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Show - DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. TH. nemoeratl. p.rtr of tha Untied t.taa. In nallnnal convention mjwmtil'-ri laolar.-. Ha av.it1..n la lha wnll.ti Erlneliilca of Ih. Lrmocratta faith wliloB ring" urn tog.-ihar n ,rlv coinmutilun Uml.r (ham, local a-lf-gov.-rnm.-nt an 1. ??."L 1.n"r "J PrilTllr war. (Ilk. aataun.hul I hay und.rlald our lndpnd-02? lndpnd-02? ,r,,"-""- ' our fr- rrpet.no and arary I-m,-rallc et.-nalon frnn LuUMana to cmirmlit and Traa. to Ore-goo Ore-goo which prea.rv.d fnlihrmiy In all tn. IHItt.'.. "Jj""'n atlon and l-ap-rantatlon. Thay t In.plr. Ih. maaa.-. our ppla. unitnlllK Jaalniialy h,r rrtrnlly. p ,, oni,rlv a,.TH,ip. rCL-.. V,TT. r,'n,lna "" our dullr. and raapan.ll.lllil,. a. elllirna and Imnraa. iltyo'"f!rrm''ly " """ "' " JlJI',ir""l.l,""i"n of fundamental .rJl '"ward '"a ICJnr; . F.r;1""' ' ' Pr-aa. of oo. . "". ""'"'': Ihr rluht of rlnl hy writ of hatieaa cnrpiia: llta-rlv of par. Jonl oontrnct nnlnmmfM hy aumntu-ary aumntu-ary lawa: th aunt, nnev of th Hvll nvar !,M.'7h.au,h"r"y:," di-tplln4 mi. .oa; tn. atnraflnn of ohurrh anil Mafa; aennomy In expenditure; low awx. 'J'."' m"y b lightly bur- nm; tha prompt and aai-rrd flulllll. m ... . .ntl,lll and Private nbllgu- rUr i A'nW "' "lla: P-ace and frland.hlp with all nation., antnnallng .1. nanr.. with nne; ... Intr acnuloarrni-a hi tlx will of Iho miU.irHy, tha Tllnl prln-2hh'"ir""l,""'"-h"" nr" "..rtrlnra Vhlrn Ih-mnrrarr hna r.cnhll.h. .1 aa C0? of th nntlon. and Ihry ahould """ 'nfofrd. .Jir,',v."'. '"""tmant and admlnla-ration admlnla-ration of wU-,rf Inhnr and rnpllal iXJ -,h'lr J" ' fapltal and tahor o.iirht not to rmmlra Pnrh la rlrhl., hut th rlirlil of Inl-.r ara rir. airily no Irxa "v.-aird." no Iraa anrrVd'1 IS cltn' "ln"ll"nab'" than tha rlghta -hT"""1"""1 """""''a ara Tlolatrd to Inhnr. an.ulro and rn)..y property or U ,",r '".""T1, "r '"'llnatinnmar aMrrmlno. ,nn t.rrf hv ,,'. Ii,?i """""""I""" of (tovrrnmrnt tahad "nlmnr'ly rebukad and pun- rt13r ,h r,"h' of ""T tlT ta aivea-ard or auiirnd any rnnMiliullnnal f '"- limitation, (.hadlrnra , to th. :,".."!;, .r"P,, lr minlr-mant. ar. allkn tho aupr.ni. duty of th. oltl-fan oltl-fan and tha nmolal. Tha mIMInrv ahould h. naa4 ontr to mpport and mnlnlnln th. law. W. un. Iiialindly rnnd-mn lla -mploymrnt for tha aummnry bnnlahmant of rltlian. Cona?'" 'r''' r '"' con,ro1 of ' ..W."1pr;,".,h maaanr. which paaaad whtrh a Rapuhllran oonirraaa han avir Jlnoa rofuard lo anaot, rrlatlnir to ron-tampta ron-tampta In f. d. ml courla and pmvldlna tampt! Urr ln ca"" ' ,n,II""t oon. W. fnynr llharal approprtntlona for th. ara and Imprnvomrnt of tha wntrrwnv. EL .1 oounlry. Whon mif wafrway Itk. tha Mlxrlaalppl Hvrr la of aumclrnt Importanra to dr-mnnd aprrlnl aid nf tho tovrmmrnt. Biirh aid ahould ha aitrndad with a di'Dnlto plnn of oonllnuoua work uniii parmanant Impmvamrnt la aapurod U'a oppoaa thf Itopnhllrnn policy of tar'lna- home development In order to faed tha areed for ronque-t nnd tha an-pallta an-pallta for natlonnl "praatlto" and lt play of