Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-05
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Document Drawn in Milwaukee Adopted
Without Change.

Without Change.
MADISON, Wis, Sept. ,26.-[spe-
cial. 1.-The Democrats adopted the same
platform as was passed upon at their
convention in Milwaukee last June. h.
H. Manson of Wausau was elected state
chairman. The convention selected a
new committee, made w. O. Brawley of
Mansion secretary, and after listening
to redhot campaign speeches by John A.
Aylward of Madison, the nominee for
governor, and Martin L. Lueck of Ju-
neau, nominee for attorney general, and
Col. George w. Bird of Madison, ad-
journed.
George w. Lewis of Madison attempt
ed to secure the adoption of resolution
asking the state to make an effort to in
duce immigrants to locate in Wisconsin,
but it was tabled after a debate which
showed that the majority of the Demo
Gratis were fearful of tampering with the
Milwaukee platform and which brought
forth some expressions of lack OF faith
in the fertility of the lands of northern
Wisconsin.
The Democratic Platform.
The Democratic party of the state Of Wis
COnSin, in platform convention assembled
persuant to the statutes in such cases made
and provided, does adopt the following plat
form of principles:
We recognize that the gigantic trusts and
combinations designed to enable capital to
secure more than It's just share of the joint
products Of capital and labor, and which
have been fostered and promoted under
Republican rule, are a menace to beneficial
competition, and are obstacles to perma-
nent business prosperity: A private mo-
nopoly is indefensible and intolerable.
We demand q strict enforcement Of ex-
listing civil and criminal statutes against
all trusts, combinations and monopolies, and
we commend the Democratic members Of
both houses of Congress for the loyal sup
port they have given to the rate bill, the
pure food bill and other measures, which
would have wholly failed but for their I'M
swerving and faithful support
We favor revision of the present tariff,
and hold that the tariff duty should be
levied for the purposes OF revenue, such
duties to be so adjusted as to operate equal
mate between classes or sections, and the
taxation should be limited to the needs of
the government, honestly and economically
administered. We favor placing on the free
list all commodities supplied by any trust
or monopoly.
We deem it Imperative in order to protect
the people from the inordinate exactions of
coal and oil combinations and monopolies,
that the federal government should reserve
from sale, all coal and oil rights in all gov
eminent lands hereafter granted.
We believe in the principles of income
taxation and favor such amendment to the
federal constitution as will permit federal
taxation on incomes.
We insist that we ought to do for the
Filipinos what we have already done for
the Cubans, and 1t is our duty to make that
promise now, and upon suitable guarantees
of protection to citizens Of our own and
other countries resident there at the time
of our withdrawal, set the Filipino people
upon their feet, free and independent, to
work out their own destiny.
We favor the election of the United States
senators by direct vote of the people, and
we demand that the constitution of the
United States be amended accordingly.
We favor governmental control and regu-
lation of all public service corporations so
that they shall be operated for the benefit
of the people for whom they were intended.
We favor the enactment of a law by the
next Legislature amending the present law
so as to authorize the state railway com
mission to correct upon its own initiative
any schedule or tariff of rates which In its
Judgment should be corrected or modified
We favor such legislation as will enable
municipalities to own, construct and acquire
by purchase such public service utilities as
they may deem proper; and to enable them
to do so we favor amending section of
article II. of the constitution Of our state
so that Indebtedness incurred in acquiring
such public utilities shall be excluded from
the limitations of said section. thus permit
ting municipal corporations to acquire pub
lie utilities and to restrict the constitutional
limitations of indebtedness to debts in
Cured for nonproductive property.
We favor the passage. Of law by the
next Legislature comforting upon and dele
eating to municipalities the power to Ak
the price at which public service corpora
tions within the municipalities shall fur
users and consumers.
We favor a maximum rate Of charge by
all railroads doing business IN the state Of
Wisconsin of cents per mile for passenger
traffic within this state.
We favor the enactment of laws provid-
Ing full protection for policy holders in all
life insurance companies transacting bus-
ness in this state
We favor the enactment and enforcement
of laws giving labor and capital impartial
ly their Just rights Capital and labor
ought not to be enemies. Each is necessary
to the other. Each has it's rights-but the
rights of labor are certainly not less vested
nor less sacred and no less inalienable than
the rights of capital.
sums of money for corrupt uses In national
rs we'll as in state affairs, whether derived
from interested corpora tons or by robbery
of the funds from widows and orphans by
the management of life insurance COM
panies or other corporations or companies
of like character.
We favor the enactment Of q law requir.
ing every committee of a political party
organization to make public the amount re-
ceived and expended by 1t.
We favor the enactment of law estab-
fishing the doctrine of comparative negli-
gence in all personal injury cases.
Equality of contributions to the public
and political rights. The recent decision
of our supreme court in the railway cases
has opened the way for a more equitable
distribution of the tax burden. and a speedy
return to the constitutional rule of uni
formity. We now insist that all laws I'M
posing license fee on earnings in lieu of
taxes, except as to foreign corporations, be
repealed, and that all property within the
jurisdiction of this commonwealth be as
sessed and -%xed on an ad valorem basis