Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-05-21
the friends Of the people rather than
by the friends Of the tariff.

the friends Of the people rather than
by the friends Of the tariff
Corporations
The corporate form OF organization
has been freely used as cloak to
hide oyercapitalization, 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. It
il not only their right to do so, but it
il 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-
oection 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 blishment of postal
savings banks, and safeguarding of
bank deposits along lines suggested
by William ]. Bryan.
State and Nation.
We believe that the powers ceded
TO the federal government by the
states through the constitution in its
present form are ample. Notwith-
standing the closer relations between
the people which improved transpor-
,ation has established. . too great
Capitalization 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 point which threatens the
extinction Of state autonon
: In Governor John 4. Johnson, Min
nesota presents to the nation a Demo
cratic candidate for president of abil-
ity, integrity. and honor. a 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
to vote as a unit for, and continue to
so vote as long as necessary to secure
the nomination of Hon. John A. John
son as the candidate for president.
John Dwan of Two Harbors was
recognized and read the names oi
those slated as delegates at large and
alternates at large. There were to be
four delegates at large, but il order
tc get all the big guns on the delega
ticn, eight were selected ard given d
half vote each This slate was &C
cepted-