Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-03-25
WILLIAMS MAKING THE
DEMOCRATIv PLATFORM
One Of the issues to Be Taken
Up lie Calls "Absolulism."

Washington, Fsb ~ 1nu -uerp vii
iAms. Of Mississippi WHdef y ihr nllh ..
ity Representative, when he speass ~
wht the Democratic pIatform sili eou'
tain, expfessss himself IN very positive
terms Discussing this matter with ne
Times correspondent 70 day, Mr. VII
liams said plainly "The Democratic
platform will contain" and did not limit
| himself to asserting what be thinks y
ought 10 contain Mr.. Williams appears
10 have very clear general idea OF what
~ Democratic platform will be.
A dispatch from this bureau Yesterday
described NJ Williams views on the TAR
! in, and pointed out The similarity between
the aand taken by the minority Leader
and the Iowa idea," which President
Roosevelt himself il said 10 favor Mr.
Williams. however, finds what TO him
il very important difference between
his proposition and the Iowa idea
"The Iowa idea" said Mr. Williams
to-day, "eontempates the revision OF the
tariff by the friends Of the trusts, ana
that will never be done. You might ~
we'll insist thar criminals should be tried
only by their friends they would sim
Div not be tried. We would accomplish
tariff revision, The difference is doing
il and not doing IT,,
"Then the difference w. In fact, IN the
agency which IL 10 do the reylsinH
THE difference, asserted MIR. WI
lams, very positively, sis between doing
It and not doing II
Tlss three issues which Mr.. Williams
considers to be great ones, are the tafin,
the trusts and imperialism, or rather. ~
he prefers to call il "absolutsm." lie
considers imperialism a misnomer wheh
used In connection with the issue, Mr.
Williams says there is no paramountcy OF
any OF these issues They are all issue
he SAYS, and will appeal 10 the people
There are other things about which
says the Democratic platform Will have
something to say, but the general sui
stance Of it all is. according TO Mr. WI
liams, equal opportunities and equt
burdens
"The Democratic platform" SAID tn
minority leader "wil declare for Il con
servatiye reduction Of the tariff duty OF
such articles as are sold oy the trusts. to
such point that the charging of extol
tomato prices by the trusts will create
foreign competition,
HIHG uIhlIDfu Will hbClhlb hb"AHnt ~
solutism IN the Government OF any OF
our possessions. We do not 60 back on
jot on the anti imperialism issue. But
am sorry that the term anti-imperlailsin
was ever used What we object to Is
government which is an absoutism IN the
hands OF the Governor
1.-THE Democratic platform Will be Tor
some increases In the powers OF the II
ter.State Commerce Commission, partie
ularly giving them the power, when they
decide that certain price is unreasona
bic, to say also what price Is reasonable
The platform will be for about all OF the
increases of the powers OF the Inter
State Commerce Commission recommend
ed in the COMMISSIONER latest annual
report, except the one permitting rail
soads TO pool We will not stand for
that. They pool too much already
"rhere is another thing about which
the platform will have something to ssy,
and that is the policy OF the railroads TO
charge higher rates for goods shipped for
inter. State commerce than they charge
Tor goods shipped for export trade.
THE platform will declare against the
distribution of the Governments money
among the national banks as a matter OF
favontism. The banks should pay inter
est on Government deposits" j. Q. II.