Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
HOPES PRESIDENT
WILL KEEP PLEDGE
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we will not be able to recognize them
or find them"

we Will not be able to recognize them
or find them"
Senator Rayner then outlined his
views on a Democratic platform.
Would Make 1t Brief
IT would make 1t brief and pertinent"
he said. 1T would eliminate the custo-
mary and monotonouS indictments
against the opposition for the crimes
that they have never committed; and
/ would admit all reference to the vir-
tues that we propose to practice in the
event of our success.
'I would give the country something
a little new in the way of Democratic
decalogue. I would, Of course, incor-
porate a plank for a low tariff and for
commercial reciprocity with the trad
ing nations of the world.
II would then add a plank declaring
that there is no such thing as an un-
written constitution of the United
States; that If it requires change it
must be amended, not by Secretary
Root, but by the suffrages Of the peo-
Pile; and that it is a treasonable act to
insert into it, whether by judicial con-
struction or otherwise, power or grant
that is not confined within the well de-
fined authority and limitations of the
instrument.
LII OpOolSllSO " llS COIlSIllullOn L
would then unequivocally declare for
the supremacy of the states and not
yield the smallest portion Of their SOW
ereign rights over matters of local and
domestic concern that lie clearly with
in their province and their jurisdiction.
I would then explicitly announce that
the Democratic party is in favor of the
strict and impartial enforcement of ev-
cry federal enactment upon the statute
hnOlr nd that 10 faT nd
powerful the criminal who violates it
the more severe should be the penalties
that are visited upon him.
II would then announce that the
party is not in favor of territorial eX-
pansion, that our arms should be
stacked and a halt called in our march
of aggrandizement, and that while we
do not object to this government be-
coming world power upon the field of
commerce and of enterprise and of
civilization, upon the field Of war we
do not propose to unite with other
robber governments in the despoilment
of foreign territory and in the conquest
of helpless races"
George 3. M. Harvey
George B. M Harvey, in the course
of an address, said:
1--WE are told that president chosen
by the people is immune from criticism
and that he is a thing apart, not
mere executive officer, but a tribune
enveloped in an odor of sanctity and
safeguarded as in the days of old. 1t
is new idea.
Criticism of official conduct has
been the prerogative Of the people. Not
so now. The heavy hand of fear rests
upon the land. The mighty organiza-
tion known as the Republican party
has become a mere personal machine.
Its former leaders have drawn back
affrighted to their corners. Their
wishes are no longer regarded, their
consultation is no longer desired,
obedience to edict is not only exacted
from, but enforced upon them"
Mr.. Harvey then denounced those
Democrats "who eat the crumbs of
patronage from the hand that smote
them and lick the boot whose impact
they have felt"
He referred also to the peerless
leader" who hobbies like a cripple in
the wake of his successful rival, gath
ering as he goes the few scraps that
are left of his own fallacies,"
The speaker rldiculed Democrats and
Republicans who denounced Roosevelt
in private but are too cowardly, he
said, to voice their opinions publicly.
He said the presidents policy had
already caused the abandonment of
large commercial undertakings; that
all that have anything at stake thank
God In their hearts for the promise to
forego a third term and devoutly hope
with no little misgiving for the keep
ing OF the pledge"