The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-09
The DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL PLATFORM

needs of the government. economic
cany administered, and SO levied as
not to discriminate against any in
dustry. class or section. TO the end
that the burdens of taxation shall be
distributed as equally as possible,
We favor a revision and d gradual
reduction of the tariff by the friends
of the masses and for the common
veal. and not by the friends Of It's
abuses. its extortions and Its dfscrim-s
nations, keeping in view the ultimate
ends Of equality of burdens and
equally Of opportunities 4. and the con-
stitutional purpose of raising asreve-
1 nue. by taxation. towft:S the support
of the Federal government in all It's
/ integrity and virillty. but In simpifc5
ity.
Trusts and Unlawful cornbinations.2s 3
We. recognize that the gigantic
| trusts and combinations designed to-
enable capital to secure more han
its just share of the Joint products Of
capital and labor, and which have been
fostered and promoted under Replbs
lican rule. are menace to beneficial
competition and an osbtacfe to per-
! n1anent business prosperity pri-s
vate monopoly Is indefensible and ms
tolerab1e. Individual equality of ops
| portunity and free competition are ess
sential s To a healthy and peruane nentss
commercial prosperity 81 and an trlist.5
combination or monopoly Ing TO-
destroy these by control ling preducs
| ton, restricting competit ion or As king
prices. should .be prohibited and ptins
| ished by law. We especially II denounce
| rebates and discrimtnattonsb by rams
portat,Gn companies as the most posss
tent agency in promo ting and
Strengthening these unlawful conspira-
cies against trade. 55s:
The Republican Adninistraticss sS
The existing Republican admfnist
tion has been spasmodic; erratics sens
sationaf, spectacular and arbitrary
has made itself a satire upon the#G Con-
gress, the courts and upon the setfieds
practices and usages of national and
international law.
1t summoned the Congress into has
ly adjourned it, leaving behind its
flight from Washington uncaIled cal-
endars and unaccompIished tasks.
1t made war. which is the sole pow
er of Congress, without its hort
thereby usurping one of its fundamens
tai prerogatfyes. 1t violated a pIat ISL
statute of the United States as well 81
as plain treaty obligations. interna,
tional usages and stitutional law;
and has done SO ander pretensea OF
executing great policy which could
have been more easily effected Iaws
fully. constftutionalIy and with honor
1t forced strained and unnatural
construction upon statutes lsurping
judicial Interpretation and snb nbstitn Il
ing Congressional enactment decree:
1t withdrew from Congress heir S.
customary duties Of investigation
which have heretofore made he rep
resentatiyes of the people and the M
States the terror of eyil-deers.
1t conducted a secretiye inyestigaA s
ton of its own and boasted Of "a few S.
sample convicts, while N it threw q
broad coYerlet over the bureaus which Isl
had been their chosen field pE opera
tive abuses, and kept in power the
officers under whose admins
tration the crimes had been cornlssIt-
ted.
It ordered assault pon sIss
ncpolies. but paralyzed by its victor
it flung out the flag of 81 truce and a
cried out that it would not run
uck.'-----1eaving its future purposes
beclouded by its vaci1lations
Appeal to the Country.
Conducting the campaign upon this
declaration of our principles and pur-
poses, we invoke for our candidats
the support. not only of our great
time-honored organization but aIso s
the active assistance of all of our fel s
low citizens, who. a isregar 8 past
differences upon questions no Ionger
m issue. desire the perpe etuattoa &c
our cons stitutional government
framed and established by the fathers
ofS the republic.