The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-09
Document is Reported Unani- mOusIy by Committee and is
 Adopted by the Convention
OUTLINES SHORTCOMINGS
 OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
Platform Is Pronounced to be Most Satisfactory Ever Adopted by Democratic convention-The
 Complete Document.

St. Louis, July S.-The full platform as unanimously submitted by the commit tee on platform and resolutions and im- mediately adopted by the national demo- cratic convention Is as follows: The democratic party Of the United States. In national convention assembled. declares it's devotion to the cardinal priri- ciples of democracy which brings it's members together in party communion.
 Under them local self government and national unity of prosperity were alike es- tablished.
 They underlaid our Independence. the structure of our free republic and every democratic extension from Louisiana to California and Texas to Oregon. which is reserved faithfully In all the states the tie between taxation and representation. They yet inspire the masses of our people, guarding jealously their rights and liber- ties and cherishing their fraternity peace and orderly development. 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 of goy- ernment from the headstrong, arbitrary and spasodic methods which distract bus mess by uncertainty and pervade the public mind with dread, distrust and per- turbation
 Fundamental Principles.
 1. The application of these fundamental principles to the living issues of the day Is the first step toward the assured peace, safety and progress of our nation. Free dom of the press, of conscience and or speech--equality before the law of all citi- zens. right of trial by Jury, freedom of the person defended by the merit of ia-. beas corpus, liberty of personal contract. untrammeled by sumptuary laws, suprem- acy of the civil over military authority, well-deflned militia, the separation of church and state, economy In expendi- lures, low taxes that labor may be lightly burdened, prompt and sacred fulhlment of public and private obligations, fidelity to treaties peace and friendship with all nations entangllng alliances with none, absolute acquiescence 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 en- forced.
 Capital and Labor.
 We favor the enactment and admins- tration of laws giving labor and capital impartially their just rights. Capital and labor ought not to be enemies Each is necessary to the other. Each has it's rights but tha rights of labor are certainly no less vested" no less sacred" and no less "nallenable" than the rights of cap ital.
 Constitutional Guarantee.
 Constitutional guarantees are violated whenever any citizen is denied the right to labor acquire and enjoy property or reside where interest or inclination may determine. Any denial thereof, by individ- uals, organizations or governments should be summariy rebuked or punished.
 We deny the right of any executive to disregard or suspend any constitutional privilege or limitation. Obedience to the laws and respect for their requirements are alike the supreme duty of the citl- zen and the official.
 The military should be used only to support and maintain the law We un- qualifiedly condemn it's employment for the summary banishment of citizens with out trial for the control of elections.
 We approve the measure which pass ed the United States senate in 1896, but which A 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
 Waterways.
 We favor liberal appropriations for the care and improvement of the water ways of the country. When any water like the Mississippi river is of sufficient size to demand special aid from the government. such aid should be extended with q defin- ite pan of continuous work until perma- nent .n provement is secured. We oppose the republican policy of starving home development in order to feed the greed for conquest and the appetite for national prestige and display of strength.
 Economy of Administration.
 Large reductions can easily be made in sltt gsF ment without impairlng the efficiency of any branch of the public service, and we shall insist upon the strictest economy and frugality compatible with vigorous and efficient civil. military and naval ad- ministration as a right of the people, too clear to be denied or withheld. 1 ?. We favor the enforcement of honesty in the public service and to that end a thorough legislative investigation of the executive departments of the government already known to teem with corruption. and the punishment of ascertalned cor ruptonists without fear CT favor. or re- gard to persons The persistent and dellb- crate refusal of both the senate and the house of representatives to permit such investigation to be made. demonstrates that only by a change in the executive and in the legislative departments can complete exposure. punishment and cor rection be obtained.
 Federal Government Contract With
 Trusts.
 We condemn the action of the repub- lican party in congress in refusing to pro- hibit an executive department from en- tering into contracts with convicted trusts or unlawful combinations in restraint of interstate trade. We believe that ond oI the best methods of procuring honesty in the public service is 10 have public off, cias from the White House down to tha lowest of them returned as nearly as may be to Jeffersonian simplicity of living.
 Executive Usurpation.
 We favor the nomination and election of a President imbued with the principles of / (contInued on Second PaasA