The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-08
STATE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
AS Reported to the Convention by Thirteen of the
Members Friday Night.


jority of the committee to the con-
vention at midnight Friday night:
The Democracy of the State OF
Tennessee. in convention assem-
bled, reaffirms tn se principles
handed down to us from Thomas
Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and 9TH
err great leaders, which have been
enunciated in the declarations of
the party, State and National,
again and again.
We assert with confidence that
the proposition may be demonstrate
ed that the principal progressive
measure under consideration in our
National Congress, such as that of
railway rate regulation and an in
teroceanic canal, we're first pro-
posed and have always had the
nearty support of the Democratic
party. Railway rate regulation
was dGHdHuNd III LHG lI5OiuLlOnS Va
the st. Louis Democratic National
Convention of 1904, and has been
earnestly favored by the Democrat
ic members OF the National Con-
gress. But for the support of the
Democrats of the Senate and the
active leadership of members of
that party who had charge of the
bill, it could not in satisfactory
form h lave been adopted i'll the
United States Senate. In the de-
alterations on this measure of vital
importance the Democratic mem
bers have shown the most earnest
interest in the peoples welfare, and
if the bill becomes law 1t will be
because it has by them been sup
ported and vitalized.
Revelations with regard to the
affairs of the great monopolistic
interests known as trusts have veri-
fed the charges made against many
of these by the Democrats in recent
national campaigns. The necessity
that monopoly shall be bridled and
freedom of competition insured was
never more manifest. The squan-
dering of the peoples money by the
great insurance companies recently
investigated in New York disclosed
condition OF affairs to make every
thinking man pause. The Demo
cratic party is the party of all class
es and represents the whole people,
and has no fight to make on any
class or interest. 1t believes in the
principle stated by the author Of
the Declaration of Independence, IN
the phrase equal and exact justice
to all; special privileges to none.
The Democracy h persistently
fought greed and monopoly, and
the people have finally realized that
its protests were JUSTIFIED and its
warnings timely.
STANDARD BEARER OF PEOPLE.
The Democracy will continue, as
in the past, to hold aloft the ban
ner of the people as against these
intrenched interests.
Widespread acceptance of the
principles and policies advocated
by the Ii Acracy in recent nation
al elections shows the decided trend |
Of the American people to popular
government, such as the Democracy |
has always given and will always |
advocate and maintain NationalI
evils denounced by our party have
become thoroughly odious and the
constructive policies which tend to
the maintenance of competition,
the more equal distribution of
wealth, are more strongly support
ed than at any period for years.
Disheartened with the failure of
the Republican party to cleanse it.
self of the control of plutocracy,
the protest among former followers
of that party is now so vehement
as to alarm its leaders. 1t has
been proven also that the elections
of 1896 and 1900 we're bought, and
that on fun DIS furnished by the
trusts to corrupt the electorate was
accomplished the defeat of William
Jennings Bryan. We feel confident
1t will never be possible for such an
outrage again to be perpetrated.
The public conscience has been
aroused and the purchase of votes,
the intimidation of voters, falsi6-
cation and the contemplate tricks
of political manipulators will never
in the future prevail against Dem
ocratic candidate supported by the
honest and unpurchasble citizen
ship.
Rera l1fnu with nrtda the arhiavas ,