The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-07-15
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ADOPTED Al DENVER.
1oe Statement Of Principles Present.
"a ~ the Committee ou Resolutions
wss Unanimously Adopted by the
Convention.
Denver. Col. July s.--The Demo-
cratic national platform:


national convention assembled. af,rm
our belief In and pledge our loyalty
20 the principles OF the party.
We rejoice at the increasing signs
Of an awakening throughout the
country. The various Investigations
hsvs traced graft and political cor
rupsion to the Representatives Of pre-
datory wealth and laid bare the un-
scupulous methods by which they
hare dsbauched elections and preyed
upea the dsfsnsslsss public through
the subssrvisncs Of those Whom they
rsissd to place and power.
Ths conscience Of the nation 10 now
aroussd 10 free itself from the grip
of those who have made Il business
sssst Of the fsvor-ssskins corpora
ssons; u must become again q pso-
Pies government. and be administer.
% In oil its departments accordins &C.
the Jsffsrsonian maxim OF "squal
rishts TO all and nceciai privileges to
nome" ~ s
''shall the people ruler" 10 the
ovsrshadowing issae which manifests
Itself In ali the questions now under
discussson.
!, tH lnjuacsioaa.
Ths courts Of justice are the bull
wark 81 our liberties and we yield to
none In our purpose to maintain their
dignity. Our party has given to the
bench = hong line Of distinguished
1ndges who have added to the re-
spsct and confidence In which this de-
p~rtment must be jealousy maintain
"a We resent the attempt Of the
Republican party to raise false Is
sue rsspsetins the Judiciary. It IL an
un1ust reflection upon q great body
'>ef cur ciussns to assume that they
nck respect for the courts.
n b the function OF the courts to |
Interpret the laws which the people
create and N the laws appear to |
work e<onomic. social or political In
jussce II 10 our duty to change them. |
| 'rhs only basis upon which the integ- |
Nstfv of osr courts can stand II that |
of unsrsrvins Justice and protection |
of NE rersonal liberty and property. |
~ J64 4SsaA' prccs:sss' may be abus- |
% " should guard them against |
ubun&
uxpsriencs has proved the necsssi- |
" of . modification OF the present
law relating TO injunctions, and we |
rsstsrate the pledge OF our national |
platforms Of 1855 and 1905 In favor /
cf the measure which passed the Unit |
>esd states senate In 1885. but which |
: Republican congress has ever since
rsfused TO enact. relating to con-
temDts In federal courts and providing |
for trial BY jury In cases Of indirect
ooatsmpt.
Questions Of judicial practice have
arfsen especially In connection with
Industrial disputes. We deem that the
parties 20 all judicial proceedings
should bs treated with impartiaiity
and that injuuctions should not issue
In any case In which inJuncticns
would not issue II no Industrial dis
pute wsre involved.
The expanding organization Of In
dustry makes Il essential that there
be no abridgment OF the right OF |
wage earners and producers to
organize for the protection Of wages
and the improvement of labor condi-
tions. to the end that such labor or
CARNATIONS and their members should |
not be regarded as illegal combina-
tions In restraint OF trade.
We favor the eight hour day on all
government work.
We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment OF o law by. congress
as far as the federal Jurisdiction ex-
tends for a general employers liabi;-
ity act covering injury to body or loss
of life OF employees
We pledse the Democratic party to
the enactment OF a law creating n
department of labor. represented sep
srateiy In the presidents cabinet,
which department shall include the
subject OF mines and mining.
Railroads.
We assert the right OF congress to
exercise complete control over Inter-
state commerce and the right OF
each State To exercise just as COM
plete control over commerce within
Its borders.
We demand such enlargement OF
the powers OF the interstate COM
merce commission as may be neces-