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Show hM existed which between Injunctions corpora- - and rate regulation of railroads en- lo The courts of Justice nr the bul- gaged In Interstate commerce, this end we recommend the valuation wark of our liberties, and we yield to of railroads by tho Interstate com- - none In our purpose to maintain their merce commission, such valuation to dignity. Our party has given to the tions of the country and the Itepubll-- 1 ran parly under the expressed or m plied agreement that In return for th contribution of great sums of money wherewith to purchase elections, they should he allowed to continue substantially unmolested In their efforts in encroach upon the rights of tho people. to the Any reasonable doubt platform Istence of this relation has been for DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM take Into consideration the physical bench a long line of distinguished value of the property, original cost of jUdgea, who have added respect and reproduction und all elements of value confidence In which this department that will render the valuation made must be Jealously maintained. We lr and Just, sent the attempt of the Republican We favor such legislation os will jarty to raise a false Issue respecting I prohibit the rullroads from engaging the judiciary. It Is an unjustourreflec-i- n full text of the business which brings them Into tlon upon the great body of sworn testimony ever dispelled Adopted at Denver Is as follows: - insur- with their shippers, also! Zens to assume that they lack respect - by the We. the representatives of the which will assure such re- - for the courts. legislation ductlon In transportation rutes us con. I n is the function of the courts to Mates, mocracy of LL dltlons will permit, cure being taken interpret the laws which the people ollr committee national lh loiSlty ltrpubllcan r iltlf to avoid reduction that would compel create, and If the laws appear to work himself he a hi lfrflnclerdofrt of that single Individual, of the a reduction of wages, prevent ade- - economic, social or political Injustice, party the ItepubJens at the personal request We rejoice at the Increasing The service or do injustice to legitl- to change them. Is our quute in? presidency mate Investments. ihA AAtm I iH'un (auuiuiiic tut We heartily ap- - only basisduty the which upon Integrity of a TtTe ikv..nrilusl over million a of huarter nve ru,,td d prove the laws prohibiting the pass- of our courts can stand Is that of the rebate, and we favor any fur- swerving Justice and protection of life; In order that this practice ther necessary legislation to restrain, personal liberty, and property. If we campaign. und prevent such abuses. t ilth mill J&id Lur tne unBcrupu! dlclal processes may be abused, for nil tim& wo do otitiptl it Wo favor such legislation is will should guard them against ubuse. lous methods by which they have de-- I nand ,,C pnH8aKe cf ft statute punish-touche- d Increase the power of the Interstate tlcctloni und upon hi i Experience has proven the necessity wltli InmriRonnieni unv ofliccr of cornmcrco commission, giving to It the of a modification of the present law lenl officials which they hae rulsedl trn,ute on behalf of, or consent to the Initiative with reference to rates and relating to Injunctions, and we charges put Into effect- ate the pledge of our nutional latby. a corporation of any ttiG ration I. perTM forms of 1896 and 1901 In favor of the hy the railroad companies, und com- meuaure the Interstate commerce aroused to free the government from which passed the Un d milting on Its own Initiative, to de- - states senate In 1896, but- which a made It the grip of those who have mission, or I business asset of the favor-seekin- g clare a rate illegal and as being more- Republican congress has ever since or I liny member of the congress a become must should be charged for such serv- fused to enact, relating to contempts It again torporatlons; thereof ... . - rn. Ice. and be admlnls- That the present law relating in federal courts und providing for government, nf reople's Is Inadequate by reason of the trial by In cases of Indirect con-fa- ct thereto oheJeffersonfu 'maTim of eauiiM p. ubI,cnn Party, having complete that the Interstate commerce tempt. Jury s it ',S p',, Thc bm inVroduel In commission Is without power to fix or (iKht. to all and rpcclal privilege, to Questions of judicial practice have rate con has a until complaint Investigate especially In connection with arisen, to the the last congress, compel pub been made to it by the shipper. 