Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
rhe Nehra.lsn PLATFORM.

ut DSHlOCIdcJ VI JCnCEoOAis
which would support the State govern
ments In all the rights and powers re-
served to them by the Constitution, and
preserve the general government in its
whole constitutional vigor as the sheet
anchor of our peace at home and
abroad, is clearly voiced in the plat
form ON which the Democrats of Ne
braska have Endorsed William Jennings
Bryan for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency by the Denver con-
vention.
There IS nothing of the theorist or
the doctrlnaire in the tariff plank
which demands immediate reduction Of
the monstrous import duties by which
one class of Industries in this country
is enabled to levy tribute upon all 9TH
ers. 1t is exactly in line with the ira
ditional Democratic maxim that there
shall be equal rights for all, special
articles entering into competition with
articles produced by trust or monop-
oily created by the tariff be admitted
free of duty would place only res-
sonable restraint upon the greed of
concerns which would take advantage
Of the revenue laws TO make unjust ex-
actions upon consumers.
True Democracy meaning individual
manhood, and manhood citizenship, the
Nebraska Democrats speak the lam
guage of true Americanism when they
demand that corporations be forbidden
by effective laws to NEEDLE with poll
tics to the extent of giving money to
promote the success of one political
party or another.
1t is in accord with the Democratic
principle Of State rights that foreign
corporation licensed in any State shall
abide by the conditions of its license.
If domestic corporation has no spe-
cial privilege in the matter of remov-
Ing its litigation from the State 10 the
Federal courts, the foreign corpora
ton should have no higher privile &c.
The Nebraska plank on this subject
will meet with general Democratic APP
prova;.
This being a government of law
created by the people, for the people,
the Nebraska Democrats have the ap-
proval of Democrats throughout the
country in their demand for stricter
laws against the admission to the priv
ileges of American institutions of per-
sons who ayowedly prefer anarchy to
law. But the National Democracy can
not go with the Nebraskans In the de-
mand that the States surrender to the
Federal government the right to tax
inheritances in order to restrict inor-
dinate fortunes or for any other puff
pose.
The prohibition Of railroad passes
and Of rebates is part of the Democrat
ic policy for securing the square deal
and the equal chance for all. The de-
mand that favoritism be not shown by
the treasury In distributing its deposits
among the banks of different parts of
the country is Of the same principle.
The Nebraskans are to be congratu-
lateu upon proposing the best solution
yet advanced Of the Philippines prob
lem. We cannot abandon those islands
until there is stable government there.
and we would be false to a trust if we
gave them up before their neutrality is
secured by treaties with other Powers.
OF course, we must keep our nayaI sta
lions there.
The Nebraska convention has not
written the platform for the Democrats
ic national convention to be held in
Denver in July. That convention will
assuredly add to and subtract from the
declarations put forth at Omaha. But
the Denver gathering will be glad to
draw from the Nebraska platform
much that will help the Democracy of
the nation in its fight for the re-estab-
lishment Of Jeffersonian government In
this country.-St. Louis Republic.