The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-01
INDEPENDENCE
PARTY TICKET
THOMAS L. HISGEN FOR PRESI.
DENT; JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
HEARST'S CONVENTION
a RADICAL PLATFORM CHARGES
ALL EVILS TO THE TWO
OLD PARTIES.

gen of Massachusetts.
Vice president, John Temple Graves
Of Georgia.
The above ticket was nominated
Tuesday night by the independence
party at its first national convention.
The friends of Mr.. Bryan made an
effort during the night session to bring
his name before the convention, and
the man who attempted it nearly pro
duced a riot and narrowly escaped
physical violence at the hands OF the
indignant delegates.
The man who sought to place Mr..
Bryan in nomination was j. l. Shepard
of Fort Scott, Kansas. He did not
succeed in his mission, for being called
to order by the convention and ques-
toned by Chairman Charles A. Walsh,
he admitted that it was his intention
to name Mr.. Bryan.
This was the first and last time he
mentioned the name of the Democratic
leader. He was promptly ruled out oil
order by the chairman and under the
guard of several sergeants-atarms he
was hustled out of the hall, while some
of the incensed delegates vainly at
tempted to strike him with fists, and
one of them swung at him savagely
with cane.
The nomination of Mr. Hisgen was
made on the third ballot, his chief
competitors being Milford w. Howard
of Alabama and John Temple Graves
of Georgia, Reuben r. Lyon of New
York received a complimentary vote
on the first ballot and William Z.
Hearst had forty-nine friends who
voted for him on the first two ballots.
The nomination of Mr.. Graves was
made unanimous, all the other can
didates having been withdrawn.
The platform adopted is in part as
follows: -tr
I'VE, Independent American citi-
zens, representing the Independence
party in forty-four states and two ter
ritories, have met in national conven
tion to nominate, absolutely independ-
ent of all other parties, candidates for
president and vice president OF the
United States.
"Our action is based upon deter.
mination to wrest the conduct of public
affairs from the heads of selfish inter.
ests, political tricksters and corrupt
bosses, and make the government, as
the founders intended, an agency for
the common good.
"At period of uneXampled national
prosperity and promise, staggering
blow was dealt to legitimate business
by the unmolested practice of stock
watering and dishonest financiering.
Multitudes, of defenseless investors,
thousands of honest business men and
an army of idle workingmen are pay
ing the penalty. Year by year, fes-
tered by watchful and reckless gov
ernmental extravaganza, by the man
ipulation of trusts and by privilege
creating tariff, the cost of living
mounts higher and higher. Day by
day the control of the government
drifts further away from the people
and more firmly into the grip of ma
chine politicians and party bosses.
"The Republican and Democratic
parties are not only responsible for
these conditions, but are committed to
their indefinite continuance Prodigal
of promises, they are so barren of
performance that to a new party of
Independent voters the country must
| look for the establishment of a new
policy and return to genuine govern
ment.
1--WE condemn the evil of over-capi-
taliZation. Modern Industrial condi-
tions make the corporation and stock
company a necessity, but over-caI ital-
ization in corporations is as harmful
and criminal as is personal dishonesty
in an individual.
1--WE denounce the so-called labor
planks of the Republican and Demo
cratic platforms as political buncombe
and contemplate clap-trap unworthy
of national parties claiming to be seri-
GUS and sincere.
"The Republican declaration that
no injunction or temporary restrain
ing order should be issued without no.
tice, except where irreparable injury
would result from delay is empty
verbiage. for a showing of irreparable
injury can always be made and is al
ways made on ex-parte afidavits.
"The Democratic declaration that
'injunctions should not be issued in
any case in which injunction should
not issue II no industrial dispute were
involved is meaningless and worth
less
I'VE condemn the manufacture and
sale of prison made goods in the open
market in competition with free labor
manufactured goods.
I'VE favor the creation of a depart
ment of labor. including mines and
mining, the head of which shall be a
member of the Presidents cabinet
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all upon exactly equal terms. Every
form of rebate and indiscrimination
and railroad rates is a crime against
business and must be stamped out
1.-THE Independence party condemns
the arbitrary use of the writ of injunc-
tion and contempt proceedings as a
violation of the fundamental American
right of trial by jury.
I'VE advocate the extension of the
principle of public ownership of public
utilities, including railroads, as RAPID
ly as municipal, state or national gov
ernments shall demonstrate ability to