atroiiKth. I.arira mluotlnna can readily ha fnada In tho nnminl axpendlturea of tha nvernilient without Impnlrlnit tha etllel. ncy of any lirnnrh of tha public aervlea and wa ahnll lnp-t upon the trlctet W"rny and frus-nllty anmnntlhla with vlanrtiua and rnVeilve civil, mlllturr and navnl administration na a right of th. people too clear to be denied or withheld. Wa favor honeatv In the public aarvlca. tha anforcement of honeaty In tha public, aervlo. and to that and a thorounh r-.cnttva r-.cnttva Investigation of thoao riepart-mcnta riepart-mcnta of tha aovernment already known j to teem with corruption, na well aa other ' -4rpnrtmaota auapected of hnrhorltijr cor ruption and punl- hment of naccrtalni'd irruntlonlKta without fear nr favor or rernrd to peraona. 'I'he pereUient and do. Illiernta refuanl of both tha aenntc and bouaa of rcprt'Pcnlntlvi'B to permit auch ukKoatlon to ba mada clcmonetrntea that only by a chanira In the executive nnd In tha l.ul.li.llvo d. partincnta ran com. 6 lata axpoNiira, punUhmcut and convlo. on ba obtained. Wa cond nin tha action of tha Republican Repub-lican party In coiumvi-k In refualiiK to prohibit Ita executive ilepiirttnetita from antcrlhfr Into contracts wllh convlclcd niata or unlaw fill conitiluatlotiH In ra. trulnt of Intrrt tale tnolo. o havo on. f tha beat nu-lluda of procuring aeon-omy aeon-omy nnd honctv In the pul.lic a. rvieo, and that la to havo publlo otllclala, from tha occupant of the While IIouhu down to the I. .went of them, return na nearly Sa may b. to Ji-rfursonlun almpllclty uf vim. v fnvor tha nomination and election f a prealdenl Imbued with lha principle, r the ooiiBllhitloii, nho will ret hla face tternly ag-nlnet exccullva uaurpntlnn of Klelatlve nnd Judicial functlona. 'hather thnt uaurpatlon ta vailed under ha R-ula of executive conatructlon of txIrtltiK Inwa. or ahtither It take, refuge 1 tha tvritnt'. plana of nec.iutlly or .u. parlor wladom. We favor the preaervntlon, ao far aa w. an. of an open bar for tha world a com-irrca com-irrca In tha Orient without unneceaanry ntnpglcmcnt In Oriental and Kuropenn .fTalra, arid without .rbltrnry. liiillniltcd. Irrcaponalbla nnd ahaolute government anywhere within our Jurladletlon. We op. poae aa fervently aa did deorffe Waxh-Ington Waxh-Ington hlmaelf nn Indefinite. Irreaponalble. dlKcrrtlnnarv and vague abaoluttam, and t policy of colonial exploitation, no natter where or by whom axerclaed; w. believe, with Thomaa JcflVraon and John Adnma. that no government hna a tlKht to make one act of lawa for thoao at home" and another and a different at of Inwa. ahaolute In their character, for thoa. "In the colonic.." All men un-oVr un-oVr the American ling are entitled to the protection of the Inntltutlona whn.e em-hlarn em-hlarn Ih. flog la; If thoy ar. Inherently It to h. member, of th. Amer lean body politic. VI herevcr there may axlat a people Incapable of being governed upon American lawa under the American conalltutlon. the territory or 1 people ought not to tie part of the Amer- jean domain. Wa Inalnt that wa ought In Bo for the Flllplnoa what wa have done