Show PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES The Democratic platform Is 1 a clear concise conservative declaration of or party varty principles Every sentence rings with Americanism It is an affirmation of constitutional doctrine and a plea for lor the rights of the people The protest against centralization of ot wealth and power pow r the claim that the chief chiet purpose of this government Is 15 and should hould be the happiness and content contentment contentment contentment ment of ot its it own people rather than the lie enrichment and aggrandizement of ot the crownS crown are tersely stated and will meet the approval of ot every true American and every eTY believer In the institutions of a free The Declaration of ot Independence is the platform of ot Americans yet et al although although although though an object of derision for the Tories temporarily in the ascendancy a at Washington And the Democratic party holds that after the lapse of ot a century and a quarter It is still sun true that all aU men are created equal that they are arc endowed by their Creator with certain rights that am among amons ng these are life Ufe liberty and the pursuit of happiness that thatto to secure these gov governments governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from rom the con consent consent conI I sent of at the th governed The Democratic party Is 19 the party varty cf ef bimetallism sm It favors Independent American action upon this quest fan n it neither looks to London for approval nor cowers in the fear of Wall streets displeasure d A system of or protection that fosters rosters I the trusts that enables nables them to charge I homo home consumers more than they ask foreign patrons p tron for their goods good that keeps out free stran tran strangles glee competition here at home that ena efla I blea blei these unlawful combines to make per year on a capital of 25 invested such protection protection tion Lion Is ia inimical to the welfare of the people and is properly denounced in the Democratic platform the trust evil receives the silent approval of the Republican platform and the open and emphatic approval of ot the Republican c candidate We favor faor the election of United Unil d States senators by the direct vote ote of the people This Is Democratic doc doe doctrine trine but a similar proposition was twice rejected and almost unanimously down In the he Republican conven conen convention tion We Wo W are opposed to imperialism and militarism but favor commercial ex cx expansion e I and progress not by force but by natural and peaceful means moona and have declared from the time of Jeffer Jefferson Jefferson Jefferson son to the present day lay In favor of ex cx expanding expanding to crowd foreign pow powers ens off the American continent but not to become Involved In their Oriental complications complications I and not to invite their further encroachment in this hemisphere The restoration of ot order In the lime Phil Philippines PhilIppines the ultimate recognition of the Independence of our late allies in the v var ar with Spain the courage and devo devotion devotion devotion tion of the volunteers in their efforts to tore restore re tore order in the the resentment of the libels that have haYe been circulated against the state go to com corn complete complete one of the best and strongest I platforms ever adopted In the state It presents a marked contrast to the vague verbosity of the Republican platform |