Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-27

vote or III to lO4. Mr.. Clifton
suggested that 1t go into effect later.
Mr.. Gadsden, of Charleston, proposed
as substitute that every candidate
for the Legislature pledge himself
not to become candidate for any
office within the gift of that body.
The Ragsdale substitute for a slight
change in the present rule was finally
adopted.
Very few alterations in the consti-
tuition were proposed. One of these
was adopted and there will be two
political campaign parties. The plat
form is brief, but explicit.
The proceedings of the day session
were limited to organization and to
receiving resolutions. The commit
tees met in the afternoon and passed
upon these resolutions.
/ The Platform.
Platform of the Democratic party
OF the State of South aCrolina, in
Convention at Columbia, May goth,
1908:
eve. the Democratic party of
South Carolina, in convention assem-
bled, reaffirm our faith in the funda-
mental and historic principles of the
party OF Thomas Jefferson, and call
to the nation to put it's trust again
in the party Of individual liberty and
Of equal rights to all and special
privileges to none
I'VE favor the exercise by the Gem
eral Government of all it's constitu-
tional authority for the prevention
of monopoly and for the regulation
Of Interstate commerce, and we in
sist that. Federal remedies shall be
added to, and not substituted for,
State remedies. We denounce as
revolutionary the policy of the Re-
publican party that the powers of the
General Government should be ex-
tended by judicial construction.
"a private monopoly is indefensi-
BILE and intolerable. We, therefore,
favor the vigorous enforcement Of
the criminal law against trusts and
trust magnates, and we demand the
enactment Of such additional legis-
lation as may be necessary to make
1t impossible for a private monopoly
to exist in the United States
I'VE favor an immediate revision
Of the tariff by placing upon the free
list articles entering into cnmneti-
ttOn wit n a ri clo, ooDtro1lo5 h,, +r,,t,
and by reducing the tariff on the nec-
essaries of life. We denounce as
hypocritical the promise of the Re-
publican party to enact such legisla-
ton after the election.
Our present financial conditions
show the urgent necessity for a more
elastic currency system. The Demo-
cratic party of the nation should
pledge the people that If placed in
power it will enact prompt but con-
servative legislation to relieve pres
ent conditions.
I'VE favor the enactment of a fair
and just employers liabilit.
1--WE sympathize with the e..orts
put forth for the reclamation of the
arid lands of the West and the use
Of irrigation in the development of
the country, and upon the same
principle we favor the reclamation of
swamp lands.
1--WE favor the preservation of the
forests still remaining, and the plant
ing Of the denuded districts in all
our mountain ranges, as well as the
forestation of the Western plains.
eve urge liberal appropriations
for the improvement and develop
ment of the interior waterways, be-
lieving that such expenditures will
return large dividend in lessened
cost in transportation.
1--WE favor the election of United
States Senator by direct vote Of the
people, and regard this reform as
the gateway to other national re-
forms.
1--WE favor a Federal law compel
ling the fullest publicity in the mat
ter of contributions to the national
campaign funds of all the parties,
and we would call the attention of
the nation to the failure Of the Re-
publican party to enact such legisla-
ton as proof Of the correctness of
the charge made on the eve Of the
last Presidential election by the
Democratic nominee for President
that the Republican party had re-
ceived assistance from corporations
desiring to control the policies OF the
National Government in their own
interests.
I'VE welcome Oklahoma to the
sisterhood Of States and heartily con-