States supreme court
that the declaration of independence is
spirit of our government, of which
the constitution is the form and letter.
We declare again that all governments
instituted among men derive their just
powers from the consent of tho gov
erned; that any government not based
upon the consent of the governed is a
tyranny; and that to impose upon any
p<*ople a government o/ force is to sub
stitute the methods of imperialism for
those of a republic. We hold that the
constitution follows tho flag and de
nounce the doctrine that an executive or
congress deriving their existence and
their powers from the constitution can
exercise lawful authority beyond it, or
iolation of it. We assort that no na
tion can long endure half republic and
half empire, and we warn the American
people that imperialism abroad will lead
quickly and inevitably to despotism at
home. Believing in these principles, wo
denounce the Porto Kico law, enacted
by a Republican congress against the
protest and opposition of the Democratic
minority as a bold aud open violation of
the nation’s organic law and a flagrant
breach of good faith. It imposes upon
tho people of Porto Rico a government
without their consent and taxation with
out representation. It dishonors tho
fluenee among the nations, but believe
that influence should be extended, not
by force and violence, but through the
persuasive power of a high aud honora
ble example. The importance of other
questions now pending before the Araeri
can people is in no wise diminished and
the Democratic.party takes no backward
step from its position on them, but the
burning issue of imperialism, growing
out of tho Spanish war, involves the
very existence of tho republic and rlie
destruction of our free institutions. We
regard it as the paramount issue of tho
campaign.
The Monroe Doctrine.
“The declaration in the Republican
platform adopted at tho Philadelphia
convention lield in .Tune, 1900, that the
Republican party 'steadfastly adhered
to the policy announced in the Monroe
doctrine, is manifestly insincere and de
ceptive. This profession is contradicted
CONGRESSMAN J. D. RICHARDSON.
A Credulous Hebrew the Victim cf
Practical Joker.
A well known Americus man whooc
casionally indulges in practical joking
was walking down near tho postoffice
yesterday, accompanied by a drummer
friend, when he was accosted by a He
brew citizen. The latter was consumed
with cariosity to know who the "stran
ger” was, whereupon the latter was
introduced as President William*, of
the Seaboard. The son of Israel was
delighted at meeting so distinguished
an individual, aud plied him with
questions Qbout the big combine, eto.,
all of which the bogus president au
swered with becoming gravity and
modesty. And Solomon Isaacs will
never know the deception practiced
unless he reads this story.
FIRST SHIPMENT OF ELBERTAS
PUSHING WORK ON THE CHURCH
Edifice is New Assuming Handsome
Proportions.
The contractors are making excellent
progress upon the new Univcrsalist
chnrch on Taylor street, and the spa
cious edifice is assuming handsome
proportions. The framework is almost
or qmte half completed, and within a
few mouths this growing congrega'ion
can worship in their own church build-
The edifice will cost Rome S^.OCO
or 8:5,000.
Nearly a Carload Sent Through
Americus Yesterday.
The first shipment of Elberta peach
es in this part of the fruit belt reached
Americas yesterday from two of tho
large orchards at Ellaville and Buena
Vista, and was hurried north by the
Southern Express Go. Tho shipment
consisted of 48.‘> large carriers, holding
nearly a bushel each. The peaches
were large and fine, and should bring
good prices. The orchards about El
laville aro among the best iu the state,
and many shipments of Elbertas will
be made tberefrom within the next two
weeks. Americus will begin shipping
next week and several carloads will go
forward from this point.
A Night of Terror.
“Awful ar. x»oty was felt for the widow
of the brave General Burnham of Ma
chia«, Me. w him the doctors said she
could not live till morning,” writes Mr.
8. H. Lincoln, who attended her that
fearful night. “All thought she must
soon die from pneumonia, bur aho beg
ged for Dr. King’s New Discovery, say
ing that it had more than once saved
her life and cured her of consumption
After three sm; ll dozes she slept easily
all night, aud its further use completely
cured her.” This marve otis medicine
is guaranteed to cure all throat, chest
and lung diserses. Only ."(n andglOO
Tral Potties free at E. J. Eld ridge’s
drug btore.
TENTING AT MYRTLE SPRINGS.
Fine Melons and Cantaloupes.
