The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-07-11
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Issues on Which Democrats viii
Contest Coming Campaign.
TEXT OF PRINCIPAL PLANKS

Favor Immediate Revision of Tariff,
Modification OF the Injunction in
Labor Disputes and Publicity Of
Campaign Contributions.
Denver, July 11.-After nearly nfty
hours of almost continuous session the
resolutions committee OF the Demo
cratic national convention submitted
Its report and 1t was adopted by unan-
imous vote. The platform declares
that Shall the people rule?" is the
ovsrshadowing issue In all pubic
questions now under discussion. The
principal planks are as follows:
Arbitrary Power Of Speaker.
The house of representatives was
designed by the fathers of the Consti-
fution to be the popular branch OF our
government responsive to the public
will.
The house of representatives, as con-
trolled in recent years by the Repub-
lican party, has ceased to be a de-
Lucrative and legislative body respon-
sive to the will of a majority OF its
members, but has come under the ab-
solute domination of the speaker, who
has entire control OF It's deliberations
and power of legislation.
I've demand that the house of repre-
hnnnYon q
Lucrative body, controlled by ma
jerity of the peoples representatives,
and not by the speaker.
Misuse of Patronage.
We condemn, as q violation of the
spirit of our institutions, the action OF
the present chief executive in using
the patronage of his high office to se-
cure the nomination of one OF his
cabinet officers. forced succession In
the presidency Is scarcely less repug
nant to public sentiment than is life
| tenure In that office. No good inten
ton on the part of the executive, and
no virtue In the one selected, car
| Justify the establishment of dynasty
Campaign Contribution Publicity.
We demand federal legislation for
ever terminating the partnership
which existed between corporations o.
| the country and the Republican party
under the expressed or implied agree
ment that In return for the contribu
| ton of great sums of money where
| with to purchase elections, they SHOULD
| be allowed to continue substantial!
| unmolested in their efforts to en-
| croach upon the rights of the people
We pledge the Democratic party tt
the enactment of a law preventing an,
| corporation contributing to a cam
paign fund and any individual from
contributing an amount above a rea
sonable minimum and providing 10
the publication before election OF al
such contributions.
| Regarding the rights of the state
the resolutions declare opposition t
the extension of the powers of tn
general government by judicial cor
struction and insist that federal RENE
dies for the regulation of interstat
commerce and for the prevention
private monopoly shall be added tt
not substituted for, state remedies.
Tariff.
We favor immediate revision of tn
tariff by the reduction of import duties
Articles entering into competition wit
trust-controlled products should b
placed upon the free list; and mat'
rial reductions should be made In tn
tariff upon the necessaries of life, o.
pecially upon articles competing wit
such American manufactures as al
sold abroad more cheaply than
home; and graduate reductions shoul
1 be made in such other schedules
may be necessary to restore the tari
to a revenue basis.
We demand the immediate repeal
the tariff on pulp, print paper, lumbe
timber and logs and that these art
cles be placed upon the free list.
Trusts.
|, A private monopoly is indefensib
, and intolerable. We, therefore, fav'
, the vigorous enforcement OF the crir
inal law against guilty trust magnat'
and officials, and demand the enae
lment of such additional legislation
, may be necessary to make u imposl