Show is democratic CREED leading plank of platform Adoli adopted ted by baltimore convention ven tion FAVORS FIGHT ON TRUSTS action of republican administration i in compromising with standard oil and tobacco combine condemned view views on other subject subjects following ara are the principal planks of the platform adopted by the de democratic 1110 national convention at baltimore the tariff reform we declare it to be a fundamental pr principle of the democratic party that the federal government under the constitution has no right or power to impose or collect tarl tariff ff duties except far for the purpose of revenue and we demand that the collection of euch such taxes shall be limited to the ne ot government honestly and economically administered the high republican tariff la Is the principal cause of 0 we th e unequal distri button of wealth it la is a system of taxation which makes the rich richer and the poor poorer under ita its operation operations the american farmer and laboring man are the chief sufferers it raises the cost of the necessaries of life to them but doea does not protect their product or wages we favor the immediate downward revision of the existing high olad in many cases prohibitive tariff jutres insisting that material reductions be speedily made upon the necessaries es of life articles entering into competition with trust controlled products and articles of america manufacture where sold abroad more cheaply than at home could bo be put upon the free list we denounce the action of president taft in vetoing the bill bills to reduce the tariff in the cotton moo woolen olen metal metals and chemicals schedules and the farmers free list bills all of which was designed to civo immell ate relief to the masses fron the ex actions of the truet trusts the republican party while promising tariff revision has shown by its tariff legislation that such revision Is not to be ic iz ina peoples interests and hiaring natan naT ln sass ralth aIth lesa less to its pledges QC ot 1901 it should no longer enjoy the of the nation high coet cost of living the high cost of living Is a se je rious problem in every american Ameil can home the republican party in its platform attempts to escape from responsibility for present conditions by denying that they are due to a pr protective tariff we take issue with them on this subject and charge that excessive prices result in a large measure from the high tariff laws laves en ea acted and maintained by the lican party and from trust trusts and corn com mercial conspirators fostered fost erd and encouraged cou raged by such laws laus and we assert that no substantial relief can be secured for the people until import duties on the of ot life are materially teri ally redi reduced med and those criminal conspiracies broken up antitrust anti antl trust law A private monopoly la to indefensible and intolerable we therefore favor the vigorous enforcement of the criminal as well as the civil law against trusts and trust offloads and demand enactment of euch such addition additional legislation as may be necessary to 10 make it impossible for a monopoly to exist in the united states we condemn the action of the R re publican administration in compromising with the standard oil company and the tobacco trust and its failure to invoke the criminal provisions of the anti antitrust trust law against the officers of those corporations a after ft the court had declared that from the th e undisputed facts in the record they had violated the criminal prowls kne ittis of the law wo regret that Sher sherman maxi antitrust anti trust law has bas received a judicial construction depriving it of much of ita its efficacy and we favor the enactment of legi legislation which will restore to the 08 statute the strength of aich ach it baa has been deprived by such interpretation income tax and popular election of senator senators we congratulate the country upon the triumph of two import important ant reform reforms demanded in t the ho last national platform namely the amen amendment clment of the federal con constitution authorizing an income tax and the me amendment provid ing for or the popular election of sena tore and we call upon the people ol 01 ml the states to rally to the support and see escure ure 0 of the pending proposition propositions ideh ratification we note with grat gratification cation the in favor of olt lin unanimous publicity Dubli city benoie the elect a ot of campaign contribution a meas mesa demanded a 9 in our na namona Liona caf bat 1908 in 0 of and at that republican time ono etl b the the party and we ie CamIn commend end democratic house 0 of t Re represents Presenta lives tives for extending t he 0 of publicity to recommendations nd verbal written ritten upon which presidential appoint appointments merim are made to tho me own owl and control of to the newspapers and expenditures made by and in behalf ot of those who aspire to dentral nominations additional and we ae point for justification for thia this legis lation to the enormous expenditures of a money in behalf of the president and his life predecessor in the recent contest for tor jbf republican nomina nomination fur for president presidential primaries the movement towards more lar government goe should hould 6 be promoted through legislation in each state which win will permit the expression of the tile orence of the electors for national cap dilates at presidential primaries we direct that the national corn com cittee incorporate in the call for the next biting convention a requirement that all expressions of preference for presidential candidates shall be given and the selection of nt delegates delag atee and alternates be through a primary election conducted by the party or Kaniza tion in each state where euch such aon and election are not provided for by state law term of president we favor a single presidential term and to the end urge the adoption of an amendment sal adment to the constitution making he the president of the united U tilted states ineligible to election reelection re and a nd we pledge the candidate of this convention to this principle railroads nall roads express companies telegraph and telephone lines we favor the efficient supervision and rate regulation of railroads ads ex press companies telegraph and wid I 1 telephone ol e lines engaged in interstate commerce c OM to this end we recommend the valuation of railroads express companies and telephone lines by the interstate commerce corn mission such valuation to tahe take into I 1 n to consideration the physical value of the property the original cost the cost of reproduction and any element of value that will render the valuation fair and just banking legislation we oppose the so called aldrich bill or the establishment of a cen aral bank and we bellevo believe the people of the country will be largely freed from panics and consequent un employment unemployment and business depression depres siDn by such a systematic revision 0 our banking lawe laws as will render temporary tenpo relief in localities cali ties where here ruch I 1 relief la Is needed with protection from control or domination by what Is known as the money truel parcels post and rural delivery we favor the establishment of a parcels post or postal express and also albo the extension of the rural delivery system as rapidly as practicable the campaign contributions plank pledges the party to the enactment of ot a law prohibiting any corporation from contributing to a campaign fund it also limits individual contributions to a reasonable maximum the democratic congress la Is heartily commended for its long list of law for the benefit of the tha people after a generation of unlimited power by the republican party the next plank arraigns the republican party for waste of the money wrung from the people by oppressive taxation A plank on rural credits Is of importance it Is recommended that an investigation of agricultural credit societies in foreign countries coun trips be made looking toward devising a suitable eye tern tem for the united states A waterways plank provides for federal control of the mississippi and other wa teras the plan la Is to maintain an ai average depth on the we big river so it will ill be navigable and construct docks to prevent further floods this is plank also favors draining of all swamp lands the platform orm favors post roads it reaf reaffirms firing ita its declarations in the 1908 platform in regard to labor it holds there should be a modification of the anju colonal laws las it also recommends a department of labor with a cabinet officer the conservation con plank Is to also ot of importance and holds that conserva tion on and development should proceed for the benefit of all the people ira tm mediate a action 0 n is I 1 6 f favored A vo re d to make available the coal deposits of alaska A cure pure food and public health plank declares de claes for the union and strength ening of the tho various governmental agencies relating to pure food tine one vital statistic statistics and haagn h nian health h alth this department should be administered I 1 hout bartla part la or sti tion in favor of or against any school of Line the civil ervle law hould should be honestly and ri eipl di 1 ly en on for arced ced Is to pro mote law reform the policy of emner p 1 I em in 1 th philippines PhIlIpp ices Is daa T bounce d it favors the declaration of the ind dependence epen dence of these island wanda arizona a ad new mexico are wl wet corned coined to the states |