Show democratic PLATFORM the democratic party of 0 the united states in national nat lonal convention assembled t declares clArce ae its devotion tu to the essential ri sciples of the democratic fath which us together in party communion con manlon under them thern local solf and unity and prosperity were all aute established they our independence the structure of our free republic and every democratic extension from rom LOU louisiana an to california and texas to ore gon con which preserved pre nerved faithfully in all the 44 states the ue between taxation and representation resen tation they yet inspire the masses of our people guarding jealously their rights and liberties and cherishing their fraternity peace and orderly evelow ment they remind uc ur of all our r duties and res bill tier ae an citizen t and impress upon U us particularly at this time the ne no ceretta of reform the application of these fundamental principles plea to the living issues 1 of the day Is the drat first step toward the assured peace pence safety and rss of our nation freedom of the press of conscience and of speech equality before the law of all citizens the right of trial by jury jury freedom of the person defended by br the he writ of habeas corpus liberty of per onal monal contract un fir trammeled by sumpta ary ry lawe laws the supremacy of the civil over fit military t authority a we disciplined ml rat latla the reparation separation ot of church and I 1 1 late economy in expenditures low t taxes axes that I 1 ibor libor may b be e lightly bur boned the prompt and sacred fluT fIll ment of public and private obligations fidelity to treaties peace and friendship friende hip with all nations entangling al pit blanca llanca with none alimo absolute lut acquiescence in the will of the majority the vt vital tal prin ciple of republic these are doctrines which democracy has established as proverbs of the nation and they hould should be constantly enforced we favor the enactment and administration o t of laws riving giving labor and capital impartially their juat just right rights capital and labor abor ought not to tx be ent enemies alem ench la is hecea ece eary seary to the other each has its rt rights 1 ME but the ochs of labor are t no lees less heated vea ted no less sacred and on leas less inalienable than the rights of guarantees RiLar anteM are violated whenever any citizen Is 13 denied the right 10 10 labor acquire and enjoy property ro perty or calde where interest Inte reet or may le lliter mIne any denial thereof by indi lidums or organizations of govern government men should be summarily Bumm arlly rebuked and pun az imbed wo we deny the right of any executive 6 to disregard or suspend aw an con constitutional a tl tu t a 1 privilege loge or 11 limitation mi tation obeale obedience n c e t e coph the e laws ana and reaped respect tor for their requirement requirements are fire alike milks the supreme duty of the aitt ken ton and the the military should be used only to and maintain the tha law wo my un qualin it edly condemn its employment for the summary eu banishment of citizens without trial or tor for the control of elections ave WE approve the measure which paerl 1 the united states senate in but which a republican congress hae ham ever since refused to enact enart relating to con tempts in federal courts and providing for trial b jury in cases of indirect con tempt we WC favor liberal appropriations for the care and improvement of the waterway waterways of the country when any waterway like the 1111 appl river la Is of sufficient Bum clent importance to demand special aid of the r vern ment euh aid hould should be extended with ath a definite plan of continuous contInuo un worle work until permanent improvement Is in recited we op oppose a 6 the republic republican a an ollay of ph Ot starving arving homi me development in order to feed the greed for conquet conquest and the appetite for national oa tonal prest icell and display of strength larre large reductions can readily b be orda made in the annual expenditures of the rovemia ent without impairing the met ncr oner of any breach of the this public service and we khall shall idslet upon the tro conomy and frug frugality allty with rigorous and e effective ff octIve civil ml military gitary and paval aval administration as a right of the people apple too clear to be denla or withheld we me favor honesty in the publeo service ina enforcement of honesty in th the public service and to hat that end a thorough executive investigation of or those depa depart r t menta of the gover Boven ament ment already kno known w n tb to teem with corrupt corruption as rell as oth other er departments suspected of harboring corruption and of ascertained without fear ear or faor or regard to persons the persistent and de liberate ll berat refusal of both the senate and aliouse of cf representatives to permit such much eatlo stio to bo be made demonstrates that only by a change in tha the executive and in the legislative departments can complete exposure punishment and conviction be ob we cona conason wn the acton a of the dean party in congress 4 in refus fusing lne to prohibit its executive departments from entering into contracts with convicted trusts or unlawful combinations in restraint of interstate trade we