The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-27

on the other to justify many cxtraya-
CANT and revolutionary proposals,
which, II adopted, must inevitably pro-
duce worse disasters than the abuses
they seek to cure. we deemi I emf
nently fitting to declare that all DEM
ocratic principles are embraced In the
injunction laid on the first man, that
in the sweat of their brows he and
all his posterity must eat their bread.
We affirm 1t to be as much the SUI,
preme duty Of government to prevent
any man from taking by violen.-s
fraudulent device or a legislative -
vor one dollar or its equIvulent-.co o.
duced by the labor of another r " as
1t Is to protect every man IL the
enjoyment of all the property howev-
err extensive produced by his own la-
Dor.
| We. therefore. denounce Republican
high protection which enables few
to plumber the whole body of their
fellow citizens by charging extortion-
ate prices for the necessaries of life
and the essentials OF Industry.
We hold that the cure for these
abuses is not in socialism, which by
enormously extending the power OF
government must aggravate them but
in democracy which by excluding gov
eminent from any interference what
ever with private industry, must cure
them.
Every proposal that municipality
assume operation of all public utilities
and reduce rates to persons using them
regardless of what the service may ac-
tually cost, Is an attempt to force some
men TO bear the expenses of others, be-
cause where the outlay for operation
exceeds earnings, the deficit must be
made up by taxation and this would
be socialistic and therefore hostile TO
justice and subversive Of Democratic
government.
1t Is the duty of government, there
fore. to ascertain the actual cost OF
operating all public service corpora
tions and to fix from time TO time reas-
enable rates for the Service they per-
form
We denounce as a crime against
morals and decency the refusal of the
Republican administration to permit
an investigation of the different de-
partmen.s, especially the banking de-
partment.
OF the State government, we promise
that there shall be an Impartial and
public investigation of every depart
ment of the State.
idea of Corruption.
The recent investigation of insur-
ance companies affords but a faint idea
of the gross corruption which has gov
Sthco the administration
for long period. 1t is a scandal of
unparalleled dimensions that these
shocking exposures have resulted mere
ly in the discarding OF a few officers.
We demand the passage of such Leg
islation as will deal effectively with
the whole subject of life insurance and
encourage this form of economy by
making its fruits absolutely secure.
We ask the Federal government to
exercise It's influence to bring about a
speedy cessation OF this atrocities now
being committed against the Jews in
Russia
In common with the Democrats of
all the States and expressing the SEN
timent of the high-minded citizenship
OF the republic without party we view
with pride and satisfaction the hos
pitality and acclaim which have been
accorded at home and abroad to tht
great Democratic leader, and typical
American, William Jennings Bryan, 70
whom the Democrats of New York
extend most cordial and sincere relic,
itafions.
Finally, we record our solemn be-
lief that corruption in the public SER
vice or in corporate management can
not be eradicated while schemes OF
plumber are implanted in the very
body of the law itself.
Where the law not only permits, but
empowers great " OAaCb AVA
their products prices vastly exceeding
those asked in foreign countries and
this power to plumber our citizens is
treated as the property of certain prt-
vate corporations, the vast volume or
tribute drawn from the masses of the
community Is the least pernicious OF
its results. The wide emulation in
plumber which 1t evokes is its worst
result.
We denounce the socialism which
seeks to make government the sole
agent Of production as nothing less
than q proposal to re-establish the in
stitution of tyranny and industrial sla-
very which persisted before the ad-
vance of Christian civilization.
Nearly every paragraph received ap-
plause. There were cheers for the par
agraph extending fluctuations to Will
liam J. Bryan, but the demonstration
was brief. The platform was adopted
unanimously.
w. v. Cooke of Albany County then
took the platform to nominate William
r. Hearst.
Hearst's Name Presented.
Mr.. Cook said:
This convention must convince the
people that bossism and corporate con-
troll have been driven out and that de-
cency will follow intelligent and com
petent leadership The candidate must
be in direct sympathy with the dec
larations of the platform and such a
one alone can lead 1t to victory.
But the objection is made that the
gentleman whom have in mind should
not be nominated because he is al
ready candidate of an independent
association. We will agree that the
party of insurance frauds. the party
of indirect taxation, the party which
approved a corrupt judiciary, the party
which prostituted the civil service by
levying campaign assessments, the par
ty of maximum expenditures and min
imum results, should be expelled from
power IN the Empire State.
Albany County presents the name
of Democrat and a thoughtful Dem
ocrat who has ever opposed the drift
from Jeffersonian doctrines; ore who
mas ever protested against the plumber
ing of the people by public service cor
porations; one whose time and money
have always been engaged for the bet
terment of labor; one who has ever de-
cldred that tn eprosperity of the indi-
vidual depends upon the impartial en-
forcement of the law; true Democrat.
true man and a true American, Will
liam Randolph Hearst"
Congressman William ZuIzer has also
been placed in nomination. his name
being greeted by great outburst of
cheering, which continued fourteen min
utes John A. Dix of Washington
County, has also been named for Gov
ernor. The session has been marked
by extreme bitterness. Mr. eHarst be-
ing araigned and denounced roundly by
a number OF the speakers.
The language INDUCED in stirred the
elegates into wild demonstrations for
and against the sentiments of the