The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-07-15
THE PLATFORM.
Declaration Of Principles Adopted by
National Democratic Convention.

The national Democratic convention
adopted the following declaration of
princlplesi
We. the representatives OF tho Democ-
rncy OF the United States IN national
convention assembled, rcaflirm our belief
IL and pledge our loyalty to the princi-
plcS OF tho party.
We rejoice at tho increasing signa of
an awakening throughout the country.
The various investigations have traced
graft and political corruption to the rep
| resentatives OF predatory wealth and laid
| bare the unScrupulous methods by which
they have dcbauchcd elections and preyed
upon defonseless public through tina
subscrvient officials whom they have
raised to place and power.
Tho conscience OF the nation Is now
aroused to free the government from the
| grin of those who have made II a busl-
ness asset OF the favor seeking corpora
| tlons: II must become again a people s
government. and be administered In all
its departments according to the Jeffer-
| sonian maxim, Equal rights to all. spe-
| Cial privileges to none"
shall the people rue?" Ia the over.
shadowinS issue which manIfests Itself In
all the questions now under discussion.
officehoIders.
Cpincident with tho enormous increase
In expenditures Is n like addition to the
number OF ofiIceholders. During .lIe pITt
y
coo. and III the past six years OF tho Re-
publican administration the total .Iurnber
OF new offices created. aside from many
commissions. has been 993l9. cntailE2
an additional expenditure of nearly SO :
0C0.000 as against only lQ2IA new offices
croaicd under the Cleveland and MGKil-
ley administrations. which involved an
expenditure OF only S6,000,000. We de-
nounce this great and growing Increase
in the number OF oniceholders as not
nNNIy nt,t.O nd XAsno NJ
as clearly indicating n deliberate purpose
on the part OF the administration to keep
the Republican party In power at public
expense by thus Increasing the humbir
OF It's retaInors and deGenasnls SUCH
procedure we deGlaTs ~ bs no less dan
ger6uq and cGfEunt than the open pur-
chase Of votes Mt the polls,
Economy In Administration.
The Republican congress- In the session
just ended has made appropriations
amounting to {l.oOS. 100000. exceeding
the total eXpenuIIures OF tho past fiscal
year by sso0OO.00O. and leaving deficit
OF more than S60oO0.o0o for the fiscal
year. we denounce the needless waste OF
the peoples money which has resulted I4
this appalling Increase As q shameful
eTnment IT is 'h4t surprising that. In
tbs face af this shocking record. the Re-
publican platform contains no reference
70 ooonomlGpl administration or promise
thereof in the future. We demand that
a stop be put 10 this frightful extrava-
Gance and Insist upon the strlctest epoh-
omy In every departmaNI compatible
with frugal HEa ehls'snt administration
Misuse Of PATRONAGE.
We condemn. as a violation OF the
spirit of our institutions, tbs action of
the present. chief eHseutive In using the
nntrenase II his high office to secure the
nomination OF one OF his cabinet officers
a forced succession in the presidencu ia
scarcely less rcpugnant to putiic senti-
ment than Is HE tenure IN that Office.
The right OF the people to freely select
their officials Is inallenable and can not
be delegated.
Home Rute,
We assert our confidence In and adj
IMITATION for the wisdom of tho fathers
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