Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-12
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Declaration Of Principles ADOPTED
by the National Convention
at Kansas City.
tration in return for campaign subscrlp
lions and political support.

! lions and political support.
Control of Trusts.
The failure of the present administra-
branches Of the national government to
enact any legislation designed to prevent
or even curtail the absorbing power 6f
force the antitrust laws ALREADY on the
statute books prove the insincerity Of the
niigth tas, phrases of the republican
tected In all their rights and their legiti-
mate interests should be respected, but
any attempt by corporations to Interfere
control the sovereignty which creates
them, should be forbidden under such
penalties as will make such attempts im-
We s.s condemn the Dingley tariff law as
yised to give the few favors which they
bear.
sc We favor f, or, such an enlargement of the
VIII enable the commission to protect in
dlNlduals and communities from discrim-
nation and the public from unjust and
UNFAIR transportation rates.
Financial Plank.
We reaffirm and indorse the principles
OF the national democratic platform
adopted at Chicago, in 1896, and we reiter-
at e the e, demand Of that platform for an
aam merica1 financial system made by the
PR price level, and as part Of such system
unlimited coinage of silver and gold at
the present legal ratio of l6 to without
waiting for the aid or consent Of any
We denounce the currency bill enacted
at the last session of congress as u step
forward In the republican policy which
a the n 70 a,seTedlt the sovereign right Of
money money, whether. coin or paper and to
hestow upon national banks the power to
money for their own benefit A perma-
nent national bank currency, secured BY
government bonds. must have q perma-
currency is to increase with population
AZ, business. the debt must also increase.
me republican currency scheme IL there
lore scheme for fastening upon the
taxpayers perpetual and growing debt.
No Watered stock.
We pledge the democratic party to an
unceasing warfare in nation, state and
f5y afa ns,Inp private monopoly in every
be enforced and more stringent ones
must be enacted providing for publicity
as as to, to the affairs OF corporations engaged
eorporations to show, before doing bust
ness outside Of the state Of their origin,
mat they have no water III their stock.
are not attempting to monopolize any
branch OF business or the production Of
ANY MGo,s articles Ct merchandise and ths
over interstate commerce, the mails and
an modes of Interstate communication
snaii De exercised by the enactment of
trusts. Tariff laws should be amended
by putting the products OF trusts upon
t me free list to prevent monopoly under
Retirement Of Bank Notes.
Debt for the benefit of the banks. We
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paper circulated as money, but without
legal tender qualities, and demand the re-
e. r.. e OF the national bank notes as
eal1caees can be substituted for them.
Senators by the People.
We favor an amendment to the federal
constitution providing for tho election Of
I'M nmitea states senators by direct vote Of
lation wherever practicable.
No Government by Injunction.
We are opposed to government by in
Junction: we denounce the blacklist and
favor arbitration as means OF settling
disputes between corporations and their
employees.
Department Of Labor.
In the interest of American labor and
the the upbuilding of the workingman as the
country. we recommend that congress
create department of labor, In charge
Of; q S,ec9retary. with seat in the cab
american laborer will bring with 1t in
creased production and increased pros
perlty to our country at home and to our
commerce abroad. l7f-
Liberal Pensions.
We are proud of the courage and f1dcl-
ity Of the American soldiers and sailors
In all our wars. we favor liberal pensions
to them and their dependents and we re-
iterate the position ssat taken In the Chicago
ment and service shall be deemed conclu-
siTe evidence against disease and disa-
bility before enlistment
Nicnragun Canal.
We favor the immediate construction.
ownership and control of the Nicaraguan
nounce the insincerity Of the plank in the
republican national platform for an
isthmian canal i'll the face of the failure
Or the republican majority to pass the
Dill pending In congress.
Surrender to England.
We condemn the Hay auncefote treaty
as surrender of American rights and
interests. not to be tolerated by the
American people.
Statehood.
We denounce the failure of the repub-
lican party to carry out It's pledges to
grant statehood to the territories Of Ari-
iona. New Mexico and Oklahoma, and
we promise the people of those territories
immediate statehood and home rule DUR
Ing their condition as territories, and we
favor home rule and territorial form
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We favor an intelligent system OF i'm
proving the arid lands of the west stor-
Ing the waters for purposes of irriga-
ton and the holding of such lands for
actual settlers.
We favor the continuance and strict en-
forcement of the Chinese exclusion law
and Its application to the same classes
of all Asiatic races.
Lanti-lirnbiinx Condemned.
Jefferson said; Peace. commerce and
tangling alliances with none" We APP
estly protest against the republican . ali i de-
parture which has involved us in So
called world politics. including, the di-.
land -grabbing of Asia, and we especially
condemn the ill-concealed republican al
lance with England. which must mean
tions, and which has already stified the
nations voice while liberty is being
strangled in Africa.
sympathy for Beers.
Believing in the principles of self-gov-,
eminent and rejecting as did our fore
fathers the claim of monarchy, we view
with Indignation the purpose of England
to overwhelm with force the South Az
lieve. for the entire American nation, ex-
cept it's republican oiticeholders, and for
all free men everywhere, we extend our
sympathies to the heroic burghers in
their unequal struggle to maintain their
liberty and independence.
We denounce the lavish appropriations
have kept taxes high and which threaten
the pcrpeuation of the oppressive war
levies. We oppose the accumulation Of a
surplus to be squandered in such bare
shipping subsidy bill, which, under the
false pretense Of prospering American
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