The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-05-30
PLATFORM OF DEMOCRACY OF
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Following is the Platform o. the Dem.
ocrats Of the First Congressional
District

oorats Of the First Congressional
District
FIRST
We, the Democrats of lhc First Con-
gressional District. OF The proposed
state Of Oklahoma. in convention as
sembled. rcaiTirm allegiance to the
time honorcB principles OF the demo.
cratic party as tassht by that immoT-
tai author Of the Declaration of hide.
.pendence. Thomas Jefferson praciced
by Andrew Jackson, and elacidated
and vitali2ed by the Great Commoner
of our time, William J. Bryan.
SECOND
We endorse the action OF the cousti-
tutional convention and look With
grateful appreciation on their untirng
EFFORTS IN The performance Of their
.arduous labofs and their fidelity in
keeping the faith and carrying out
their pledges and promises to the
people, and we especially endorse the
conventions %, in granting ihe inlii-
.ative and referendum, (2) in the estab-
lishment Of a state railway insurance
NitA AANN'laN ANfIiIAl.FANilAt lN|s lU
the strict regulation OF all public
service Corporations. and placing the
same within the control of The state,
(D,in the reduction Of freight and pas
senger rates By the constitution and
the control OF such corporations by
the state. t5). 10 the passage Of the
fellow servant provision, t6). in the
providing for the employment Of CON
vict labor. (O in the protection by
liberal exemptions from taxation Of all
ex-soidiers (S). in tho restriction of
government By injDnction, 90. in the
passage Of mine mill aud factory in-
spection and health laws tiOl. and IN
The recognition ard protection OF labor
by a board Of arbitration and the pre-.
ventiOn Of child labor in mill and mine,
tlD, in the establishment of 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 OK Okla.
homa at the head Of all state docu.
mente. as the greatest aud ablest CON
stitution ever written for any people
OF any state or time
THIRD
We denounce the Republican rail-
road Approximation" writeep by
Henry u. Asp and signed by twelve
republicans. members in the conyen-
ton. in the inte:csts CT and for the
corporations, believing that the re-
publican party IS as morally and
justly committed 70 the policios Of
that instrument as the democratic
party is by tho one they have signed
and submitted to yon for suffrage
FOURTH:
We demand as strict regulation a.
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.
FIFTH
We demand the state ownership and
public management of afwine factory
an oil refinery, and the coal mines OF
the state. We favor the esiablish
ment Of a state printing plant. in which
Ian public printing shall be done, in
cluding state, county and other munl
cipal records and also the PUBLISHING
OF school books TO be furnished to the
public at cost thereby preventing the
! exploiting of the people by the book
trust These public enterprises shall
be run az cost of operation after
paying legitimate expenses. repairs, OK
tensions and a good living price for
labor.
We favor an eight hour day for en-
ployes of all public service corpora
tians, underground mining companies
and all employees on public works OF
the sIte and the prevention Of child
labor ln factory and mine and all
other employment dangerous to health
and morals.
We denounce the present tarin
schedule and policy as conceived IA
sin and brought forth in iniquity
whereby it has become the progenitol
Of trusts and monopplies and we arc
analterahly opposed to the non-pro
sressive 'stand-pat' policy of the re
publican party, and we believe that
the same Is a misft in our industrial
system and we therefore advocate Z
total revision and redHctlon OF tho
rates and schedule O. The same plac