Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02
The DEMOCRATIC u,
PLATFORM

PLATFORM
I'VE. the democratic party of the United
States, IN national convention assembled,
declare it's devotion 70 the essential prin-
cipes of the democratic faith which
brings us together in party communion.
Under them local self-government and
national unity and prosperity were alike
established. They underlaid our independ-
snce. the structure OF or free republic
and every democratic extension from
louisiana to California and Texas to Ore
gon. which preserved faithfully in all the
resentauon. They YET inspire the s-'n masses 3
fights and 'Rs esres ana cSsrishinys ey shsir shsr
men Tsy' ssna u. Of oar dusss aha
responsibilities as eitlsens and impress
upon US. particularly Al this time. the
ADMINISTRATION Of government from n the the
methods sisn Which % a,stracs sasines. @ aen,e BY an
with dread, d,strus, and pertur baton. ~
The application Of these fundamental
principles to the living issues of the day
nation Freedom OF the prese. OF con-
science and >, Of speech; eauality before
by jury; freedom Of the person defended
by The writ OF habeas corpus; liberty Of
personal contract untrammeled by sump-
over military authority; a ell-discip]ined
militia; the separatton of church and
stats IN sxRmendi9es m now
dened; the prompt and sacred fu1f1llment
OF public and private oblig tions, fidelity
to treaties; peace and friendship with All
nations; entangling alliances with none;
absolute acqutescence In the will OF the
majority. the vital principle OF republics
these are doctrines which democracy has
established as proverbs OF the nation,
and they should be constantly invoked.
preached, resorted to and enforced.
Controlling E1penaes.
'2. Large reductions can readily be
government without impairing the eff
cheney OF any branch OF the public service,
and We shall insist upon the strictest
] sisorous and @ efelsna CIVIL SHnni'os mitasy ~a and
naval administration as right of the
people. too clear 70 be denied or with
-. The enforcement Of honesty in tho
public service and to that end a thorough
legislative investigation OF those execu-
ready known to TEEN with corruption as
we'll as other departments suspected OF
harborinE corruption. and the punishment
sistent and deliberate refusal OF both the
senate and house Of representatives to
either branch OF congress demonstrates
that only by change In the executive
and In the house Of Representatives can
rset!on be obtained
I'm broader furtherAnos Of that end tho
ssderal government EenaS. should not not permit it.
tracts with convicted trusts or unlawful
combinations IN restraint of interstate
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procuring economy and honesty in the
public service is to have public officials.
down to the lowest Of them, return. O.
nearly az may be. TO JsfferSonian sixu-
plicity of living.
Presidential Recon mme ndattons.
"3. We favor the nomination and cleo
tion Of president trained in the ways Of
the constitution, who shall set his face
eternly against executive usurpation of
lsSisla tive and judicial functions, whether
ef executive construction Of existing
laws, whether it take refuge in the
tyrants pleas OF necessity Of superior
&. The democratic party has been.
and will continue to be, the consistent
opponent of that class of tariff legislation
by which certain interests have been per
mitted, through congressional favor, to
draw heavy tribute from the American
people This monstrous perverSion of
those equal opportunities, which our po-
Ntical institutions were established to Sc
cure, has caused what may once have
been infant industries to become the
world has ever known. These publicly
favored enterprises have. through trust
methods, been converted into monopolies,
thus bringing, TO an end domestic COM
petition. which was the only check upon
the extravagant profits made possible by
the proteetlve system a These Industrial
they can give, now control the policy of
the republican party.
"Ws 1M; favor ,.asd wise conservative and
Auction of the tariff by the friends OF the
masses and for the common veal. and
IN view the ultimate end Of equality OF
burdens and equality of opportunities,
and the hH purpose Of raising
port Of the federal government. in AL its
Integrity and virility, but in simplicity;
mon sense should, existing conditions
however wrongfully, mistakenly or un-
Justly brought about, and the danger to
and revolutionary reversal of policy.
I'VE should bear In mind, in short these
two things: % The general principle that
the sole derivation Of the power Of tax
eonstitutionally constitute administered:: and e. q,
mo equal truth lndt III lne ASSERTION OF
any general principle and in reaching
any ultimate end, however sacred and
logically unavoidable. due regard. but
only due regard, must and should be paid
TO actual existing conditions.
I'VE favor the reduction Of tariff tax
alton upon trust produced articles to the
points where foreign competition may en-
ter the American market whenever trusts
and combines seeking monopoly, raise
their prices to the American consumer
above a reasonable and Just profit. by
such reduction deprivinE trusts and mo-
nopolies of the power to extort from the
American people, undeS shelter Of Amer
lean law, prices higher than those charged
foreigners for identical articles.
The Isthmtnn Canal.
"Our party having long and earnestly
advocated the construction of interoceanic
canal for the purpose of national defense
and commerce between the states and
with foreign nations, we favor the early
completion of the isthm1an canal
But while making this declare alton and
accepting the results as an accomplished
and ,irreversible fact we can not too
methods by which. IN disregard Of the
law and treaty obligations. the canal