The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-10-08

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firm our confidence in and our ad.
herence to the principles of the
dem ocratic national platform ad.
opted at Denver, and ecclesiastical.
iy endorse the candidacy of the
great eommoner, William ]. Bryan
of Nebraska, and the great citizen
of Indiana, John w. Kern, for the
office of president and vice presi.
dent of the United States, and we
also endorse the candidates select.
ed by the democratic electors at the
primary election.
We take great pride endorsing
Governor John Burke and his able
and honest efforts for law enforce.
nlent and persistment efforts to in.
crease railroad assessment.
We hereby endorse the platform
adopted at the convention at Grand
Forks, as follows:
We hail with acclaim the increas.
ing sign of moral awakening in the
state and nation, and rejoice in the
tendency of the American people
to return to the simple principles
of plain justice and common hon.
esty in public affairs as embodied
i'll the declaration of independence
and the constitution of the United
States, and crystallized in Jeffer-
sons maxim. Equal rights to all
and special privileges to none"
We view with alarm the concen.
tration of corporate capital and it's
invasion of the field of politics as a
political influences; and we believe
the paramount question in this
campaign is, which shall rule,
money or men; which shall lead
wealth or moral principles; who
shall fill the public stations, liberty
loving and patriotic free-men or
the feudal serfs of corporate CAPT.
tai? Let the people answer this
question at the polls in November
next.
We charge that the high protec-
tive tariff is the mother of all trusts
and demand the immediate revi.
sion of the tariff downward and i'll.
sist that articles controlled by a
trust shall be placed on the free
list.
We insist upon the passage OF
laws. state national, for the better
regulation of banks. We favor the
passing of such laws, both state
and national, as will guarantee tc
the depositors all loss of their de
posits when made in either state OF
national banks; and further, thai
that power to issue money shall re
main function of government.
We are opposed to the powers o.
the general government by Judicial
construction, and believe with JEFF
ferson that "the support of the
state government in all their rights
are the most competent adnlinistra
tons for our domestic concerns ano
the surest bulkwark against anti
republican tendencies" and in "the
preservation of the general govern
ment in all its constitutional
vigor."
We favor a general pension
policy as matter of justice TO tn,
surviving veterans and their de
pendants.
We favor an income tax and a,
inheritance tax as part of our rev
enue system.
We favor the election of tn,
United States senators by direc
vote of the people, and recommend
an amendment to the constitution
looking toward that end.
We protest against the unwar
ranted use of the writ of injunc
ton.
We are in favor of liberal appro
priations for the improvement o
the interior waterways and urg'
the early completion of the Pan
anna canal.
We believe that the railroads, ex
press companies, sleeping car com
panies, telephone and telegraph
companies. are not now paying
their just share of taxes and W,
favor the enactment of laws look
ing toward the placing of these
concerns on an exactlevel with tn,
individual taxpayers of the stat,
to the state 80 that the burden o
taxation shall be equally borne BY
all.
We believe that the actual value
of all railroad property and o
other public service corporation
should be ascertained so that sucl
property may be assessed equit
ably and according to the assessed
valuation Of all other property in
the state.
We favor the principle involved
in the primary election law; but WI
condemn the present primary cleo
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