Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-09-01
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION

NV 1AVA l. W ~
STEVENS COUNTY DEMOCRATS
MET LAST SATURDAY.
delegates Elected to the State Con.
vention and VoIuminous De-
cIaration of Principles Adopted.
The Democrats of Stevens county
met in county convention last Satur-
day afternoon. The principle BUSH
ness of the convention consisted in
electing nine delegates and nine al
ternates to the state convention to be
held in St. Paul next week. The
delegates elected were:-John Row
ellis, Horton; John Smith, Hodges;
L. Steinbrink, Darnen; Rody Keeshan,
Swan Lake; Mike McNally, Baker;
Theo. Linstad, Framnas; Fred Hels-
per, Stevens; Alex. Agar, Hancock;
Frank Baldwin, Chokio.
The alternates are all from Norris
as follows:-M. F. Finnegan, NJ. B.
Lord, Walter Borrill, Chas. Vaughan,
T. H. Mcguire, A. L. Stenger, Seldom
Smyser, Chas. Loefaer, and J. R..
Delahunt.
The convention was we'll attended,
nearly every precinct being repre-
scented. County Chairman Mcguire
called the meeting to order. Q. A.
Dushek was elected temporary chair
man and Chas. Vaughan temporary
secretary. The folio wing committees
were appointed
Credentials Loeff1er, NJ. B.
Lord, L. Steinbrink.
Resolutions Seldom Smyser, T. FL.
Mcguire, A. L. Stenger.
Organization-M F. Finnegan, j. r.
Delahunt, Frank Baldwin.
After the preliminaries had been
disposed of, delegates were elected
as noted above, and VI. F. Finnegan
was recommended as member of the
state committee from this county.
The following report of the COM
mittee on resolutions was adopted
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND RE-
COMBINATIONS.
We, the representatives Of the
Democratic party in Stevens county
adopt the following statement of
principles and recommendations
y True democracy means that each
man shall share in the control of gov
ernment through his vote and through
his influence insofar as his character
and ability shall enable him to do So.
1t means that all shall share in the
burdens of government by giving
thought and time to the duties OF
citizenship and by the payment OF
taxes in proportion as they have re-
ceived from society and as they are
able to pay. Democracy that is gen
uine must secure for all it's members
"S~@NAA
and to exercise their powers.
True democracy is fundamently OPP
posed to all favoritism by the state
and by those public corporations such
as railways and insurance companies
which are created by the state to per-
form some service for society.
Whether this favoritism comes thru
loose corporation laws that permit
stock watering, exorbitant freight
rates and the escape of wealth from
Just taxation or whether it is "pro-
tective" tariff legislation that in the
name of law takes property from the
people to enrich the manufacturer;
it is favoritism which is wrong, which
is undemocratic and results in placing
an extra burden upon those who al
ready bear by their labor the heavier
burdens of society.
It is impossible to estimate the ex-
tent to which ordinary citizens are
being robbed of their wealth they pro-
duce by those who control transpor-
tation, who create stock and shares,
who secure tariff legislation, who pre-
vent the reform of tax laws, or evade
the laws that exist and those who
form trusts. A careful estimate based
upon their own reports shows that the
railroads of Minnesota, in the year
of 1904, took from the citizens of this
one state over $4,000, 100000 more
than they were justly entitled to re-
cave for their labor and as a fair re-
turn on their investments. How SER
ious is the abuse of power by railroads
in this state will appear also from the
fact that while the railroads of Iowa
in 1902 and 1908 made net earnings
above operating expenses, interest
charges etc. of $4,000 for each mile