The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-15
DEMOCRAT STATE PLATFORM.
Adopted by the Party Council at To-
peka

sembled in party council, do hereby
renew our faith in and pledge our
support to the principles of the Dem
ocrauc party as enunciated in our
platform adopted at Denver in July.
1908.
We recognize In w. J. Bryan and
John w. Kern. able and earnest eX-
ponents of the doctrines enunciateH
in that platform, and we pledge 10
them the electoral vote of Kansas.
We reaffirm our position taken In
1906 for the enforcement of law and
pledge the people of Kansas that no
backward steps shall be taken by the
Democratic party.
We pledge the people to correct the
glaring defects in the present tax law
and to abolish the useless Offices, and
do away with it's unnecessary ex-
pensc.
We pledge the people of Kansas
that we will enact a bank guaranty
law that will make absolutely safe
every dollar of money deposited In
state bank. Such guaranty to be un-
der the control and supervision of the
state. We condemn the last Repub-
lican legislature for it's failure to en-
act such a law.
We favor the nomination of candl-
dates by the direct primary system.
but would simplify and cheaper the
present system and amend it so as TO
preserve the secrecy of the ballot.
fSt.
the benefit of the patrons. employees
and the honest stock and security
holders, and not as side line to
market jobbing. The light should bo
turned on and the public fully advis-
ed as TO their operations The rail
road commission should be given full
power to accomplish this result.
The present standard of wages
should be maintained, and as re-
duction of wages would drive from
the service the most competent men
ard I'll their places with those less
competent, thus endangering life,
Gripping service and damaging the
public, no general reduction of wages
should be permitted by the railroad
commission.
We call attention to the fact that
there is now upon our statute books
law providing for the physical valu-
alton of railroads, and we denounce
the Republican legislature for refus-
ing TO make an appropriation for car
rying into effect this law. We believe
that the spirit OF this law should be
carried out and pledge the necessary
appropriation for that purpose.
We pledge the people to correct the
unjust provisions of the present tax
law through which the burdens of tax
alton have been increased upon real
estate and lessened upon the holdings
of big corporations, to the end that all
property shall bear an equitable part
of public expenses and that all un'
necessary offices be abolished.
We pledge our state committee in
this campaign TO make public, both
before and after election, detailed
statement of its receipts and eXpen-
ditures, and we demand that the next
legislature enact law compelling all
parties TO prepare and publish such
statements.
We favor the election of all public
officials, state and national, including
United States senator's, postmasters
tax commissioners and assessors, and
federal judges. by direct vote OF the
people.
Economy In public expenditures has
always been cardinal principle with
the Democratic party and We pledge
ourselves to correct the abuses OF the
Republican party whereby useless Of
fees have been created and unneces
sary burdens placed upon the taXpay
ers.
We favor a state income and inner
itance tax.
The Democratic party promises 10
make it impossible for the school book
trust to longer levy tribute upon the
spread of education In Kansas. This
trust is forcing schools to use poor
books at outrageous prices. Our
school books should be printed by the
state and furnished at cost.
We pledge our party TO the enact
ment of laws which will put an end
TO the vicious practices resorted to by
railroad and other corporations oi
maintaining paid lobbyists and cor
ruptionists to defeat the passage and
enforcement of just laws.
The antl-pass law, the result of the
Democratic campaign OF 1906, which
has already eliminated much corrup
tion aud machine rule in polite,
should be enforc 4.
The temporary two-cent fare now In
vogue, yielded by the railway com
panies to the demands of the people
as the result of the Democratic cam
paign of 1906. should be required by
general law, that all the peoplt
may continue to have the benefit