The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-10
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
This is What the Democracy of South
Dakota Stands for and on
Which They Bank
Which They Bank

Which They Bank
The following are the resolutions
and platform which were adopted by
the democratic convention held In
this city Tuesday evening. one or
tao minor resolutions We're adopted
on the floor of the convention, copies
of which could not be obtained.
A general resolution was adopt
ed thanking the people OF Mitchell
for the hammer In which they
had received and entertained the
delegates, also the press for the
courtesies extended and to all who in
anyway contributed to the success
of the convention.
We, the representatives of the de-
mocracy of South Dakota, in delegate
convention assembled, re-afIirm u
faith In, and pledge our loyalty to,
the principles of u party.
We rejoice at the increasing signs
of an awakening in the United States.
The various Investigations have
traced graft and political corruption
to the representatives of predatory
wealth and laid bare the unscrupul-
Gus methods by which they have de-
bauched elections and preyed upon a
defenseless public through the sub
servient officials whom they have
raised to place and power.
The conscience of the nation is now
aroused and will, If honestly appeal
ed to, free the government from the
grip Of those who have made it a
business asset of the fa~vor-seeking
corporations; 1t must become again
a4g0vernment of the people, by the
people and for the people," and be
administered In all its departments
according to the J~effersonian maxim.
equal rights to all and special priv
ileges to none"
This is the overshadowing issue
at this time; 1t manifests itself in all
the questions now under discussion
and demands immediate considera-
ton.
We heartily app,o owe of the laws
prohibiting the pass and the rebate,
and insist upon further legislation,
state and national, making 1t unlaw-
full for any corporation to contribute
to campaign funds, and providing for
publication, before the election, of
all Individual contributions above
a reasonable minimum, believing,
with Jefferson. in the support. of
the state governments in s.all their
rights as the most competent admin
istratiOns for our domestic concerns
and the surest bulwark against anti
republican tendencies. and in "the
preservation OF the general govern
ment In Its whole constitutional Wig
or, as the sheet anchor of our peace
at home and safety abroad" we are
opposed to the Capitalization implied
In the suggestions. now frequently
made. that the powers Of the general
government should be extended b,
judicial construction While we fav.
or the exercise by the general gov.
eminent of all its constitutional au.
thOrity for the prevention of monop.
oily and for the regulation Of inter.
state commerce, we insist that fed.
erel remedies shall be added to, and
not substituted for state remedies
And we favor an amendment tc
the constitution, II necessary, SO az
to restore to the states the rights OF
which they have been deprived by
the recent decisions Of the supreme
court In the Minnesota and North
Carolina cases.
We insist upon the recognition Of
the distinction between the natura,
man and the artificial person, called
9 corporation, and we favor the en-.
actment Of such laws as may be ne.
Scessary to compel foreign corpora.
lions or stockholders to submit thei,
legal disputes to the courts Of the
states tnswhich they do business. and
thus place themselves upon the same
footing as domestic corporations.
We favor the election of United
States senators by direct vote Of the
people, and regard this reform as the
gateway Ito all other national re.
FORMS a# ssis sAsg
A private monopoly is indefensi
ssble eand intolerable. We, therefore
sfsyorssthe vigorous enforcement Of
the criminal law against trusts and
trust magnates, and demand the en-.
actment of such additional legisla,
ton as may be necessary to make Il
impossible for a private monopoly tt
exist lin the United States. Amont
the additional remedies we specify
three: First. a law preventing the
duplication of directors among com
peting corporations; second, a Ii
a system which will, without
xlalbtsidging the rightaor each state t.
efedtes corporations OK Its right t.
regulate as 1t will foreign corpora
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