The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-09
FRAMING UP
PLATFORM
Busting Times Among Demo
Gratis at Denver
POINTS ALREADY SETTLED
There Were Four Planks Still to Be
Agreed on When Subcommittee
Had Concluded Work to Re-
port to Main Committee.

d port to Main Committee.
Denver, Col, July o-Political carpen'
ters got to work early to-day in the
hope of reporting completed platform
to the convention Immediately after the
speech of Permanent Chairman Clayton.
AT $3.50 the subcommittee got together
TO receive reports IN representative Of
tn little subcommittee in charge Of
various planks. These held sessions
during the night and agreed upon prac-
tieally all the planks in question. Those
on injunctions, railroads, currency and
trusts were yet TO be agreed upon
when the general subcommittee met.
Among the propositions practically
certain TO be adopted we're the follow
ings approval OF antipass and anti
rebate laws, prohibiting corporations
from making campaign contributions and
providing for publicity; election of Unit
ed States senators by direct popular
vote; recommendation of constitution
al amendment permitting an income tax,
enlargement OF the powers of the railroad
commissions, state and national, favor
ing postal savings banks. adjustments OF
disputes ebtween capital and labor, urg'
ing an employers liability bill applica-
bic to both public and private employ.
ers, putting wood pulp on the free list,
exclusion Of Asiatics, an anti-injunetion
plank, requiring notice before issuance,
reduction OF the tariff on trust-made
goods and a general revision Of the tariff
to restore it to revenue basis, admls-
sion of Arizona and New Mexico as sep
arate states, denunciation of the Aidrich,
vreeland currency bills and recommen-
dation OF an emergency to be issued by
the federal government to national
banks under proper guarantee, extermi-
nation Of trusts, enactment OF law
preventing duplication of directors
among competing corporations, license
system to protect the public from wa
tered stock and prohibiting control by
any corporation of more than fifty per
cent. OF the total Of any production in
the United States.
Tariff.
'We favor the immediate revision OF
the tariff, by reduction OF import du-
ties on articles entering into competition
with articles controlled by trusts should
be paced upon the free list. Material
reduction should be made in the tariff
upon the necessities of life, especially
upon articls competing with such Amer
lean manufacturers as are sold abroad
cheaper than at home, and q graduated
reduction should be made in such OF the
old schedules as may be necessary to
restore the tariff to revenue basis.
Every consideration of public policy
suggests the conservation of the wood
lands, and the removal of those import
duties which put a premium upon tne
destruction Of forests. The existing du.
ties have given to the paper manufac-
turers a shelter behind which they have
organized combinations to raise the price
Of pulp and paper and to impose tax
upon our knowledge. The revenue de-
rived from import duties on pulp and
printing paper is so small and tne bene-
fits to be obtained from the abolition
OF these duties are 50 considerable that
we endorse the attitude of the Demo-
cratic representatives in Congress who
unanimously favor placing pulp and
printing paper, lumber, logs, woods and
timbers on the free list.
Asiatic immigration.
"We favor full projection by both ma
tional and state governments within
their respective territories OF all foreign
residents residing in the United States
under 20 years old, but we are opposed
TO the admission of Asiatie immigrants
who cannot be amalgamated witn our
population or whose presence among us
would raise a race issue and involve the
United States in diplomatic controver-
sizes with Oriental powers, and we de-
mand stricter enforcement of the inn
migration laws against immigrants who
advocate assassination as a means OF re-
form of the government.
Navy.
I'VE hold for constitutional provi-
sion that the navy shall be provided and
maintained; it means an adequate navy
and we believe that the interests of this
country would best be served by having
navy able TO protect and defend at
once the coast of this country. We be-
neve neither coast in the future should
be left without adequate protection IN
the form of fleet and that American
citizens should be protected in theii
rights whenever they are in jeopardy"
Economy in Administration.
The appropriations by the Republican
Congress in the session just ended
amounted to 81 00s, 100000 and the ap-
propriations exceeded the total expen-
ditures of the last fiscal year by S90,-
Coo. 900. We denounce the needless
waste Of the peoples money which ha.
resulted in this shameful violation Of
all prudent considerations of the gov
crnInent and as no less than crime
against the millions Of workingnen and
women from whose earnings q great