Show I 1 democratic n I 1 the full text of the platform adopted at denver deliver Is as follows we tile representatives of ti alio to democracy ot of tile tho united states in 11 national convention assembled ro reaffirm affirm our belief in und and pledge our loyalty loyally to the principles of the party we we rejoice tit at tile the increasing signs of an awakening throughout tile country the various investigations have traced graft und and political corruption to tile the representatives of predatory wealth and laid baro bare the unscrupulous methods by which thoy they have debauched elections antl and preyed upon a defenseless public through the subservient officials oni clala which they have raised to place lit in power the conscience of the nation Is now aroused to tree free the government front from the grip of those who have leavo mado made it a business asset of the favor seeking corporations it must become again it a peoples government and bo be administered in till all its departments according to tile the jeffersonian Jefferson mn maxim of equal rights to all and special privileges to none I 1 shall the people rule to la tile tho overwhelming wh elming issue which manifests itself in all tile questions now under discussion coincident with tile the enormous increase in ill tile expenditures Is a like addition to LL a number of officeholders during tile past year were added costing and in tile the past six ax years of the republican administration the alia tot total tit number of new offices created eside from many commissions has been entailing an additional expenditure of nearly as against only new offices created under tile the cleveland and Rel mckenley linley ns which involved lit an expenditure of only ye ve denounce this growing increase in the number of officeholders as not only un necessary unnecessary and wasteful but also us clearly indicating a deliberate purpose on the part of the administration to keep heep the republican party arty lit in power at public expense by thus the number of its retainers arid and dependents such pro ledure we declare to bo be no loss less dangerous mid arid corrupt than tho the open purchase of votes at tile tho polls in A din InI strut ion the republican congress in the just ended has made appropriations alons amounting to ex deeding tile total expenditures of the past a t fiscal year by and beaving fea ving a deficit deceit of more than for the fiscal year wo we denounce the heedless waste of the peoples es money which has resulted in this appalling p p 1 if increase Inci oase as a shameful alo f t i 0 n of all prudent conditions of government lind and ns as no less than a crime against the millions of working wo jko anen and an men from whose earnings lue great proportion ot these colossal gums must bo be extorted through excessive tariff exactions and other indirect methods it Is not surprising that in the face of this shocking record rd the republican platform contains no reference to economical administration adv alnis or promise thereof in the future we demand that a stop be put to this frightful extravagance and plat upon the strictest economy in every department compatible aith frugal and efficient administration rower power of speaker Sr enker the house of representatives was designed assigned by the fathers of the constitution to be the popular branch of our government responsive to the public will the house of representatives as controlled in recent years by the republican party has ceased to be a deliberative and legislative body responsive spon sive to the will of a majority of its members but has come under tile the absolute domination of the speaker who has entire control of its deliberations dell bera and powers of legislation we have observed with amazement the popular branch of our federal government helpless to obtain either the consideration or enactment of measures desired by a majority of its members legislative government becomes ft a failure when one member in the person of tile speaker to Is more powerful than the entire body we demand that the house of representatives senta tives shall again become a deliberative body controlled by a majority of the peoples representatives and not by tho the speaker sp eaher rind and we pledge ourselves to adopt sueh such rules and reg ions to govern the house of representatives senta tives lis as will enable a majority of its members to direct its deliberations and control legislation ume of patronage wo we condemn as aa a violation of the spirit of our institutions the action of thil the present chief executive in using the patronage patron of ills his high office to secure tho the nomination of one of his cabinet off officers leers A forced succession in ill tile the presidency li Is scarcely less repugnant t to public sentiment than Is life tenure in office no good intention on the part of the executive and no virtue in vic tho one selected can justify tile the establishment of it a dynasty I 1 tile the right of the people to freely select their officials Is inalienable and cannot be delegated I 1 wo demand federal legislation forever terminating tile the partnership which has existed between corporations of the country and the republican party part under tinder the expressed or implied agreement that in return for tile