The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-21
WALSH PROBABLY WILL. BE
RETIRED FROM STATE COMMITTEE.

! RETIRED FROM STATE COMMIT TIE.
II is considered toierably certain that
Walsh will Zoe beaten :or State C0mmitjr@-
man from the Fifth District VII 7 KEN
Der is. said 10 have secured control OF thirty
/ Of fh,. forty-Six votes in trat district AID.
! unless Eemp-r makes some serious mi-iaN
between now and the time for the Tuesday
morning caucus. Walsh will be retired i'5m
the committee
After the long conference which was HELD
this afternoon by the Insurgents" the fol
lowing platform was given OUT for uubljra-
tom. il being claimed that unless the pilnkS
were inserted 10y the Resolutions Commit
tee, a fight would be- made on IN h9or d
the convention.
When shown the plaEks. the administra-
fion Democrats remarked that there was
nothing 50 terribly vicious" about them.
despite all the claims when the '':nsur-
gents" have made during the past few
weeks about the campaign which they hia
mapped out for themselves
The seven planks in the platform are as
follows:
Whereas. We regard every attempt 10y
trusts and corporations to control AFFAIRS
as a direct menace TO the public welfare
and a corrupt!ng influence in political par
ties: therefore be il
Resolved. That the Democrats Of Mis-
souri, are unalterably opposed To accepting
money from trusts or corporations for cam
paign purposes. no matter whether contrib
uted ConditionalIy or Internationally ana
our State Committee IS hereby instructed as
follows:
..Fjrst-Not TO solicit or accept any con-
tributions conditionaIIy or uncondi'ionaAiy'
from any trust OF corporation OF any kind
Committee ana
its officers shall honestly comply with
the .corrrlpt practices act passed by a
| Democratic Legislature and signed by the
Democratic Governor. and shall file a true
and correct sworn statement. a. provided
| by said Law. showing the entire amount
| OF money received 10y the committee. the
name Of the persons contributing the same.
| and to whom and for what purposes the
| same WAS paid out. In making this state
r1ent there shall be no concealment. deceit
| or fictitious names employed. but the
truth. 1he whole truth and nothing but the
| truth shall be revealed
DEMAND ABOLITION OF
PRACTICE OF LOBBYING.
..-Thir,i-That no member OF the State
| Committee an no officer thereof shall at
any time attempt to influence the vote Of
| auv Senator OF Representative on any
measure on the ground THAI any person
] has contributed money 10 the Democratic
| campaign fund
| ..Fourth-The Democracy o: MissDur! i al
\ SO bitterly opposed to the perniciGEs practice
| Of lobbying. no matter whether the same :
attempted with our State Legislature. OF
| with anv branch OF the State Gov rum mt
| either Legislative. executive or judicial We
demand that the railroad companies. the
| street railway companies. the eXDr - com
paniss the telegraph companies. tEe t.le
| phone companies, the stock yards oompan'
| ies. the baking powder companies. The
| school book companies. and every "thel
corpora ton interest. both private ANA pub,
lie shall henceforth and forever abolish
| this practice.
| "Ffnh-We demand the immediate enact
ment of State law making It felony 70
| any corporation agent political committee
! man. State officer or other person to in
! duge in lobbying with any OF our Stat,
departments We respectfully request Gov
errlor A N. Dockery to include this topic
without exception or restriction. in his mex
| biennial message to the Legislature of thi
State.
"Sixth-we hereby pledge the next Demo
cratic Legislature to pass law abolishini
the contract labor system Of the State Pen
itentiary. - that oonvict-made goods vii
not be brought into competition with tn
| products Of free labor OF Missouri.
/ ''Seycnth-We hereby pledge the mex
| Democratic Legislature to eract law thai
will forever abolish government by n5unc
tion in Missouri and TO that end We hs:ab!
pledge such Legislature 10 pass a statute
providing that no man shall he arrested .,
] deprived OF his lberEr for til allegel VIC
Iation OF any injunctFl or restraining prde
| unless there first he filed an information
against him in the court issuing an .niunc
| tion or order. and upon the hearing q am
person for any such alleged violation If al
injunction or restraining order. tn acy'ISe.
shall have the right Of trial by 1 Jury 0
| twelve men
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