The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-08
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
r.. Hearst Receives a Strong
Endorsements

Endorsement.
Wichita, April S@The platform
adopted by Democratic state conven-
ton was not changed in the least, nor
even discussed, when it was finally re-
ported by the committee on resolutions.
David OVermyeT, chairman of the COM
mittee, stated before he read it that
there were some things in it which
some of the committee did not like but
they were adopted by the committee
for harmony's sake. He referred to
the resolution endorsing Hearst, which
was the bone of contention which de-
layed the report of the committee so
long.
The platform is as follows
We, the Democrats of Kansas, in
state convention assembled at Wichi-
ia make the following declarations:
We favor and indorse the lasting
principles of the Democratic party as
enunciated in the Chicago platform of
1896 and the Kansas City platform of
1900, and we have full confidence in
the present national organization of
the Democratic party.
We hereby express our appreciation
of and admiration for the candidate of
our choice in two great campaigns
w. J. Bryan. We favor the nominal
convention of men for president and
vice president who are in sympathy
with these principles and who support
ed the candidates who represented
them.
Each year adds its evidence of the
incompetency and corruption of the
Republican party of Kansas. The late
legislature was so corrupt that its ac-
lions have become a byword among the
people. 1t increased the taxes on the
taxpayers other than the railroads in
the neighboEhoOd of II million dollars.
It's warning factions each charge the
other with responsibility for this, while
we declare that each is and both are
responsible. In order to avoid the eff
feet of all this the Republican party
has ostentatiously overturned an old
machine and has sought to make it a
scapegoat to bear the party's sins into
the political wilderness. In so doing
it has created another machine as die
tatorial and high-handed as the for
mer and in such complete subsection
to the railroads of the state that the
Republican convention has been aptly
termed 1.-The railroad convention" and
it has become a. saying that the state
capitol is a railroad roundhouse- 1t
is with profound humiliation we are
forced to declare that the last RepubH-
can legislature was BODY famous
only for it's raids upon the public
treasury it's army of political mercen-
aries .rniscalled employees, its boundless
solicitation and use of railroad passes
and it's complete surrender to railroad
dictation.
and patriotic career in the senate of VIII
liam A Harris, Democratic ex-senator
:
compelled to charge upon the Republican
party the responsibility for the fall and
That in William r. Hearst Of New
York we recognize one OF the foremost
Democrats of the nation. He uses his
great opportunities and power IN all cases
IN behalf of the common people without
counting the cost to himself. his single
handed legal contest with the coal trust
lust successfully concluded in the supreme
court is the most signal triumph of Dem
Ocratfc principles since the trusts seized
the bushes of the country We indorse
the great work he is doing in the interests
az his party and his country and com
mend his example to good Democrats eV-
senator Harry MCMILLAN also offered the
following resolution on the death OF w
H Craddock, the Democratic nominee 1or
governor two years ago;
Resolved That as party and as m
ard regret for the death of Hon w n
Craddock, our late candidate for governor,
whose great career ended in It's prime
and closed at its noontide.
ss2esolved That in the death of Mr..
Craddock the state has lost a patriotic
1,l11ic servant fearless advocate and
champion Of the people rights, the DEM
ocratic party q trusted leader and strong
defender who was brave in defeat as
in victory. -. - 4+ie
70 MIS- high and lofty MANHOOD, TO ms
nI1rity of life, rectitude of conduct rigid
Integrity and devotion to principle that
adorned his nlustrlous career; ana De II
u ..P Pcs That copy of these resolu-
+ions he presented to Mrs. Craddock and
family with the assurance of profound
-1r11ra thv in their deep personal anne
40, and with the expression OF sincere
coincidence of this convention