The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-29
Text of the Platform Adopt
ed at Illinois State
Convention.
DEMAND FOR TARIFF REFORM
Present State Bank Examination
Is Declared To Be
Farce.
Views on the Wage and Labor Ques.
tion-ltepuDiica Primary Law
Condem ned --Bryan for
President.


| Following Is the text OF the platform
adopted by Illinois Democrats in state
| convention: This representative con
yentiou of the Democratic party OF IL
| Iinois cOiigratlIates the Democracy OF
| the state and the whole country upon
! the brilliant prospects Of victory III the
| coming congressional and presidential
election. Accommodating evidence OF Re
! publican extravaganza. dupliciiy. ana
| inefhriency produces the overthrow or
| mat party in the state ami nation, the
people are turning again TO the party
! OF Jefferson and OF Jackson and OF
| Bryan for the relief from corruption
| that affects many branches of our GOV
eminent and congressional evils that
may be still worse in their conse-
| uncnceS
plea Charitable Institutions.
We believe the unfortunate inmates
Of state charitable institutions deserve
the kndeSt aud most careful and
most humane treatment the state can
give 10 them. During the last two
months we have had revealed condl-
lions in our state institution shocking
to the best sense of our people.
The Republican administration has
given us Il civil service law that is the
merest shadow of pretense, applicable
wholly to n part Of the state service
and 10 only a part Of The employees
therein ANA The governor who pre-
tended to advocate it AS n friend or
the merit system sat mp until midnight
OF The day before it became Il law 10
block It's purpose by tilIing every pos
shle place of appointees TO hold their
places without examination.
$50 Called Primary Law"
The Republican administration Of
sham reform caused to he expended
$4,000 Of the peoples money to pass
aud S250.0OO more 10 put in erect Its
so-cAlled primary election law, and
such trayesty it is.
ny majority of more than 1000
the people Of Illinois voted two years
ago Tor a direct primary law which
would enable "A citizen TO vote directly
for the nomination of candidates whom
he wished nominated by his party In
the face OF this direct ana oyerwheln.-
ing expression of the peoples will and
in defiance of their own specific prom
isc. made in their state platform Of
1901. to give the people n direct pri |
mary law. the Republicans Shirkea |
their duty in the regular session Of The |
general assembly and passed coward |
makeshift that was declared unconsti- |
tutional
Then. after putting the people to the |
expense of special session. and bring
ing forth such mockery of a pri-
mary law that was OH its passage |
denounced even 10y the Republican lieu
tenant governor of the state rs "dou-
Bile disaster that puts "A premium on
aud deadlocks," results
have proved it. 1t is law to put the
control of nominations in the hands of
political machines and cOmpels the
voter to disclose his politics and there
Ivy destroys the secrecy of the ballot
aud wholly DISTINGUISHES the independ-
ent voters in nominating conventions.
bank Supervision Farce.
State examination aud supervision
Of state banks. under the Republican
ton. have become farce.
Without restraint, and apparently
fear of il. plausible adven-
-urers prey upon the confidence and /
Squlnder the savings of the thrifty
poor. and bring upon old communities
disaster. suffering. and desperation,
ana suicide
We pledge the Democratic members
" the next general assembly, in earn .
Isl effort,
10 make the state civil service law
fact as well as name. a law appli- .
able 10 All branches Of the state gav- a.,
and all employees thereof.
TO the enactment Of law that will .
honestly extend the merit system TO
over all employees OF all the Offices of
nok county and al branches OF tie
'Ouuty service.
To the enactment Of Il direct primary I
aw that will be an exact. direct pr- f
nary law. and not q double headed ,
Iisastcr' TO m enactment that viii ,
orrect and prevent the abuses tLat 4.
fevaf in our stale institutions under d,
ne Republican admiuistro lion If such /.
buses possibly can le reached by law. .,
70 the enactment Of Il state baukiug 2,
aw that will provide sufficient super :.
ision Of. and will prevent the la0iiul Il
{. the funds accumulated hy tho ,
hrifty. 4
revision Of Tariff Demanded.
We believe that American citizens Il
70 entitled 10 the hest fruits of Amer f.
m enterprise and We condemn To- un- T.
easured terms the present Republic
u system Of exlorting tributes from
. people NJ home hy means or unils ii
lfin laws. 50 that foreigners NAV "a 4.
~ Americau products al q cheaper
rice than our own people. .o
To the end Of this system which !,
u Always Pays.