already for th. fubnna. and It I. our duty to make that promlae now. and. tipon autlnhle guarantee of protection to elttrrna of our own and other cnunlrlea - rerl.lent there at the time of our with. drnwal act the Filipino people upon th. lr feet. fre. and lrd( pendent lo work out their own deatlny. Tha endenvor of tha aecretary of war, I by pledging; lha government'. Indnrae. I men! for "pronoK ra" In the Philippine Iplnnd. to make the l'nlled Htntca a partner In .pvcalatlva legislation of the grchlprlngn, which waa only temporarily ' held hv the nppoilllon of ll. mocrallo aen- i flora In lha laat .ee.lon. will. If aucc. a. tut lend to entanitlementa from which It will lie difficult to etii-iipe. The l.emocrnllc parly haa been and will conttoiie to bo the eop-u.tctit orn-pent orn-pent of thai rlna. of tariff legl.latlnn by which certain ,n,r'"n'1riJrMi" Sraw'a'hrrivy trlbuto from the American pP. TMri ni'nlrfnm prvArrlMi of vnnnl oppijriiiiiHi, . hit -h our -llllr.U luatitutloiia w. r rrtli tllrir1 to cur. hrm tttiip. tl n.it nitty one hv l-n Infant .Dtiufttrlen to tvorvin Sri-ittMit oumblimtluim of om Itul Itiftt t)i win-UJ lift aver ki.uwn. lUmm miuml fAVortt'!! of tho T'Trnnmnt. hv. thrvuRh tmmt tiirihiH', L)fn convwrtM Into nionviMriM, thim hrtrclr. to nn end domoiitic cumix-tlll.Hi, which waa Ih onlf rnrk upon lha rxiiaviiffaiit piodta mmli pu-ih1 by tha iiri'lwtiva ayp-tfin. Tht-aw InrliiRlrUI romttlnxtlons, by tha Utmnuial aNrtlKiM,nr th,.y run k(vs now control tha pollry of lha H.'piilllf:in purty. Wa d"noutio pmtlK.n u rohberr of tha mny to .niith tha frw mul mm fnvor a tnrirr limit-.1 to thn nf.-ui-n of tha trovirnmant fronomloAlly ltd till nl. Irrwi. nn.1 ao (fvld nn not lo dlncrlm!-nata dlncrlm!-nata acriiimt any ihdtiHtry. cIhim or at-c-Won, to th ana thnt th hurdrna of tax-lK"Jt tax-lK"Jt dlMtrlbuted aa equally a4 Wa favor a roviitn and a irrndnal redno lion of Ihit tArirt hy tht frfrnda of tha niurtta and f..r tha commottw-Hlth. and not by thA frlcnda of im iiMitrw, Ita rf tortlnna and Ita dlPcrtmlnatlona, krplnir tn vti-w th.- iiltim.it. and of 'VmiHlity of b. irdrna and r.pmli . v of opportunllira. ' and tha fx nrntloiiHl pnrpotte of ralPlra; a V?DU,hi ,rt,,nll"' to-wlt: Thi aui.port of tha f.dfn.1 a-vrntn. nt In nil Ita 1d-UfTrlty 1d-UfTrlty and virllllv. hut in almpllcH-. a r.r..iIn1o thnt th ttixtntlr tniata and oomhliiHtlona daijt;t.. d tn f-nut.io cajv-tnl cajv-tnl to ai-onrt. mora th.n Ita juM ahnrn of lha joint proaurta of rnpltnl and lahor. and which hnvn Mn ftrrd and pro. motrd undi r lt-pnhiirnn nilt. ara a mm-aro mm-aro to bftioflrlHl coititlt hm nnd an ob-ataolt- to K.rm.in.ni (Mialnma pnwprlty. tV)Vrnn!ht.in0,10t,0l)r U indwf?n-,b, fr!tl'Vi?mp(.riu'r,ll,y f u,poi,'Tl11 Bnd healthy ard ive-rmnnJnt mtm"'rHat 'p'roa P-rltv; nnd any tnmt. cornhlnni ln r munopoly tindhiti lo datrny ttiraa by cnnirolliiia; production, rtrktiim com-Petition com-Petition or nxir.it pru-ca, ahould ta pro-nihlt. pro-nihlt. d nnd punl hi d hy lnw. Wa r-iu rl-ally rl-ally dannnnfN r.-r.it.