Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-03-26
APPEALS TO PEOPLE
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS ADOPT
STRONG PLATFORM.
PRINCIPLES OF THE PARTY
Return TO Government Of, by. and for
the People 10 the Keynote Of Dec
lsration All Democrats
Will Indorse.

The platform adopted by the Ne
braska Democrats assembled IN stat,
convention at Omaha. March 5. 1908
is as follows
We. the representatives Of the DE
mocracy OF Nebraska. in delegate col
yentlon assembled. reaffirm our faltl
in. and pledge our loyalty to. tb,
principles OF our party.
We rejoice at the increasing signi
OF an awakening in the United States
The various inve: .ixations have trace.
graft and political corruption to tht
representatives OF predatory wealth
and laid bare the interruptions meth
DDS by which they have debauchet
elections and preyed upon a defense
less public through the subservient Of
ficials whom they have raised to plac,
and power
The conscience Of the nation is nov
aroused and will. IL honestly Appealed
to. free the government from the grlI
OF those who have made 1t business
asset OF the favorseekiuK corpora
tions. IL must become again "a gov
eminent OF the people. by the peopl,
and for the people" and be admins
tered in all its departments accordinE
to the Jefersonian maxim. "equa
rights to all and special privileges tC
none"
We heartily approve OF the laws pro
hibitlng tn pass and the rebate. and
insist upon further legislation. stat
and national. making It unlawful for
any corporation to contribute to cam
paign funds and providing for publica
ton. before the election. of all indi
viduai contributions above a reason
able minimum.
Believing. with Jefferson. in the
support of the state governments IN
all their rights as the most compe
tent administrations for our domestic
concerns and the surest bulwarE
against anti-republican tendencies. 81
and in the preservation of the general
government in its whole constitutional
visor. as the sheet anchor of our peace
at home and safety abroad" we arc
opposed to the Capitalization implied
In the suggestions. now frequently
made. that the powers of the genera
government should be extended b.
judicial construction. While we favei
the exercise by the general govern
ment Of all its constitutional authori
ty for the prevention OF monopoly and
for the regulation OF interstate com
merce. We insist that federal remedies
shall be added to. and not substituted
for. state remedies.
We insist upon the recognition o'
the distinction between the natura
man and the artificial person. called d
corporation. and we favor the enact
ment OF such laws as may be neces
sary to compel foreign corporations tc
submit their legal disputes to thu
courts OF the states in which they Dc
business. and thus place themselve,
upon the same footing as domestic cor
porations.
We favor the election OF United
States senators by direct vote Of tn,
people, and regard this reform as tn.
gateway to all other national reforms
A private monopoly is indefensibl,
and istolerable We. therefore. favo
the vigorous enforcement Of the Grim
inal law against trusts and trust mag
na;es and demand the enactment o
such additional legislation as may b.
necessary to make 1t impossible for /;
private monopoly to exist in thu
United States. Among the addtiona
remedies we specify three: First.
law preventing the duplication OF di
rectors among competing corpora
tons; second. a license system whic.
will. without abridging the right o
each state to create corporations. o
its right TO regulate as 1t will foreigl
corporations doing business within Il
limits. make IL necessary for a manu-
featuring or trading corporation en-
gagged in interstate commerce to TAX
out federal license before 1t shall D
permitted to control as much as >
| per cent. OF the product in which /
deals. the license to protect the publ
| from watered stock and to prohibi
the control by such corporation q
more than so per cent. OF the tota
amount OF any product consumed i
the United States; and. third. a Ia,
/ compelling such licensed corporation
4 to sell TO all purchasers in all parts O
the country on the same terms. afte
making due allowance for cost o
| transportation.
We welcome the belated promise q
tariff reform. now offered BY a par
OF the Republican party. RS a tard
recognition Of the righteousness of tn
Democratic position on this question
but the people can not safely entrus
the execution OF this important wor
10 party which is so obligated to tn
/ highly protected interests that
postpones relief until after the elec
tion.
We favor an immediate revision O
the tariff by the reduction OF impor
| duties. Articles entering into comp,
tition with articles controlled by trust
should be placed upon the free list
/ material reductions should be made 4
| the tariff upon the necessaries OF life
and reductions should be made Il
such other schedules as may be uece.
| sary to restore the tariff to a revenu
| basis.
We favor an income tax as part O
our revenue system, and we urge tn
submission Of a constitutional amend
ment specifically authorizing congress
TO levy and collect a tax upon individ
ual and corporate incomes, TO the en-,
that wealth may bear its proportion
ate share OF the burdens OF the fedora
| government. We favor a national in
heritance tax to reach the "swolle
fortunes" already In existence, Blu
we believe that 1t is better to per
manently prevent swollen fortunes
by abolishing the privileges and fayo,
itism upon which they are based.
We assert the right OF congress I,
exercise complete control over int,
state commerce. and we assert tn,
right Of each state to exercise Just a