The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-06-25

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n st. Louis early next month. Inc
delegates are pledged to work for MS
nomination by the party, and can aD-
solve themselves from these instruc-
tons only by a two-thirds vote or the
entire delegation.
The convention proved to be the
most notable gathering in Mississippi
history for several years, delegates
being present from every county IN
the State. All the big and hrainy men
of Mississippi were there, and most OF
them made ringing Democratic
speeches when called upon by friends
and admirers among the delegations
composing the convention. In short,
the meeting proved to be an old-tlme
Democratic love feast, and the work
of the body flowed as smoothly n
quietly as the waters on the bosom
of a placid river. No hitch occurred
at any time in the proceedings OF the
convention.
The platform deals particularly with
udIIOldl loOuNoJ oho "~S
that matchless leader and idol OF Mis-
sissippi Democracy-John Sharp VIII
liams. of Yazoo-and it proclalms IN
words which cannot be misunderstood
the principles OF Mississippi Oemoc-
racy. in the coming campaign. The
platform was read in a clear and dis
tinct voice by Mr.. Williams himself
and was adopted unanimously. 1t Is
as follows:
The Platform.
The Democracy Of Mississippi, In
convention assembled, renews n en-
phasiZes it's repeated expressions o1
confidence in the Democracy OF the
countr and the expression OF It's nrm
belief that those fundamental prln-
ciptes of republican government, as
EXPRESSED and exemplified by Thomas
Jefferson, in contradistinctlon to the
governmental principles espOused AND
adopted by Alexander Hamilton and
by the Federalist party, which he Gre
ated and dominated, lie at the basis OF
all good government. In the appl1ca-
ton OF these principles to present
conditions. the Democracy OF Mlssls'
sissippi favors:
First-Economy in Federal admins
tration. and to that end cutting on all
and imperialistic ex
renditures. the former as soon as
possible after our access to power
and the latter gradually, but surely
and safely. Government has no lnde
pendent source of revenue and every
dollar unnecessarily and unJustly
spent is a dollar wrung by taxation
from the citizens and is, moreover, a
dollar DETECTED from use in some bet
ter way.
Second-The enforcement of hon.
csty in public service, and to that END
a thorough legislative Investigation OF
those executive departments OF the
government already known to teen
with corruption, as we'll as other de
partments suspected OF harDorlng cor
ruption. and the punishment OF ascer-
tanned co~rruptionists without fear or
favor or regard 10 persons. In oroaoeI
f~urtherance of that end the Federal o
ernment should not enter into con
tract with trusts or unlawful comDlna
tions in restraint of interstate trade
and in violation of law. We DeHeVe
that one of the best methods or pro
curing enocomy and honesty in pub
lie service is to have public officials
from the occupant of the White House
to the lowest of them, return, as near
" as may be, to J~efferson1an sim
nlicity of living. A Democratic presl
dent will so set that fashion.
Third-We favor the NOMINATION
and election of a president trained
to the ways of the Constitution, whc
shall set his face sternly against ex
ecutive %usurpation of legislative anc
judicial functions. whether thai usur
nation be yelled under the guise Of ex
ecutive construction of existing laws OF
whether it take refuge in the tyrant':
pleas of necessity and superior WIS
dom.
Fourth-A wise, conservative ant
business-like revision and reduction
OF the tariff by the friends OF TIT
masses and common veal and not By
the friends of it's abuses, its extor
lions and its determinations: keep
ing in view the ultimate end OF equal
fly of burdens and equalitles OF op
portunities and the constitutional pur
poses of raising a revenue by taxa
ton; and keeping also in view. a:
men Oh COuI1Ou SENSE SAOulu,
conditions, however
brought about, and the danger to
cause itself too sudden and revo
~lutionary a reversal of policy.
We should bear in mind, in short
these two things: First, the genera
principle that the sole right deriva
ton of the power of taxation is tn
support of the Federal government
economically, effectively and constltu
~tionally administered, and, second, D.
the equal truth, that in the assertion
of any general principle and in reach
ing any ultimate end, however sacre
and logically unavoidable, due regard
but only due regard, must and Shouts
be paid to the actual existing cond'
lions, however mistaken, artihcfalI
or unjustly created.
Fffth-The reduction of tariff taxa
ton upon trust-produced articles Z
the point where foreign competitor
may enter the American marke'
wherever trusts and combines seekin
monopoly raise their prices to tn