Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-28
Democracy's Platform.

The democratic party of Iowa in convention
assembled declares its adherence and devotion
| - the fundamental prircipt of The democrat
| &c faith, tersely asserted in the words: Egua
| rights to all and special privileges to none.n
! We believe III 4 tariff for revenue only and ir
approaching to that condition of our rayenue
| laws there should be immediate relief granted
\ to the people who are now being robbed by
| extortionate prices exacted under the shelte
| OF the tariff.
| We believe that the people of this countr,
who produce our wealth and pay our taxes ant
fight the battles OF the republic are entitled tt
purchase the goods manufactured In thi.
| country as cheaply as the people who reside
! abroad We denOunce the eXtortlOn inflicted
| upon our people under the prctense of protec
ton as an outrage upon the consumer and upon
| the poor and upon the laboring people who pro-
duce the wealth of this country. We believe
| the tariff should be removed from all trust
| made goods, and in the removal of all duties on
| iron, Steel lumber and coal.
| We demand the enactment of such legislation
as will eifectually destroy all trusts and the
| strict enforcement of all laws concerning the
same, and we denounce the executive OF the
state of Iowa for failure to enforce existing
/ laws.
That We are in favor of such railroad rate
regulation in the state of Iowa as will give
equivalent rates and service to that afforded by
the interstate commerce act and that we are
opposed to the present legislation in force
discriminating, as 1t does, against local Iowa
industries, and declare In favor of such legisla-
tlon as will give competition 10 all competitive
points in Iowa with through billing anywhere
In the state.
We demand that our next legislature enact a
scent passenger fare on railroads.
| We are in favor of primary law giving to
the people the selection as well as the election
Of all candidates from senator down, so drawn
as to protect all parties.
We favor the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
Weare in favor of absolute and unqualified
government control OF interstate commerce.
We favor the enactment of such laws as shall
give to all manufacturers and jobbers in Iowa
the same rights to ship their products and
goods to all points in Iowa as are now given by
the interstate commerce law to manufacturers
or Jobbers in similar products or goods In other
states.
| we believe the politics of our state should be
unhampered by the Influence of corporate
L tO''Si ''Au oio III ldSol VI SlIlDSeuU ldWS
publishing all corporations or persons represent.
Ing them who contribute campaign funds to
any political organization.
| We favor a terminal tax amendment to the
present railroad property tax in the cities of
our state.
| We are in hearty sympathy with the purposes
of national labor organizations as SCI forth in
the late addresses of Samuel Gompers, John
| hall
cal rights at the ballet box. and we condemn
government by Injunction.
We favor the complete elimination of railway
and other bile service corporations from the
politics of the state. To accomplish this, we
favor law providing for the assessment OF
railways, express companies. telephone and
telegraph companies by nom partisan CON-
! mission Of SIX men to be selected by Joint
session OF the house and senate, no more than
| three members of such commission shall belong
to any one political party.
We are In favor Of such laws as will permit
municipal ownership of public utilities and
demand that the democratic members of thu
legislature do their utmost to secure the enact
ment of such law.
Wei ndorse the exalted character, the peer.
less craftsmanship and the high minded and
pure personality of democracy's conceded
leader, William Jennings Bryan, and pledge
him our unqualified support for the presidency
in 1908.