Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-07-06
A POLITICAL PLATFORM.
Some Good Planks Suggested by the "Sase
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YELM, WASH, June 30, 1906.
ED. STANDARD:
A political platform for 1908: Here.
with lie my idea OF what the national
platform Of the Democratic party for
1908 should contain, and don't claim
it as wholly original; l think Dems
and Pops and even Socialists could
unite on it:
LIST, Direct legislation; election of
all officers by the people; the right of
recall.
%, The necessaries of life on the
free list; ports OF entry in interior
towns to be abolished; custom houses,
where outgO exceeds income. to be
closed; import duties to be laid upon
luxuries, and for revenue only.
Sd, The income and inheritance tax :;
to increase progressively as the income
and Inheritance increase.
4th. Repeal by Congress of all laws
creating Federal Courts, excepting the
Supreme Court, whose appellate luris-
diction shall be abolished.
In this manner, the Federal Judi.
ciary can be practically wiped off the
face OF the earth and corporations COM
PEELED to obey State courts.
9th, Public utilities to Le owned
and operated by the public for the
public benefit.
9th, ali money TO be created by the
government; the lending of public
money to corporations and individuals
to be prohibited; the public debt to be
paid off; no more bonds to be issued or
endorsed by the government; the act
rechartering national banks to be re-
pealed; the financial system of the
country to be that established by the
Constitution, and practiced by Jeffer.
son. Madison, Jackson and Lincoln.
7th. The prodigsl extravaganza of
the National Government TO be
checked; the increase in military and
naval expenditures stopped; the CO.
lonial empire nonsense abandoned !:
the Philippines to be granted self.
government.
9Th, No ship subsidy or mail sub.
sidy; the compulsory use of steel cars
for the railway mail service; postal
savings banks; the parcels post; the
abolition Of the ranking privilege
the continued extension of the Rural
Free Delivery system.
How does that strike you for a
"square deal"
For q State and county platform /
suggest the following:
An elimination of at least two mem.
bers of the Supreme Court. There are
only seven members in the Supreme
Court of the State of New York, with
more than ten times the business and
only nine members in the Supreme
Court of the United States.
The curtailment OF all unnecessary
expenses OF county or State BY an
elimination of about so per cent. of
the parasites who prey on the public.
We have too many officials on long
pay and short work. If our officials
would put 10 the time that the com.
mon lsborer puts in, they wouldn't
need so much help. Why shouldn't
, they?
They wouldn't have so much time
TO 60 fishing, attend whist tourna.
meDts and baseball exhibitions.
Their pay goes on just the same,
whether they fish or cut bait, while
the moment the laborer stops work,
his pay stops; see.
l am unable to see why the pro.
ducers OF wealth. who toll from morn
till night. should be taxed to excess TO
keep up useless set of parasites in
luxury.
also respectfully suggest that if
the human family would use as much
judgment in trying to improve their
stock of boys and girls as they do
their horses, cattle, sheep and hogs,
We wonld have fewer barnacles in our
asyiums, peas and reform, schools.
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