-a and dlrrlmlnutton hy tha Ininsportntlnn cunipnnh-a aa lha rnrait pot.nl aaniry In promoilna; and trMiiMhfti1iB; ih.Ko unlawful connpira ed-a pa I nut trndi. Wa fit ni nnd nn ntnritf mt-nt of tha pow-ara pow-ara of tha Int. rftut- rommorcn com in In-an In-an to tha and tint ih tnm-lln: public and ahlpprra of thla cctmtry nmy have prompt nnd .pmie tvih-f f.r tha abuara to which th.y iua ani.jcttd to In tba matter of irutiNpurttitlon. Wa domntid a atrlct rnforeamant of It tin civil nnd crlmlniil Nintutra aftnlnat all auch Irut-ta, cmihinatlona and mo nopolioa, and wa d.-nmnd tha anaotmant of aurh furlhrr IRl'lntlnn aa mny ba naeaanary to anctuuriy aupprra tham. Any irual or unlnwfiil combination an a,na:'d In Intcratttta commarca which la monopnllrlna; any branch of htialnfaa or production ahould no ba parmlttad to trananrt hulnn otitalda of thf atnte of Ita origin. Whmavtr It ahnll ba aatab-ilahtd aatab-ilahtd In any court of ooiniM'trnt Jurladlo-tlon Jurladlo-tlon thnt auch monopullKntton f-xlHta aurh prohibition ahould ha enforced through c. .mprfh.-nlva Inwa to ba anaotrd oo Ih" auhlfrt. Wo congrntulnta our waatam eltlna upon th .t-v.,y,. f,f iha mraaura known aa tha Xvwlu. d IrrlRatlon act for tha lr-riffatlnn lr-riffatlnn nnd nclitmntlon of arid land of tha waat a nicufiira frnmad by a Di-mo crut. pnnicd In lha acntito by a nnn-pnrtl-ain vota and pnanrd In tha houaa nRnlnat tha opposition of almoat nil thy UMubll-onn UMubll-onn lendcra by n vote, tha mujorlty of to ihla grfnt I oinormtlo mfnnr, brond and comir h"nlvf an It la, working automatically auto-matically throughout all time without further action of cmigrf-a. until the r-chtmatlnn r-chtmatlnn of all the Innda In tha arid wcat cnpnhla nf rcrlnmullon la nccom-pllahcd. nccom-pllahcd. r-'acrvlnai tha Innda rrclalmad for homaa.M-kcra In nmnll tract a, and rigidly guiirdlng niritlnM land monopoly, na an avhb nc. of tha policy of dotnratlo development contcmplntid hy lha )mr emtio party, ahould tt ba placed In power. The IN itiocritcy. when entruMrd with power, will cmatruct the inntna canal apfH-dlly, boneatly and eoonotnlcitlly. thereby giving to our peuplo whnt lem. ocrnta huve r'-.ya contend.d fora Brent tnt' " ,tiIo cniiiit, furnlahlng nhorter an 'u .pr lln.a of trfin-porta-ttn and u" .... 91 4 leaa lrantn. l-Ml trade rrlatl... r t0 oth r pioi)loa of the world. Wa pledge OM-evca to tnatft Upon th jnnt nnd lawful prt cilon of our c.tl. ana ut home nnd nbroiid. and to uae oil p riper rip-er monauna to arrure f.r them, wto-th.-r tmtlvo born or miturnliard. and without diHtlnetlon nf ruce or crt-cd tha ciunl iTou'cuon or mwa ni-u the enjoyment of nil rlfthla and prlvllig'a open to tlinn un-oVr un-oVr the covennnta of our trrntlca of rrlendnhlp mid comnierce; and If und'T cxhting trrntlca the rluht of trnvel and jnjmirn la d nlrd to Anicrlonn clllm-na or r-OM(-nlllon la wlthh-Id from American prumporta by nnv comitrb-a on the grfoind f ruce or crc d. to f ivor the beginning nf n'-KotliilloiiN with Hi.' Rovcrnitonla of uch countrb a to ai cure hv treuty the removal re-moval of ihefte unjunt diacrlinlnatlona. We deninnd th.it nil Ver the w rid n duly nut ln-nt Ictitcd piaiurt lrtir