The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-07-14
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DEMOCRATS ADOPT DECLARA-
TON OF PRINCIPLES.
FULL TEXT OF DOCUMENT
It Outlines the Position of the Party
on the Tariff, the Trusts and
Other Issues of the
Campaign.

ST. Louis, July 9.--When the demo-
cratic national convention was called to
order Friday evening, Senator Deniel,
chairman of the committee on resolu-
tions, was at once recognized by the
chair, and read the resolutions as adopt
ed by the committee. When he had
finished the reading Senator Daniel
moved the previous question, which was
carried, and the platform was adopted
without debate. 1t is as follows:
The democratic party of the United
States, in national convention assembled,
declares its devotion to the essential
brings together in party communion.
Under them, local self-government, and
national unity and prosperity were alike
established They underlaid our inde-
pendence, the structure of our free re-
public and every democratic extension
from Louisiana to California and Texas
to Oregon, which preserved faithfully
in all the states the tie between taxation
and representation. They yet inspire the
their rights and liberties, and cherishing
their fraternity, peace and orderly deyel
opment. They remind us of our duties
and responsibilities as citizens and inn
press upon us, particularly at this time,
the necessity of reform and the rescue of
the administration or government from
the headstrong, arbitrary and spasmodic
methods which distract business by I'M
certainty, and pervade the public mind
with dread distrust and perturbation.
The application of these fundamental
principles to the living issues of the day
Is the first step toward the assured peace,
safety and progress of our nation. Free
dom of the press, of conscience, and of
speech equality before the law of all
right of trial by jury; freedom
Of the person defended by the writ of ha-
beas corpus; liberty of personal contract
by sumptuary laws; Su-
premacy of the civil over military author
ity; a well disciplined militia; the sepa-
ration of church and state; economy in
expenditures; low taxes, that labor may
be lightly burdeaed; prompt and sacred
fulfllment of public and private obliga-
tons; fidelity to treaties; peace and
friendship with all nations; entangling
alliances with none; absolute acquies-
cence in the will of the majority, the
vital principle of republiCs-these are
doctrines which democracy has estab-
lished, approved by the nation, and they
should be constantly invoked and en-
forced. XII
Capital and Labor.
We favor enactment and administration
of laws, giving labor and capital impair
TALLY their just rights. Capital and labor
ought not to be enemies; Each is neces-
sary to the other. Each has it's rights,
but the rights of labor are certainly no
less vested" no less sacred and no
less ''unalienable' than the rights of cap
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Constitutional guarantees are violated
whenever any citizen is denied the right
lo nd ,intr
reside where interest or inclination may
determine. Any denial thereof by indi-
organization, or governments,
should be summarily rebuked and pun
Ished.
We deny the right of any executive to
disregard or suspend any constitutional
privilege or limitation. Obedience to the
laws and respect for their requirements
are alike the supreme duty of the citizen
and the official.
The military should be used only to sup
port and to maintain the law. We I'M
lualifedly condemn its employment for
he summary Punishment of citizens
without trial, or for the control of cleo
lions
We approve the measure which passed
the United States senate in 1896, but
winch a republican congress has ever
since refused to enact relating to con-
tcmpts IN federal courts and providing
To- trial by jury IN cases of indirect con-
tempt.
Waterways.
We favor liberal appropriations for the
care and Improvement of the waterways
Df the country. When any waterway
Ike the, Mississippi river, Is of sufficient
Importance to demand special aid of the
COVE rnment, such aid should be extend
ed with a definite plan of continuous
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cured. ~
We oppose the republican policy of
starving home development in order 10
eed the greed tor conquest and the APP
petite for national "prestage" and dis
pay of strength.
Economy of Administration.
Large reductions can easily be made in
the annual expenditures of the govern
nent without impairing the efficiency of
any branch of the public service, and we
shall insist upon the strictest economy and
Irugality compatible with vigorous and eff
icient civil. military and naval administra-
non as right of the people, too clear TO
be denied or Withheld.
We favor honesty in the public service
rhe enforcement of honesty in the public
service, and to that end thorough leg
slative investigation of those executive
departments of the government already
lnoWn 10 TEEN with corruption, as well as
,ther departments suspected of harboring
and the punishment of ascer-
aimed corruptionists without fear or fa-
'or or regard to persons. The persistent
md deliberate refusal Of both the senate
md the house of representatives to permit
such investigation TO be made demon
itrates that only by a change in the ex-
,cutive and in the legislative departments
IAN complete exposure, punishment and
correction be obtained.
Government Contract with Trusts.
We condemn the action of the repub-
lean party in congress in refusing to pro-
libit an executive department from en-
ering into contracts with convicted trusts
" unlawful combinations in restraint of
Interstate trade.
We believe that one Of the best methods |
If procuring economy and honesty in the |
public service is to have public officials |
rom one occupant OF the white house down |
o the lowest Of them, returned as nearly |
as may be, to Jeffersonian simplicity OF liv-
Executive Usurpation.
We favor the nomination and election OF |
president imbued with the principles of |
he constitution, who will set his face |
sternly against executive usurpation of |
legislative and judicial functions, whether |
hat usurpation be yelled under the guise
If executive construction Of existing laws. |
,r whether 1t take refuge in the tyrant's |