Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21

Inc Democratic party of South Da-
kota, IN convention assembled, hereby
reafhrms its allegiance to the princi-
pies OF justice and liberty, upon which
our constitutional government is
founded, and which have been so ABLY
defended against both the open and
covert assaults of the Republican trust
advocates by the foremost statesman
and leader of the people, William Jen-
nings Bryan
We declare the present to be a cru
clal time in our history, a period in
which the destiny of the republic must
be decided. Government is a sacred
trust and the officers are the trustees
thereof, both created for the benefit of
the people. And we deprecate the fact
that this republican form of govern
ment has passed, through the Repub-
llcan party, from the people to the
trusts and moneyed combinations
We favor the government control
and regulation of transportation COM
panies and the equal taxation of all
property, and declare that the just
tariff should only give a reasonable net
return on the actual value of the
| property of said transportation compa-
MES. And We deplore the precedent
established by a Republican congress
In passing a so-called rate bill which
permits courts created by congress to
nullify laws enacted by that body and
we send hearty congratulations TO the
Democrats of congress for their heroic
efforts to make an effective rate law
| We are in favor of public owner
ship of all transportation facilities, tel
ephone and telegraph lines.
We favor an income and inheritance
tax law. state and national.
We declare in favor of the immedi-
ate revision of the tariff, and the en-
tire removal of all tariffs on products
manufactured or controlled by a mo-
nopoly.
We demand the election of United
States senators by direct vote Of the
people.
Capital having organized into large
combines for its advantage we recog-
nize the right of labor to likewise Or
ganize for it's protection and advance
ment, and we recommend the enact
ment of reasonable arbitration laws
for the adjustment of differences arts
ing between such capital and labor.
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trust funds of the widows and orphans
in the years 1896, 1900 and 1904, and
gave these funds to the national Re
publican committee for the purpose OF
corrupting the voters of the nation
and we likewise denounce the men
who received said funds, holding thai
both the men who gave and the mer
who received are unworthy of Ameri
can citizenship. and ask that campaign
appropriations by corporations be pro
hibited by law.
We are unalterably opposed to {
ship subsidy law as unnecessary ant
un-American, and tending only to en-
rich the multi-millionaire transporta
ton trusts at the expense of the toll
ing masses.
We congratulate the people of Soutf
Dakota upon the material prosperit!
that has come to them, and we wei
come the large influx of immigrant:
from other states to the bountiful ant
fertile plains Of our great common
wealth.
We denounce the so-called "hones
caucus law" enacted by the last legis
lature as unjust and Inadequate, AM
we favor a simple and inexpensive pr
mary law and also personal registra
ton law.
We denounce the unpatriotic acton
of the capitol commission in their at
tempt to erect a capitol building o
inferior material from outside TIL
state, and we demand and insist tina
the said commission created by tn
legislature have such plans and spec!
ications drawn as will permit of tn
use of South Dakota stone in the erec
ton of the state house because GU
home product is superior to that cor
templated by the present buildin
committee with the governor at it
head. and because the use of home me-
terial will leave within the state
large per cent of the money so e1
pended.
We denounce the law providing TO
the election of county commissioner
bv the vote of the entire county bt
cause it denies the right of distric
representation and is as illogical an
unjust as it would be to elect the Ell
tire legislative ticket by the state g
large instead of by districts.
We denounce the Republican part
of this state for using the state ed
cational institutions for political pu
poses to provide places for politician
instead of educators. to the detrimel
and decentralization of the schools.
We demand that law be enacte
that shall, under severe penalty, r
quire Of every candidate. either n
tional or state Office, to file with tt
attorney general of the state with
thirty days from the day on whie
such election is held an itemize
statement under oath of all money I
The town of Highmore. HYDE cou