The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-07
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN SESSION
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Of concealing the names Of the con-
tributors, and the amounts Of their
subscriptions.
ut is eminently proper that this
convention should define the Demo-
cratic attitude toward the regulation
CT transportation companies and call
the attention of the country to the in
disputable fact that it was only after
years Of Democratic effort that an
amendment was made to the inter-
state commerce law authorizing the
commission to establish reasonable
rates whenever it appeared that an
existing schedule was unjust and I'M
reasonable. The national platforms Of
the Republican party remained silent
upon this great question for years and
the fact that the necessary change was
advocated by Republican president,
who succeeded only through the aid Of
the Democrats in both branches of
congress in placing the amendment
upon our statute books, does not affect
the credit to which our party is en-
titled for having worked persistently
for such an enactment. Further
amendment to our laws giving the fed
eral government supervision over the
issuance of railroad stocks and bonds
is demanded.
1--WE search in vain for one syllable
in the Chicago platform pledging the
Republican party to retrenchment and
reforms; and it is no mere coincidence
that has given us a billion dollar ses-
sion of congress on the eve OF ma
tional election and the possible revision
Of the tariff.
$50 long as we maintain the pres
ent method Of electing United States
senator's we cannot hope that the up
per chamber of congress will reflect the
popular will. The Democratic party
will continue to labor for the direct
election of United States senators and
it appeals to the voters of all America
to elect members of the different state
legisla lures who will pledge themselves
to vote for no candidate for the United
States senate that is not in favor of
this reform. The affirmative position
Of the Democratic party upon these
great questions will be made clear dur
ing the impending campaign, and dis
daining all subterfuges it will speak
in language that cannot be misunder-
stood. Its voice will ring with a genu-
inc love for humanity and the charge
of insincerity will never be brought
to it's doors. Let our party declaration
iv, convention 4ho CIV
contrast between that which we here
propose and that which was declared
at Chicago. Let any man take the
temperature of the Chicago platform
and discover, if he can, any sign Of
human warmth. Not a single senti-
ment is there to redeem it from the
materialism permeating it through and
through.
"This national convention meets at
a time when the angel of peace is how.
ering over the entire world and the ma
items of the world each day are
strengthening those ties of friendship
and common interest that will render
war less frequent and permit man.
kind to turn their hands to the peacea-
BILE pursuits of life rather than to the
destruction of one another.
"The Democratic party realizes the
part that America must inevitably play
in the affairs of the world, and that we
cannot escape participation in the set
Element of every world problem that
arises; but Americas weight and in
fuence must ever be on the side Of
peace. on the side of justice, on the
side Of the oppressed; and if the will
Of the people shall commit to our hands
the sceptre of power, it will be used
for the realization of the high Amer
lean ideals that raise our own people
to loftier and better things and through
our precepts and examples contribute
10 the we'll being and happiness Of all
mankind"
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