The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-14
DEMOCRATS AGREE
ON THE PLATFORM
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
PROMULGATED AT ST. LOUIS.
SILENT ON MONEY QUESTION
Tariff for Revenue Only Is Favored
Stringent Antitrust Laws
Demanded-Party's Posi-
ton on Other Issues.

cratic national convention was called to
order Friday evening, Senator Deniel,
chairman of the committee on resolu-
tions, was at once recognized by the
chair, and read the resolutions as adopt
ed by the committee. When he had
finished the reading Senator Daniel
moved the previous question, which was
carried, and the platform was adopted
without debate. 1t Is as follows:
The democratic party of the United
states, in national convention assembled,
declares its devotion to the essential
principles of the democratic faith which
brings together in party communion.
Under them, local self-government, ana
rational unity and prosperity were alike
established They undcrlaid our inde-
pendence, the structure of our free re-
public and every democratic extension
from Louisiana to California and Texas
10 Oregon, which preserved faithfully
N all the states the tie between taxation
and representation. They yet inspire the
masses of our people, guarding jealousy
their rights and liberties. and cherishing
their fraternity, peace and orderly devel-
opment They remind us OF our duties
and responsibilities as citizens and inn
press upon US, particularly at this time,
the necessity of reform and the rescue OF
the administration or government from
the headstrong, arbitrary and spasmodic
methods which distract business by UNI
certainty, and pervade the public mind
with dread, distrust and perturbation.
The applicat alton 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 OF
speech equality before the law of all
k-l. a.xr f~Aa InYvn
of the person defended by the writ OF ha-
beas corpus; liberty Of personal contract
untrammeled by sumptuary laws; SUI
premacy of the civil over military author
ity; well disciplined militia; the sepa-
ration of church and state; economy In
expenditures; low taxes, that labor may
be lightly burdeled: prompt and sacred
fulfillment of public and private obliga-
tions; fidelity to treaties; peace and
friendship with all nations; entangling
alliances with none; absolute acquies-
cence in the will of the majority, the
vital principle of republicsIthese are
lished, approved by the nation, and they
should be constantly invoked and en-
forced.
Capital and Labor.
We favor enactment and administration
tally their just rights. Capital and labor
ought not to be enemies. Each Is neces-
sary to the other. Each has its rights,
less vested" no less sacred and no
less "unalienable" than the rights of cap
ital.
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 indi-
viduals. organization, or governments.
should be summarily rebuked and pun
ished.
disregard or suspend any constitutional
privilege or limitation. Obedience to the
laws and respect for their requirements
are alike the supreme duty of the citizen
The military should be used only to sup
port and to maintain the law. We un-
a qua condemn Its employment for
without trial, or for the control of cleo
tons.
We approve the measure which passed
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 waterways
Of the country: When any waterway
like the Mississippi river, is of sufficient
importance to demand special aid of the
government, such aid should be extend
ed with definite plan of continuous
cured.
We oppose the republican policy of
starving home development in order to
petite for national "prestage and dis lis
play of strength.
Economy Of Administration.
Large reductions can easily be made In
the annual expenditures of the govern
msnt without {, i mp the efficiency Of
shall insist upon the strictest economy and
frugality compatible with vigorous and ef-
ficient civil military and naval administra-
tion as a right Of the people. too clear to
be denied or withheld
We favor honesty in the public service.
The enforcement of honesty in the public
service, and to that end a thorough leg
islative investigation Of those executive
departments OF the government already.
known to TEEN with corruption, as well as
other departments suspected of harboring
corruption, and the punishment Of ascer-
tanned corruptionists without fear or IA
vor or regard to persons. The persistent
and the house of representatives to permit
such investigation to be made demon
strates that only by change in the ex-
ecutive and in the legislative departments
correction be obtained
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 one of the best methods
of procuring economy and honesty in the
public service is to have public officials,
from one occupant of the white house down
TO the lowest of them, returned as nearly
as may be. to Jeffersonian simplicity Of liv-
Executive Usurpation.
We favor the nomination and election of
a president imbued with the principles of
the constitution, who will set his face
sternly against executive usurpation OF
legislative and judicial functions, whether
that usurpation be yelled under the guise