The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-22
THE DEHOCRAE1C STATE PLATFORM.
,sop,sd BY the Convention in Greensboro,
NC, July 10, 1909.

North Carolina upon the aQopG1On OF |
che suffrage amendment to our State
constitution, and upon the benefits
that have resulted therefrom, and we
hedge the Democratic party to faith
fully maintain it by every legitimate
means; and we demand that the Re
nublican Party shall declare its pur-
nose either to accept or reject it, and
until it is accepted as a fnality by all
parties we declare it to be the duty
of the white people to stand together
for aps protection.
The Democratic Party, representing
the intelligence, the virtue and the
manhood of the people of the State,
recalls with pleasure the entire alb
sence of scandals during its admins
tration of public affairs, and the graf
flying advancement which has been
made amongst us in all industrial
lines. We have fostered agriculture,
and promoted manufacturing, and
have given to capital full security
and have protected the rights of la
6OE.
W. pledge the party to a fair and
just system of taxation, and we de-
mand that all subjects of taxation
shall bear their just and equal pro-
portion of the burdens of govern
,menE
We renew our pledges for the ex-
tension and improvement of the pub
lie school system of the State, so that
it may keep pace with the needs and
conditions of our people. We point
with pride to the great impetus and
progress in this great work during
the last two years, and call attention
to the fact that this year, for the first
time in the history of the State, every
school district has been able to main
tain a public free school for four
months, as required by the Constitu-
ton. We believe that the permanent
prosperity of the people of this State
depends largely upon the construction
and maintenance of good roads, and
we pledge the party to the hearty sup
port of all wise measures to that end.
We heartily commend and endorse
the administration of Governor
Charles B. Aycock and other State Of
fcials for their faithful execution of
the party's promises, in so far as the
same has been possible thus early in
their terms of Office. We likewise ex-
tend our appreciation and endorse
ment to United States Senator F. M.
Simmons and to our Democratic Rep
resentatives in Congress, and congrat-
ulate them and the people of the
State for their faithful official ser
vices to the State in the councils of
the nation.
We reafirm our allegiance to the
Democratic Party and it's principles
as enunciated in it's national plat
form.
We denounce the policy of impe-
rialism as inaugurated by the Repub-
lican national administration, and de-
clare it to be obnoxious to our form
of government and fraught with dan,
ger to the very existence of the re-
public.
We denounce a. oppressive and IL
legal those combinations of capital
known as trusts and ~monopolies that
stife competition, throttle individual
effort and destroy the generous spirit
of rivalry that should exist in the
commercial world.
We denounce the deceptive and illu,
sorry course of the Republican Party
in Congress, in f~urthering the exis,
tence of the trusts by its refusal to
enact legislation restraining them
and to enforce in good faith the ex,
isting laws against them, that party
being in the full control of all branch.
IS of the government.
We denounce the present iniqui'
tOus, unjust and trust-creating pro
tective tariff, imposed upon the peo-
pie by the Republican Party, and de,
mand it's immediate revision to the
end that all unjust burdens shall be
removed, and especially those upon
the necessaries of life. Its provisions
enable the trusts to extort from the
people unreasonable profits and to sell
their products to consumers at home
at greater prices than are charged fol
the same goods to the foreign con
sumer. We demand, therefore, thai