Mr. G. D. Hays sent the Time*-Rc-
cortler yesterday several fine speci
mens of Klcckley melons and canta
loupes, grown upon his farm. Mr.
Hays raises the best varieties of mel
ons, and these can be found daily at I union and barbecue was a plea-ant
Quite a Party Will Camp at This Fa
vorite Resort.
Many people aro so pleased with
Myrtle Springs that they carry along
tents and spend a week out there, en
joying the benefit of the fine water.
Several people, it is said, will spread
tents there tomorrow and remain
throughout the week. A family re-
Nix A Coman's store.
I feature there yesterday.
SENATOR TILLMAN.
[Who Read the Platform.]
American people by repudiating a
solemn pledge made in their behalf by
the commanding general of our army,
which tho Porto Ricans welcomed, to a
peaceful and unresisted oocuiwition of
their island. Tiiey have doomed to pov
erty aud distress a people whose help
lessness appeals with peculiar force to
our justice ami magnanimity. In this,
tho first act of its imperialistic program,
tho Republican party seeks to commit
the United States to a colonial policy’,
Inconsistent with republican institutions
and condemned by tho supreme court in
numerous derisions.
We demand the prompt and honest
fulfillment of our pledges to the Cuban
jieoplo and tho world that the United
States lias no disposition nor intention
to exerciso sovereignty, jurisdiction or
control over the island of Cuba, excopt
for its pucitication. The war ended
nearly two years ago, profound peace
reigns over all tho island, and still tho
administration keeps the government of
the island from its jieople, while Repub
lican carpet bag officials plunder its reve
nues and exploit the colonial theory to
the disgrace of the American people.
As to the Philippines.
We condemn and denounce the Phil
ippines jxffioy of the present adminis
tration. It has involved /he republic
unnecessarily in war, sacrificed the livos
of many of our noblest sons and placed
the United States, previously known
and applauded throughout tho world as
the champion of freedom, iu the false
and un-American position of crushing,
with military force, the efforts of our
former allies to achieve liberty and self-
government. The Filipinos cannot bo
itizens without endangering our civili
zation; they cannot be subjects without
imperiling our form of government, and
as we are not willing to surrender our
civilization or controvert tho ropublio
into an empire, wo favor au immediate
declaration of the nation’s purposo to
give the Filipinos, first, a stable form of
government; second, independence, and,
third, protection from outside interfer
ence, such ns has been given for nearly
a century to the republics of Central and
South America. The greedy commer
cialism which defeated tho Philippines
policy of the Republican administration
attempts to justify it with the plea that
t will pav, but even this sordid and un
worthy plea fails when brought to the
’ fact. The war of criminal ag
gression against flic, Filipinos, entailing
an anqua! expenditure of many millions,
has already cost more than any posslblo
profit that could accrue from the entire
Filipino trade for years to come. Forth -
rmore, win n trade is extended at tho
ex|R‘iise of liberty the price is always too
high.
Views On Expansion.
We are not opposed to territorial ex
pansion win n it takes in desirable terri
tory which can he erected into States in
the Union and whose jiooplo are willing
and fir to become American citizens. We
favor trade expansion by every peaceful
and legitimate means, hut wo are unal
terably opposed to the seizing or pur
chasing of distant islands to Ik? governed
outside the constitution and whose peo
ple can never become citizens. We are
U favor of extending the republic’s iu-
by tin? avowed policy of that party in
opposition to tho spirit of tho Monroe
doctrine to acquire and hold sovereignty
over largo areas of territory and largo
numbers of people in tho eastern hem
isphere. We insist on tho strict main
tenance of tho Monroe doctrine and in
all its integrity, both in letter aud in
spirit, as necessary to prevent the exten
sion of European authority on this con
tinent and essential to our supremacy in
American affairs. At the same time we
declare that no American principle shall
ever bo held by force in unwilling sub
jection to European authority.
I Opposed to Militarism.
“We oppose militarism. It means
conquest abroad and intimidation and
I oppression at homo. It moans tho
| strong army, which lias ever been fatal
to free institutions. It is what millions
I of our citizens have fled from in Europe.
! It will impose upon our peace-loving
people a large standing army, an un-
I necessary burden of taxation and a con-
‘ stant menace to their liberties. A small
J standing army and a well disciplined
state militia are amply sufficient in time
• of peaco. This republic has no place for
| a vast military sorvico and conscription.
