Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-15
DILLON JUSTIFIES
DENVER PLATFORM
EXPLAINS STRONG POINTS TO
DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE
Another Speaker Shows Why Hearst's
Newspapers Are LevelIng Mud
Batteries at Kern Of
Indiana

The Democratic league yesterday
heard the Democratic platform an
alyzed under the title of 1.-THE Work at
| Denver"
This was the theme of an address
delivered by Judge Dillon at the week.
ly MONDAY luncheon at the Westmin-
ster hotel.
Judge Dillon said nothing in the
United States justified the dynasty to
which the Republican party was rap
idly fastening.
1.-THE Republican party Is strength
ening a central government because 1t
is afraid Of the people," said Judge
Dillon. sit is time to call halt.
Then he took up the Denver platform
section by section, reading parts of the
historic document and interpolating re-
marks as he went along.
1--WE demand a federal legislation
which will do away with the implied
promise that corporations can continue
to do as they wish regarding the rights
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it. In order that the practice shall
be forever stopped we pledge the party
TO law that will stop 1t.
"As to, states rights, this conven-
/ tion adopted the very words OF Bryan
i uttered before the convention OF gov
ernors in the White House.
Pledged to Tariff Reform
"The greatest of all issues is tariff
reform, and to this the Democrats
are forever pledged.
Regarding interstate commerce vio-
4 lations we have struck at the root OF
the matter. It is not the merchant
who will bring complaints against the
I railroads. The merchant does not pay
the freight He charges it back to the
4 consumer. The platform hits upon the
real remedy for stopping abuses
"The party favors postal savings
banks, but condemns the practlce OF
4 draining money from rural communi-
4 ties and then redepositing the FUNDS IN
4 Wall street banks.
"And how do we meet the deficit?
Il We would install an income tax as part
i OF the revenue system. Wealth snoulo
! pay its proportion in maintaining gov
ernment.
Suits Gompers
"And as to injunctions and labor, the
+ plank we have is sufficient. 1t is sat
Il isfactory to Gompers, who heads mil
lions of organized workingmen. 1t
ought to be satisfactory to any judge
who doesn't wish to be a tyrant. We
= resent the efforts of the Republicans to
1 raise false issues and repeat that the
courts are our bulwarks of liberty.
1--WE favor a navy adequate to de-
fend both coasts.
Here is one plank that ought to be
on every platform that stamps the
i platform builders as great leaders. IL
is an appeal to all the people. 1t is a
/ plea that conditions be done away
4 with which make 1t possible for chill
4 dren to work in mines and factories;
n for half-starved women to labor IN
i workshops under the whip of slave
4 drivers This must be stopped, says
n the great party Of progress.
1--WE demand national bureau or
health mainly that sanitary conditions
in these same mines, factories and
4 Nworkshops can be supervised for the
benefit OF the workers.
son the question Of education the
party is unafraid. 1t wishes all to have
knowledge, to learn good citizenship,
to prepare to become public servants
4 in peace as well as in war.
Predatory Senate
.swe know that the senate now is
A combined with the predatory powers to
4 hold the people in check; that the sem
/ ate is made up of paid attorneys of
i railroads and other corporations. We
wish to bring that body closer to the
people.
Concerning internal improvements,
4 ringing declarations have been put
4 forth. For instance. we demand good
4 post roads, so good that they can be
brought into competition with the rail-
roads. Nothing of this kind VIII be
4 found in the Republican platform.
1--WE would preserve the natural re-
sources of the country for all the peo-
pie.
II "Then we take up the blunder OF the
ID Philippines. The Republicans have
II shown their leaning toward imperial-
i ism. We demand that as soon as pos
sible the Filipinos be put on their feet
4 to run their own country. The same
81 applies to Cuba. We are spending
many millions yearly, including navy
expenditures, to avert the danger
brought about by the Philippines prob
lem.
The Peoples Voice
"In conclusion, this magnificent plat
4 form declaration shows that the party
stands for real Democracy. The Demo-
cratic party is the champion of equal
rights It listens to the voice of the
4 whole people.
upon that platform we have placed
4 two great men. One represents the
west, for the power of the east has
waned toward the west. where swings
the open door Of this nation toward the