The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-06

which to prosecute public works. thus giving work 10 many unemployed per- sons was also carried.
 The convention then endorsed tne record of Congressman c. E. Hitchcock, the only member of the party Tn the Nebraska delegation at Washington.
 The speeches of the evening follow
 Platform as Adopted.
 The platform as q whole was largely Mr. Bryan's own work. That it re. should form the Issues upon which the party should go before the country next fall was not denied.
 Mir Bryan, however said that the declarations of the platform were rec essarily incomplete that some sub iects that undoubtedly will be Included in the national platform were omitted, while others were treated in the Ne- braska document in purposeiy brief manner so as to allow amplifcatfon at Denver.
 The platform in full is as follows:
 We, the representatives of the Dem vention assembled reaffirm our faith ! in. and pledge our loyalty to, the prin cipies of our party.
 we rejoice at the increasing signs of ha aR nvss,rafions n sse hsys traced graft and political corruption to represertatives of predatory wealth and laid bare the interruptions methods Dy and preyed upon defenseless public through tn. subservieHt officials whom they have raised to place and power.
 The conscience of the Nation Is now aroused and will. If honestly appealed to. free the governnent from the grip of those who have made 1t business asset Of the .fayor-seaking corpora tions; It must become again govern, for the people, and be administered in all its departments according to the Jeffersonian maxim Equal rights to Ail and special priveliBes to none.a
 this time: if manifests itseif Tn all the questions now under discussion and demands immediate consideration.
 We heartily approve of the lawr prohibiting the pass and rebate ana fn- sist upon further iegislation. state and National, making 1t unlawful for any corporation to contribute to campaign funds and pr9s,di1g % m fer r,1Ed,SISs con ss tributions above a reasonable mininum.
 Believing with Jefferson n The tSs 0f ss ns sss's s sbs %sss soSp
 tent administration for our domestic concerns and the surest hulWark against anti-Republtcan tendencies and nj the preservation Of the general gov or as as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and abroad, we are opRose0 to the centralisation implied in the sgg- gestions now frequently made that the bowers of the general government should De exfended by Judicial con struction. While we favor the exercise by the general government oE an ass constitutional authority for the preven- tlon of monopoly and for the regulation Federal remedies shall be added to. and not substituted for state rsmsdiss. :. i. distinction between the natural man and the artificial person. called a c0T- poration. and we favor the enactfnenk of such law as may SSrsssons 9s nscsszss sa snsn,is their legal disputes to the courts of tho States in which they do business and thus place themselves upon the same footing as donfestic corporations
 i've favor the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. and regard this reform as ths gateway to all other national reforms. and intolerable. we therefore favor the vigorous enforcement of the criminal law against trust and trust magnates, and demand the enactmene of such ad- ditional legislation as may be necas- sary to make 1t impossible for q private monopoly to exist In the United states
 Among the additional remedies we ApsFIh p@sFiTst' d few. prevestins the dupliea- l tion Of directors among competnk l corporations: Second. license system whfah will without abridgisg the ri9hs of each six state to create corpora tions or its right to reguIate as it will foreign corporations doing businesa in it's limits make 1t necessary For manufacturing or trading corporation out a federal license before 1t shall pc permitted to control as much; ag zs per cent of the product in which t 9eea ero watered sns Sgnte stock ana to prohibit Ss such corporation of more than nlsy per cent of the total amount of any product consumed tn the United stsssss censed corporations to sell to all pur- chasers in all parts of the country on the same terms. after making due aI- AV"''ipSe Prensiae of Tarisr nsforHa.
 we welcome the helated promis- of tariff reform. now offered by Rars feSdrneioS od fae pSs tSe Of the democratic position on this ques- ton. but the people cannot safely entrnst the execuu9n 9t this fmpoTtant to the highly protested interests that 1t postponed relief until after the eie"- l ton, And we call attention to the siK- made by those republicans who favor tariff revision Is wholly vttiated by the use of every qualifying word under which the present tarin inauities have
 we favor an immediate revision Of the tariff by the reduction of import duties, articles entering isto competI- ton with articles controlled by trusts should be. placed upon the free list: material reductions should be made in the tarif upon necessaries of life and reductions should be made in such other schedules as may be necessary to restore the tarifk to revenue bas.
 "we favor an income tax on the part of our. revenue system and We urge amenSmsnt sns GsRpecincsily authoriSinr congress- to levy and collect a tax upon individual and corporate incomes. to the end that wealth may bear it's proportional share of the burden oG the federal government
 We favor a national tnheritance tax to reach the swollen fortunes, already in existence, but we believe that it is better to permanently prevent swollen fortunes by abolishing the privileges and favoritism upon which they are
 we sympathize with the efforts put forth for the reclamation of the arid l lands of the West and urge the lar gest possible use of irrigation in the development of the coustry
 We also favor the reclamation ot swamp lands upon the same principles.
 We favor the preservation of the forests still remaining and the repIant- 1 ing of the denuded districts in all our | mountain ranges as we'll as the porest- | ration of the western plains.
 We believe that the Panama canal | will prove of great value to our coun- Waterway Improvements.
 We urge liberal appropriations for | the improvement and deVelopment of