When the nation is in danger the voluu-
teer soldier is his country’s best defender.
| The National guard of the United States
| should ever be cherished in the patriotic
| hearts of a free |»eoplo. Such organiza-
: tions are ever an element of strength I
| aud safety. For the first timo in our
! history and co-evil with the Philippines
as will enable the commission to protect
individuals and communities from di*.
criminations and the public from unjust
and unfair transportation rates.
The Silver Plank.
“We affirm and indorse the principle
of the national Democratic platform
adopted in Chicago in 1899, and we re
iterate the demand of that platform for
an American financial system, mado l,c
tho American people for themselves
which shall restore and maintain a bi*
metallic price level aud as part of sucl*
system the restoration of the free aud
unlimited coinage of silver and gold at
the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, with-
out waiting for the aid or consent of ant
other nation. ^
“We denounce the currency bill en
acted in the last session of congress as a
stop forward in the Republican policy
which aims to discredit the sovereign
right of tho national government to i?.
sue all money, whether coin or paper,
and to bestow upon national banks th •
power to issue and control the volume ul
paper money for their own benefit. ,\
permanent national bank currency, se
cured by government bonds, must ‘haw
a permanent debt to rest upon, and i|
the. bank currency is to increase with
population and business, the debt must
also increase. Tne Republican currency
scheme is the reform scheme for fasten
ing upon the taxpayers a perpetual an-J
bonded debt for the benefit of tho banks.
We are opposed to this private cor j Mira
tion paper circulated as money, but
without legal tender qualities, and c?.
mand the retirement of tho national
bank notes as fast as government paper
or silver certificates can be substituted
for them.
Election of United States Senators.
“We favor an amendment to the fed
eral constitution providing for the elec
tion of United States senators by direct
vote of the people, and we favor direct
legislation wherever practicable.
Wo are opposed to government la
in junction. We denounce the black ILt
and favor arbitration ns a means of set
tling disputes between corporations and
their employers.
Favors a Dcpartmet of Lubor.
'In the interest of American labor
and the uplifting of the workingman a-:
the cornerstone of the prosperity of our
country, wo recommend that congress
create a department of lalior, iu charge
of a secretary with a seat in tho cabinet,
believing that elevation of American la
borers will bring with it increased pro
duction and increased prosperity to our
country at home and to our commerce
abroad.
“We are proud of tho courage and
fidelity of tho American soldiers ami
sailors in all our wars; wo favor liberal
pensions to them and their dependents,
and wo reiterate the position taken in
the Chicago platform in 1890, that the
fact of enlistment and service shall be
deemed conclusive evidence ngainst dis
ease and disability before enlistment.
The Nicaragua Canal.
'We favor tho immediate construc
tion, ownership and control of the Nica
ragua danal by tho United States, and
we denounce tho insincerity of the plank
in the national Republican platform for
, .. . . . -, an isthmian canal, in tho face of the
conquest, has there been a wholesale do-| failuro of tho j lepab iican majority to
j P artur ® from our time-honored and ap- j p. l-SS t be foilll pending iu congress. We
condemn the Ilay-Pauncefote treaty a-
a surrender of American rights and in-
proved system of volunteer organiza
1 tion. We denounce it as un-Americau,
uu-Democratic and unrepubliean and as
a subvertion of tho ancient and fixed
! principles of a free people.
Dingloy Tariff Law Condemned.
I “Private monopolies aro indefensible
and intolerable. They destroy competi
tion, control tho price of all materials
and of the finished product, thus robbing
both producer and consumer. They les
sen tho employment of labor and arbi
trarily fix the terms and conditions
thereof and deprive individual energy
and small capital of their opportunity
for betterment.
“They aro tho most efficient means
yet devised for appropriating the fruits
of industry to the benefit of the few’ at
the expense of the many, and unless
tlieir insatiate greed is cheeked all
wealth will be aggregated in a few
hands and the republic destroyed. The
dishonest paltering with tho trust evil
by tho Republican party in state and
national platforms is conclusive proof of
the truth of the charge that trusts are
the legitimate product of Republican
policies; that they aro fostered by Re-
i publican laws and that they aro pro-,
: tected by tho Republican administration
iu return for campaign subscriptions and
political support.
