The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS
 ADOPT STATE PLATFORM

or fictitious capitalization: third. prohibit the railroads from engaging in any bus- ness which brings them into competition with their shippers. and fourth, reduce transportation rates until they reach Il point where they will yield only reas- onable return on the present value of ths roads-such reasonable return being de- fined as a return sufficient to keep tils stock of the roads at par when such roads are honestly capitalized. To supplement- the reductions made by the various states in passenger rates, we favor an act of Congress, requiring the railroads to sell interstate tickets at rate not exceeding the sum of the local rates.
 We favor the establishment of state and national boards of arbitration which shall have authority to investigate either upon their own initiative or at the re- quest of either party, any industrial dis pute between corporate employers and their employees. the findings of such | boards not to be binding upon either party but to serve as a guide to public opinion and means of conciliation between labor and capital.
 We favor the eight hour day.
 We are opposed to government by in- junction." the system under which the writ of injunction is used to deny to laboring men the protection of trial by jury.
  tional and state governments within their respective spheres. of all foreigners re- siding in the United States under treaty, but we are opposed to the admission of Asiatic emigrants who cannot be anal gamated with our population, or whose presence among us would raise a race issue and involve us in diplomatic con- troverses with Oriental powers.
 We welcome Oklahoma to the sisterhood of states and heartily congratulate her upon the suspicious beginning of great career.
 We favor separate statehood for Ar- zona and New Mexico and demand for the people of Porto Rico the full enjoy ment of the rights ana privileges of a territorial form of government.
 We sympathze with the efforts put forth for the reclamation of tho arid lands of the west. and urge the largest possible use of irrigation in the develop ment of the country.
 We fovar the speedy completion Of ths Panama canal
 We favor a generous pension policy, both as a matter of justice to the surviv- ing veterans and their dependents and because it relieves the country of tho necessity of maintaining large stand ing army.
 We condemn the experiment in imper- alism as Tn inercuss ble blunder which has involved us in an enormous expense, brought us weakness instead of strength, and laid our nation open to the charge of abandoning the fundamental doctrine of self government. We favor an iu- mediate declaration of the nations pur- pose to recognize the independence of the Philippine islands as soon as a stable gov ernment can be established, such inde- pendence to be guaranteed by us. as we guarantee the Independence of Cuba, until the naturalization of the islands can be secured by treaty with otter pow CTS. In recognizing the independence of the Philippines our government should retain such land as may be necessary for eoaling stations and naval bases.
 Desiring the prevention of war. wher- ever possible, we believe that our .natUn should announce it's determination not to use our navy for the collection of private debts, and It's willingness to en- ter into agreements with other nations, providing for the investigation. by an i'm partial interHadt)nal tribunal before any declaration of war or eommencemert of hostilitles. of every dispute which defes diplomatic settlement.