The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-07-16

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| country protection in their savings
we believe that in so far as the needs
| Of commerce require an emergency Is w
rency such currency snoT'u tyern1ent pe ,snuST
/ and loaned on adequate security 10 ma
! tional and state banks. We pledge our
selves to Legislation under whlch tile nbh
| tional banks shall be required TO estao
| lish a guaranty fund for the prompt ,pag
| ment OF the depositors OF any insolvent ,s
national bank under an equitable sys
| fem which shall be available 10 an slate
| banking institutions wishing 70 use u IT.
We favor a postal savings BANK, u I WY
| guaranteed bank cannot be secured anu %
| that Il be constituted so as 10 keeP tIe tils
| deposited money in the communities
| where IL is established. But we condemn
! the policy Of the Republican party IN
| proposing postal savings banks unuer
| man of conduct by which they VIII ag-
| gregate the deposits of rural communities
| and redeposit the same whlie unuer GOV,
ernment charge IN tae ne PanSg }iTnuIatipp M mel M
| dium of the producing regions and un-
| Justly favorng the speculative markets.
Income Tax.
We favor an income tax Ms part Of our
| revenue system, and we urge the sub
mission Of constitutional amendment
specifically authorizing congress to levy
| and collect a tax upon individual ana
wealth may bear its proportionate share
Of the burdens Of the federal govern
ment.
Labor and Injuncions'
The courts of justice are the bulwark
Of our liberties, and we yield to none in
| our purpose to maintain their dignity.
our party has given to the bench n long
line of distinguished judges. who have
added to the respect and confidence in
which this department must be jealouslyy
maintained. We resent the attempt of
the Republican party to raise false Is
sues respecting the judiciary II is an
unjust reflection upon great body OF
our citizens to assume that they lack
respect for the courts. 1t is the function
Of the courts to interpret the laws
which the people create, and IL the laws
appear to work economic. social or po-
tlcal Injustice 1t is our duty to change
them. The only basis upon which the
integrity of our courts can stand is that
OF unswerving justice and protection OF
fe; personal liberty and property; II
judicial processes may be abused we
should guard against abuse.
Experience has proven the necessity OF
a modification of the present law relating
to injunctions, and we, reiterate the
pledge Of our national platforms of 1896
and 1904 in favor OF the measure which
passed the United States senate in 1896,
but which a Republican congress has
contempts in federal courts and provid-
ing tor trial by jury in cases of indirect
contempt. Questions of judicial practice
have arisen especially in connection with
Industrial disputes. We deem that par
ties to all Judicial proceedings should be
treated with rigid impartiality an hat
ln1unCtOnS SnOuld not be issued my
case in which injunctions would not ..sue
If no industrial dispute were involved.
The expanding organization of industry
makes II essential that there should be no
abridgment of the right of wage-earners
and producers to organize for the pro-
lection of wages and the improvement
Of labor conditions to the end that such
labor organizations and their members
should not be regarded as illegal COM
bnations in restraint of trade
We favor the .eght-hour day on all
government work.
We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment of law by congress. as
far as the federal jurisdiction extends.
for n general employers liability act
covering injury to body or loss of life
of employees.
We pledge the Democratic party to
partment of labor, represented sepa-
rately in the presidents cabinet, which
department shall include the subject
of mines and mining.
Merchant Marine.
We believe in the upbuilding of the
American and merchant marine with
out new or additional burdens upon the
people and without bounties from the
public treasury.
The Navy.
The constitutional provision that
navy shall be provided and maintained
means an adequate navy. and we be-
lieve that the interests of this country
sufficient to defend the coasts of this
country and protect American citizens
wherever their rights may be in
Protection of American Citizens.
We pledge ourselves to insist upon
the just and lawful protection of our
citizens at home and abroad and to use
all proper methods to secure for them,
and without distinction of race or
creed the equal protection of law and
lleRe2 thann
ana H., under existing treaties. the
right of travel and sojourn is denied to
Am,srican citizens or recognition is
withheld from American passports by
any countries on the ground of race or
creed we favor prompt negotiations
with the governments of such countries
determinations
We demand that all over the world.
a duly authorized passport issued by
the government of the United States
to an American citizen shall be proof
OF the fact that he is an American citi-
zen and shall entitle him to the treat
ment due him as such.
Civil Service.
The laws pertaining to the civil serv-
Ice should be honestly and rigidlv on.
forced to the end that merit and ahiii
ay Tvs snail be the standard Of appointment
ana promotion rather than services
rendered to political party
Pensions.
We favor generous pension policy
both as matter of justice to the sur
vlving veterans and their dependents
ana because 1t tends to relieve the
country or the necessity of maintatninp
large standing army.
Health Bureau.
we advocate the organization of al,
existing national public health agencies
INTO national bureau of public heaItb
win such power over sanitary con6i
tlons connected with factories nine
tenements. child labor and other s,,cb
SUBJECTS as are properly within the iIIr
lsulctlon OF the federal government nr5
DO not interfere with the mower os ~ ~
agencies. "ealth
Asrtculturhi and Mechanical Educ,,,o,
me Democratic party favors the ex'
tenslon OF agricultural mechanicai ana
industrial education We. tberafarnu onu
favor the establishment OF distpic;
agricultural experiment stations ~
secondary agricultural and mecha nicaI
colleEes IN the several states
Popular Election of senator.
we taVor the election OF Iiritod
states senators by direct vote ~ tt tsu
people, and regard this reform ne ne ne
gateway TO other national reforms '"'
Oklahoma.
we welcome Oklahoma to tho s,,.
nOOu OF states and bpu rty1,. .''tNNt tl'