The Yale expositor., 1906-08-10
The DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION.
NOMINATIONS MADE, The PLATFORM AND
OTHER MATTERS.
NOTES ON The PROCEEDINGS.

proposition of Senator La Toilette, re-
garding railroad rate legislation,
which. if adopted, would have brought
certain relief and was in perfect ac-
cord with the declarations on that sub
iect in the Democratic platform of
1886.
Fully believing in the honesty, in
tegrity and wisdom of William Jen-
nings Bryan, and that under his lead
ership the people would receive relief
from the many ills above referred TO,
We commend him to the people OF the
United States as candidate for presi-
dent in 1908.
Two: We favor the nomination of
all candidates for Office by direct vote
Of the people and will do everything in
our power to secure legislation directly
to that end We favor the adoption of
such legislation or constitutional
amendments as shall provide, viz:
(a) For the election OF railroad and
tax commissioners by direct vote of
the people.
CD We favor home rule, giving to
any city, village, county or township
the right to decide for itself, subject to
the referendum all matters of purely
local interest, regarding local taxes
and the question of owning and operat-
.ng any given public utility, requiring
franchise rights, or granting of fran
chise for such ownership to a private
company.
(c) We are in favor of the nomina-
lion and election of United States SEN
ltors by direct vote of the people.
I'd We favor the repeal Of the so
allied indeterminate sentence law, and
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ne punishment of persons convicted
# crime.
(e) We are opposed to a political
pardon board and in favor of its aboli-
ton.
Cd We reafTirm our faith in pop
liar government by majority vote and
pledge ourselves to enact the same by
he adoption of that principle of pure
Democracy, the initiative and refern-
lum and popular recall.
Three: We are in favor of a pas
Senger rate on railroads not exceeding
Two cents per mile in the southern
peninsula of this state and not eX-
ceeding three cents per mile in the
northern peninsula.
Four: We most emphatically de-
, "lare for the election of delegates to
Ne forthcoming constitutional conven-
| ion by non-partisan method and that
ny candidate for delegate may have
lis name as such candidate placed on
he official ballot, il petition by
tasonable number of voters is filed in
! is behalf. The names on the official
allot should be without party or 9th
! 1 designation. We demand an amend
! Gent TO the election law by eliminat-
NJ the cross at the head of the ticket,
md in place thereof require placing
! ross before the name OF each candi-
! late for whom the voter desires to
,ote.
| Five: We condemn in the most I'M
| nistakeable terms, the action of the
asst legislature in passing the change
! ii venue law, which makes it possible
or a litigant upon making a pre-
scribed affidavit without any investiga-
! 'rn. as to the truth of the statements
/ therein made, to have his case trans
| terred to another circuit, thus placing
premium upon perjury and discom
........n- nu5auto and making the trial
| Jf causes a farce
Six: We believe that laws should
| be enacted making it a criminal of.
/ Tense for any member of the state leg
! islature, or state officer, to accept or
use free transportation from any rail-
road or transportation company.
Seven: We dsnounce the present
primary election law as a fraud and
ham, and pledge ourselves to enact
| primary law simple and workable
nd that will not in its operation de-
| .)rive any voter of his franchise.
| Eight: Our state government needs
readjustment upon the lines of greater
/
! We urge the voters of Michigan to lay
aside party prejudices, to elect mem
bers OF the legislature who are in
sympathy with honest primary reform,
and the other principles herein enun
ciated and to unite with us in electing
the state officers nominated at this
convention who are pledged to the
earnest support of those principles.