Show ri S Of OfT T DEMOCRACY Ones lucs as Declared by Jefferson Arc Are Set Forth in inThe The Platform ECONOMY OF ADMINISTRATION Exploitation l n of Tariff ll Subsidy Hill Denounced Louis Loul July SAt a meeting o oh ot t 6 st York Vork ork state delegation held hek h K w It the prior to the convention Domke lit juit offered a resolution au as follows tollow C kran Resolved that the delegation offer amendment on the report of at the tho committee is f sn e on resolutions i ft Ite th financial Plank offered by Senator Hill In committee voted down to tO roo no noMo noeo to toIS TM This w 35 IS 3 re reSt St t roul Mo July Demo tr tic national convention this evening opted a the following platform Sena Bena tot tor Daniel who ho presented It moved moed tho returns question after It was waa nm adopted without debate it MI THE PLATFORM Th TIle The Democratic party of ot the United In national convention n acm b bed ba declares Its l devotion to the thO es en essential eRe until principles of the aim tAL which bring Wing us together In party communion Sr nM tr them local national unity and prosperity wore were I alike Thor They our ourthe I independence jD e n enre the tho structure of ot our free freo and every Democratic ox eX tension n from Louisiana to California lad and id from Texas to Oregon which pre ore wred faithfully t In all the tho states tho tie te bell n taxation and wd representation They The ret yet Inspire tho the masses of our peo peole tit le warding gUarding Jealously their rights and ana Wiles and cherishing their frater P peace e and orderly development nty Ty remind us of our duties und and re reo j as citizens and Impress hUNe s upon uron u ut uc particularly at this time the tho of ot reform FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES Tin Ib e application of at these fundamental to the th living JIving l sucH of the tho day It ii the t step toward the ns ne natured peace pence safety and progress of oC our nation nallon tIon Freedom of at tho the press of con and of speech equality before lb thi be law of nil iiii citizens right of ot trial br by b Jury lury freedom of or the person defend defended ed 14 by b the writ of habeas corpus lib 1111 uty of ot personal contract untrammelled br bT laws lawm supremacy HUI of ot the dri over the military authority a the separation of 01 church and state tate economy In ex cx low 10 taxes that labor may mILY maybe mayb b be lightly burdened prompt and sa IlL sad saed ed d of public and private obligations fidelity to treaties peace ud friendship with all nil nations entail at alliances alliance with none absolute ac nc In the will of ot thu th majority tie te vital principle of ot republic these ire are doctrine which Democracy has hau es CS as SN proverbs of oC tho the nation ud 11 they be 00 constantly enforced CAPITAL AND LABOR We Ve favor the tho enactment and of ot laws lawa giving labor nod and cap nil Impartially their just Juat rights Capt Capful ul Ii t and labor Jah r ought cugh not to be ho 1 0 enemies leh li II necessary to the other Each hi Its Iti II rights hut But the rights righta of ot labor IK Le L certainly no teas less vested II no less lena ered and no less Ieee los Inalienable ble than tit te tights rights of ot capital CONSTITUTIONAL CO GUARANTEES Constitutional guarantees are Io whenever any citizen Is la I denied to 4 right to labor acquire and an 1 enjoy perty or reside where Interest or In allon may determine Any MW An denial Hereof by Individuals or organizations should hould be bo summarily re ro reeked eked kd and anti punished punts lied EXECUTIVE USURPATION We Ve deny the right of ot any executive to disregard or suspend any nn teul privilege or limitation Obedience t to tt the laws lawa anti and for tor their re ro are alike the tho supreme duty ot of f the tb citizen and the tho official Th Tb military should bo be used only to support and aid maintain the law Wo Yo un ly condemn lt its 1111 employment for IM the summary banishment of at citizens trial or for tho the control cont of at We i approve the measure which iu ed the United States senate In 1896 wt hUI which a Republican Congress has hns ha w VIr refused to enact relating to In federal courts courtl and provid trial b by Jury In cases ot of f Indirect tempt Of OK WATERWAYS the th j Ie W Calor liberal appropriations for forand i tare rare and Improvement of the tho wa va fr of ot the U liu country counts When any cf ci like the tha Mississippi Ml sla river is rill nt Importance to demand demant ape Ial aid M of the government such lIuch aid houM I of 01 be extended l with a n definite plan continuous work until Permanent Im tro Is secured in We oppose the KeP l llo m policy polley of offen curving teed fen fe the home Development In order to red greed for Cor conquest and the appetite for tor national prestige and of strength JIT IY OF ADMINISTRATION In iii the reductions ran fan easily b bo be made modo do doof annual of at the tho gov Without impairing B the tho etil decry TIM ke LI of any AllY y branch of tho the public ser er aM en we shall insist In 1st eel upon the tr lh nm f a and y compatible tOM ty anti o effective civil mill and naVal administration 1 ln t for tor tho I hr Jle e too clear to be denied or with H SERVICE Ic ice W e the th honesty In ln the public ear pu I Ie enforcement of honesty In the Ough