The Red Cloud chief., 1904-06-10
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

party. adopted at Kansas City In 1900.
Democracy means the rule of the
people; n government resting on the
consent Of the governed and admins
tered according to the will, and in the
interest Of the people.
with an increasing love for the
principles of democracy and an in
creasing confidence in their final
triumph. we look upon the present
time as opportune for their earnest and
courageous PRONUNCIATION. With a chief
executive. who has disregarded the
constitutional limitations. stirred up
antagonism between the races, en-
ployed all the powers OF his office to
secure nomination and purchased polit-
zeal support by turning the treasury
department over to the financiers and
putting the law department into the
hands OF the trusts; with such
n chief executive and with repub-
lican leaders openly and ~arrogant''
in alliance with organized wealth. the
country imperatively needs a return
of the government to positive n
clearly defined democratic principles.
Democracy as taught by Jefferson. and
exemplified by Jackson, Is the hope OF
the republic, and offers the only relief
from the plutocracy which now domi-
mates the republican party and, through
that party, the country.
Democracy would oppose. as inim-
ical to the welfare OF the people, all
private monopolies and would exter-
inmate them by the enforcement of
the remedies suggested in the Kansas
City platform. The failure of the pres
ent administration to enforce existing
laws, or to suggest more effective laws,
is conclusive proof that II lacks the
desire. the intelligence or the moral
courage to attack the constituencies
combinations OF capital that have
fourished during recent years.
Democracy would relieve the
try of the menace OF militarism and
Imperialism by following the example
set by this country in its dealings with
Cuba and giving the Filipinos an i'm
mediate promise of ultimate i%ndepend-
ence. The administration of colonial
system according to monarchiallprinci-
pies is repugnant to our theory of gov
eminent and cannot be depended on
without the assertion OF doctrines
which, II carried out. will undermine
free government in the United States.
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to a revenue basis and administer It
for revenue only. thus dcmolishing the
legal bulwarks behind which the preda-
tory trusts have formed reacmfwyp
tory trusts have found refuge. Pro-
lection for projections sake is an in
g~enious device for the exploitation OF
the masses by the privileged classes;
1t has brought great injustice to the
| .ang,,t,arc aud hoC hnan frititf11 Cnitrpn
of widespread political corruption.
Democracy would administer the
treasury department in behalf OF the
public, not. as now, in the interest OF
Wall street: II would prevent the re-
coinage of legal tender silver dollars
into limited legal tender subsidiary
coin: 1t would secure to the people q
volume Of standard money sufficient to
keep pace with the demand for money:
il would favor paper money issued by
the government without the interven-
ton of national banks; it would resist
the attempt to establish an asset cur
rency and branch banks, and it would
oppose the lending of government
money to favored banks. A scheme by
which the peoples money Is employed
to lay a foundation for a campaign
luHu anu W DIlDt tue I1lui'ldl luNtltSi
to oppose any reduction OF taxation.
The present administration OF the
treasury department is progressively
beneficial to the capitalistic class and
progressively harmful to the producers
o: wealth.
Democracy would make taxation
more equitable by collecting q part OF
the revenues from an income tax, Sc
$500 H., $40 AZ so -, ~, Il ~, n 10, 4
and would bring the government near
err to the people by the popular cleo
ton OF United States senators and di-
rect legislation.
Democracy would strictly regulate
the railroads. thus protecting farmers
and merchants from excessive rates
and determinations.
democracy would safeguard the in
~terests Of the wage Garner and the arti-
san by providing for an eight-hour
day: by substituting arbitration for
strikes and lockouts. and by restoring
the right of trial by jury. now suspend
ed through government by INDUCTION.
Democracy would secure to the sur
viving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions. not by
an arbitrary executive order. but by
ipPlSldtlOH WHICH IL sldttlui pGOIlt
stands ready to enact.
Democracy would construct an
isthmian canal without a violation OF
treaty obligations and without excit-
ing suspicion among II sister repub-
lies of Central and South America.
Democracy would regard public Of
flee as a public trust, provide for an
honest and economical administration
of the government, and punish with
severity any betrayal Of official duty.
Democracy has nothing to gain
from ambiguity and nothing to fear
from the light. Democratic platforms
should, therefore. set forth democratic
principles, policies and purposes witt
f%rankness. c%learness and defnitcness
/, Those who champion the principles EN-
bodied in a truly democratic creed cal
appeal TO the moral sense Of the coun'
try, and trust for vindication to the
awakened conscience of an intelligent
and patriotic citizenship.
THE delegates chosen by this con
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