The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-07-16
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM,
Party'S Views Expressed In Ring:
ing Words.
PUBLIC WASTE DEPLO2ED.

Change In Injunction Law Recon-
mended and an Eight Hour Day For
Government laborers Demanded.
Bank Deposits Should Be Guaran-
teed, the Tariff Revised and Guilty
Trust Officials Vigorously Punished.
We, the representatives of the Demo
Gratis of the United States in national
convention assembled, reaffirm our be-
lief in and pledge our loyalty to the
principles of the party.
We rejoice at the increasing signs of
an awakening throughout the country
The various Investigations have traced
graft and political corruption to the
representatives of predatory wealth.
and laid bare the INSCRIPTIONS meth
DDS by which they have debaucheI
elections and preyed upon a defense
less public through the subseryient Of
ficials whom they have raised to place
and power.
Shall the people rule:" is the over
shadowing issue which manifests it
self in all the questions now under dis
cussion.
Labor and Injunctions.
The courts Of justice are the bulwark
of our liberties, and we yield to none
in our purpose To maintain their dig
nifty. We resent the attempt Of the
Republican party to raise false issues
respecting the judiciary.
Experience has proved the necessity
of a modification of the present law
relating to injunctions, and we reiter-
ate the pledge of our national platforms
of 1896 and 1904 in favor of the meas
ure which passed the United States
senate in 1896, but which a Republican
congress has refused to enact: relat-
ing to contempts in federal courts and
providing for trial by jury in cases of
indirect contempt. We deem that the
parties to all judicial proceedings
should be treated with rigid impartial
ity and that iniunctions should not be
issued in any cases in which injunc-
tons would not issue if no industrial
dispute were involved.
Labor organizations should not be re-
gardcd as illegal combinations in re-
straint Of trade. We favor the eight
hour day on all government work.
pledge the passage Of a general en-
ployers' liability act and promise a
law creating a department of labor.
The Tariff Plank
We welcome the bolatcd promise Of
tariff reform now affected by the Re
publican party in tardy recognition of
the righteousness of the Democratic
position on this question, but the PEG
pie cannot safely intrust the execution
of this important work to a party
which is 50 deeply obligated to the
highly protected interests as is the
Republican party. We call attention to
the significant fact that the promised
relief was postponed until after the
coming electiOn-an election to succeed
in which the Republican party must
have that same support from the bene-
ficiaries of the high protective tariff as
1t has always heretofore received from
them and to the further fact that dur
ing years of power no action has been
taken by the Republican congress to
correct tariff iniquities.
We favor immediate revision of the
tariff by the reduction of import duties
and material reductions should be made
in the tariff upon the necessaries Of
life.
We demand that pulp, print paper
lumber, timber and logs be placed on
the free list
Publicity of Campaign Contributions.
We demand federal legislation for
ever terminating the partnership which
has existed between corporations of
the country and the Republican party.
In order that this practice shall be
stopped for all time, we demand the
passage of a statute Furnishing with
Imprisonment any officer of a corpora
ton who shall either contribute on be
half of or consent to the contribution
by corporation of any money or any
thing of value to be used in furthering
the election of a president or vice
president of the United States, or of
any member of congress thereof.
We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment of law providing for
the publication before election of all
contributions above reasonable mini
mum.
Railroad Regulation.
We assert the right of congress to
exercise complete control over inter
state commerce and the right of each
state to exercise like control over COM
merce within its borders.
We demand such enlargement of the
powers of the interstate commerce
commission as may be necessary to
compel railroads to perform their du-
ties as common carriers and prevent
discrimination and eXtortion.
We favor such legislation as will pro
hibit the railroads from engaging In
business which brings them into com
petition with their shippers, also legis-
lation which will assure such reduction
in transportation rates as conditions
will permit
We insist that federal remedies for
the regulation of interstate commerce
and for the prevention of private mo-
nopoy shall be added to- not substi-
tuted for, state remedies.
Economy In ministration.
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