Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1904-07-14
THE CAMPAIGN ISSUE

THE CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Democratic Platform Declara-
lions on Living Issues.
The democratic platform in its
essential planks as adopted is as
follows:
"We the delegates Of the demo-
cratic party Of the United States,
in national convention assembled,
declare our devotion to the essen
tial principles Of the democratic
faith which brings us together in
party communion.
Under them local self govern
ment and national unity and pros
perity were alike established.
They underlaid our independence
the structure OF our free republic
and every democratic extension
from Louisiana TO California and
Texas to Oregon which preserves
faithfully in all the states the tie
between taxation and representa-
tlon. They yet inspire the masses
Of our people, guarding jealously
their rights and liberties and cher
ishing their fraternity, peace and
orderly development. They re-
mind US of our duties and respon-
sibilities as citizens and impress
upon us particularly at this time,
the necessity OF reform and the
rescue Of the administration OF the
government from the headstrong,
arbitrary aud spasmodic methods
which distract business by uncer-
tainty and pervade the public mind
with dread, distrust and pertuba-
ton.
The application Of these funda-
mental principles to t h living
issues Of the day constitutes the
first step toward the assured peace,
safety and progress of our nation.
Freedom Of the press, Of the con-
science and Of speech, equally be-
fore the law, of all citizens; the
right Of trial by jury; freedom Of
the person defended by the writ Of
habeas corpus; liberty Of personal
contract untrammeled by sumptu-
airy laws; the supremacy OF the
civil over military; a we'll disci-
plined militia; the separation Of
church and state; economy in es-4
penditures; low taxes, that labor
may be lightly ~6urdened; the
prompt and sacred fulfillment OF
private obligations; fidelity OF
treaties; peace and friendship with
all nations, entangling alliances
with none; adequate acquiescence
in the will of the majority; the
vital principles Of the republic
these are doctrines which demo-
cracy has established as proverbs
Of the nation, and they should DO
constantly invoked, preached and
resorted to and enforced.
We favor the nomination and
election of a president trained in
the ways of the constitution who
shall place his face sternly against
corruption Of legislation an d
judicial functions, whether it is
under the guise Of misconstruction
of existing laws, or whether it
takes refuge in the assertion Of
superior wilson.
The democratic party is and will
continue to be the consistent expo
nent of that class of tariff legisla-
ton by which certain individuals
have been permitted, through con-
gressional favor to draw q heavy
tribute from the American people.
This monstrous perversion of those
equal opportunities which our
institutions were established to
secure has caused what may once
have been infant industries to be-
come the greatest combinations
OF capital that the world has ever
known. These industrial combi-
nations, by the financial assistance
they can give, now control the
policy Of the republican party.
We favor a wise, conservative
and businesslike revision and
gradual reduction of the tariff by
the friends OF the masses and for
the commonwealth, and not by the
friends of it's abuses, its extor-
tions and its determinations, keep
ing in view the ultimate end Of
equality OF burdens and equality of