The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-07-12

AAes1oHOWlnS PLATFORM was adopted
by the democratic national convention
at St Louis:
The Democratic party of the United
states, in national convention assembled
declare devotion to the essential princi
pies OF the democratic faith which bring
togetner In party communion.
We, the delegates of the democratic
party OF the United States in national
convention assembled, declare our devo-
Iion TO the essential principles of the
democratic faith which bring US together
In party cummuniOQ
Under them local self-goverment and
national unity and prosperity were alike
estaonSned. They undertake our indipend-
ence, the structure of our free republic,
and every democratic extension, from
Louisiana to California, and Texas to
oregon, which preserves faithfully in all
the states the tie between taxation and
representation. They yet inspire the
masses of our people, guarding jealousy
their rights and liberties, and cherishing
their fraternity, peace and orderly devel-
opment They remind US of our duties
and responsibilities as citizens and
impress upon US, particularly at this
time, the necessity of reform and the
rescue of the administration or govern
rnent from the headstreng, arbitrary and
SpaSmOdic methods which distract bust
ness by uncertainty and pervade the
public mind with dread, distrust and per-
turbation.
principles to the living issues of the day
constitutes the first step toward the as
Sured peace, safety and progress of or
nation. Freedom of the press, of con-
science and of speech; equality before the
law of all citizens; the right of trial by
jury; freedom of the person defended by
the writ of habeaS corpus; liberty of per-
Sonal contract, untrammeled by sumptu-
airy laws; the supremacy of the civil over
the military authority; a well disciplined
militia; the separation of church anc
state; economy in expenditures low
taxes, that labor may be lightly bur-
dened; the prompt and sacred fulfllment
OF public and private obligations; fidelity
to treaties; peace and friendship with all
nations; entangling alliances with none.
absolute acqu1eScence in the will of the
majority, the vital principle of republics
these are doctrines which democracy has
established. approved by the nation, and
they should be constantly invoked, and
enforced.
We favor the enactment and admins
tration of laws, giving labor and CAPT
tai impartially their just rights Capital
and labor ough not to be enemies. Each
Is necessary to the other. Each has It's
rights, but the rights of labor are GER
tainly no less vested" no less sacred. -
and no less ''inalienable' than the rights
of capital
Constitutional guarantees are violated
whenever any citizen is denied the right
to labor, acquire and enjoy property o.:
reside where interest of inclination may
determine. ANY denial tnereOI Dy 1nQl-
viduals, organizations or governments
should be summarily rebuked and pun
ished.
We deny the right of any executive to
disregard suspend any constitutional
privilege or limitation. Obedience to the
laws and respect for their requirements
are alike the supreme duty of the citizen
and the official. The military should be
used only to support and to maintain the
law. We unqualifiedly condemn its en-
ployment for the summary Punishment
of citizens without trial, or for the con-
troll of elections.
We approve the measure which passed
the United States senate in 1885, but
which republican congress has ever
since refused to enact. relating to con-
.tempts in Federal courts and providing
for trial by jury in cases of indirect con-
tempt.
We favor the liberal appropriations for
the care and improvement of the water
ways of the country. When any water,
way like the Mississippi river is of suf-
ticient Importance to demand special aid
OF the government, such aid should be
extended with a definite plan of con-
tinuous work until permanent improve
ment is secured. We oppose the republi-
can policy of starving home development
in order to feed the greed for conquest,
and tbs appetite for national prestige
and display of strength.
Large reductions can easily be made
in the annual expenditures of the
government, without imparing the eff,
HclenCy OIL Drdncn OF the pubic SerV-
lce and We shall insist upon the strictest
economy and frugality compatible with
vigorous and efficient, civil, military and
naval administration a right of the
people too clear to be denied or with
held
1.-The enforcement of honesty in the
public service, and to that end a thorough
legislative investigation of those execu-
tive departments of the government al
ready known to TEEN with corruption, as
well as other departments suspected of
harboring corruption, and the punishment.
of ascertained cOrruptiOnists without fear
or favor or regard to persons. The per-
Sistent and deliberate refusal of both the
senate and house of Representatives to
permit such investigation to be made
demonstrates that only by a change in
the executive and in the legislative de-
partment can complete exposure, pun
tshment and correction be obtained.
We condemn the action of the republic
can party in congress in refusing TO pro-
hibit an executive department from en-
tering into contracts with convicted
trusts or unlawful combinations in re-
straint of Interstate trade. We believe
that one of the best methods of procur
ing economy and honesty in the public
service is to have public officials, from
the occupant of the white house down to
the lowest of them return, as early as
may be, to Jefersonian simplicity of liv-
ing.
3.-We favor the nomination and cleo
ton of a president imbuded with the
principles of the constitution, VINO Will
set his face sternly against executive
usurpation of legislative and judicial
functions whether that usurpation be
yelled under the guise of executive con-
struction of existing laws or whether it
take refuge in the tyrant's plea of neceS-
sity or superior wisdom.
We favor the preservation, so far
as we can, Of an open door for the
worlds commerce in the orient, without
unnecessary ENHANCEMENT in oriental and
: European affairs, and without arbitrary
unlimited, irresponsible and absolute gov
eminent anywhere within our JuriSdic-
ton. We oppose, as fervently as did
George Washington himself an indefinite
irresponsible, discretionary and vague alb
solution and a policy of colonial ex-
ploitation, no matter where or by whom
invoked or exercised; we believe, with
Jefferson and John Adams, that no gov
eminent has a right to make one set of
laws for those at home, and a
different set of laws, absolute in
their character for those lin the
colonies" All men under the Ameri-
can flag are entitled to the protection of
the institutions whose emblem the fisG
is; if they are inherently unfit for those
institutions, then they are Inherently UNI
fit to be members of the American body
polite. Wherever there may exist peo-