The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-04-07
GREENvL1E SATURDAY, April
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM APPOyED BY
W. j. BRYAN ARRAIGNS REPUBLICANS.
The Platform Indicates Mr. Bryans Idea of What the National
Democratic Platform Should Be, and it Denounces
the Mckinley Policy in Vigorous erms-
Imperialism, Trusts and Miarism
Condemned Chicago Plat
form Reaiirm--Poro
Rico Bill De-


braska State Democratic convention last night amid the
greatest enthusam
"We the Democrats of Nebraska, in convention as
sembled do hereby rearm and endorse in whole and in
part in letter and in spirit the platform adopted by the
Democratic National Convention held in Chicago in 1896
''We favor amendments to the federal constitution
especially authorizing income tax and providing for
the election of the United States Senators by direct vote
of the people.
1--WE oppose government by injunction and the black
sh, and favor arbitration of settling disputes
between corporations and their employees.
1--WE observe with approval the support given by
Democrats through the country to the movement looking
toward the municipal ownership of municipal franchises.
''We favor the principle of the initiative and refer
endum wherever 1t can be applied
''We are in favor of liberal pensions to deserving
soldiers and to their dependents believe that
upon the pension rolls should not be arbitrarily dropped
nd we believe, stated in the last national PLATFORM
hat the fact of enlistment and service should be deemed
conclusive evidence against disease and disability before
enlistment
"We in favor of the immediate construction and
forfcon of the Nicaraguan canal by the United States
''We condem the DINGHY tariff law trust
breeding and eXortien-nvng measure skfully devils
d tor the purpose of giving to few favored that which
hey do not deserve and of placing upon the whole people
many burdens which they should not bear.
"We welcome the opportunity offered this year to
take the federal government out of the hands of the Re-
publican party which has abandoned American ideas, and
BIT the command of corporate wealth has plotted against
he financial independence Of the individual, and
templates the notification of the declaration of American
Independence
''We pledge ourselves to wage unceasing warfare
against all Iuss-the money trusts, the Industrial trust
md the international land d-gobbng trust
'Instead of system which would chain our nation
the gold standard and compel it to participate all
a he disturbances which to Eupropean nations
demand an American financial SYSTEM made by the Amer
people for themselves to be secured by the mmedi
e restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of gold
nd silver at the present legal ratio of 6 to l. without
waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation
''The Republican administration has admitted the
gold standard to be unsatisfactory by appointing COM
mission standard permanent, has confessed judgement
gans the standard by attempting to revive the delusive
pope of international blmetallism.
"Instead of the system favored by the Republican
arty under which national banks permitted to
nd control the volume of paper money for their pro-
H relterate demand for the financial system which
recognizes the governments sovereign right to issue all
money, whether coin paper and we demand the reen
of the greenbackers they exist and the retire
nent of national bank notes rapidly greenbacks can
be substituted for them
'We believe that private monopoles are indefen-
Fible and toerabe, and condemn the national ad-
lnsation for its failure to enforce the present law
against the trusts to recommend more effective law
"We favor state consti tuition which will prohibit
the organisation of monopoly within the state and also
prevent monopoly organized elsewhere from doing bus
ness within the state: but further believe that congress
should supplement the efforts of the state by Legislation
which will require every corporation before engaging in
interstate commerce. show that it has water In It's
Stock and that it has neither attempted in the past nor
aemtng to monopolize any branch of business or the
production Of any article of merchandise
SIN its platform of 1890 the Republican party de-
cared that the maintenance of the principles promulgated
in the Declaration of ndeence and embodied in the fed
era constitution That all men created equal; that
they endowed with nalienable rights that govern
ments instituted to secure their rights; and that gov
ernments derive their just powers from the consent Oh e
governed essential to the preservation OF our repuo
can institution, but the Republican party, under It's pres
en leadership endangerng the preservation OF repuo
can institution by placing the dollar above the man In
the construction of government and of violating the prn
clpies that it once declared to be essential
We condemn the Porto Rico tariff bill recently pass
ed by Republican house Of representatives as Dod ano
open violation Of the nations organic law and hagrant
breach of good faith.
''We assert that the constitution follows the flag and
lenonce the doctrine that executive or congress-
treated the limit by the constitution, can exercise lawful
authority beyond that constitution, In violation OF H.
Believing that nation cannot long endure half republic
md half empire oppose ware of conquest and colonial
POSSESSIONS
''1'he Filpinos cannot be citizens without endanger-
ng civilizations they cannot be subjects without en-