The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-14
PLATFORM OF DEMOCRACY OF
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Following is the Platform OF the Dem.
oera.s Of the First Congressional
District

FIRST
We, the Democrats Of the First Con-
gressional District, Of the proposed
state Of Oklahoma, in convention as
semhled. reaffirm allegiance to the
time honored principles of the demo
cratic party as taught by that immor-
tai author OF the Declaration Of lnde-
pendenne, Thomas Jefferson, practicad
by Andrew Jackson, aud elncidated
and vitalized by the Great Commoner
Of our time, William J. Bryan.
SECOND
We endorse the action of tho consti-
tutionai convention and look with
grateful appreciation on their untiring
efforts in the performance Of their
ardnous lahors and their fidelity In
keeping the faith and carrying odt
their pledges and promises TO the
people, and we especially endorse the
convention: %. in granting the initi-
ativa and referendum, (2), In the estab
| lishment of state railway insurance
| and warehouse commission, (3). in
the strict regulation OF all public
service corporations. and placing the
same within the control of the state
! ca In the reduction of freight and pas
senger rates by the constitution and
the control of such corporations by
the state, (5), in the passage of the
fellow servant provision, (6), In the
providing for the employment Of con
yict labor. "a, in the protection by
liberal exemptions from taxation of all
ex-soldiers, (S), in the restriction OF
government by injunction. to), IN the
passage of mine, mill and factory in
spection and health laws. fl0), and IN
the recogni, 'on and protection of labor
by hoard of arbitration and the pre-
yention of child labor in mill end mine
! GD, In the establishment OF a com
missioner OF charities. and, (l2), in
1 tho wise and intelligent provisions for
city government and abolition of alien
Ownership of our soil, are measures
Of progress and have set the consti
tuition for the proposed state OF Okla
homa at the head of all state docu
ments, as the greatest and ablest con
stitution ever written for any people
of any state or time.
THlRD;-
We denounce the Republican. rail
road, Approximation. written by
Henry E Asp and signed by twelve
Republicans, members in the conyen
/ ton, in the interests or and for the
corporations, believing that the re
publican party Is as morally and
justly committed TO the policies OF
that instrument as the democratic
party Is by the one they have signed
and submitted to yol for suffrage.
FOURTH
We demand as strict regulation a,
Is possible 10 secure of all public
utility corporations, including rail
roads. telegraph and express lines
qntil such time as public ownership
ban be accomplished by systematic
lseientific methods in accord Will
Sound public policy.
FIFTH
We demand the state Ownersnip aaf
public management of a twine factory
an oil rohnery, and the coal mines o.
the state We favor The establish
ment Of a state printing plant. in which
Ian pgblic printing shall be done, in
Guiding state. county and other muni
cipal records and also the publishing
OF school books TO be furnished to ths
public az cost, thereby preventing the
lexploiting OF the people by the hool
thrust These public enterprises shal
be run at a cost Of operation afleI