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Show I & The Broken Pledges & & I 11 Thcro is ono plank of tlio Demo- Hi ' crntlo platform of 1912 tlmt will ccr- HJL inlnly not 1)0 repented In tlio plat- K i form nt St Louis tn 191fi. Tlint H Is the clofllng paragraph which ns- H sorts that our pledges ijro mndo to H ho kept when In offlco n's well ns re j Med upon during the campaign. To ffit Insert that plank in tlio platform of 'il 1U10 would make tlio Democratic Nil- J. -y, tlonnl Convention tlio laughing stock Hi V of tho wholo country. Tlio Convcn- Hft 1 tlon Itself could not restrain Us ox- H ' presslon of mirth over such an as- F I f surrancc ns that. i I Tho llrst pledgo n tho Democratic platform of 1912 related to tho tariff mid assorted tho purpose of tho party par-ty to rovlso tho tariff by legislation that will not Injure or destroy led-tlmnto led-tlmnto Industry. Every cltl7.cn of tho United States knows nnd tho records iof tho Department of Commcrco de-i. de-i. monstrnto, that tho Democratic tnrtrf throw our markets open to competl- ' tlnn with tho products of cheap labor In Kurope nnd Asia, with tho result i that our factories wero cither closed or went on pnrt time, employees 1 wero thrown out of work, their pur chasing power was reduced nnd tho Injury was reflected upon ovory legitimate legit-imate Industry in tho United Statos. Thnt injury wns ovorcomo by tho out brenk of tho European war, which established es-tablished nn nlmost nbsoluto protection protec-tion of American Industry from foreign for-eign competition nnd created n market mar-ket for our goods uncqualcd In our history. pW4 i- Tho next plank in tlw platform of i 1912 pledged tho Democratic party to Kj ' rcduco tho cost of living, but govern- H incut records shop that the cost of Hj living Increased, oven before tho out- "i break of tho European war, nnd that ' cost has risen by enormous strides Mr L ever slnco. !j Tho next plank pledged tho Demo- ' crntlo administration to a vigorous r enforcement of tho crlmlnnl ns welt - as tho civil laws ngnlnst trusts, tho 4 party having asserted that tho record Hj y of tho Republican party in this no- spoct wns ono of falluro. Upon this pledge tho Democratic party secured many of Its votes, but It has absolutely abso-lutely nothing In Its record to show tlmt any Illegal trust has been successfully suc-cessfully prosecuted, either civilly or criminally. Tho next plank pledged tho Democratic Demo-cratic party to keep cneh of the co ordinate branches of the government within Its own bounds nnd not to permit ono to encroach upon tho Just powers of any of the others. Notwithstanding that pledge. It is notorious that tho Democratic majority major-ity In Congress 1ms accepted dictation dicta-tion from tho White House In mat-torn mat-torn of legislation. Tho Income tax nnd popular election elec-tion of senators wero tho next planus In the platform, but upon these thorn wns no Issue, ns tho Kcpuhllctiur had alrondy submitted' the constitutional amendments for thepn measures to n voto of tho states, nnd they wero ad voentcd by both parties. Tho next two planks advocated presidential primaries and n sluglo terra for tho president, both of which pledges havo been Ignored or violated. violat-ed. Tho next lihportant pledgo wus protection of the personal and property proper-ty rights of American clt:zena nt homo nnd nbrond, and tlio upholding of tho honor nnd dignity of tho nation na-tion n pledgo thnt has been so frequently fre-quently violated as to niako It has-, anions for n mnn to claim American cltlrcnshlp In our nearest Sister Republic. Re-public. A icturn to simplicity nna economy nnd reduction In tho number of public pub-lic offices .enrno next In tho Democratic Democrat-ic plntform of 1912 a pledge that has been followed uy increases In offices, multiplication of appropriation and public oxtravaganco combined with Inefficiency In public service Tho establishment of a merchant marine without imposing additional burdens upon tho people was tho next Important pledge upon which tho party mado nn issuo In tho last campaign The only effort toward ,tho fulfillment of thnt pledge hns been an appropriation for government govern-ment purchnso of ships nnd tho expenditure ex-penditure of nn unknown sum of mono)', beginning with on npproprla Hon of $50,000,000. That pledgo was followed by ono for tho exemption from tolls of tha American ships engaged In coastwise trndo passing through tho Vannmn Canal, a pledgo that was not only Ignored but expressly and openly l-olated l-olated nt tho earliest opportunity. Honest enforcement of tho civil service law to tho end that merit and ability shall bo the Btnndard of np-polntmnnt, np-polntmnnt, came next In tho Democratic Demo-cratic platform. Instead of keeping thut pledge, tho Democratic Congress has nt every opportunity passed inwB which Bet nsfllo tho civil Rervlco rules and regulations, and the president presi-dent has issued an unprecedented pumber of executive orders permitting permit-ting deserving Democrats to bo placed plac-ed jn the classified civil service without their taking tlio competitive test to determine their merit or ability. abil-ity. Extension of tho rural delivery rcrvlco was another pledge. Tho character of extension this administration adminis-tration has made In the rural delivery deliv-ery scrvlco has been such as to bring protests from farmers unions, from ttato granges nnj from local pntiois of tho rural mall scrvlco. Thero wero other minor promises In tho Democratic platform which cut no figure In tho Inst campaign. Tho foregoing enumeration of lm- ' pnrtnut promises that havo been bo , |