Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-07-31
The FULL TEXT
Of THE PLATFORM
The Democratic Platform as Fin
ished and Adopted at the st.
Louis Convention.
The MONEY PLANK ELIMINATED:
VICTORY FOR WILLIAM J. BRYAN.

The Party Wants President
Trained In the Ways OF the Con-
stftutfOn, Who Shall Set His Face
Against Executive UsurPatfon OF
Legislative or Judicial Functions.
1--WE, the democratic party OF the United
States, In national convention assembled,
declare its devotion to the essential prin-
brings US together in party communion.
"Under them local self-government ana
national unity and prosperity were a!lks
established. They underlaid our % indspena1c p,ea11c
and every democratic extension from
Louisiana to California and Texas to ore
gon which preserved faathd4iy IN ne az rans sns
resentation, They yet Inspire the masses
Of our people. guarding jealously their
rights and liberties. and cherishing their
1nent. They remind US OF our duties and
responsibilities as citizens and impress
upon us, particularly at this time. tns
necessity Of reform and the rescue Of the
administration Of government from the
headstrong. arbitrary and spasmodic
methods which distract business by un,
with vii dread. distrust and perturbation.
''The application OF these fundamental
principles to tho living Issues OF tho day
tns Of
nation. Freedom Of the press, OF con-
science and OF speech; equality before
by jury; freedom Of the person defended
by the writ Of habeas corpus: liberty OF
personal contract untrammeled by sump-,
tuary laws the Of the Sv
militia; the separation OF church and
state: economy in expenditures; low
taxes that labor may s.a be lisnft1yy nar
OF public and private obligations; fidelity
to treaties; peace and friendship with all
nations; entangling alliances with none:
majority. the vital principle OF republics
these are doctrines which democracy has
established as proverbs Of the. nation,
preached. resorted to and enforced.
Controlling Expenses.
81. Large reductions can readily be
made in the annual expenditures Of the
government without impairing the eff
ana we shall insist upon the strictest
economy and frugality compatible with
vigorous and efficient civil, military and
naval administration as right Of the
RRsIidR'e' RRsid, too clear to De denied or with
20. The enforcement of honesty IA the
legislative Investigation OF those execu-
tive departments OF the government al
ready known to TEEN with corruption, as
we'll as other departments suspected OF
harboring corruption. and the punishment
Of ascertained corrupttonists without fear
or favor or regard to persons. The per-
sistent and deliberate refusal Of both the
senate and house Of representatives to
permit such investigation to be made by
either branch Of congress demonstrates
that only by a change IN the executive
and in the house Of representatives can
complete exposure, punishment and Cor
rection be obtained.
I'm broader furtherance OF that end the
federal government should not permit H.
self to be robbed by entering into CON
tracts with convicted trusts or unlawful
combinations in restraint Of interstate
believe that one of the best methods OF
procuring economy and honesty In the
public service is to have public officials
from the occupant of the White House
down to the lowest Of them. return, as
nearly as may be. to Jenersonan sim
plicity of living.
Presidential RecOmmendatio
"3. We favor the nomination and elec-
tho constitution, who shall set his face
sterniy against executive usurpatiun OF
Legislative and judicial functions, wnethe,
that usurRaton be RUE, ruled under the guiss
laws, or whether 1t take refuge In the
tyrant's pleas OF necessity of superior
- The democratic party has been
and Will continue to be, the consisten,
opponent OF that class Of tariff legislation
by which certain interests have been per
draw heavy tribute from the American
people. This monstrous perversion oi
those those. equal M opportunities. which i our po'
cure. has caused what may once have
been infant industries to become the
greatest combinations OF capital that the
favored enterprises have. through trus,
methods, been converted into monopoliea
thus bringing to an end domestic com
petition. which was the only check upon
the protective system These Industrial
combinations, by the financial assistance
they can give. now control the policy OF
1--WE favor wise. conservative and
businesslike revision and a gradual re.
duction of the tariff by the friends OF the
not by the friends OF it's abuses, It's ex-
tortions and ils determinations. keeping
in view the ultimate end OF equality ol
burdens and sluaity Of opportunities
and the constitutional purpose of raising
a revenue by taxation, to-wit. the sup
port of the federal government, in all its
and keeping also in view, as men of com
mon sense should. existing conditions
however wrongfully, mis- akeny or un.
the cause. Of tariff reform itself Of abrup,
and revolutionary reversal OF policy.
We should bear in mind. in short, these
two things: Q The general principle that
the sole derivation Of the power Of tax.
sthHa alton is the SUPPORT of the federal gov.
cons,itutionally administered; and {2)
the equal truth that in the assertion OF
any general principle and in reaching
any ultimate end, however sacred AM
logically unavoidable, due regard. bu
only due regard. must and should be paid
to actual existing conditions
1--WE favor the reduction Of tariff tax
alton upon trust-produced articles to tn,
points where foreign competition may en-,
ter the American market whenever trust:
and combines, seeking monopoly, raise
their prices to the American consumer
above a reasonable and just profit. by
such reduction depriving trusts and mo
nopolies OF the power to sxtort from ths
American people, undeS shelter OF Amer
lean law, prices higher than those charged
foreigners for Identical articles.
The Isthminn Canal.
"Our party having long and carnestl,
advocated the construction of interoceanit
canal for the purpose of national defense
ana commerce between the states anc
with foreign nations we favor the earl,
completion of the isthmian canal
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