The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-09
PLATFORM UPON WHICH
ALL DEMOCRATS STAND
Adopted by Unanimous Vote of the National
Convention.
Strong Ground Taken on All the Live Issues of the Day-Dec
Iaration of Principles Which Assure
Victory in November.


European affairs, and without arbltTa-
~, unlimited. irresponsible and absO-
lutte government anywhere within. our
jurisdiction We oppose feTVently. as
did George Washington himself. an in
definite. irresponsible. Discretionary and
vague absoiutism and a policy Of colo
NAL exploitation no matter where or
by whom exercised: we believe with
Thomas jefferson and John Adams that
no government has a right 10 make one
set OF laws for those "at home and an
other and a different set of laws absO-
lutte IN their character. for those in
the colonies
All men under the American flag are
entitled To the protection of the insti-
buttons whose emblem the flag is. If
they are inherently unfit to he members
OF the American body polite Wher-
ever there may exist a people incapa-
ole OF being governed upon American
laws under the American constitution.
the territory Of people ought not 10 be
part of the American domain. We
insist that we ought 10 do for the Fill
pinos what we have done already for
the Cubans and it i our duty TO make
that promise now and. upon suitable
guarantees of protection to citizens OF
our own and other countries resident
there at the time of our Withdrawal,
set the Filipino people upon their feet
free and independent to work out their
own destiny.
The endeavOr of the secretary of war,
by pledging the governments endorse
ment for promoters in the Philippine
/ islands TO make the United States .
partner IL speculative legislation of the
archipelago which was only Temporal
lily held by the opposition of the Dem
ocratic senators in the last session viii.
if successful. lead to entanEiements
OF which it viii be difficult to escape.
Tariff Robbery.
The Democratic party has been and
viii continue TO be the consistent op-
pOnent of that class of tariff legislation
by which certain interests have been
permitted. through congressional IA
vOr, to draw heavy tribute from the
American people This monstrous per
version Of those equal opportunities
which our political institutions We're es-
tablished TO secure, has caused what
may once have been infant industry
TO become the greatest combinations Of
capital that the world has ever known.
These especial faVOTites OF the gov
eminent have through trust methods.
been converted into mOuOpoIies. thus
bringing to an end domestic competi-
ton which was the only alleged check
upon the extravagent profits made pos
sIbie by the protective system. These
industrial combinations. by the finau-
troll the policy Of the Republican party.
We denounoe protection as a rob
berry Of the many to enrich the few
and we favor a tariff limited to the ne
cessities of the government. econOmi-
cally administered and 50 LEVIED as not
to discriminate against any industry
class or section, to the end tina the bur
dens of taxation shall be distributed as
equally as possible.
We favor revision and a gradual
reduction Of the tariff by the friends
Of the masses and for the cOmmOEweaI.
and not by the friends of its abuses.
its eXtOrtiOns and its Determinations.
keeping in view the ultimate ends Of
equality ~ burdens and equality or
opportunities and the executionaI
purpose OF raising Il revenue by taxa
ton. tO-wit, the support Of the federal
government ia all its integrity and vir-
iiity, but in simplicity.
Trusts and Unlawful Combinations.
We recognize that the gigantic trusts
and combinations designed TO enable
capital TO secure more than its just
share Of the joint products OF capital
and labor and which have been fos-
tered and promoted under Republican
rule are a menace to beneficial com
petition and an obstacle TO permanent
business prosperity.
A private monopoly is indefensible
and intOleTable.
Individual equality of opportunity
and free competition are essential to
healthy and permanent commercial
prosperity. and any trust combination
or monopoly tending to destroy these
by controlling production. restricting
competition or fixing prices. should be
prohibited and punished by law We
especially denOunce rebates and dis
elimination by the transportation COM
promoting and strengthening these IN
lawful conspiracies against trade
We demand an enlargement of the
powers of the interstate commerce
commission. to the end that the travel
ing public and shippers Of this country
may have prompt and adequate relief
for the abuses to which they are sub
jected in the matter of transportation
We demand a strict enforcement of
existing civil and criminal statutes
against all such trusts. combinations
and monOpolies and we demand the
enactment OF such further legislation
as may be necessary TO effectually sup
press them
Any trust or unlawful combination
engaged in interstate commerce which
is monOpOlizing any branch Of business
or production should not be permitted
to transact business outside Of the state
of its origin. Whenever it shall be es-
tabiisbed in any court of competent
jurisdiction that such monopoIization
exists such prohibition should be en-
forced through comprehensive laws 10
be enacted or the subject.
Reclamation of Arid Lands.
We congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage of the law known as
the Newlands irrigation act for the ir-
rigation and reclamation of the arid
lands Of the west-a measure framed
by a Democrat. passed in the senate
by a Ron-partisan vote and passed in
the house against the opposition Of al
most all the Republican leaders BIZ 4
vote the majority Of which was Dem
ocratic
We cali attention TO this great Dem
ocratic measure. bread and comprehen-
sive as it is. working automatically
throughout all time without further ac-
ton of congress until the reclamation
of all the lands in the arid west cana
bic of reclamatio is accomplished. re-
serving the lands reclaimed for home
seekers in small tracts and rieidiv
guarding against land monopoly. as
ff-afiuuod IN Pee