The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08

platform as reported by the majority
of the committee to the convention at
midnight Friday night.
The Democracy of the State of Ten.
nessee, i'll convention Assem- bled, re-.
affirms those principles handed down
10 us from Thomas Jefferson. Andrew
Jackson and other great leaders, which
have been enumerated in the declara-
tions of the party, State and National,
again and again.
We assert with confidence that the
proposition may be demonstrated that
the principal progressive measures
under consideration in our National
Congress, such as that of railway rate
regulation and an interoceanic canal,
were first proposed and have always
had the hearty support of the Demo.
cratic party. Railway rate regulation
was demanded in the resolutions of
the st Louis Democratic National
Convention of 1904, and has been
ernestly favored by the Democratic
members of the National Congress
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 sat
isfactory form have been adopted in
the United States Senate. In the de
alterations on THIS measure of vital
Importance the Democratic members
have shown the most earnest interest
in the peoples welfare, and If the
bill becomes law it Will be because
it has by them been supported and
vitslIzed
Revelations with regard to the
affairs OF the great monopolistic in
terests known as trusts have verified
the charges made against many of
these by the Democrats in recent ma.
tonal campaigns. The necessity that
monopoly shall Re bridled and freedom
OF competition insured was never more
manifest. The squsndering of the
peoples money by the great insurance
companies recently Investigated in
New York disclosed a condition of a
affairs to make every thinking man
pause. The Democratic party is the
party of all classes and represents the
whole people, and has no fight to make
on any class or interests 1t believes
in the principle stated by the author
of the Declaration OF Independence, in
the pirate equal and exact justice to
all; special privileges to none. The
Democracy has rersisten:Iy fought
greed and mono poly, and the people
have finally realized that its protests
were justified ana its warnings timely.
Standard Bearer of People.
The Democracy will continue, as In
the past, to mold aloft the banner of
the people as against these intrenched
interests.
Widespread acceptance of the primer
pies and policies sdvocated by the De-
In recent national elections |
shows the decided trend of the Ameri-
can people to popular government,
such as the Democr cy has always
given and will always advocate and |
National evils denounced |
by our party have become thoroughly |
todius and the constructive policies
which tend to the maintenance of
the more equal distribu-
loo of wealth, are more strongly sup
ported than at any period of years.
Dlsheartened with the. failure of the
Repu blicsn party TO cleanse itself OF
The control of plutocIacy. 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 were
bought, and that on funds furnished
BY the trusts TO corrupt the electorate
was accomplished the defeat of Will
lam Jennings Bryan. He feel conf
lent 1t will never be possible for such
IN outrage again TO be perfected. The