“We pledge tho Democratic party to
an unceasing warfare, in nation, state
and city, against privato monopolies in
any form. Existing laws against trusts
must be enacted providing for publicity
as to the affairs of corporations engaged
in interstate commerce aud requiring all
corporations to show’, before doing busi
ness outside of the state of their origin,
thut they hnvo no water in their stock
and that they have not attempted and
are not attempting to monopolize any
branch of business or tho production of
any articles of merchandise, and the
whole constitutional power of congress
over tho mails and all modes of inter
state commerce shall be exercised by the
enactment of comprehensive laws upon
the subject of trusts. Tariff Laws should
be amended by putting tho products of
trusts upon the free list to prevent mo
nopoly under tho plea of protection.
“The failure of tho present Republi
can administration, with an absolute
control of all tho branches of tho na
tional government, to enact any legisla
tion designed to prevent or even curtail
the absorbing pow’erof trusts and ille
gal combines, or to enforce the anti
trust laws already on tho statute books
prove tiie insincerity of the highsound-
ing phrases of the Republican platform.
Corporations should bo protected in all
their rights and their legitimate inter
ests should bo respected, but any at
tempt by corporations to interfere with
the public affairs of the people, or to
control the sovereignty which creates
them, should be forbidden under such
penalties as will make such attempts
impossible.
“We condemn the Dingloy tariff law
as a trust-breeding measure skillfully
devised to give the few favors which
they do not desire and place upou the
many burdens which they should not
bear.
• Interstate Commerce Law.
“We faver such ati enlargement of
the scope of the interstate commerce law
terests not to be tolerated by the Ameri
can people.
“Wo denounce tho failuro of tho Re
publican party to carry out its pledges,
to grant statehoods to tho territories of
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma,
and we promise tho peoplo of those ter
ritories immediate statehood and homo
rule during their condition as territories
and we favor homo rule and territorial
form of government for Alaska and
Porto Rico. We favor an intelligent
system of improving tho arid lands of
the west, restoring the waters of irriga
tion and tho holding of such lands fur
actual settlers.
“We favor the continuance and strict
enforcement of the Chinese exclusion
Law and its application to tho same
classes of all Asiatic races.
Sympathy For the Boers.
“Jefferson said: ‘Peace, commerce and
honest friendship with nations, entang
ling alliances with no one.’
“We approve this wholesome doctrine
and earnestly protest against the Repub
lican departure which lias involved us iu
so-called politics, including tho diplom
acy of Europe and tho intrigue and laud
grabbing of Asia and we especially con
demn tho ill-concealed Republican alli
ance with England, which must mean
discrimination against other friemllv
nations and which has already stiff'd
the nation’s voice, while liberty is being
strangled in Africa.
“Believing in tho principles of self-
government and rejecting as did our
forefathers, the claim of monarchy, vrj
view with indignation the purpose oi
England to overwhelm with force the
South African republic. Speaking,
we do, for tho eutiro American nation,
except its Republican officeholders and
for all free men everywhere, wo extern!
our sympathies to tho heroio burghers m
their unequal struggle to maintain their
liberty and independence.
Administration Denounced.
“Wo denounce tho .lavish appropria*
tions of recent Republican congresses
which have kept taxes high and which
threaten the perpetuation o f oppressive
war levies. We oppose the oceuinuU*
tion of a surplus to bo squandered n
such barefaced frauds upon th-' tax
payers ns the shipping subsidy bub
which, under the false pretence of P ri *j
perity, American shipbuilding ' V V U 1.
put unearned millions into the P iK ’ k ’. ]
of favorite contributors to tho UepnW-*
can campaign fund. We favor the re
duction and speedy repeal of th'*
taxes and a return to the time-honore-
Democratic policy of strict ccouom}
governmental expenditures, . } ,
“Believing that our most clnri-ue
institutions are in great peril, that j-
very existence of our constitutional 1
public is at stake and the decision to
rendered will determine whether 'j r
our children are to enjoy those blc*^
privileges of free government ' v ‘‘
have made the United States Iff 1 ^
prosperous and honored, we -
ask for the foregoing declaration
principles, the hearty support of tn ^
erty-loving people, regardless ox P** *
affiliations.”