'Shall the people rule? Is the over- lication Industrial disputes. We deem that names of of the contributors We further declare that all agreeto all judicial proceedings whelming Issue which manifests Itself and the omouats contributed toward in all the questions now under discusments of traffic or other associations parties be should treated with rigid Impar-o- r evithe to and funds point campaign Interstate sion. and agents affecting railway tlnllty, Injunctions should dence of their Insincerity, when they rates, service or classification shall be not be Issuedthat In any cases In which Officeholders. sought by on absolutely toIrrelevant and filed with and ap- - Injunctions would not Issue If no defeat the- unlawful by unless Coincident with the enormous Impossible amendment commerce dustrial dispute were Involved, Interstate the evlbill as a further the In the expenditures Is a like passage of commission. The expanding organization of in- Sddltlon to a number of officeholders, denoe of their InIntention to conduct We enactment a of favor law the makes It essential that there the coming contest campaign During the pnst year 23.784 were their to the interstate commerce dustry he no abridgement of the should giving of sums wrested vast with In money the and lidded, costing 116,156.000, to commission wage-earneprothe and producers power of Inspect favor-seekin- g We right adfrom corporations. sched-lt- o past six years of the Republican or rates railroad tariff for the protection of posed I reorganize new call attention to the fact that the ministration the total number of comules before they shall take effect, and, wages and the Improvement of labor - cent Republican nutional convention if ffices created, aside from many they he found to be unreasonable, I conditions, to the end that such labor was Issue the when an at refused, Chicago (nlssions. has been 99.319. entailing to Initiate an adjustment thereof. and their members' to organizations to declare ugalnst It, additional expenditure of nearly $70.- presented should not be regarded ns Illegal com- Ranking. 000,000, as against only 10,279 new of- - I such practices. ,n rostra,nt of trade, We pledge the Democratic party to The nanlc of isu, coming wunouij blnat,ons flees created under the Cleveland and We the 0ght-hou- r favor day on all ina of Reenactment law the excuse, when the prohibiting any McKinley administrations, which legitimate works. government to volved an expenditure of only $6,000,- any corporation from contributing publican party had for a decade been We pledge the Democratic party to 000. We denounce this growing In- - a campaign fund and any Individual In complete control of the federal gov- kJ a in a an amount from above In the number of officeholders I contributing ernment, furnishes additional Proof1 M;ef prease Incom-and as not only unnecessary and wasteful, reasonable minimum providing that It is either unwilling or Jarf pfiver8- - RabU- as clearly Indicating a de- - I for the publication before election of petent to protect the interests of the l7,uff-- w also fut I,5, nJury or lss It has so lined thel 01 purpose on the part of the all such contributions, general public. . .. , administration to keep the Republican country to Wall street that the sins Rights of stntea. are the visited of In the upon at by expense power speculators sup-jhpublic In the with Jefferson a party Believing of Its re- - port of the 8ta(e KOVernments In all whole people. While refusing to res-- Iincreasing the numberSuch f h1? cue the wealth producers from spoliawhfrh and dependents. pro- - thelr rights as the most competent r i a n f-of hands tlon the we declare to be no less dan-- 1 ministration the stock at concerns our domestic for ba the 8Ubect biers and speculators In farm Prou- h?pa ,1I"clude Pen and the surest bulwark against gerous and corrupt than the oP mlnes an It has funds ucts. of votes at the polls. deposited treasury In the and Republican tendencies; and without compe- The Navy, I of the general govern-Th- e without interest, Economy la Administration. preservation In banks. It has used favorite titlon. that a constitutional ph,, In mont whole Its constitutional sesvigor In the an emergency for which it Is largely navy shall be providedprovision Republican congress and maintained at our aa anchor of the peace slon just ended has made appropriato force through congress means an adequate navy, and we be-- a an th safety abroad, we are responsltde tions amounting to $1,00S,000,Q00, bill the basin of bank cur- -- iieve that the Interests of this country changing to the centralization implied the total expenditures of the opposed and reeding market manipula- would be best served by having a rency Inviting and In these suggestions, now frequently $90,000,000, to give to the navy sufficient to defend the coasts of past fiscal year by more hj13 of the the that $60,-jmpowers general than of of the country this country and protect American leaving a deficitfiscal 15,000,000 depositors be extended should bytwl-pl000.000 for the year. We de- - government In their savings, protection citizens wherever their rights may be Is no There construction. the heedless waste of the PoWe believe that In so far as the In jeopardy. zone and the nation the between this state money which has resulted In vlo-an emerInterests needs of commerce require 1 by which exploiting Increase as a