the contribution of groat great sums of money wherewith to pin purchase chase elections they should be allowed to continue substantially unmolested in their efforts to encroach upon tile the rights of the people any rear reasonable anable dou doubt as to tho e existence of tills this relation has been forever dispelled by tile the sworn testimony of witnesses examined in the insurance investigation in now york und the open admission unchallenged by the republican national committee of a single individual that lio lie himself at the personal request of tho the republican candidate tor for the dr raised over a quarter qu arter of a million of dollars to bo be used in a single state during tile the closing of cr tile the last campaign in ord order gr ilia diat this practice shall bo be stop V tor all time we domand demand alie erss ige of a statute punishing itla imprisonment tiny any officer of r corporation who shall either con etri tribute bute on behalf of or consent to the 4 contribution by a corporation of any money or thing of value to be use used d in furthering the election of a president or vice p resident president of the united states state or of any member m of the congress thereof wo we denounce the action of tile the republican party having Ila Illg complete control of the federal government for its failure to pass tile the MII 1111 introduced lit in tile tho last congress to compel the publication li of the names of contributors and the amounts contributed toward campaign funds and point pint to tile the evidence of their insincerity when they sought by an absolutely irrelevant lr releNa 1 it and impossible amendment to defeat defea t the passage of the bill as a further ei ci dence of their intention to conduct t their campaign lit in the coming contest vi with 1 ih vast sums of money maney wrested front f i om favor seeking corporations we call attention to alio tit e fact that tile the recent republican national convention at chicago refused when tile issue wits waa presented to it to declare against such practices wo lve pledge the democratic party to tile the enactment of it a law prohibiting tiny any corporation from dom contributing to a campaign fund and lilly any individual from contributing nn nil amount above a reasonable minimum and providing for tile the publication before election of all such cont contributions cibit it ions rights of t Del leving with jefferson in the support of the state governments in all their rights lights ns competent administration for our domestic c 0 ri cerlis and the surest bulwark if against and in tile preservation of tile the general government in fit its whole constitutional vigor tig its tile the shoot sheet anh anchon of our peace at homo home and tile the safety abroad we are arc opposed to the centralization implied in these suggestions now frequently made that the powers of tile the general government should bo be extended by judicial construction there Is no twilight zone between tile the nation and tho the state by which exploiting interests can take refuge from both and it la Is llcy necessary the federal government shall exercise the powers delegated to to it as it Is that tile the state government shall uso use the authority reserved to them I 1 but we insist that federal remedies regulation on oil interstate commerce and for tile prevention of private bonono ly shall bo be added to not substituted for state remedies lein edles tariff we welcome the belated promise of tariff reform now offered lv by the republican publican party in tardy recognition of the righteousness of the democratic position on this question but tile the peo pla cannot s safely entrust the execution of tills this important work to it party which w filch Is so deeply obligated to tile the highly protected interests intel esta us its Is the republican party wo we call attention to tho the significant fact thit that ta the a promised relief wits was postponed until un tit after tile the coming election an elect election loll to succeed in fit which tile the republican party must have that same support from tho benen darles of tile the high protective tariff as it has always heretofore received from them and to tile further tact fact that during years of uninterrupted power no action whatever has fins been I een taken by tile the republican congress can to correct the admittedly exist ing tariff laim iniquities wo we favor immediate revision of the tariff by the reduction of import duties articles entering into competition I 1 with trust controlled products should be placed upon the free list and material reductions all should bo made in the tariff upon the feces necessaries sarles saries of life especially upon articles competing with such american manufacturers rs as are sold abroad more cheaply than at home and graduate reductions should be made in such other schedules as may bo be necessary to restore the tariff to a revenue basis existing duties have given the manufacturers of paper a shelter behind which they have organized combinations to raise the price of oc pulp and ana ol of paper thus imposing a tax upon t the he spread of knowledge we demand the immediate repeal of 01 the tariff on oil wood pulp print paper lumber timber and logs and that these articles be placed upon ti the free list railroad