Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-23
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DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

The Review of yesterday gave what it believed would be the Republican platform, adopted by the convention at Chicago. It will not be out of place to contrast with it what, it be lieves will be the Democratic platform to be adopted at St. Louis next month.
 What will the Democratic platform be?
 Whatever may be its form. it sub stance will be safe and sane and live It will deal frankly and fearlessly with the living issues, letting the dead past bury its dead.
 There are some eminent Democrats who advocate a short declaration ar raigning the Republican administra- ton for the extravaganza and dishon- esty which have become rampant dur ing its eight-year term of control of the government with but little refer ence to anything else. Those who hold this view argue that the contest this year is solely for the control of the executive branch of the govern ment. and that, therefore, there is. no need of discussing in the platform any thing except that which applies to the executive. They contend that as there is no possibility of the Demo ersts securing the control of the Sen ate until 1909 at the earliest, and there can be no Democratic legislation with in the term of presidential service be ginning iu March. 1905, it would be a superfluous act for the St. Louis con vention to promulgate long platform promising legislation on Democratic lines if the presidential nominee is elected.
 There is logic in this position, and yet it is not likely that any great par ty will ever go before the country with platform of single plank. At the first national convention of what is now the Democratic party. when An drew Jackson was made the party's nominee. a platform of principles, was promulgated, and the practice has been followed ever since. There have been men of prominence in each party who. in several campaigns, have advo- cated the restriction of the platform to the one or two live issues of that particular campaign, but these crusad. CTS have found little following.
 The St. Louis platform will doubt less be modelled closely after tha; adopted by the Maryland and Missis sippi State conventions. Those have the merit of making prominent the live issues of this campaign without shirk ing utterances concerning other issues upon which the two great parties diff fer There is no repudiation of for mer platforms, but no marking back to dead issues. Every Democrat who puts the good of his party ahead oi personal pique or personal pride will subscribe gladly to platform on these lines.
 But platforms, after all, cut very lit tie figure in the election contests. The record and standing of the parties are SO clearly understood that the forma, proAuncismentos count. practically, fc: nothing The people make the para mount issue or issues. Unless all signs fail, the issue of this campaign Is to be honesty and economy in the administration of the affairs of tEe government. The rottenness which has been revealed, even by the impe-. feet presidential investigation. in the postofice department, has given rise to the natural suspicion that graft permeates. the government offices un der the present Republican admins .ration. and there is every reason to believe that the practical, common, sense people of this country will dis regard party lines and vote to turn the rascais out" of office. Scarcely less menacing in the eyes of the peo pie is the reckless expenditure of the public moneys which has come as the result of Republican policies bringing a deficit to the treasury. which ext.av- agance can not possibly be curbed m less there is a change in the federal administration.
 However much the platform makers