by the government vt lha ITnlted Klntea to an Amerlii'in cltln n ahnll lie proi.f of the Tact that he la an American cltUen nnd "hull entitle him to tha Ireatmaiit due III tn aa auch. We favor the eteetlon of United Btatea enatora by the direct vote of the people, Wa fnvor the ndm!lrm of tha territories terri-tories of Cklnhoma and tha Indian Terrl-tory. Terrl-tory. Wa nlno fnvor Ihe hnnodlnte ad-m ad-m Union of Arisona and New Mexico no Hepurute Btfttci, and n terrltorlnl government govern-ment for Alkn and Porto Itlco. Wa hrld that tho offlclnla appointed to ndmlnletcr tha government of any lerrl-tiry, lerrl-tiry, aa well e with tha Dlatrlct of Alaaka, ahould ba bona nda realdenta of the territory or the district In which tha dutlea are to he performed at tha time of their appointment. Wa demand the extermination of polygamy polyg-amy within the jurisdiction of tba IJnlled Slatea and the cnmiuete aeparnllnn of hurch and atate In political affalra. We denniinra tha alilp eut.ldv bill ro-fenily ro-fenily paaaed by the Untied Stntea aenata oa an Inlqultoua appropriation .of public fun da for private purpose nnd a wnaie-ful. wnaie-ful. Illogical and Uffleaa attempt to over-nme over-nme by Bub1dy obttructlona rained by llepuhllcnn Irglnlntlon to the growth and ttevelopment of Amcrtrun commerce on 'lw aeo. W fnvor the upbuilding of a nerchunt marina without new or nddl-Uonil nddl-Uonil burdena ujron the people and with nit bou 11 Ilea from the publlo treHRiiry. Wa favor lteral tmd arrang-menia with Canada and with tha paoplea of tber coumrlea where they can ba an-'ered an-'ered Into with benefit to American agriculture, agri-culture, manufacturea, mining or com Wa fivor lha main ten nee of tha Monroe Mon-roe doctrine In Ita full entirety. We favor the reduction of the army and if armv expenditure 10 tba point hilorl-rii1ty hilorl-rii1ty demomtratcd to ba aafa and auf-(Ident. auf-(Ident. The Democracy would a ecu re to lha eitr- vlvttig isoldlera and aullora and their de-pendenta de-pendenta g neroua penvinna, not by aa 'irhltrnry executive order, but by legla- liitloii which a grateful people atand ready to enact. Our aoldlera and anllora who defend wllh Ihctr Uvea the conntttu-tlon conntttu-tlon and the Inwa. have a aacred Interest In their Juat administration. They mitt, therefre, ahare with nn the humiliation with which we have wltncNcd the exaltation exal-tation of court fnvorlten, without dint I n-KulHhrd n-KulHhrd aervtee, over the aenrred heroea f many hattla; nr agarnndlied by executive ex-ecutive approprtntlona out of Ihe ireaa-urea ireaa-urea of a proaperoua people, In viol n tlon of the art of cngrca which II xaa tha compensation aid allowance of mill- The emitcrnlla ptrtv etanda committed to lha prlnclpl. a i.f civil aervlea r-form aitd we demand their hnneat. Ju"l and impartial enforcement. Wa denounce live It'publlcan p-irty for Ita coutlnnoue en eronrhrnent urnm tha eplrlt nnd oieratlon of civil eervlre nilea. whereby It haa arbitrarily arbi-trarily thtpenaed wih exa mlnntlona for ofpre In the Interest of favorite and employed em-ployed all manner of