Rull rond regulation wo we assert the right ot of congress to exorcise exercise complete control over interstate commerce and the rigi right it of each stute state to exercise control over commerce within its borders we demand such enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce 0 cammi commission assion as may be necessary to compel railroads to perform their duties as common carriers and prevent discrimination and extortion we favor the efficient supervision and rato regulation of af railroads engaged in interstate intel state commerce to this end we recommend the valuation of railroads by bi the interstate commerce commission such valuation to take into consideration the physical value of the property pio perty original origin a I 1 cost of reproduction arid and nil all elements of value that will render the t lie valuation made fair and just we favor such legislation its as will prohibit the railroads from engaging lit in business which brings them into competition with their shippers rs also legislation which will assure such reduction in transportation rates as con dillons will permit caro care being taken to avoid reduction that would compel a reduction lon ilon of wages prevent ade leiato service or do injustice to legitimate investments we heartily approve the laws prohibiting tile pass and the rebate and we favor any further necessary legislation to restrain correct and prevent such abuses we favor avor such legislation as will increase indrea a e the power of the interstate cc commerce nini erce commission giving to it the initiative with reference to rates and transportation charges put ut into effect by tile railroad lall road companies lind and permitting the Inter interstate co commerce comme ice commission interstate on its own initiative Itla tive to declare a rate illegal and as being more than should be charged for such se service rv that the present law rel relating 11 ing thereto Is inadequate b by reason of the fact that the interstate antei state commerce commission is without power to fix or investigate a 1 rate until complaint has been made to it by the shipper we further declare that all agreements of traffic or other oilier associations or railway agents affecting interstate rates service or classification shall be unlawful unless filed with arid and approved by tile the interstate commerce commission I 1 we favor tile the enactment of a law giving to the interstate commerce commission the power to inspect proposed railroad tariff rates or schedules before they shall take effect and it if they be found to bo be unreasonable to initiate an adjustment thereof blanking the panic of 1007 coming without tiny any legitimate excuse when tile republican party had for a decade been in complete control of the federal government ernnie ern ment nt furnishes additional proof that it Is either unwilling or incompetent to protect the interests of the general public it lias has so lined the country to wall street that t the sins of the speculators are arc visited upon tile the whole people while refusing to rescue the wealth producers from spoliation at tile the hands of tile tho stool stock gamblers and speculators jn farm products it lias has deposited treasury funds without interest and without competition in favorite banks it lias has used an emergency for which it is largely responsible to force through congress a bill changing the baslis basia of bank currency and inviting market manipulation and has failed to give to tile depositors of the country protection in their savings wo we believe that in so far as the needs of commerce require an emergency currency such currency should bo be issued controlled conti oiled bv the federal and loaned on adequate security to national and state banks wo we pledge ourselves to legislation under tinder which natio national nill ba binks 11 ks 8 shall be required to establish a g guarantee aar fund fur for the prompt payment of tho the repositories depositories deposit ories of tiny any insolvent national bank under an equitable system which shall be available to all banking institutions wishing to use usa it I 1 we favor ar a postal savings batik if the guaranteed bank cannot bo be secured arid and that hint it be constituted so as to keep heep the deposited aiono money lit in tile tho communities where it Is established nut but wo we condemn tho the policy of tho the lie ito icart party ln lit providing postal savings banks under it plan of conduct by which will segregate tile tho dopes its of curtil ihira communities ties and re ie deposit tile tho same title tinder government chargo charge in tho the hanks banks ot of wall street thus thua depleting the medium of th tho c producing regions arid and unjustly favoring tho the speculative market a trifle A private monopoly ts Is indefensible and intolerable wo we there fore favor tile tho vigorous reform of tho the cr criminal initial law against guilty trust magnates and officials and donland the enactment of such additional legislation na lis may bo be necessary to make it impossible for a private monopoly to exist in tile tho united states among tho the additional lein rein edles wo we specify three known first a law preventing a duplication of 1 dl I rectors amone competing corpora ilona second a license system which |