The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-09-06

and equitable system OF taxation to the
end that all property in the state shall
bear It's just share Of the public bur-
den.
We protest against government by
Injunction and demand of congress
laws regulating the issuance Of In
functions to the end that citizens may
not be deprived OF their constitutional
rights by court order.
Initiative and Referendum.
We declare for the principle Of
initiative and the referendum, and de-
mand Of the incoming legislature
statutes providing for the initiative
and referendum on important legisla-
tion, and the submission of constitu-
tlonal amendment which will establish
the initiative and referendum as a
part of the organic law of this state,
Modern Industrial development In
creasing as it does the productive pow
er of labor and multiplying the strain
upon the workers, makes both unnec-
essary and undesirable the long hours
Of toll demanded by the crude and less
efficient methods; we therefore favor
working day of not more than eight
hours in all Industrial callings except
agricultural and kindred pursuits and
urge that our lawmakers, state and
national, adopt legislation to that end.
Because of the excellent results se-
cured through the direct primaries
now no longer an experiment in this
state, we demand that the primary law
shall be so amended as to extend the
direct primary system to all state Off
GERS
That the senators of the United
States may be made responsive to the
will OF their constituents, we demand
nr our congressman and senators that
they labor diligently for change in
the Constitution of the United States
by which United States senators shall
be elected by direct vote of the peo-
pie.
Holding that the public should con-
duct the business of the public rather
than farm it out to private corpora
tiOns and individuals and to the injury
OF the whole people, we demand that
the members of the next legislature of
the State of Minnesota pass such laws
rs will facilitate municipal ownership
Of public service utilities
Whereas, the Democratic party is
appreciative of the strong sentiment
prevailing throughout this state in
favor of good roads and having in
view the progress made by other
states In that direction, we favor a re-
vision of the road and bridge laws
with the object of obtaining better re-
suits in the expenditure of road funds.
We cordially join in the home-com
ing welcome that has been extended
to William J. Bryan. We congratulate
Mr.. Bryan and the nation upon the
present recognition of his worth. For
ten years the loyal Democrats of Min
nesota have acknowledged his leader
ship in the contest for the establish.
ment of the common rights of all the
people as against vested wrongs and
the special interests of few. We
now view with satisfaction the ap
proach of the logical results of that
leadership in the probable election OF
Mr., Bryan to the presidency of the
United States. z5
Believing it both unwise and unjust
that the congress of the United States
should grant special privileges which
enrich the few at the expense of the
many, we demand that the members
OF congress from Minnesota shall laobr
diligently for the immediate revision
Of the Dingley tariff schedules to the
end that trusts and combinations in
restraint of trade shall no longer be
fostered and developed by any tariff
laws. We demand that there shall be
placed on the free list all trust made
articles and that all protection shall
be removed from articles sold cheaper
to the foreigner than to the American.
Drastic Antitrust Law.
We demand from the legislature the
enactment of drastic antitrust law
to take the place of the present weak,
inefficient and cumbersome legislation.
We demand that the powers of the
state and of the courts be so extended
by statute that the real offenders
against the law may be prosecuted and
punished.
We demand additional legislation