The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-10
No DODC|NG
IN PLATFORM
Democrats Adopt Declaration
Of Faith
ISSUES ARE MET sQuARtlY
DISCLAIMlNG ANY INTENTION TO
CISCREDlT COURTS, PARTY
TAKES STRONG GROUND
AGAINST ABUSE OF IN
JUNCTION..

DENVER July 10.-Below is th
complete text of the platform adopte,
late last night by the democratic nat
ional convention.
The reading of the platform wa.
listened to with marked attention b!
the delegates and spectators and liberia
applause was accorded many of the
planks, this being especially true o.
the plank regarding guarantee of banl
deposits, publicity of campaigns anC
the issuance of injunctions.
The Platform.
The platform is as follows:
I'VE, the representatives of the de-
mocracy of the United States in ma
tional convention assembled, reaffirn
our belief in and pledge our loyalty to
the principles of the party.
I'VE rejoice at the increasing signs
of an. awakening throughout the coun-
try. The various Investigations have
traced graft and political corruption OF
the representatives of predatory wealth
and laid bare the unscrupulous meth
DDS by which they have debauched
elections and preyed upon a defense
less public through the subservient Of
fcials whom they have raised to place
in power
The conscience of the nation is now
aroused to free the government from
the grip of those Who have made it a
business asset of the favor seeking cor
porations; it must become again a peO-
pies government, and be administered
in all its departments according to the
JeffersOnian maxim of equal rights to
all and special privileges to none
Shall the people ruIe?' is the over
shadoWing issue which manifests itself
cussion.
Office Holders.
'CoinCident with the enormous in
crease in the expenditures is a like ad-
dition to number OF office holders
During the past year, 23,7S4 were added
costing $10,156,000, and in the past
six years of the republican administra-
tiCn the total number of new Offices
created, aside from many commissions,
has been 99,319, entaiIing an additional
expenditure of nearly seventy mil
lions Of dollars, as against only 1929
new Offices created under the Cleveland
and Mckinley administrations which
involved an expenditure of only $1,000
600. We denounce this growing increase
in the number of office holders, as not
CnIy unnecessary and wasteful, but
also as clearly indicating a deliberate
purpose on the part Of the republican
administration to keep the republican
partWin power at the public expense by
thus increasing the number of its re-
tainers and dependents. Such proce-
1ure we declare to be no less danger
Of votes at the polls.
Economy In Administration.
The republican congress in the ses-
sion just ended has made appropria-
ions amounting to S1,00S, 100000 ex
ceeding the total expenses of the past
fiscal year by $90,000,00 and leaving a
leficit of more than s60,000,OOO for the
fiscal year We denounce the heed
ess waste of the peoples money which |
has resulted in this appalling increase
is a shameful violation of all prudent
conditions of government, and as no
ess than a crime against the millions |
If working women and men from whose /
the great proportion of these |
colossal sums must be extorted through |
excessive tariff exactions and other in
lirect methods. 1t is not surprising |
hat in the fact of this shocking record |
he republican platform contains no
eference to economical administration
n promises thereof in the future. We
lemand that a stop be put to this
rightful extravaganza and insist upon
he strictest economy in every depart
nent compatible with frugal and eff
lent administration.
Arbitrary Power Of Speaker.
1.-The house of representatives was
designed by the fathers Of the consti
ution to be the popular branch of our
responsive to the public
will. The house of representatives as
controlled in recent years by the re-
,ublican party has ceased to be de-
lucrative and legislative body re-
ponsive to the will Of a majority Of
IS members, but has come under the