The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

Delegate Wheaton, OF Hennepih coun'
ty, made the motion that the follow
ing be chosen as assistant secretaries
to the convention. John Casey, OF
Todd county, and Fred Schilplin, OF
st. Cloud, and Frank Battley, of Ram.
sey county. The motion Of Mr..
Wheaton passed
The Committees.
Resolutions = Chairman G. D.
| O'Brien, st. Paul.
Credentials Chairman, Meyers ].
| Armson.
Organization-Cha Senator H
F. Welt, LeSueur.
The credentials committee voted
unanimously to reject the contest OF
| the Hennepin county Bryan men.
T. d. O'Brien, chairman of the com
mittee on resolutions, came forward
and presented its report. He stated
that it had been signed by AL except
T. ]. Knox of Jackson and w. ]. Whip
pie of Winona. Mr.. Knox presented
the minority report and moved lts
| adoption as an amendment.
The Platform.
We affirm our allegiance to the prir'
ciples of the party of Jeffersoa and
Jackson and pledge our entire and
faithful support to- the candidate Ter
the presidency whom the national
Democratic party in its wisdom shall
select at the convention to be held in
Denver next July.
We commend and indorse the hon
est, upright and efficient administers
ton of public affairs OF this state dur
ing the past four years. With the CO.
operation of the legislature and other
public officers our wise and able execu.
tive has secured a system Of taxation
of high merit, the public resources
have been conserved, the laws have
been enforced and public duties dis
charged with efficiency and thorough
ness.
We declare that the high protective
tariff now maintained by the Republic
an party has made possible unlawful
trusts and combinations, has destroyed
the equilibrium which should exist
between the producing classes, and is
still the chief rampant behind which
predatory wealth is intrenched.
We hold that while this condition
remains unchanged the best efforts OF
prosecuting officers, courts and juries
will be Intellectual to afford perman'
ent relief from trust domination.
We therefore insist that the tarift
be at once revised to meet these con-
ditions, and that the revision be by
the friends of the people rather than
by the friends of the tariff.
Corporations.
The corporate form Of Organization
has been freely used as a cloak to
hide DISQUALIFICATION, reckless spec
ulation and illegal business methods.
Strict supervision and control OF the
great industrial enterprises and pub
lie service corporations is necessary
for the continued welfare of the Am
erican people.
Railroads and Labor.
We recognize that the commercial
and transportation business of the
country cannot be transacted except
through the instrumentality of large
aggregations of capital, but that fact
makes it more than ever necessary
that the rights of the individual citi-
zen should be zealously guarded. 1t
is not only their right to do SO, but it
is necessary that those who labor
with their hands should organize for
their own protection. The demand of
labor shall be granted for reasonable
hours of work, for the compulsory
adoption of safety appliances in con-
nection with dangerous employments
and for the modification of the rules
of common law fixing the liability OF
the master for injuries to servant so
that in the future our Jurisprudence
will guarantee to labor that the in
dustry will bear the risk.
We favor progressive and practic-
able measures for the taxation of in
comes, the establishment of postal
savings banks, and safeguarding of
bank deposits along lines suggested
by William J. Bryan.
State and Nation.
We believe that the powers coded
to the federal government by the
states through the constitution in it's
present form are ample. Notwith-
standing the closer relations between
the people which improved transpor-
tation has established, a too great
GENERALIZATION of power is as danger
GUS as when the constitution was
framed.
The dangers to be apprehended
from Capitalization of power are al
ready apparent, for under autocratic
leaderships congress has become in
active and no longer responds to the
public will, while bureaucratic form
of government is being rapidly ex-
tended to a point which threatens the
extinction of state autonomy.
In Governor John A. Johnson, Min
nesota presents to the nation Demo
cratic candidate for president of abil-
ity, integrity, and honor, construc-
tive statesman, who holds no brief
from any class, one who from early
youth has been a wage Garner, whose
private life has been of such purity,
vigor and earnestness as to win him
the love, respect and confidence of
all who know him. In public life he
has by his virtue won the admiration
of the people of his state and nation
regardless of condition in life or po-
litical faith.
We therefore instruct our delegates
to the national Democratic convention
- unfo rpsf and cnnfipnQ IN