Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-20

Hardy. Of Ramsey county. and A. c,
Weiss, publisher Of the Duluth Herald.
Delegate Wheaton, Of Hennepin coun-
ty, made the motion that the follow.
ing be chosen as assistant secretaries
to the convention. John Casey. Of
Todd county. and Fred Schilplin, of
st. Cloud, and Frank Battley, of Ram.
sey county. The motion Of Mr..
Wheaton passed.
The Committees.
Resolutions - Chairman G. D..
O'Brien, st. Paul.
Credentials Chairman. Meyers j.
Armson.
Chairman, Senator H.
F. Welt, LeSueur.
The credentials committee voted
unanimously to reject the contest of
the Hennepin county Bryan men.
T.. D. O'Brien, chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions. came forward
and presented it's report. He stated
that it had been signed by all except
T. J. Knox of Jackson and w. ]. Whip.
pie of Winona. Mr.. Knox presented
the minority report and moved it's
adoption as an amendment.
Tho Platform.
We affirm our allegiance to the prin.
ciples of the party of Jefferson and
Jackson and pledge our entire and
faithful support to the candidate for
the presidency whom the national
Democratic party in it's wisdom shall
select at the convention to be held in
Denver next July.
We commend and indorse the hon
est, upright and efficient administra-
ton of public affairs OIL this state dur
ing the past four years. With the CO.
operation of the legislature and other
public officers our wise and able execu-
tive has secured system of taxation
of high merit, the public resources
have been conserved, the laws have
been enforced and public duties dis
charged with efficiency and thorough.
ness.
We declare that the high protective
IL
an party has made possible unlawful
trusts and combinations, has destroyed
the equilibrium which should exist
between the producing classes, and is
still the chief rampant behind which
predatory wealth is intrenched.
We hold that while this condition
remains unchanged the best efforts of
prosecuting officers, courts and juries
will be Intellectual to afford perman-
ent relief from trust domination.
We therefore insist that the tariff
be at once revised to meet these con.
ditions, and that the revision be by
the friends Of the people rather than
by the friends of the tariff.
Corporations.
The corporate form of Organization
has been freely used as cloak to
hide overcapitalization, reckless spec
ulation and illegal business methods.
Strict supervision and control of the
great industrial enterprises and pub.
lie service corporations is necessary
for the continued welfare of the Am
erican people. This fact should be &C.
copied fully and in good faith by
those in control of such industries,
and in this way industrial peace can
be most quickly secured: but until
the right Of the state and federal gov.
ernments within their respective do
mains to so supervise is fully estab-
lished we declare it to be the duty Of
all public officers to take the most eff.
fective means consistent with our sys-
tenn of government to bring all to a
realization of the fact that the great
fundamental objects of the American
government are to maintain the dig
nifty of labor; to preserve law and or
der; to keep men from injuring one
another, and to afford equal oppor.
tunities to all.
Railroads and Labor.
We recognize that the commercial
and transportation business of the
country cannot be transacted except
through the instrumentality of large
aggregations of capital, but that fact
!
that the rights of the individual citi-
zen should be zealously guarded. 1t
is not only their right to do so, but it
is necessary that those who labor
with their hands should organize for
their own protection. The demand Of
labor shall be granted for reasonable
hours of work, for the compulsory
adoption of safety appliances in con-
nection with dangerous employments
and for the modification of the rules
of common law fixing the liability Of
the master for injuries to servant so
that in the future our jurisprudence
will guarantee to labor that the in.
dustry will bear the risk.
We declare further that in common
with all other citizens those charged
with any crime in connection with or
growing out of so-called labor disturb.
ances should enjoy the right to a
speedy and impartial trial by jury.
State and Nation.
We believe that the powers ceded
to the federal government by the
states through the constitution in its
present form are ample. Notwith-
standing the closer relations between
the people which improved transpor.
tation has established, too great
Capitalization of power is as danger
Gus as when the constitution was
framed. The powers reserved to the
states are necessary to enable each to
manage it's domestic and internal af-
fairs, to preserve the American prin.
ciple of home rule; to prevent the ex-
ercise of autocratic power by federal