service nd to that end 1 a thor thoro execUtive of those tholo ready t f tho the 8 government y nl at to teem with corruption as ns welt well 04 as other oilier departments suspected of harboring corruption and punish punishment punishment ment meat of ot ascertained with without without out fear tear or favor toor or regard to persons The persistent und and deliberate refusal o ot of both hoth the tho senate and house bouse of ot to permit such Investigate investigation to be made mado demonstrates that only by a n change In the tho executive and lit In the tho leg IS Illative departments con cnn complete ox punishment and conviction b be a obtained GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS WITH TRUSTS Wo We condemn the action of ot tho the n pub party 1 In Congress la iii 11 refusing to prohibit Its lis executive departments department from entering Into contracts with con convicted trusts or unlawful combinations combination In III of Interstate trade trudo We Wo have one onA of the bet beet bo t methods methode of pro economy und honesty In the tho service and that Is la to have havo pub pith Ho lie 10 from the tho occupant of or tho the Whito House down to the th lowest o ot of them return as ns nearly an a may bo he to simplicity ot at living Vo Wo favor the nomination and ond dec clec tion of or a II provident Imbued with the principles of the Constitution who will wll sot set his face sternly against executive usurpation of legislative and judicial functions whether that usurpation lie be I veiled under the guise gulso of executive con of ot existing laws laus or whether It takes refuge In the tyrants pi pleas OH o ot of necessity or Ir superior wisdom COLONIAL EXPLOITATION We favor tavor the preservation BO so far an as nl we can cnn of an open door 1001 for tor or the worlds commerce In the orl orient nt without an un unnecessary unnecessary necessary nece sary entanglement In oriental European affairs and without unlimited and ab Ih absolute absolute solute government ov anywhere within our juris Wo oppose fervently an as n did Georgo George Washington himself nn an Indefinite and vague absolutism m and am a 1 policy of colonial exploitation no matter where wh ro or by b whom exercised WP w u believe with Thomas Thomaa Jefferson and John Adams Adame that no government hns IL right to tomake tomake make one ono sot set of ot laws aw for Cor those nt at home Ilonie and another and a different set ot of laws absolute In their th lr character tot foi those In tn the tho colonies PROTECTION OF Ol THE TIlE FLAG FAG All men under tinder tho the American Hag nal are ara entitled to tho the protection of ot the tiona who MIO whose O emblem the flag Is Ia If it they ore 1110 unfit tn tit l he be o of the tho American body bOlly hod politic there may nitty n IL 1 people Ileo lu Incapable of being governed upon American laws lawn under the th American Constitution thi th territory or not nol to be ho a n apart apart part of tho the American domUn We Ve In InRI Hint slet RI t that we ought to do ho for the Kill lIil what wo we have Ilone done already for tor forthe fortha the tha CUbanA Cuban end and It Is our nur duty luty to miko that promise now no upon suitable guarantees of at protection to citizens of or our own other countries resident rc there nt at the time of our nur withdrawal sot set tho the Filipino 1110 people upon UDon thair feet Ceet frei tre freand and Independent to work out their own destiny PROMOTERS IN THE TilE PHILIPPINES The endeavor of oC the tho of ot war by pledging the government Indorse Indorsement meat ment nt for promoters In the th Philippine to tn make the tho United States Stated HIli tell a n partner In speculative legislation of the tue archipelago which was WIlS only inflict temporarily only arlly held hehl by J the opposition of tho tM Democratic senators In the tue last lant session eMlon will VIII It If lead Ila 1 to entangle entanglements ments front from which It will viIi bo be to escape TARIFF QUESTION Tho The Democratic party baa hM been and will continuo continue to be bo the tho consistent op 01 opponent opponent of at that class claRs of tariff legisla legislation tion by which certain Interests hive have bien bs bl en permitted through congressional favor faor to lo draw drall a n heavy hel tribute from train the lbs American Am people This TItle per perversion perversion version or on of those tho e equal JuRI opportunities which s I our political Institutions In were ero established to 10 secure has hila caused what may once have been hoen Infant to become tho tito greatest R combinations of capital that the world lies has ever eer known These e especial e fiorites of tho the govern government bent ment have hae through trust methods been blen converted Into monopolies thus titUs bringing to on an end domestic competition competition tion which was vas the only alleged check upon the extravagant pronto made pos po possible poH sible H I b by the protective system These i industrial combinations lna by ny the Brian finan financial cial dat assistance n they the can cnn give RC stow now con control control control tho tire policy olley I of the time Republican party PROTECTION DENOUNCED DC Wo WI denounce protection as nn a robbery of the ninny many to enrich the few Cow ow unit and we favor a rt tariff limited to the