The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-02

large, the Savannah delegation solidlv
supported Judge Joel l.. Sweat of
Waycross. Judge Sweat, however, was
defeated, but was made an alternate
delegate at large along with A. A.
Lawrence of Chatham, D. ]. Forgarty
of Richmond and Roland Ellis of Bibb.
Change in Election Laws.
The state platform was adopted
without change except in the matter
of instructions to the national dele
gates. After congratulating the peo-
pie of Georgia upon healthy state of
prosperity and a splendid administra-
ton, it indorses a low tax rate, asks
for more efficient public school laws
favors Just and liberal, though not
extravagant" pension appropriation, re-
affirms the previously expressed de-
mands of the party for a system of
election laws, which will guarantee
protection to every voter and which
will throw around the ballot every safe
guard.
The platform urges the adoption of
some law similar to the Australian ball
lot, and urges that the Legislature shall
by enactment make all election laws,
civil and criminal, applicable to all
primary as well as regular elections
On this subject the platform then con-
tinues as follows:
ut is the sense of this convention
that the Legislature should, and it
is hereby petitioned to, so amend the
existing primary election law as to
expressly provide for contests before
the proper executive committees of
the party and to authorize the said
committees, through themselves or SUBJ
committees, to subpoena witnesses ad-
minister oaths and do such other acts
a may be necessary under the rule
and regulations of the party to ascer-
tain and declare the person or per-
sons entitled to receive the nomination
of the party and to provide for ap-
peals, etc. We demand that this mat
ter receive the attention of the ap-
preaching session of the General AS
sernbly and the primary law be so
amended as to meet these require
ments.
I'VE favor the enactment of such
laws as Will afford equal and exact
Justice to labor and capital alike and
the administration of those laws in
such a spirit of fairness as will pro-
tect and foster the interests which are
already in the state and encourage
the establishment of new enterprises,
thereby affording larger markets and
wider fields of industry for our citi-
zens"
As to National Issues.
On national issues the platform says,
in part:
1--WE charge the Republicans with es-
tablishing and maintaining an unneces-
sary oppressive and unjust system of
federal taxation, and we demand re-
lief for the people from its burdens. We
charge them with great and reckless
extravaganza in the expenditures of
the large sums needlessly collected
from the people by their excessive
protection of favored branches of in
dustry beyond all precedent or reason
and incapable of justification or excuse.
1--WE charge them with the existence
of fraud and corruption in the admin
istration of many of their public trusts
and with shelterng guilty incumbents
from merited exposure and punish
ment.
I'VE charge that within the last few
years under the Republican tariff lille
gal combinations of trusts and COM
bines have been encouraged and fos-
lered until 50 multiplied in number and
power as to excite the gravest alarm
that honest competition Is to be stihed
and finally crushed. We demand the
Republican party shall be stripped of
the power it has so mercilessly abused.
We believe that the time and condi-
tions require a change Of administra-
tion, and we know the Democratic par
ty may be relied upon to undertake the
task of purifying the administration We
demand a change of system, a change
Of administration, change of meas
ures and of men. And to that end
we earnestly and confidently call upon
she people to rise in their resistless
power and apply the remedies ready to
be furnished by the Democratic party.