The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-06-18
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
.dopted by the Territorial Conven-
ton Held at Durant.

lerfltOIldi DcAlOSAdblO NoifSAN'S'''
We. your committee on resolutions,
beg leave to submit the followine
Section /. We, the representatives
Of the democratic party OF the Indian
Territory, In convention assembled at
Durant Indian Territory, this the
10th day Of June, 1904, do declare our
firm allegiance to the grand and eter-
nal principles Of self-goyenment as
enumerated in the Declaration Of In
dependence; a strict construction Of
the Constitution Of the United States;
the strong and basic principles Of
truth, honesty and justice upon which
the democratic party has stood and
the government was founded. We be-
lieye that all powers not specified IN
the Constitution are reserved to the
states and to the people; that the best
government is attained when the least
possible restraint is thrown around
the states by the federal authorities;
that the laws should be made for the
people, and that they should not be
sacrificed upon laws Of inequality
Sec 2. The liberties Of the people
have always been safe in the keeping
Of the democratic party, and we de-
nounce the attempt Of the republicans
to fasten the burden Of a military des-
potism upon them. A great standing
army is incompatible with the peace,
liberty and happiness Of nation. We
realize the justice Of the principles
which actuated our forefathers to spill
their blood upon freedoms battle
ground and liberate themselves from
the tyrany Of King George III. There
fore, we denounce the last two admin
istratlons for holding people contrary
to their wills as unjust to their liber-
ties and in violation Of the principles
Of our Institutions
Sec. 3. We believe in the Monroe
Doctrine, and we deprecate the ten
dency Of the present administration
TO entangle this government in the
affairs Of other nations, and denounce
its brazen rascality in its unjust treat
neat OF weaker nations. We favor an
inter-oceanic canal, but do not con-
done the notorious and scandalous in
trigue of the administration in secur-
ing the right-of-way.
Sec. 4. We demand a tariff for rev.
enue only, and the enforcement OF
such antitrust laws as now exist and
the enactment Of more radical meas
ures, II necessary, as the only means
by which these commercially brutal
combinations can bemade subservient
to the will Of the people.
Sec. ). Economy in the administra-
tion Of the Affairs Of the government
is necessary TO the welfare Of its eiti-
zens, but it is unknown to the present
administration We declare the sys-
tenn Of graft, theft and extrayigance
Of the republican party degrading to
the body polite, ruinous to the public
morals and destructive TO our national
credit. We emphatically denounce
the fraudulent userpation Of power by
the executive authorities Of this gov
ernmert with unlawfully increasing
the pension rolls for purely political
purposes.
Sec 9. We advocate the election Of
United States senators by direct
vote Of the people.
Sec. Z. We denOunce the present
rule of hungry carpetbaggers and po-
litical yultures sent here from states
which know them not, TO feast upon
the wealth Of our counry by means Of
their political position; and charge
the republican party with being crimi-
nally negligent in permitting the in
famous system Of wholesale plunder
and graft which has for years perme-
ated the different branches Of the
public service In the Indian Territory,
resulting in the impoyerishment Of
helpless and dependant people, and
has likewise been criminally negligent
in failing TO provide system OF pub
lie schools for the children Of the In
dian Territory. We therefore demand
a strict adherence to home rule.
Sec 8. We denounce the present
administration as strenuous, spectacu-
lar, unsafe and dangerous to the wei
fare Of our most sacred rights and the
probity Of our nation. And we call
upon every delegate from the Indian
Territory to st. Louis TO assist the
democracy Of the Union in nominating
aman for president who will, if elected,
drive militarism, Imperialism and ex-
travigance from the affairs Of our
government
Respectfully submitted,
JOE NJ. LAHAY, Chairman.
n. p. SKEEN, Secretary.
The resolutions were adopted with