The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-27
PLATFORM OF THE DEMOCRATS
p5SOvlNT PHRASES ON TIE
SUEiT or A MANS BROW.

Three Platoon system Ter Police.
Rrv,uo. Sapt. 2s.-Thjs Is the platform
.,o,tad hv the Democratic c~onvention:
Tie Democracy Of New York, in Stata
.on,s,tlon assembled, reaffirms its attach
non, to the fundamental democratic
nrnciples on which this representative Of
Ebart! and law has rested In complete
.scurl,3 and unparalleled prosperity Tor q
he authority Of democracy In invoked to
IaTo,j plunder Of the masses by q few
nob 1,on. through partial laws on M hand
and On the other to justify many extraya-
CANT a.d reyoi1ti0nsT Rrp pSod.cs w worsn
disasters Than the a57ieS5 .ScsT -e- g S.=1.
w ocom Il eminently fitting 10 declare that
The " hole Democratic principle Is embraced
in the Injunction laid on the ttrst man. that
in the -weat Of their orows ne All mis-
nosterltv must eat their bread. Democracy
70 hold * but the application OF this prtnci-
re ia ~political institutions through the
argani2ation Of government, for the sole
mirrose of assuring every man the right
10 eat undisturhed all the bread produced
IN the sweat Of his brow, OF peaceabIe pos
session Of everything created by his labor
and If preventing any man from eating
ons crilnb produced In the sweat OF an
other mans brow, from seizing a single
thing produced by the labor OF another
nv affirm tina all the evils which affect
Tho body politic to-day flow directly from
yiolui ,ouS Of this fundamental principle.
Exarrions OF great combinations or trusts,
under cover OF high protective tariffs,
excessive rates exacted by corporations
onerating public franchises, plumber OF
nInIiry holders by officers OF insurance
companies. and stock holders by managers
Of Industrial corporations, corruption In
public office by which revenues OF Govern
menr are diverted from the service OF the
peoplo to the pockets Of their servants
and the source OF justice polluted, are all
schemes Of some men to eat their bread
in the sweat Of other mems brows by d.
vertlng property from nands mat create
il TO hands that covet 1t,
We affirm il to be as much the supreme
duty Of government to prevent any man
from taking by violence. fraudulent device
or legislative favor one dollar or It's equiva-
lent produced by the labor Of another ~
as il il 10 protect every man IN the enjoy
ment Of all the property, however extern
siye. produced by his OWE labor. We
therefore d~enounce Republican high pro-
lection. which enables a Few men TO plunder
the whole body of their fellow citizens by
charging extortionate prices for the neces-
sarips OF life and the essentials OF industry.
A SHOT AT JEROME.
Where plumber Of the people, or any
mart Of them, is perpetrated in violation
Of law. we denounce the incapacity or
corruption of all officers who encourage,
AI0 OF llltTdNF II dLlu CEINOhnhy Nhc hAOV
cihty or connivance Of prosecuting oricers
who permit the perpetrators TO go un-
whipped or even unchallenged OF justice.
While We believe favoritism in any depart
ment Of government must always be a pro-
life source of oppression and wrong, We
hold favoritism. partially or corruption in
the administration OF criminal law TO be
utterly subversive OF all government.
We denounce the gross partiality which
punlehes minor offences with unsparlng
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enormous crimes. and we demand the I'M
mediate prosecution OF every man.. what
ever his position. or however extensive his
fortune. who has been hown to have mis-
appropriated one dollar intrusted to him
from the economies OF the poor.
We believe the operation OF all banks,
trust companies and public service corpora
tons should be placed under. close and
constant scrutiny OF vigilant pubic oincers
and We demand the enactment OF laws
placing the officers Of such companies
sunder stricter responsibility for corruption
or neglect in the discharge OF their duties
SOCIALISM ~DIsAvowED.
II impartial prosecution OF all Offenders
cause congestion Of business In the criminal
courts. we demand hat perpetrators OF the
most extensive robberies be given prece-
dence on the road to prison. We declare
as the most sinister consequence OF the cor-
uption and graft which degrade our politi-
cal and Industrial life the Widespread dis
trust and discredit Of republican govern
ment which they have produced and which
have led many men OF problty
and ardent patriotism to listen patiently, II
not ~approvingly, to proposals distinctly
sociaIistic. which, II adopted, must inevi-
tably wreck the foundation OF republican
government and endanger the entire fabric
Of Christian civilization.
We hold hat the cure for all these abuses
is not in socialism, which by enormously
extending the power OF government must
sggravate them, but in democracy, which
by excluding government from any. inter-
ference whatever with private industry,
must cure them. While we hold IL TO be a
vita principle Of Democracy that any inter
ference by government In the field OF private
industry must be vicious, a source OF oor-
rnption and a bar to prosperity, tits eQuallya
vital Democratic principle that within It's
proper field the authority OF government is
absolute. and it's power should be enforced
with unfailing vigor but always with strict
impartiality. And we believ the whole
field Of public service is included in the do
main OF its legitimate authority.
PUBLIC CORPORATIONS.
We hold every enterprise to be a feature
OF the public service which necessarily
exercises in the course Of it's operation any
power Of sovereignty, such as the power
Of eminent domain, and therefore IL must
always be subject to control n regula-
ton by government. Railways, telegraphs,
VltphoneS, Jne supply OF gas anu olocOtlCiIy
and every enterprise that may use public
property OF take private property without
the consent Of the owner are essentially
public functions, although the administra-
ton NJ them is committed to corporations
organized and operated by owners OF the
private capital embarked in them. And
when thus administered these corporations
are themselves agencies Of government and
therefore, always subject to its control.
Where the operation Of a public franchise
is intrusted TO a private agency we believe
the community IL entitled to service OF the
very highest efficiency consistent with
safety Of the capital employed in IT,. We
hold II 10 be the duty Of government, while
maintaining absolute security Of such prop
erty N exact for the people efficient service
at reasonable rates, and a reasonable rate.
We believe. is the actual cost in every in
stance Of the service plus a reasonable
profit 10 the corporation rendering IL.
Whether a public utility be administered
ny government itself or by a private cor
poratlon, we hold that every person who
uses It must be held to pay the cost OF the
service which he receives, and that no man
should be compelled by taxation or other
wise TO bear any part OF his neighbor's
expenses for light and DOwer for telephone