New-York tribune., 1908-07-10

| Denver, July 1o-The platform adopted by the
Democratic National Convention is as follows
We, the representatives of the Democrats o tne
rea sur see t in and pledge
principles of the party. 80 an awaken
ing throughout the country The various nvesf
cations have traced graft and political ad
laid bare the unscrupulous methods by when 'dey @
pbe rough hS officials
whom they have raised to place and powea; ,osed ,o
the from the grip Of those
have made it business asset OF The peopes
eminent and be adminiserssd In al HS maSm of
equal rights to all and special privileges fe
Shall the peoFtIe RUE itsaf in all the questions
under discussion.
THE MISUSE OF PATRONAGE.
We condemn a violation of the spirit t. Of gu our
the aGon I of 5hs a es hg
to secure the nomination of one OF ms Caplhet
eapeey less to public
is life tenure in that Office No good intention fa
on one selected can justify the establishment of
Seir oas IS rishs and
gated.
PUBLICITY OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
We demand federal legislation forever terminal
ng of fhe cony and the Republican
party under the expressed or imphed @ SsIfemens men,
Of money wherewith to purchase elefti1ns iS Iney
should be allowed to continue substantially unfLO-
Tested in their efforts to encroach upon the rights
of the people .,o ox,s,.,oo % ,,is
relation has been forever dispeled by the sworn
testimony of witnesses examined in the insurance
unchallenged by the Republican National Commit ut.
personal request OF the Republican candidate for
the Presidency raised more than quarter OF
ing the closing hours of the last campaign. In
& 1ds w tha 1hs Ge of pnshn
with imprisonment any oft:Ger OF corporation VINO
the contribution by corporation of any money or
thing Of TO be sed in in b the eee
states or OF any member of Congress thereof
having complete control Of the, federal govern
ment for its failure to the bill introduced in
names of contributors and the amounts contributed
toward funds IDS and fe to the bT @ o
utely irrelevant and imp9ssibie amendnent 10 DE
of their intention to conduct their campaign in the
coming contest with vast sums of money wrested
GonYention - rng at chicago refused when the plank
presented to it, to declare against such prac-
We pledge the Democratic party to. the enact
uting to campaign fund and any individual from from
mum, and providing for the publication before elec-
tion of all such contributions above reasonable
minimum.
THE RIGHTS OF THE STATES
Believing with Jefferson. in ''the support of the
state governments in ali their rights the most
competent administration for our domestic con
Germs and the surest buwark against anti-rep%uo, up
lican tendencies and in the preservation of the
general government in its whole constitutional
and safety abroad opposed to the cen
tralization implied in the suggestions, now IRE
ernment should be extended by judicial construc'
ton. There is no twilight zone between the ma
can take refuge from both; and it is as necessary
St ehd t IL a IS tbat the state gov
ernments shall the authority reserved 10 theIii
but insist that federal remedies for the regul-
tiOn of interstate commerce ana Tor the pTtNVll-
ton of private monopoly shall be added TO- not
substituted for, state remedies,
TARIFF.
We welcome the beated promise of tariff reform
ognition OF the righteousness Of the Democratic
safely intrust the execution of this important work
highly protected interests as is the Republican
party We call attention to the significant fact that
Coming eiee fionHan ELECTION 20 succeed in which
from fe tRe % Of the high Parif
as Il has always heretofore received from them
and to the further fact that during years of @ un-
taken by the Republean Congress to correct the
! admittedly existing tariff niquities
We favor immediate revision Of the tariff by the the
competition with trust controlled products should
be placed upon the free list. and material reduc-
saries of life especially upon articles competing
abroad more cheaply than at home and graduated
reductions should be made in such other schedules
as may be necessary to restore the tariff to rev
Existing duties have given to the manufacturers
of paper a shelter behind which they have organ
lied combinations to raise the price of pulp and
of paper. thus imposing tax upon the spread of
knowledge. We demand the immediate repeal OF
/ the tariff pulp print paper, lumber timber and
logs and that .hese articles be placed upon the free
list
TRUSTS.
A private monopoly is indefensibe and intoera-
BILE. We therefore favor the vigorous enforcement
of the criminal law against guilty trust magnates
and officials and demand the enactment of such
additional legislation may be necessary to make
1t impossible for private monopoly to exist in the
United States.
Among the additional remedies specify three
First, law preventing duplication of directors
among competing corporations; second license
system which will. without abrdging the right of
each state to create corporations or its right to
regulate 1t will foreign corporations doing bust
within its limits. make il necessary for
manufacturing trading corporation engaged in
interstate commerce to take out federal license
before it shall be permitted to control much
% per cent of the product in which it deals, the
license to protect the public from watered stock
and prohibit the control by such corporation
of more than SO per cent of the total amount of
any product consumed in the United States and
third, a law compelling such licensed corporations
sell all purchasers in all parts Of the country