The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-25
THE PLATFORM
Adopted by the State Democrats in
Convention in Columbia.
A GOOD AND STRONG DOCUMENT.
The Present State Government EN-
dorsed and Commended. The
Prosperity Of the State
Commented On.

| ~ ANAAS"AAS GlC H10O4SlI Cr4OHU~
ed by the State Democratic Conven-
tion, which met in Columbia last We'd
nesday:
The Democrats of the State Of South
Carolina, in convention assembled by
their duly constituted representatives,
| hereby renew their pledge Of fidelity
to the fundamental principles Of JET
fersonian Democracy as heretofore re-
peatedly announced in our State and
national platforms.
We heartily approve the administra-
tion Of our State government as wise,
conservative and patriotic. Each Of
the departments Of the government,
executive, judicial and legislative, has
faithfully performed its functions
within the limitations prescribed by
the constitution. And We congratu-
late our fellow citizens that the affairs
of our State have been so satisfactorily
conducted that the prosperity and
welfare Of the people have been pro-:
NOTED, and there have been peace and
good order within our borders.
| We commend the services OF our
senators and representatives in the
congress Of the United States as faith,
full and efficient. ~.
We commend the services which re-.
suited in the adjustment OF the ac-:
counts of long standing between the
State and the national government.
whereby the payment Of large SUM
Of money long since due the State was
secured. -
We especially commend the conduct
80 IN, Hafnrnoinafe
and so far successful protest against
the persistent and perniciouS purpose
of the president to iDdlct upon our
State a collector Of customs at Char
lesion who is not only unacceptable to-:
the patrons Of the Office, but is un-
fitted by training and experience to
perform its important duties. And we.
declare that more racial antagonlSm
has been aroused by the policy and
language Of Mr.. Roosevelt than by al {
other administrations during the LAST z
quarter Of a century. ~
We believe that the president in his
repeated appointment OF the negro
Crum, as collector Of the port. of Char
lesion, without advice and consent OF i
the senate, has been influenced more
by purpose to advance his POLITICAL
aspirations than by a desire to pro-S
mote the efficiency of the public SER
vice. u 80,
We affirm that our treatment OF onrs:
colored fellow citizens does not justify:
the purpose and endeaVOr OF the preSl-
dent to produce friction between them /;
and ourselves.
We make generous provision for the
education of their children. In their
efforts to acquire property, to secure
homes, to enjoy liberty, and to elevate
their race, we accord to them the full
prot ,ction of the law. Sd; q;
ButNWe believe it to be indispensable
to the permanency OF peace IN the
State, and essential to the welfare Of
our people, white and colored alike,
that in matters political the VIII OF the >
white people shall be supreme. and we, !,
aVow our purpose to maintain white
supremacy. -,
Concerning national issues we make
these further declarations: -.
We believe that the executive, Judi
cial and legislative departments OF
the national government should be
forever separate and distinct from each
other, without the right of either to
usurp or encroach upon the functions
Of another. We view with alarm the
assumption Of power by the president
and the surrender Of that power by
the congress. .2..52 80
We believe that the rights Of the
State should be maintained at all haz-
ards and that every tendency toward ;
the Capitalization Of power IN the
national government to the detrlment
of the sacred right Of home rule should
be obstructed and arrested.
We believe that honesty in the pub q
lie service, and economy IN the expen-
diture of public funds, are essential to
good government; no taxes should be
levied nor tariffs imposed upon the
people beyond the actual requirements
Of the government economically ao-
We therefore urge such
reasonable revision Of the existing
tariff that manufacturers shall not OBJ
tain a higher price for their products
at home than they demand for such
products abroad and such further re-
vision as will admit free OF duty pro-
ducts that are manufactured within
the United States by trusts and mo
it is essential to the material inter
est Of the people and the, development
of the incalculable resources Of our
country that there shall be no unjust
restrictions upon healthy industrial
competition. We therefore demand
the rigid enforcement Of all laws en-
acted for the prevention Of trusts and
combines and the speedy trial and
punishment Of persons engaged In
their violation.
The rights Of labor and capital are
identical. They are entitled to equal
protection under the law. Evidences
exist in other parts Of the country OF
growing hostility between these Two
great builders Of national wealth. We
deplore such conditions as result In
the lockout and the boycott. We be-
lieye these conditions will be anchor
ated under a system Of government
granting no special privileges which
enhance the profits of the rich and In
crease the cost of living to the con-
sumer.
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