shameful Protection of Citizens. such appalling currency, currency gency Is It and Fatlon of all prudent conditions of gov-- 1 can take fPue. Pro.m both; controlled the We be ourselves to insist upon should issued, pledge by the federal government shall federal ernment and as no less than a crime- necessary and loaned on ad- - the just and lawful protection of our government as to it exercise the powers wodelegated of working to national and state citizens at home and abroad, and to against themenmillions equate security b,e R,.ate &'e.r men from whose earnings use s.bat and to legis- - use all proper methods to secure for We banks. pledge to the authority them, lation under which ourselves the great proportion of these colossal banks them, whether native born or natural-sha- ll national that federal remedies sums must be extorted through ex- - but we insist to a be establish guar- - ized, and without distinction of race required on interstate commerce, and cessive tariff exactions and other in-- 1 regulation of or creed, the equal protection of law the fund antee for prompt payment t of the monopo-thaPrivate prevention na- - and the enjoyment of all direct methods. It Is not surprisingof the insolvent any depositories rights and not shall be added to, substituted tional bank under an In the face of this shocking recto them under oui system open equitable privileges or state remedies, ord the Republican platform contains which shall be available. to all bank- - treaty; and if, under existing treaties, no reference to economical adminls- Tariff, institutions wishing to use it. the right of travel and sojourn is de- tration or promise thereof In the fu- we welcome the belated promise of- ingWe favor a postal if nied to American citizens, or recogni-th- e bank savings ture. We demand that a stop be put tariff reform now offered by the Recannot be se- - tion is withheld from American pass-cure- d guaranteed bank to this frightful extravagance and In-- 1 publican party in tardy recognition of so as ports by any countries on the ground be and it constituted that gist upon the strictest economy in the righteousness of the Democratic to keep the deposited money in the of race or creed, we favor prompt every department compatible with position on this question; but the peowhere it is established, gotiations with the governments of frugal and efficient administration. ple cannot safely entrust the execution But we condemn the policy of the Re- -- such countries to secure the removal of this important work to a party publican party in providing postal sav- of these unjust discriminations, Power of Speaker. which is so deeply obligated to the ings banks under a plan of conduct by We demand that all over the world was of House The Representatives highly protected Interests as is the which they will segregate the depos- a duly authenticated passport issued of the designed by the its of rural communities and re- by the government of the United tut ion to be the poplar branch of ?ur to the the fact that prom the same while under govern- States to an American citizen shall be significant deposit to the public ised relief was postponed until after ment government, responsive in the banks of Wall proof of the fact that he is an Americharge Will. coming election an election to street, thus depleting, the circulating can citizen and shall entitle him to the The House of Representatives as the in which the Republican medium of the producing regions and treatment due him as such. controlled in recent years by the Re- - succeedmust have that same support- unjustly favoring the speculative marparty to a be has ceased Civil Service. of the high pro- kets. fmblican party beneficiaries from the reand legislative body, to the civil serv- laws The pertainig Trusts. h.erett, sponsive to the will of a majority of fore received M en- be ice should and honestly them; rigidlyabil-anA private monopoly is indefensible f0rce(jt tQ the en(j that and its members, but has come under the further fact that during years of und merit and absolute domination of the speaker, intolerable. We, therefore, favor ity siiau be the standard of appoint-th- e no action whatever power, interrupted of deliberaIts who has entire control vigorous reform of the criminal ment and promotion rather than serv- has been taken by the Republican contions and powers of legislation. a nSj ma&nates and jces rendered to a political party, existto correct the gress admittedly We have observed with amazement enactment of the officials and demand tariff 1 enlns as may be such additional the popular branch of our federal gov- ingWe favoriniquities. legislation Immediate revision of the necessary to make it impossible a We for favor ernment helpless to obtain either the tariff generous pension policy, the reduction of import du- a to exist in the both as a matter of Justice to the consideration or enactment of meas- ties. by monopoly private into Articles competientering ures desired by a majority of its