The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-10
~ THE DEMOCRATIC NArIoNAA
CONVENTION IS A LEsarAMy
N DOCUMENT.
THE ANrI.INJUNcTloN PLANK
u STRONGLY Worded---Demand fc. Tar
IN Reduction is Made--Bank De.
N posits should BE Guaranteed
Postal. Savings Banks
Are Endorsed.

We, tho representatives of the Demo.
Gratis OF the United States In national
convention assembled reaffirr our belief
In and pledge our loyalty 10 the prin
ciples Of the party
We rejoice st the increasing signs Of
an awakening throughout the country.
The various Investigations have traced
Graft and political corruption to the rep.
resentauves Of preda tory wealth. and
laid bare the unscrupulous methods by
which they have debauehed elections and
prcytd upon dcfenseless public through
tho subservient officials whom they have
raised 70 place and pvNAr
The conscience cf the nation II now
arcused to free the government from the
strip Of those who have made " a bust
ness asset OF the favor seeking corpora.
ticns; u must become again a people.
government. and he administered In all
fts departments according to the Jeffer-
sonian maxim Of equal rights 10 all and
special fevors to none"
'"Shall the people rule?" IL the over
shadcwing issue which mo nifests Itself
N all tho questions now under discussion
ECONOMY IN ADMINISTRATION.
The Republican congress In session just
ended has made appropria tions amount
ing TO f1.o0s. .00o. 900. exceeding the total
expenditures OF the past fiscal year by
tse, 600, 900 and leaving a deficit of more
thnn .Ge, ooO, 900 for the fiscal year We
deuounce that needless waste OF the poo.
pies money which has resulted IN this
appalling increase az shameful viola tton
OF all prudent conditions Of government
as no less than a crime against the mil
Hons Of workingmen and women from
- -
these colossal sums must he extorted
through excessive tariff enactments and
other indirect methods. IL IL not surpris-
ing that. In the face Of this shocking
record. the Republican platform contains
no reference 70 economical sdn1inistra tion
or promise thereof In the future. We de-
nand that stop be put to this frehtful
extrayagance and insist upon tho strict
est economy in every department compat-
ible with frugal and efficient adnlnistra-
ton.
oFFICEHoLDERS
Coincident with the enormous increase
IN expenditures is Ike sddition to the
number OF officehoIders. During the pas,
year 23.7s4 we're added, costing SIG, 1855.
200. and in the past six years of the
Republican sdminiStra ton the total mum
Der Of new offices created aside from
many commissions has been aq.51o, en-
failing an additional expenditure OF near
~ t7o.o00yeo0. az against only 1923 new
Offices created under the Cleveland and
Mckinley administrations which involved
an expenditure OF only ss.oeo0Oo. We
dsnounce this great and growing in
crease In the number Of officcholders as
mot only unnecessary and wasteful. but
also as clearly indicating a deliberate
purpose on the part Of the administration
TO keep the party in power at public eS-
pepse by thus increasing the number OF
les retainers and dependents. such pro-
cedure we declare TO be no less dan
ons and corrupt than the open purchase
OF votes at the polls
ARBITRARY POWER OF SPEAKER
r ~c demand that the house Of repre-
sAntatfves shall again become delibera
rive body, controlled by majority Of the
peoples repFesepts tives and not by the
speaker, and We pledge ourselves To adopt
sach rules and regulations 10 govern the
house 81 represents tives as win enabc
ma iority of It's members 10 direct It's
eelibara tions and control legislation.
t,. MISUSE OF PATRONAGE.
We condemn az q viola tion of the spirit
OF our institutions tho artion OF the pres
snt chief executive IN using the patron.
age IT his high office To secure the nomi-
Bation OF one OF his cabinet officers. No
good Intention on the part Of the cxecu-
tive, and no virtue In tho one selected,
tan Justify the esta bfishmcat OF dy-
nasty. The right OF tho people to freely
select their officials IN inalienablc.
OF cAMpAIGN coNTpI.
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