The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-05-27
PLATFORM or DEMOCRACY or
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Following is the Platform Of the pen.
oerats Of the First Congressional
District

FIRST.
We. the Democrats of the First Con
lgressional District. of the proposcd
state OF Oklahoma, IN convention as
sembled realfirm allegiance TO he
time honored principles of the demo.
cratic party as taught by that immor.
tal author OF the Declaration Of indie
pendencc. Thomas Jefferson, praouced
by Andrew Jackson, and clacidated
and vitalized by the Great Commoner
OF our time, William j. Bryan.
SECOND
We endorse the action of the coasti.
ltutional convention ana look with
grateful appreciation on their untiring
Efforts in the performance of their
arduous labors and their fidelity in
keeping the faith and carrying out
their pledges and promises TO the
people, and we especially endorse the
convention: (l). in granting the init.
atire and referendum, (2), in the estab.
lishment of n state railway insurance
and warehouse commission, go, in
the strict regulation Of all public
service corporations. and placing the
same within the control Of the state.
"a in the reduction OF freight and pas.
sensor rates by the constitution and
the control of such corporations BY
the state, 90, in the passage OF the
fellow servant provision, (6), In the
prUyiding for the employment of con.
yict labor (7), in the protection by
liberal exemptions from taxation OF all
ex-soldiers, (S), is the restriction OF
government by injunction. (gl, In she
passage Of mine, mill and factory in
spection and health laws. C10), ana ia
the recognition aud protection Of labor
by a board of arbitration and the pre-
reniion of child labor in mill ana mine.
til). In the establishment OF q COM
missioner Of charities, and 12), IN
the 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 on time
THIRD
We deuounce tho Republican, rail-
road, Approximation" wuteen by
Henry e. Asp and signed by twelve
republicans, members in the conyen-
tion, in the interests OF ana 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
snd submitted to you for suffrage.
FOURTH
We demand as strict regulation as
Is possible TO secure of all public
utility corporations. including rail-
roads, telegraph and express. lines
until such time as public ownership
can be accomplished by systematic,
scientific methods in accord with
sound public policy.
We demand the stateDwnersnlp and
public management of twine factory.
an oil refinery, and the coal mines Of
the state. We favor the establish
ment of state printing plant, IN which
all public printing shall be done, In
cluding state, county and other muni-
cipal records and also the publishing
~ PNA''A bR'ha W w ANl hicAiA ~ Ailt
public at cost, ther4by preventing the
exploiting Of the people by the book
trust These public enterprises shall
be run at cost Of operation after
paying legitimate expenses, repairs, ex-
tensions and a good living price for
labor
We favor an eight hour day for en-
ployes OF all public service corpora
tons, underground mining companies,
aud all employees on public works OF
The state and the prevention Of child
labor in factory and mine and all
other employment dangerous TO health
and morals.
We denounca the present tariff
schedule and policy as conceived in
sin and brought forth Ia iniqmty,
It has become the progenitor
Df trusts and monopolies aud we are
opposed 70 the non-pro-
sressive stand-pat' policy Of the re-
publican party. and we believe that
ihe same is misit in our industrial
system and we therefore advocate
.otal revision and reduction OF the
rates and schedule Of the same plac-
ng Herewith all articies controlled by
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