The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-14
THE PI.ATFoynr.

TOUR hands on the convention hall
lock rested together, marking the
lour of midnight. when Chairman
haskell, of the Resolutions Commit
ZEE, interrupted the boisterous nomin-
ttion proceedings for the purpose Of
| 'eading the platform He provoked a
/ great cheer by the announcement that
/ he represented the entire mem bership
" the committee. This meant that
he battle between the radicals and
conservatives had been fought ont in
J he committee during a session of six
'y hours, that Bryan's policy of con-
| citation had won, and that there
would be no minority report
| On labor and injunctions the plat
| 'Orm declares:
The courts of Justice are the bull
1 wark of our liberties, and we yield to
done in our purpose to maintain their
dignity
ut is the function of the courts to
interpret the laws, which the people
| sreate, and if the laws appear to work
economic, social or political injustice,
/ It is our duty to change them The
only basis upon which the integrity of
our courts can stand is that of I'M
swerving Justice and protection OF
life, personal liberty and property. IL
| judicial processes may be abused, we
should guard them against abuse
Experience has proved the neces-
| sity of modification of the present
Jaw relating to injunctions, and we
feiterate the pledge of our National
platforms of 1896 and 1904 in favor
Of the measure which passed the Uni
led States Senate in 1895, but which
Republican Congress has ever since
refused to enact; relating to con-
sempts in Federal courts and provid-
Ing for trial by jury in cases of indi-
rect contempt.
Questions of judicial practice have
arisen especially in connection with
Industrial disputes. We deem that
the parties to all judicial proceedings
should be treated with rigid impair
:iality, and that injunctions should
lot be issued in any cases in which in
functions would not issue if no indus
trial dispute were involved.
The expanding organization of in
iustry makes it essential that there
should be no Arrangement of the right
Of wage earners and producers to or
ganize for the protection Of wages and
the improvement of labor conditions,
10 the end that such labor organixa-
tions and their members should not
De regarded as Illegal combinations in
.estraint of trade"
On the tariff the platform says:
I'VE favor immediate revision of
the tariff by the reduction of import
duties. Articles entering into compe-
ton with trust-controlled products
should be placed upon the free list,
and material reductions should be
made in the tariff upon the necessa-
ries of life, especially upon articles
competing with such American manu-
features as are sold abroad more
cheaply than at home, and graduate
reductions should be made in sucn
other schedules as may be necessary
20 restore the tariff to a revenue basis.
Existing duties have given to the
manufacturers of paper shelter be-
hind which they have organized COM
binations 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 on pulp, print paper, lumber,
timber and logs, and that these arti-
cles be placed upon the free list"
The platform condemns the arbi-
trary rule of the House of Repre-
sentatives by the Speaker and de.
mands that the House shall be a
deliberative and an executive body.
The platform favors:
The publicity of campaign contribu.
lions.
Railway regulation and the right
Of Congress to control interstate
commerce and the right of the States
over commerce within their borders,
The abandonment of the twilight
zone between the nation and the
States in which exploiting interests
take refuge.
The economical management OF
the government and the stoppage OF
the frightful extravaganza in public
expenditures.
The establishment of postal say.
ings banks and ascribes the panic OF
1907 to stock gambling which will
be aggravated by the recent currency
act.
Passports and protection for
American citizens abroad and at
home.
The improvement of the water.
ways as the cheapest means of tran
sportation
The independence of the Philip.
pines, retaining coaling stations and
declares that Imperialism is great
blunder
An income tax imposed after
constitutional amendment.
The popular election of Senators
The development of Parliamentary
velations.
The regulation of telegraph and
telephone rates.
The honest enforcement of the
Civil Service laws.
An adequate navy.
The eight-hour day ON all Gov.
eminent work.
The exclusion of Asiatic immi
grants who cannot be amalgamated
Rules for free grazing lands.
The admission of Arizona and
New Mexico as separate States of the
Union.
The upbuilding of the merchant
marine without additional burdens
on the people and the Treasury
A National Bureau of Health.
The speedy completion Of the
Panama Canal.
The extension of agricultural and
mechanical education.
The construction and mainte-
nance of post roads.
Restrictions on foreign patents.
A generous pension policy,
A vigorous enforcement of the
criminal laws against trust magnates
and officials
The internal development and con-
servation of our national resources.