Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-06-10
A Democratic Declaration that Means
Democracy for the PEOPLE.

1--WE, the democrats of the state of
Nebraska, in convention assembled,
reaffirm our faith in democratic
principles as those principles were set
forth in the last national platform of
the party, adopted at Kansas City in
1900.
Democracy means the rule of the
people-a government resting upon
the consent of the governed and
administered according to the will
and in the interest of the people.
with an increasing love for the
principles of democracy and an increas-
ing confidence in their final triumph,
we look upon the present time as
opportune for their earnest and cour-
ageous PRONUNCIATION. With chief
execu tive, who has disregarded consti-
tutional limitations, stirred up antag-
onism between the races, employed
all the powers of his office to secure a
denomination, and purchased political
support by turning the treasury
department over to the fnanciers ard
putting the law department into the
hands of the trusts-with such chief
executive and with republican leaders
openly and arrogantly in alliance with
organized wealth, the country imper
atively needs return OF the govern
ment to positive and clearly defined
democratic principles. Democracy as
taught by Jefferson and exemplitied
by Jackson, is the hope Of the repub-
lie, and offers the only relief from the
plutocracy which now dominates the
republican party, and through that
party, the country.
Democracy would oppose as inim-
zeal to the welfare of the people all
private monopolies, and would exter-
inmate them by the enforcement of
the remedies suggested in the Kansas
City platform. The failure Of the
present administration to enforce ex-
listing laws, or to suggest more effec-
tive laws, is conclusive proof that it
lacks the desire, the intelligence or
the moral courage to attack the con-
scienceless combinations OF capital
that have flourished during recent
years.
a' Democracy would relieve the coun-
try OF the menace Of militarism and
imperialism by following the example
set by this country in its dealings
with Cuba, and giving the Philippines
an Immediate promise of ultimate in
dependence. The administration of
a colonial system, according to mon
archical principles, is repugnant to
our theory Of government and cannot
be demanded without the assertion o !
doctrines, which, if carried out, will
undermine free government in The
United States.
Democracy would restore the tariff
Ga revenue basis and administer it
for revenue only, thus demolishing
the legal bulwarks behind which the
predatory trusts have found refuge.
Protection for projections sake is an
ingenious device for the exploitation
OF the masses by the privileged classes;
1t has brought great injustice to the
consumers and has been the fruitful
source Of wides pread political corrup-
tiOn.
BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC.
Democracy would administer the
treasury department in behalf of the
public, not, as now, in the interest of
Wall street. It would prevent the
recoinage Of legal tender silver dollars
into limited legal tender subsidiary
coin. 1t would secure to the people a
volume of standard money sufficient
to keep pace with the demand for
money. 1t would favor paper money
issued by the government without the
Intervention Of national banks. 1t
would resist the attempt to establish
an asset currency and branch banks,
and 1T would oppose the loaning OF
government money to favored banks
scheme by which the peoples money
Is employed to lay foundation for a
campaign fund and to bride the finan-
cial interest to opp ose any reduction