The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-24

tional democracy during recent years
and we point to the fact that in every
good work of the congress the way
was not only blazed by democratic
platforms but the work was performed
under direction of democratic leaders
We stand firm upon that govern.
mental foundation stone which Is an
ever present protest against every
form of legalized theft under the name
of protective tariff. We affirm that
a protective tariff has never brought
anything better than financial bur.
den to the people of this agricultural
district; and we here give pledge that
the nominee of this convention shall
be armed by the people with Il vote
in congress, he will use that vote in
favor of free lumber, free coal, free
barbed wire, free iron and steel and
all agricultural implements. We are
opposed to any and every effort look.
ing toward any system of asset cur.
rency and insist that the power to
issue all lawful money is inherent in
the national government. We applaud
every intelligent effort to curb by law
the greed of the public service corpo-
this convention to cast his vote, II
elected in favor of regulation of inter
state freight and passenger charges,
by railroads, telegraph, telephone,
sleeping car and express companies.
We particularly give pledge to the
people of this district that the nomi.
nee of this convention will, If elected,
work and vote for such legislation as
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of all pirates upon the sea of agricul-
ture, the national grain trust, and
drive to the penitentiary doors all
members of that trust who have been
instrumental in the spoilation of this
grain producing people by grain trust
methods. The democratic party is the
foe of fraud wherever found and re-
fuses to regard it less than fraud when
committed within the party household.
We endorse the demand of Mr.. Bry-
an for the resignation of the Illinois
member of the democratic national
committee on the ground that his cleo
tion was secured by fraud so prob
able as to admit of no controversy.
We agree with Mr.. Bryan that the
democratic party can not successfully
attack fraud while sheltering within
llS lOluS udllOldl committeeman
whose certificate of election bears the
sign and the seal of fraud. We believe
the only true solution of the railroad
rate problem lies through the ultimate
ownership of railroads by the people.
While favoring the regulation of
freight and passenger rates by statute,
we declare for the principle of public
ownership at the earliest possible date,
and specifically for the immediate gov
ernment ownership and operation of
sufficient railroad mileage, extending
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great
Lakes, to enable the government to
control the rate situation and to pre-
vent extortion and discrimination on
the part of private owners of inter
state railroads.
The democracy of the Third congress
sional district finds encouragement
and inspiration in the. work of the
democratic state convention recently
assembled in Lincoln. We congratu
late the people of Nebraska on the
opportunity offered to support at the
polls the magnificent men named as
candidates and the platform of true
American principles proclaimed by
that convention.
The nominee of this convention is
in himself right sort of platform as
touching the free pass evil. He takes
the democratic position that there can
be no difference between a pass bribe
and a money bribe, and he has lived
true to that position. During all the
years of his service as judge of the
district court his pocket has never
been polluted by a political or other
kind of free railroad pass-a record in
striking contrast with the record of
his republican opponent in the present
campaign who brazenly prides himself
upon the number of free passes which
he has solicited, procured and used
while wearing the robes of the magis-
trate.