The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-22

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COLUMBUS, %; Aug. 2s-
The committee on resolutions of the
Democratic State convention came
near having an alI.night session II
their attempt toaavoid bringing to.
the floor Of the convention the diff
|ferences that kept them 50 long IN.
session. However, the final adj
iournment was taken just before
3 80 o'clock without having reach
ed any agreement and with the un-
derstanding that W. L. Finley IN
tended to bring in the minority re-
port IN favor Of county option and
W0nldseAdeavor to secure the vote OF
the Convention in its favor.
When theeonyention re-assembled
today WAS with the knowledge
that fhe4fghI on county option in
Temperance legislation as a part OF
the declaration of principles was as
Esured. The p~rotracted night session
of the committee on a platform had
been insufficient to bring the differ
ent opinions together and have the
issue clearly joined. Many temper
ances advocates, among them lenders
and saloon league men, are under=
stood to be willing to accept a COM
promise, but W. L. Finley all along
maintained no compromise, which
left the county option idea at all
obscured, would be acceptable to
him and the delegates were not sur
prised at a prospect of the minority
report.
The day was excessively warm
and few. coats were in evidence
when Chairman Mccain called the
convention to order and asked for
the report of the committee on plat
form. Thomas e. Powell, chair
man of the platform committee,
read the report, the reading being
followed with close attention, ire
quent applause greeting the favor
tie planks.
The report of the resolutions
committee, as presented, was in part
as follows.
eve demand that laws shall be
so amended that the revenue neces-
Sary for the expenses of the State
shall be raised without calling upon
! counties for levy and thereby Sc
cnre. for eaeh county home rule in
taxation, that is, each county raise
only what it needs for its own ex-
penses and what its citizens author
ize. We declare the present laws
for assessing property Of railroads,
other than public service corpora
tions, should be SO changed as to
compel the assessment of those
properties at not less than their
saleable value.
"We demand that the legislature
shall enact such laws as will enable
taxes to be levied on all franchise
privileges, as. on other property
which o pay nothing towards the
burdens of the government.
I'VE believe in free and unquali-
fed home rule, free from state in
reference. Each city, town and
village should be allowed to decide
for itself all matters of local policy,
especially as between public OF pri-
yate ownership of all public utili-
hes, including street railways, as
well as waterworks and lighting sys-
TENS, and that provisions should be
made for submitting such questions
to the people upon request from a
reasonable number of voters, and at
such elections the vote of the major
ity shall decide. Such public own
ership should be safeguarded by the
merit, system Of appointment and
tenure of office, so as to prevent the
building up Of political machines
and the perpetuation of boss rule.
Owe favor retention, maintenance
and improvement of the canal sys-
tenn of the state. We favor rigid.
inspection and supervision of state
and private banks. We favor cleo
ton of United States senators by g
direct vote of the people and sug-
gest the adoption Of the so-called
Oregon plan to this end. We di-
rect that the state central commit
mittee to include in the call for the
next state conventions provisions
for the nomination of a candidate
for United States senator by such
convention, and such constitutional
amendments as viii make it elective.
AZ "a fhe state and local affairs no,