The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-05-31
PLATFORM OF DEMOCRACY OF
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Following is the Platform Of the DEM
ocrats Of the FIRST Congressional
District


Following is the Platform Of the DEM
oorass Of the FIRST Congressional
District
FIRST
We the Democrats Of the First Con
District, OF the pr1posod
Htsieaof Oklahonla, in convention as
semhIed, reuffimi allegiance 10 the
time honnred prnciples of tho deno.
cratic party as taught by that iinnhol
tai aEthor OF the Decleratlon OF ludo.
pendonce. phomas Jefferson, Praciacad
by Andrew Jackson. and eiachiated
and viiallzed by the Great comm0neg
OF our time, William J. Bryan
sErOND:--
r..se endorse tho action OF the consti-
tutional convention and look with
grateful appreciation on their untlring
Efforts in the performance Of their
arduous labors aud their fidelity I'm
keeping The faith and carrying out
their PLEDGES and promises to the
people. and we especially endorse the
convention: G). in granting the iniu.
atiye and referendum, (2). In the esiab.
hshment Of O state railway insurance
and warehouse commission. CD, ~
the strict regulation OF all public
service corporations. and nla@ng the
same within tie control OF the state,
(4) in the reduction Of freight and pas
senger rates by the constitution and
the control OF such CORPORATIONS by
tie state. 90. IN the passage of the
fellow servant provision CO.. In the
providing for The employment Of con.
vict labor CO in the protection by
liberal exemptions from taxation of all
ex.soldiegs go. in the restriction OF
government hy Injunction tal, IN tho
passage OF mine, mil and factory in-
speciion and health laws. tl0), and in
the recognil Ion and protection Of labor
by q board OF arbitration and the pre-
vention uf child labor Ia mill aud mine
(iJ. in the establishment Of com
missioner Of charities and. t1el, in
the wise and Intelligent provisions foI
! city government and abolition OF alien
Ownership of oar soil. gre meashfos
Of progress and have set the consti
tuition FOR the proposed state OF Okla
hOma al .he head OF oh State docu
ments, as the greatest and nblest con
stitutlon ever written for any peopb
OF amy state or time
lTHRD;-
We denomre the Republican, rail
roed, eAsp-C Constitution, writeeli by
Henry =. Asp and signed by twelve
Republicans, members in the conven
! licn In the interests or and for tn
corporations. belieying that the re
publican party rs as mor@ily an,
Justly committed to the policies o
that instrument as The democratic
lparty is by tse one they have dgaeT
and submitted TO you for suffrage.
lFoURTH;-
2 We demand as strict regulation a
is possible to secure of all publ
utility corporations, including raj
roads, telegraph and express line
lunul such time as public ownersht
car be accomplished by sysiemati,
scieptihc methods ~ accord wit
SQUAD public policy
lFFFTH:-
We demand the state ownership an
public management OF twine factor,
an Oh refinery, aud the cool mines 9
the state. We favO tho essabii5i
ment Of Ct state' printing nlant IN whic
IAN public printing shall be done, ii
cluding state. county and other mum
clpal records and also the publiahip
of school books TO be furnished 20 IA
public ut cost. thereby preventing th
exploitire of the people by the boo
trust These public enterprises sha
he r8n at cost of OboratiOn aftc
paying legitimate expenses, repairs, q
tensions and a good living price &c
labor.
We favor an eight hour day for en-
ployes OF all public service corpor
tions. underground mining companie
and all employees on public works (
the gate and the prevention Of chill
labor in factory and mine and a
other employment dangerous TO heali
and morals.
Z We dcnounce the present tari
) schedule and policy as conceived
sin and brought forth IN iniqUit
: whereby II has become the progenit'
! Of trusts and monopolles aud we al
. unalterably opposed to the non-pr
: sressive 'stand-pat" policy of the r
/, publican party and we believe Obi
! the same Is q misnt IN our industri
7 lsystem and we therefore advocate
total revision and re1Hction OF q
rates and schedule a. the same. pla