Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-05
DEMOCRATS HAVE:
GREAT PLATFORM
STATE CONVENTION ADOPTS
POPULAR PLANKS
ELECTORS AND CoNoREssMEN
NAMED ALSO
Work Of Delegates Meets with Much
Approval and Enthusiasn-care-
full Deliberation and Har-
mony Prevail

inalion bv direct vote of the people of
all elective officers and the election
of United States senators by direct
vote of the people.
We reiterate the declaration OF the
Fresno convention in favor of direct
LEGISLATION by the initiative, referen-
dun and recall as the key to real gov
eminent by the people.
We favor the total exclusion of all
Asiatic laborers from this country by
extending the provisions of the Geary
act to Japanese, Koreans and all other
Asiatics, and the strict enforcement OF
all existing laws upon that subject.
We deprecate the recommendation of
the Republican president in his mes
sage to congress in December. 1905,
wherein he recommended to congress
''that an act be passed specifically pro-
viding for the naturalization or Jap
anese," and we are unalterably OPP
posed to the naturalization OF any ASH
atics
Labor Injunctions
We reaffirm the action of the ma
tionaI Democratic convention IN l9oS
in its position regarding injunctions
in labor disputes.
We favor such amendments of the
antitrust laws of the United States
as shall entirely exclude labor unions
and combinations of labor unions from
their operation and effect.
We hereby pledge our candidates Tor
the legislature to inaugurate and
prosecute removal proceedings against
sioners for their incompetency and
dereliction of duty in office.
We condemn the said board of rail-
road commissioners on their failure to
establish rates of charges for trans
portation of passengers and freight by
railroad or other transportation COM
panies doing business in this state, as
commanded by the constitution, and
we favor the enactment of such laws
as will more fully compel the carrying
into effect of the provisions of the
state constitution on this subject.
We favor the enactment of legislation
limiting the hours of labor to eight
hours per day upon all public work,
whether carried on by the government
or by any branch of the government,
directly through or under contracts
with private persons or corporations.
Against Child Labor
We demand the enactment and strict
enforcement of laws preventing the en-
ployrnent and hiring to labor of chill
dren of immature years.
We favor the adoption of senate con-
stitutional amendment No. 16, which
provides the limit of money which may
be expended daily for legislative ex-
penses and for an adequate salary for
members of the legislature.
We favor the repeal of the poll tax
as being an unequal and unjust burden
upon the people.
We favor liberal appropriations for
the support of the state university and
all other educational institutions of the
state.
We favor for the purpose of making
as far as possible our public school sys-
tenn meet the practical necessities OF
the people, the establishment Of a
course of instruction i'll agriculture In
our high schools; such course, however
to be made elective We also for the
same reason favor the establishment
of manual training schools.
We favor the school of agriculture
and experimental farm recently estab-
lshed at Davis, i'm Yolo county, and
pledge our legislative nominees to vote
for liberal appropriation for It's sup
port.
Politics In Schools
We deplore the fact that even the
institutions of California
have not been permitted to escape the
blighting influence of the Republican
machine of this state, and as a glaring
instance of this introduction of selfish
politics into the administration of our
school system we point to the removal
of competent officers in our state uni
for no other reason than to
make room for the appointment of
political retainers of Republican gov
ernors of California, In direct violation
of the express provisions of the state
We pledge our legislative candidates
to the enactment of a law providing
free textbooks to all school children in
California.
We deplore and condemn the mis-
of the state Redwood
mark, located in Santa Cruz county, by
the present Republican state admins
tration and recommend that its man
agement be restored to such a non-par-
tissn board as formerly had it in
charge.
Appeal to Intelligence
With an abiding confidence in the
general intelligence and patriotism of
the American people, and in their UNI
wavering devotion to the great Demo-
cratic principles of equal and exact
Justice to all men, peace, commerce
and honest friendship with all nations
without entangling alliances. and the
support of the state governments in
all their rights respecting the admin
jstration of their domestic concerns as
in our state and national
platforms, we confidently appeal to our
fellow citizens for their earnest sup
port of our candidates in the pending
campaign.
Recognizing the fact that race track
gambling, whether conducted at the
race tracks or at other places where
bookmaking is carried on or where
pools are sold. is a menace to the NOR
ais and the business integrity of the
men and women OF the state of Cali
fornia, we pledge our legislative can
didates to use their best endeavors
to secure the adoption of legislation
bookmaking and pool SELL
ing on the results of horse races.
Would Vote on Suffrage
The Democratic party of the state
of California faVors the submission
of the question of the extension of
the suffrage to women to the voters
of the state.
we. therefore, pledge the represent
tatives of our party in the state legis-
lature to submit by constitutional |
the said question to the
voters of the state at the next en-
suing general election.
We pledge our nominees to the leg |
stature to make such appropriations |
and enact such laws as may be neces- !
sary to Immediately establish in Cali |
fornia a modern reformatory for first !
offenders and others capable of being |
reformed,
We favor changing the present road !
avs 20 conform with the recommen-
cations of the good roads convention |
leId in Glen Ellen, Sonoma county, on |
April 80, 1904.
We pledge our nominees for con- !