devleea to over-rench over-rench and a't a-Me the pnnrtplea tipoa which the civil r-eivlce waa eetabllehed. The race nt''llon hna brought oount-lea oount-lea woea to Ihla country. Tha cilm wladom wla-dom of the American people ahnuk) aea tn It thnt tt hrlnr no more. To revive the dend and hateful rare and eecllnna! anlmoaltlea In anv part of our common eountrv meana confooton, dlalractlon of htirtlneaia and the reopening tt wound! now happily heated. North, aouth. enai and weet have recently aioM together In Mne of battle from the walla of Pekln to the h I lle of Hnntlaao, and aa aharera of a common glory and a common da-tiny. da-tiny. w ahould ahara fraternally tha common burdopa. We therefore depre-cnte depre-cnte and condemn lha Itourbonllka. ae fl-h and narrow eplrll of Ihe recent He-publlmn He-publlmn convention at Chtrago. whlcfc aourbt In kindle anew racial and fan tlon a I atrlfe, and we appeal lo Ihe aobei common aenae nnd patriotic aplrlt of thf American people. The cxlallnjr Hepubllcan admlnlatrallns hna hern epnamodlc. ape. Macular and ar hiirnry. It haa ntade Itaeif a aatlra upon the conareMR, the courta and upon th aettlect prnclleea and tiangea of natlnnaJ and Internnttnnnl law. tt rummened thi congreaa Into hnaty and futile extra ae alon and vlrtunlly n1journed II. leaving hvhlnd lla rtljrnl from Waablnarton nn called calendars and unaccomplished It made war (which la lha aole power n congreta, without lia authority, thereby usurping Ita fiiadnmentnl prerorntlvea. It vlntntrd a atntute of the United Plates aa well aa pMIn treaty obllgntlona. Inrer-nnilonnl Inrer-nnilonnl um;e and conatitutlonal lawt and hna done an under nretenae of executing exe-cuting a great public policy which could have been more ra-lly effected lawfully, cnnatituMomilly and with honor. II forced atrnlti'd and unnatural con-atruetlone con-atruetlone upon atatutea. 11-nrptng Jud. nlal Interpretation nnd uballtutlng con-greaalonnl con-greaalonnl enact mniia. It withdrew frtn conareaa their cta tomary dutlea of tnv.Htlpntbm which have heretofore made the repreaentntlvea of the people and atntea tho territory of evil-doe ra. It conducted a eecref tnveettrattnn of Ita own and Imitated of a few aampla oonvleta while It threw a broad coyer 11 over the burenua which hnd been their choaen fleld nf operative abnea and kept In power the auperlnr ofllcera under whoaa admlnlatrallon tha crime bad been commlttcfl. It ordered aaaault upon aoma monopolies, monopo-lies, but paralyted by Ita flrai Tlctorr II flung out Ihe flag of truce and deduced that It would not "run amuck." leaving Ita future purpoaea beclouded by Ita Tao Ulatlona. Conducting tha amnnlirn upon this declaration of our prlnclplea nnd purpoaea, pur-poaea, wo Invoke for our candidate tha ftiippnrt, nnt only of our great and time-honored time-honored organisation, but alo the active na-latnnce of all our feltnw-ettltena, who, disregarding pnal dlfferencea upon quea-tlona quea-tlona no longer In laaue, dealre the per- I pet u -it Ion of our conatltutlonat govern. 1 ment na frnmrd nnd eatnbllahcd by tha fathers of the republic. j |