necea necessities of the government economically administered 1101 so 90 levied as not to discriminate dl against any an Industry In class claps or section to tho the end that tho of ot taxation shall be tie distributed dl us liS equally aa as possible FOR FOP TARIFF REVISION Wo We favor a I revision and a 1 gradual I reduction of ot the tho th tariff by b tho the friends of ot the tho masses and amid for the tho commonweal and not Suet by b the tho friends of ot Its lt abuses Its extortions and Its Ita discriminations keeping In view I w the ultimate ends of oC equality of burdens and equality of tit opportunities and the tito constitutional purpose of ot raising revenue by b taxation to wit the support of the federal gov government gO In all Its and virility but In simplicity TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS We Wo recognize that thal the tho gigantic trusts trust and combinations to enable eMble I capital to secure more than Its just juat ju t share of ot the Joint products of at capital and labor anti and which have been feat fost fostered ered and promoted under Republican rule rull are a 1 menace to beneficial compo and an obstacle to permanent business s prosperity A private monopoly oly oW Is I Indefensible anti nn Intolerable Individual equality of at opportunity and md tree free competition are essential to a 11 healthy and Ind permanent commercial and any trust Ion or monopoly tending to destroy desire destro these the e by controlling production re Ie restricting striding competition or fixing prices price should hould bo lie prohibited and punished by byaw la law aw We WI especially e denounce rebates rebate and discrimination by b the transportation Ion tion companies as the most potent agency In la promoting and strengthening those hena unlawful conspiracies against trade INTERSTATE COMMERCE We Wo demand nn an enlargement of the powers lowers of ot the Interstate commission olen olento to o the end that the tho traveling public and shippers of this country may ma have prompt and aM adequate relief relict for tor the abuses abuse es to which they are subjected In Inthe Inthe the he matter flatter of transportation We de mind inand n a strict enforcement of existing civil and criminal statutes against all nil such uch trusts combinations anti and lies les lIe and we 0 demand the enactment of such euch further legislation DB as may ma be he necessary to effectually suppress them Any trust or unlawful combination engaged n In Interstate commerce which I hi x monopolizing any nn branch of ot bust busi business ness flees or production should not be per permitted r mUted to transact tran act business outside of ot the he state of Its origin Whenever It shall hall be ho established In any nn court of ot competent jurisdiction that such Auch mo nio monopolization exists such prohibition hould should be he enforced through Ire elve laws to be bo enacted on the subject RECLAMATION OF OP ARID LANDS We Wo congratulate our western citizens I upon the passage of ot the tho law known as 11 ho tho Newlands Irrigation act for tor the tue Irrl Irritation tation and reclamation of ot tho the arid lands land of at the th w wilta westa st R measure trained framed by byn bya n II Democrat phased ed In the senate Donate by bya a nonpartisan vote and end passed In the house hous against the tb opposition of at almost all II the tho Republican leaders by a vote the h majority of ot which was Democratic tic We call attention to this great Demo ratio erotic measure broad and Ivo as It Is III working automatically throughout nil all time without further ac acIon action Ion tion of ot until tile the mU j of ot all the lands In III the arId orid west capable ot of Ion Is II accomplished ing lag the tho lands reclaimed for tor Ir era rs In small tracts mind rigidly guard trig Ing against land monopoly 01 ns M nn an evl deuce d of ot the tho polio policy of oC domestic dome doI OI contemplated by 1 the Democrat lo Ic party part should hould it bo ho placed In power PANAMA lANAM CANAL The Democracy when then entrusted with power will vIii construct the Panama cana canal foe ly honestly and economical thereby giving to our people what Oem Dent I have always contended for forn ora n i great grent canal furnishing Blotter and cheaper lines lints s of ot lion and arid broader anti and le less ISS s trammel t 11 trudy trude relations with the tho other othor people of ot the tho world AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP We pledge go ourselves to Insist upon the tho m just and lawful Protection of ou our citizens at home borne and abroad and to use uso ii nil proper measures meo ures to secure for Cor Or them whether native bOrn or naturalized l u and without distinction of at race or creed the equal protection of ot laws inns the till enjoyment of ot a nil all rights and prIvIleges privilege open to th them m under the covenants o of oC our treaties o 0 and com COlli merce and It If under tinder the existing exhaling trea tren ties tta tI s the th right to travel and sojourn Is I denied to American citizens or 01 reco Is withheld from American paw pass ports port by any an countries on um the roun l of race or creed cre d to favor the beginning of oC negotiations nC with the tha governments o of such auth countries to secure by b treaty the I removal of ot these |