tion with States. Among the additional viving veterans and their dependents products remedies we specify three known, first,- and because it tends to relieve the members. should be placed upon the free list; a law a a becomes duplication of di- - country of the necessity of maintain-rector- s preventing government Legislative material reductions should be corporaamong competing failure when one member in the per- and ing a large standing army, in the tariff upon the necessarson of the speaker is more powerful made second, a license system yrhich Health Bureau. ies of life, especially upon articles tions; without the right of than the entire body. abridging manu- - will, American such advocate the organization of all with competing We demand that the house of repre- - facturers as are sold abroad more each state to create ascorporations, or national public health to It will its fisting deforeign regulate right sentatives shall again become a at and than bureau of public home; natonal mto..a cheaply ?iesgraduate business its within doing liberative body, controlled by a ma- - reductions should be made in such such with over sanitary-conditionpowers manua for make it necessary joritynotof the peoples representatives, other schedules as may be necessary limits, connected with factories enor corporation facturing trading we and the and by speaker, pledge to restore the tariff to a revenue basis, gaged in interstate commerce to take mines, tenements, child labor and ourselves to adopt such rules and reg- have given the Existing duties subjects as are properly license before it shall be other such to govern the house of repre- - ufaeturers of paper a shelter behind out a federal the within of the federal jurisdiction 25 as to as control much sentatives as will enable a majority which they have organized combina-o- f permitted of the product in which it government, ofand do not interfere with its members to direct its delibera- - tions to raise the price of pulp and of per cent the states controlling deals, the license to protect the pub- the power tions and control legislation. health paper, thus imposing a tax upon the lic agencies. public to from stock and watered prohibit Miuae of Patronage. spread of knowledge. the control by such corporation of Agricultural and Educational. tbe immediate repeal of more 50 f2?ian We condemn, as a violation of the cent than of the total per Democratic party favors the exThe the tariff on wood pulp, print PaPer amount of any product consumed in institutions, the action of lumber, spirit of our chief of tension mechanical' ba timber and logs anf executive in using United States; and, third, a law and industrial agricultural, the present the education. We, there- e free be articles the placed upon such licensed the patronage of his high office to se- - list- compelling corporations fore, favor the establishment of dis-t- o cure the nomination of one of his I sell to all purchasers in all parts trict agricultural experiment stations A Railroad Regulation. of the country on the same terms aft- - the secondary forced succession cabinet officers. and me-e- r In the presidency is scarcely less re- We assert the right of congress to making due allowance for cost of chanical collegesagricultural in the several states inter-lifto e is sentiment than over public exercise complete control transportation. pugnant Election of Senators. tenure in that office. No good in- - state commerce and the right of each Income Tax. com-anWe favor the election of United on d the part of the executive, state to exercise control over tention J We favor an income tax as part of gtates senators by direct vote of no virtue in the one selected, can merce within its borders. the our revenue system, and we urge the people, and regard this of the a establishment Xhe dynasty, justify of We such a amenddemand of submission constitutional enlargement to other natlonal reJJrm8 t The right of the people to freely sepowers of the interstate commerce ment specifically authorizing congress lect their officials is inalienable and the to Oklahoma, to levy and collect tax upon individual commission as may be necessary cannot be delegated. We welcome Oklahoma to the sister-wealt- h compel railroads to perform their du- and corporate incomes, to the end that Campaign Publicity. ties as common carriers and prevent may bear its proportionate hood of states and heartily congratu-shar- e of the burdens f th federal (late her on the auspicious beginning: We demand federal legislation for- discrimination and extortion. of a great career. the We favor the efficient supervision government. ever terminating partnership ex-T- re-fa- he cltl-competit- 1 r ?an K -- sssis 'Mz 'sn "AT,; .in pr)d un-an- ju-corr- ect rlter-transportatl- IS.rif on owl-ontrlt,Utlo- - vice-preside- nt re-th- an I 1 ed se rs ihealer us nd-cedu- re anti-purcha- se -- ex-It01- 11 ae Ju-nou- es fr ; sur-Unit- trust-controll- ed ed I agen-corporatio- ns s I man-ulatio- ns -- I A, JL |