Daily picayune., 1908-06-05
PLATFORM

l Inc p1atIOrH Hndlly dSIeeu upOn is as follows:
 1. The platform party of Arkansas in convention assembled, reafirms its devotion to the time honored principles of the party. We declare our altera. ble opposition to criminal trusts anC monopoles. fostered by Republican protective tariff, which crushes out in. dependent enterprises, destroying com petition, lestricts the opportunities of labor, burdens our farmers and arbitra- rily fixed prices.
 Z. We invite all of those who favor principles of Democracy. regardless of their former political convictions, to support the candidates tf our party.
 3. Believing that w. J. Bryan is the greatest living representative of our party, we pledge our support and instruct our delegates to Denver, to vote for him as the choice of the Demo- cratic part of Arkansas, for President.
 1. We demand that our next Gener- al Assembl. pass law making it un- lawful to grant free transportation to anyone, except tona fide employees of railroadt or their families, and minis ters of the gospel.
 ,. We recommend to the General Assembly the passage of laws that will encourage the development and conservation of the States resources of timber, coal and mineral wealth.
 6. We favor the enactment of laws that will provide equitable and just means of reclaiming our overflowed lands and deve oping the levee interests of cur State.
 I. Believing that the best interests of our people will be greatly promoted by the development of our inland water ways, we hereby instruct and request our senators and representatives in Congress to do all in their power to ad- vance our interest in these matters.
 S. We demand the General Assem- bly to refrain from passing special laws in any case. which a general law is, or can be made applicable.
 9. We believe that all competition between convict labor and free labor should, as far as possible, be avoided. We believe that the welfare of the convcts can be better maintained when they are employed in work directly for the benefit of the State, and to do all that we can t this end we favor work ing the State co tvicts on the public roads. keeping only a sufficient number on the States farm to raise supplies to clothe and feed themselves and those engaged on public roads. And we are unalterably opposed to the making of any further contract in which any con vict is leased or hired to any person, firm or corporation, and we especially charge and direct the Legislature next to convene, to pass such laws as will carry out these principles
 10, Believing that the improvement of the public roads and highways is a matter of vital importance to the prop CT development of our State, we hearti- ly favor all measures to that end, and we especially recommend to the next General Assembly to consider the feasi bility of adopting State aid for public roads and to establish comprehensive system of highway improvements.
 II. We believe that the general laws of the State are inadequate for the pro- lection of depositors of money in the bank of the State; we therefore favor the passage of wise and conservative banking laws such as will provide for the proper inspection of banks and the maximum protection of the people who deposit their money therein.
 l2. As agriculture is the founda- ton of our prosperity and as the great mass of our people are engaged in that pursuit, we favor the establishment and maintenance of not less than four agricultural schools in different parts of the State one to be located at the