The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-08-16
THE PLATFORM

The democratic party of Iowa in con-
vention assembled declares it's adher-
ence and devotion to the fundamental
principles of the democratic faith,
tersely asserted in the words, Equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none."
We believe in tariff revenue only and
in approaching to that condition of our
revenue laws there should be an immed-
late relief granted to the people who
are now being robbed by extortionate
prices eXacted under the shelter of the
tariff.
We believe that the people of this
country, who produce our wealth and
pay our taxes and fight the battles of
the republic are entitled to purchase
the goods manufactured in this country
as cheaply as the people who reside
abroad. We denounce the extortion
inflicted upon our people under the pre-
tense of protection as an outrage upon
the consumer and upon the poor and
upon the laboring people who produce
the wealth of this country. We believe
the tariff should be removed from all
trust made goods and in the removal of
all duties on iron, steel, lumber and coal.
We demand the enactment of such
legislation as will etfectually destroy all
trusts and the strict enforcement of all
laws concerning the same, and we de-
nounce the executive of the state of Iowa
for failure to enforce existing laws.
That we are in favor of such railroad
rate regulation in the state of Iowa as
will give equivalent rates and service
to that afforded by the interstate COM
merce act and that we are opposed to
the present legislation in force discrim-
mating. as it does, against local Iowa
industries, and declare in favor of such
legislation as will give competition to
all competitive points in Iowa with
through billing anywhere in the state.
| We demand that our next legislature
enact 2-cent passenger fare on rail
roads.
We are in favor of primary law Civ
ing to the people the selection as well
as the election of all candidates from
senators down, so drawn as to protect
all parties.
We favor the election of United States
senators by direct, vote of the people.
We are in favor of absolute and un-
qualified government control of the
! interstate commerce.
as shall give to all manufacturers and
iobbers in Iowa the same rights to ship
their products and goods to all points
in Iowa as are now given by the inter-
state commerce law to manufacturers
or jobbers in similar products or goods
in other states.
We believe the politics of our state
should be unhampered by the influence
of corporate power and are in favor of
stringent laws Furnishing all corpora
lions or persons representing them who
contribute campaign funds to any po-
litical organization.
We favor terminal tax amendment
to the present railroad property tax in
the cities of our state.
We are in hearty sympathy with the
purposes Of national labor organizations
as set forth in the late address of Sam
uel Gompers, John Mitchell, ct al, call
ing labor to assert it's political rights
at the ballot box, and we condemn
government by Injunction.
| We favor the complete elimination of
railway and other public service cor
porations from the politics of the state
To accomplish this we favor law pro-
viding for the assessment of railways,
express companies, telephone and tele-
graph companies, by non-partisan
commission Of six men to be selected by
joint session of the house and senate,
no more than three members of such
commission shall belong to any one
political party.
We are in favor of such laws as will
permit municipal ownership of public
utilities and demand that the demo-
cratic members of the legislature do
their utmost to secure the enactment
of such law.
We indorse the exalted character
the peerless craftsmanship and the
high minded and pure personality of
democracy's conceded leader, William
Jennings Bryan, and pledge him our
unqualified support for the presidency
in 1908.