have one af of the best beat m methods thod of procuring economy and honesty in the public service a and nd that Is to a have public oMel als from the occupant of the white whit e innuse down t to a the lowest of them ret return urn as nearly as an may be t to a jeffersonian Jeffera Jeffers onlan simplicity of living i we favor the aud sud election ls of a president imbued with the prope of the constitution who all will bet his ace sterner against air alnet executive usurpation of r and judicial functions functions whether that usurpation be te veiled yelled under the he irdee ilse of executive construction of expiating exia ting lawe laws or whether it lakes takes refuge in the tyrants plans of necessity or nove perlor wisdom favor th the preservation BO via far as wo we ean n O 0 of a aa op open en door for the world a corn cam ce merce a in the orient orlein t without unnecessary entanglement in orf oriental Orent nl and european fraire rs and without a arary unlimited irresponsible i and aasa ate government anywhere within our jurev we 0 op E SOSO e M fervently as did dij george ANA wain 1 ton himself an indefinite discretionary and absolutism and IL policy of colonial exploitation 0 no o matter where or by whom exercise d wo believe with thomas jefferion and john adams that no cove government rement has a right to make mak e t one no set of larf laya for those at home and another and a different pe MI t ot of laws absolute in tn their character to lor r those I 1 ln in the colonies I 1 AH all un er the american hag flag are entitled to the protection of the institutions hoe who e cm em alem lern the flag la if it they are inherently bt t to bo be members of the american can body wherever there baay et ot a people inc incapable A diable of be bel ng governed ico verned upon american taws laws under unde r the american constitution the territory or people fugit not to bai I 1 part of the amer ican lean domain we we is ought to do for or the filipinos what we have hav edone done already for the cubans and nd it Is ovir dutye to fo make that promise now inow and upon sut suitable lable guarantees of protection to 10 e z e n of our own ovin and other coun countree tres n at the time of our with r 1 d t the drewal krawal set g the he pino people upon their res and independent to work out test beet free fre e their own des tiny the endeavor en denvor of the secretary of war by pledging liine ni ine the government governments lindo r ne 4 ment en for promoter promoters in the philipp i islands bands Tan ds to make the united states a partner in speculative legislation of the th archipelago which was only temporarily held b by tho 0 position of democratic ten ben store in the fast last emilw will if it bucas buc as to u 1 lead ead to entanglements from which it will I 1 he difficult to escape the dema democratic cratic part has an ben been and will construe coni true to be the con constent drw appo sent blant of t that ahat dais class of tarin tariff by which certain interests Inte have been emitted permit tedI through at favor tl to MW heavy tribute from the american people this roua perversion 0 at those equal which our pc lotical institutions were established to haa has caused what may once have been infant industries to become the greatest of capital that this tha world hie has ever knon these ex especial I 1 favorite favorites of the government have through truet trust methods boen convert converted ti into monopolies thus bringier bri nginr tc to an end domestic competition wha was the only check upon the extravagant pronta profits made FOR kiil by the protective system these a ad U tria I 1 combinations by thin th financial assistance thy can give now control the policy of the republican party we denounce protection as a robbery of the many to enrich the few and we ve favor a tariff limited to the of the government economically administered and on levied all not to nate any industry indue try class or sea bior to jhb ena that the burdens of tax a ion on shail be distributed as equally lg PC pv prible elble ible 1 V I favor a revision rev leton and a gradual reduction nf nt the tariff by the friend friends of the masses and for the commonwealth and not by the friend friends of ita its abuses if its ex tortious tort ions and ite its eloc nations keeping in view the ultimate end of equality of burdene burdens and a nd equality of and the purpose of revenue oby by taxa taxation uon to wit the support of the federal government in all sl 1 1 to la in and virility but in simplicity we recognize that the gi aled cantle antio trust trusts and nd combinations desch bcd to enable capita c p ital to secure maro than its hare share ft CZ the joint ute ts of capital and labor and alich have been fostered to s and promoted under republican r rule ule are a IL menace menn mean sic e to beneficial competition and an ob n bacle to perma not t business prosperity A private monopoly la in indefensible and arid intolerable individual equality oc of opportunity and free competition are essential to a healthy healthy and permanent commercial prosperity and any trust co or monopoly I 1 y tend tending I 1 ng to destroy these by controlling pro production d tion restrict restricting ImE competition or fixing prices shout b vt ra n 1 baited and ruri I nea by toy law