Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-07-09
FULL TEXT OF RESOLUTIONS
UPON WHICH CAMPAIGN WILL
BE FOUGHT.
TARIFF THE MAIN ISSUE

ed BY the Convention With Few If
Any Changes, Declares for a Reduc-
tlon of Duties
st. Louis, Mo-, July Z. - Especially
The full text of the democratic plat
form as it has been agreed upon by the
leaders of the party now in attendance
at the convention here, has been made
public It gives every wing of the
party q place on which to stand ex-
cepting the Bryanites, whose Nebras-
ka platform has been relegated to the
rear blythe writer's of the present one.
1t is said that Judge Parker Is perfect
ly willing to make the race for the
presidency on this platform and that
1t will be adopted by the convention
With very few. if any changes. The
text In full is as follows:
H. SIS The Platform.
The democracy in convention az.
sembled renews and emphasizes its
repeated expression of confidence and
its firm belief in those fundamental
principles Of republican government
which were expressed and exeinplifled
by Thomas Jefferson, lii contradis.
tinction to the governmental princi.
pies espoused and adopted by Alexan-
der Hamilton and by the federalist
party which he created and dominated.
Those principles lie at the basis Of all
good government. In the application
Of these principles to present condi.
tions:
l. We favor economy in federal
administration, and to that end cut
ting off all unnecessary and imperial.
istic expenditures, the former as soon
as possible after our access to power
and the. latter gradually but surely
and safely
Honesty in Public Service.
3. The enforcement of honesty In
the public service and to that end a
thorough legislative Investigation Of
those executive departments Of the
government already known to TEEN
with corruption, as well as other de.
partments suspected Of harburing cor.
ruption and the punishment Of ascer.
tanned corruptionists Without fear or
favor or regard to person. III broader
furtherance Of that end the federal
government should not permit itself
to be robbed by entering into con.
tracts with trusts or unlawful com
bination In restraint Of interstate
trade, existing In violation Of law, We
believe that one Of the best methods
OF procuring economy and honesty in
public service Is to have public OF.
t1cials, from the occupant of the White
House down to the lowest Of them, re.
turn, as nearly as may be, to Jeffer.
suhian simplicity of living.
8. We favor the nomination and
election Of president trained In the
Ways of the constitution, who shall set
his face sterrly against executive
tistirpation Of legislative ana judicial
functions, whether that usurpation be
veiled under the guise of executive
construction of existing laws, III
whether it take refuge in the tyrant's
plan Of necessity or superior wisdom,
4. We favor wise, conservative
and busiTess-liKe revision and reduc
tion of the tariff by the friends of the
MASSES and of the cofntf1ofi veal and
not by the friends of Its abuses. its
extorttons and its determinations
Keeping III view the ultimate end oj
equality Of burdens and equality ol
opportunities, and the constitutional
purpose of raising revenue BY taxa
ton, to-wit: the support Of the fed
eral government In all Its integrity
and virility, but In republican sim
plicity; and Keeping also in view, ar
men of common sense should, existing
conditions, however wroIlsfllly
brought about, and the danger. to the
cause of tariff reform itself of sud
den and revolutionary reversal policy
We should bear in mind, in short
":." two things: First, the genera
n-spciple that the sole derivation oj
~ bower of taxation Is the support
g i35 Federal government, economic
tE effectively and constitutionally
ri@iaistered, and second, the euua
tint in the assertion of any gen
''i'laciple and in reaching any III
4 end, however sacred and logic
a'}avoidable, due regard, but orll,
Y ngard, must and should be pait
T etually existing conditions, how
e = mistaken, artificially or un
justly created.
Reduction Of Tariff.
S. We favor the reduction of tariff
taxation upon trust.produced article,
to the point where foreign competition
may enter the American market when
ever trusts and combines, seekin,
monopoly, raise their prices to tn,
American consumer above q reason
able and just profit; by such reductio,
depriving trusts and monopolies Of th
power to extort from the America,
people under shelter Of American Law
prices higher than those charged fo1
eigners for Identical articles.
6. We favor the restoration, as ia