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PLATFORM

PLATFORM
I'VE, 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 and
national unity and prosperity were alike
established: They underlaid our indePend-
ence, the structure of our free republic
and every dsmecratie extension tsau
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resentation. They yet Inspire the masses
Of T,b3s our apg psoRe guardn ealoHsy their
fraternity. peace and orderly develop
ment. They remind us Of our duties and
responsibilities as citizens and impress
necessity Of reform and the rescue Of the
administration OF government from the
headast.ong, arbitrary and spasmodic
certainty and pervade the public mind
with dread. distrust and perturbation
The application Of these fundamental
constitutes the first step toward the as
Eured peace. safety and progress OF our
nation. Freedom OF the press, of con-
the law OF Of all citizens; the right of rdi trial
by jury: freedom Of the person defended
by the writ Of habeas corpus, liberty Of
tuary laws; the supremacy Of the civil
over military authority: a well-disciplined
militia; the separation Of church :,h, and and
taxes, that GaS labor may feli' be nshtiy bur ,uE
dened; the prompt and sacred fulfilment
Of public and private obligations: fidelity
to treaties; peace and friendship with all
nations: entangling alliances with none;
absolute acquiescence in the will Of the
majority, the vital principle Of republics
these are doctrines which democracy has
established as proverbs of the nation,
and they should be constantly invoked,
preached. resorted to and enforced.
Controlling Expenses.
II. Large reductions can readily be
government without impairing the eff
cheney of any branch of the public service.
and we shall insist upon the strictest
economy and frugality compatible with
naval administration as right of the
people. too clear to be denied or with
''2. The enforcement of honesty in the
public service, and to that end a thorough
legislative investigation OF those execu-
tive departments of the government al
well as other departments suspected OF
harborng corruption. and the punishment
Oh ASCeFIdlneO COIIupIlOHlSLS WlLlOul rear
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
that only by change In the executive
and in the house Of representatives can
complete exposure. punishment and corr
"In broader furtherance Of that end the
federal government should not permit IT.
;s s to x 5s reonsS sS tSts n!sGs sr unto
combinations in restraint of interstate
trade. existing in violation OF law. We
that one Of the best eGds &c
public service is to have public officials
from the occupant Of the White House
down to the lowest Of them. return. as
plicity of living.
Preside nttal Recommendations.
49, We favor the nomination and elec-
ton of president trained in the ways OF
the constitution Who Shall set ms fact
legislative and judicial functions, whethe,
that usurpation be ruled under the guise
Of executive construction of existing
tyrants pleas OF necessity of superior
wisdom.
~. The democratic party has been
and will continue to be, the consistent
opponent of that class of tariff Legislation
by which certain interests have been per
mitted. through congressional favor, te
people. This monstrous perversion o1
those equal opportunities which our po'
litical institutions We're established to Sc
| cure, has caused what may once hayt
| been infant Industries TO become the
| greatest combinations of capital that the
| world has ever known. These publicly
| methods, been converted into monopolies
! thus bringing to an end domestic com
petition, which was the only check upo1
the extravagant profits made possible b,
the protective system. These industria
combinations, by the financial assistance
they can give, now control the policy o.
I'VE favor a wise, conservative ane
businesslike. revision and a gradua! re
, duetion of the tariff by the friends Of the
masses and for the common veal, ane
| not by the friends of its abuses, its ex
tortions and its. disG;ri:nipato4s. keepinf
in XsM ths aa otini sn5sv 5a u 81 5
and the constitutional purpose of raislnl
/ g revenue by taxation. towit, the sup
port of the federal government, in all it
ana keeping also in view, as men Of com
mon sense should, existing conditions
however wronsfuliy, mistakenly or un
the cause Of tariff reform itself of abrup
and revolutionary reversal Of policy.
1--WE should bear in mind, in short, thes
two things: q) The general principle tha
alton is the support of the federal gov
ernemnt, economically. effectively an an
! conStitutlonally administered; ana t2]
the equal truth that in the assertion o
any general principle and in reachin
any ultimate end, however sacred an
logically unavoidable, due regard. bu
only due regard. must and should be pai
to actual existing conditions
Owe favor the reduction Of tariff tax
alton upon trust reduced articles to tn
points whore foreign competition may en-
ter the American market whenever trust
and combi,los, seeking monopoly, aais
their prices to the American consume
above a reasonable and just profit, b
such reduction depriving trusts and mt
nopolies of the power to extort from tn
American people undef shelter of Amer
lean law, prices higher than those charge
foreigners for identical articles.
The IsthmiMn Canal.
"Our party having long and earnestl
advocated the construction of interoceanl
, canal for the purpose OF national defens
and commerce between the states an
, with foreign nations, we favor the earl
completion of the isthmian canal.
"But while making this declaration an
accepting the results as an accomplish