we especially it 1 ay denounce rebates and discrimination by the transportation companies as the moat most potent agency in promoting and these unlawful un awful conspire con spira cies 1 against trade we demand an centam ment ef of the powers of the interstate commerce commission to 0 ue a end that thit tho the traveling public and shipper shippers of this country may hae hi e prompt and adequate relief for the abas x to which they are subjected to in the te matter of transportation we demanda strict enforcement of existing civil and criminal statutes against all euch such trusts combinations and monopolies no and find we demand the enactment cf such further legislation as nay be necessary necee aary to effectually suppress oem any trus trust or unlawful ena a in interstate commerce which la ix man monopolizing opol any branch of bustrien 1 i or pro production action should not be permitted to transact business bual outside of the state t ita its origin whenever it shall be ba established in any ourt of competent jurisdiction that suh mu h monopolization manopoli za tion exists such prohibition be enforced through laws to be enacted on tapo subject we congratulate our western citizens upon the of the measure known as an the newland 1 II gation act for the irrigation and reclamation of arid lands of the it went a measure framed by a democrat passed in the senate by a non parti san man vote and passed in tale house against the opposition of almost all the can leaders by a acte the majority of which was democratic we call attention to this great democratic measure broad and as it la is working automatically mati cally throughout all time without further action of congress con grete until the reclamation cla mation of all the lands tn in the arid west went capable of reclamation is 1 accomplished shed reserving the ands I reclaimed tor for home seekers in small tracts and ric tilly guarding against land monopoly OB as an evidence of the policy of domestico dome stio development contemplated by the democratic D moo party should it be placed IH lu power the democracy when entrusted with will construct the panama canal speedily eally honestly and economically thereby tahereh PI J ig g to our peaple what dew berres h always contend d for torn fora a crat cr at in clinic ce inic canal furnishing shorter ani ana cheaper lines of tatton and broader and lee les trammeled trade relations with the tho other of the world we pledge ourselves to insist upon the juat just and lawful protection of our elti at home and arrold and to use all proper measure to secure for them whether native born or naturalized and without distinction of race or creed the equal brotea ion ton cf ef laws and the enjoyment ot of all rights and privilege privileges open to them under the covenants of our treaties or of friendship and commerce and if under exit existing ting treaties the right of travel and urn Is denied to amerlean citizen i r recognition 1 Is withheld from american passports by any countries wi fes on the ground of a race or creed to favor the beginning of negotiations with the governments of such countries to secure by treaty the removal of these unjust discriminations we demand that all fill over thi the world a duly authenticated passport kw issue aed d by the government of he the united states to an american citizen shall he proof of the fact that ho Is to an american citizen and hall entitle him to the tat ment due him as such we e f ivo the lection of united states senators by the direct vote of the people we favor the admission of the territories of oklahoma Ok and the indian territory ve ne also favor the immediate Imm edlU aa a mission of arizona and new N hetico 0 13 cp ep arate states and n territorial government for alaska ard arta rico we hold that the officials appointed to administer the government of any tory to as well an with the district or of alaska masks should be bona fide d resident residents of he territory or the district tn which to luuis are tire t 6 be performed at the time tim of their appointment a demand the exteria extermination of rohm i 1 imy my within the jurisdiction of the th 11 states rates and the complete separation OI 01 krch and state in tn political abfal affairs we denounce the ship subsidy bill re enair antty passed by the united slates states senate in s a an n iniquitous appropriation of public funds for private e purposes aal 1 a 11 waste 19 fut rut illogical ard beleas u elesa attempt to toa over ome ame by subsidy ob truo jons raised by legi legislation lation tt to the growth anu and development of american commerce nom merce on 0 he ilea we favor the up uli building 0 A merchant ner chant marine without nw or adal ad lonal ional burd ns upon the people and with u ut bountis from the public treasury t we tevor liberal trad trude ar lingern eints ca canada aads and with the peoples of ther co countries where they cy ca at be tn red ed into with b to A Amt mt ritan rit an agri manufacture manufactures mining or cam merce we divor the maint entice of the monroe d darine t r ins in it l pill entirety wf we avor fl f l v ar the reduction of the army e and nd if f army expenditure to the point sto r demonstrated to be bafo sat and a sui out a the dern would secure to the 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