Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-15
Lyon County Democrats Are
For Him and Government
Ownership Platform
PARSONS OFFERS RESOLUTIONS
Rock Rapids Politician Gets In Line
With the Sioux City Mans Candidacy
and Platform-Text of Resolutions
Which May be Basis of State Plat
form.
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Rock Rapids, June 15.-Lyon count,
democrats in convention here Saturda!
placed themselves on record as favorins
Judge Van Wagenen. of Sioux City, fol
governor and endorsing his platform
for government ownership. The reso-
buttons were offered by Hon. j. NJ. Par
sons.
Mr.. Parsons spoke in advocacy of his
resolutions which were adopted with
out opposition and with real enthusia-
asm.
This move by Lyon county is regard
ed as important because of efforts
which have been made to get Mr.. Par
sons opposed to Judge Van Wagenen
Some weeks ago the anti-Nan Wagenen
element tried to induce MI. Parsons to
be a candidate for the eubernatoral
nomination. but he declined and indi-
Gated that he was for Judge Van Wag-
enen.
The action ends all question of the
position of this county. The delegation
Is instructed to present; the Lyon
county resolutions to the state conven-
ton. and endeayor to get them adopt
ed as the state platform, and 1t is I'M
derstood that Judge Van 'Nagenen has
been consulted about the move. 1t Is
therefore considered very probable that
the resolutions adopted here may be-
come the basis ofthe declarations to be
made at Des Moines.
The delegates are John P. FINLEY, G.
H. Leichlighter. j. NJ. Parsons, ]. w.
Kachelhoffer, John M. Nagle and L.
Vogt.
The resolutions on government own
ership reads as follows ::
Resolved. That the Lyon county DEL
egation at the state convention be in
structed to favor the adoption of the
following platform towit:
..As the most alarming features of
our present conditions are the evils
evils are made possible by legislation
favoring one class and against another.
by transportation privileges. and by
monopoly of original sources of supply
of natural products. therefore to the
end that the evils connected with the
growth of trusts may be eliminated. we
call for the removal of the tariff from
all goods produced as cheaply here as
abroad and for limiting the protection
on all other classes of goods to the
of cost of production at home
and abroad.
I'VE ask for such changes in our laws
statutory or constitutional, as will limit
the charges bys railroads to such an
amount as will yield only reasonable
return on the capital actually invested
and will render 1t impossible for trans
portation favors to be granted to any
one, and such as will make certain that
all railway patrons will be treated alike.
And if 1t be found necessary so to do.
to secure such reasonable rates and
equal treatment of all by the railway
corporations, we favor acquisition and
operation of the railways by the gener-
al government.
when the sources of supply of any
product are in the ownership of those
who combine to eXtort from the people
an unreasonable amount for the use of
such products then we believe it is the
duty of the government to take such
steps as are necessary to secure a dis
tDibution of such products at reason
able rates, and If necessary to sieze
such sources of supply in order that the
design of nature in making provision
for the wants of man may not be pre-
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