The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
Democrats Turn Down PTOpO- sal to Reaflrm Kansas
 City Platform
]. B SULLIVAN HEADS
 THE NEW STATE TICKET
The Platform penounees Trusts In the Strongest Terms and Demands a
 ReadIustment of the Tariff,
 Which Is Root of the Evil.
Des Moines, Iowa, June A. Governor-J. B. Sullivan.

Des Moines, Iowa, June A.
 Governor-J. B. Sullivan.
 Lieutenant Governor-D. B. Butler.
 Judge of Supreme Court-John R. Cald- well.
 Superintendent of Public Instruction-A. B. McCook.
 Railroad Commissioner-W. S. Porter. The democratic state committee, by vote of 4es s-1O to s54 1-1O today refused to adopt minority report signed by four members of the committee on resolutions, adding to the platform reported by the seven members constituting the major ity of the committee, a plank re- affirming the democratic national plat form of 1900. and by a vote of 62s1k to 1991a rejected another minority report, adding to the plank demanding government con trol of railway charges, a provision that in case such control should not prove ef- fective, the national government should acquire ownership of railroads.
 All the nominations were made by ac- clamation, the friends of Judge A. A. vanwagenen of Sioux City having con cluded not to present his name for gov ernor after it became apparent that the convention would not adopt a govern ment ownership plank which he has fa- vored
 J. B. Sullivan, nominee for governor, has been affiliated with the Bryan wing of the party but he was acceptable to the gold democrats.
 Quick Temporary Chairman.
 State Chairman Jackson called the con vention to order at Il a. m. and named J. H. Quick of Sioux City as temporary chairman.
 When the convention met at o'clock permanent organization was effected. E. M. Haron of Davenport presented the re- port of the committee on resolutions and made the only speech in it's support. J. M. Parsons of Rock Rapids submitted the minority report in favor of government ownership, of which he was the only signer, and spoke In favor of it's adop- tion. After the rejection of the report W. H. Robb of Creston presented the re-affirmation plank It was rejected and the report of the majority committee was adopted without division. The preamble to the platform reads:
 We find much in the domestic affairs of the nation that ought to be changed The tariff policy, originally adopted for the avowed purpose of raising revenue to meet the enormous burdens of the civil war, has been turned to the use of indi- vidual and class interests until 1t has be- come the creator of countless unearned fortunes and the shelter Of huge combi- nations of capital, organized in the form of trusts, which are strangllng compe- tition in many of our industries, destroy ing individual effort, crushing ambition largely in every line of industry and al- ready acquiring power which enables them to dictate in their own interest the prices of labor and raw material and the cost of transportation of finished products"
 Platform Calls for Economy.
 The platform as 1t relates to state af- fairs calls for economical government; equitable taxation of corporate and pri- vate property; the purchase of supplies from the lowest bidder; the substitution of local option for the present mulct law and state aid In the building of per manent buildings Government by in- junction Is denounced and the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people is demanded. Further the plat form reads:
 We are unalterably opposed to the policy of imperialism by this government, instituted, fostered and maintained by the republican party, and we demand that our government shall declare 1t to be it's purpose and without delay, to adopt such measures shall give to the people of the Philippine islands and Porto Rico their inalienable rights of self-govern- ment.
 We condemn the republican party for its financial policies which would foist on the country an unstable currency based on the uncertain private securities.
 
 We protest against the plan presented in the Aldrich bill recently before the United States senate, by which the money of the nation shall be loaned to capital fsts upon the bond and securities of pri- yate corporations, as an effort to give value and stability to watered bonds and securities of corporations and trusts. many of which are maintaining monopo- Hes In defiance of law and public senti- ment
 We insist that the integrity of the money of the nation be guarded with zeal ous care and demand that 1t shall be suf- ficient in volume to meet the needs of the business interests of the country, and it shall be safeguarded by careful legfs- lation as to prevent the gamblers of Wall street from cornering the money market thus inficting untold injury upon the smaller business men, the farmers and the laborers of the land.
 we deplore lne corrupt condition or the government service in the postoffice department and demand thorough in- vestigation of that and other departments by congressional committee: publicity as to such conditions, and punishment of all wrong doers.
 Evils From Trusts.
 ~As the most alarming features of our present conditions are the evils which come from trusts. and as these evils are made possible by legislation favoring one class. and against another by transporta- tion privileges and by monopoly of origi-