Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-01

itself anew to the old nationallsm em-
oodied IN the Constitution OF the Uni
teo states and to tho support In every
way OF the independent and continued
existence Of each of the three separate
una distinct branches Of the federal
government: preserving all from attack
ana usurpation and each from any pos
slpinty OF encroachment by the others,
ana IN particular we condemn all at.
LACKS on the supreme court Of the
United States.
We are unaIterably opposed to any
usurpation by the federal government
OF the rights OF the states
We denounce tho Republican party
IN inc nation for its gross and wilful
. nserayal OF the trust reposed III It by
ne people. and point out that the de-.
clared and expressed promise to revise
me tariH downward. upon which the
republicans obts-:ned office. has been
wiifuliy dtsregardcd and ignored.
TARIFF LAW DENOUNCED.
inc tPayne-Aldrich tariff law. pro-
,iounced by President Taft to be the
pest tariff that the Republican party
ever passed. was a Migrant breach Of
ia,th by the Republican party Tho
niii even Increased the cxactions of
l3rner3i7 Republican tariffs and has
paced great additional burdens on the
. olttIlC uNeTHSc- man.
we charge the Republican party,
both in nation and in state. with gross
extrayagance In public expenditures
win creating many unnecessary offices
ana adding to the public payroils thou
sands Of useless officials. We pledge
ourselves to retrenchment and reform
and to the economical administration
of public AFFAIRS.
Even this gross estravaEance Is.
n n Il l. III -
from q reluctant Republican legislature,
OF otfcial corruption. betrayal of pub
nc trust and fragrant and open bribery,
winch nave astounded and Mortified the
citizens of the state and almost made
the name of the New York legislature "A
hiss and a byword in the mouth OF
decent mon Throughout the country.
STATEWIDE PRIMARIES.
I'VE declare in favor Of statewide di-
rect primaries to insure to the people
the right to choose members OF political
committees and nominate candidates
for public office.
We favor tho popular election of
United States senator's.
we favor an amendment to the fed
ernl Constitution to permit the IMPOSE
ton by Congress of an income tax.
we recommend the extension and
development of the parcels post, so as
to increase the weight and size of par
cells which may be carried by. United
States mail gs. at.
1.-THE profit of public lands and water
power should he preserved to the peo-&
pie ut large, and as the value of these
natural resources and returns from
them increase, whether from develop
ment or otherwise, the state should
benefit In the largest possible measure
consistent with the honest enterprise
of the present generation. We condemn
tho malfeasance and incompetency OF
Republican administration of the forest
reserve. We demand strict and impair
tia1 enforcement of the forest laws, in
Guiding Immediate abolition of unlaw-S
full special privileges in lands dedicated
by the law to the use and benefit of
all the people,
The platform concludes with a do
inuncation of the new nationalism.''
NEW Nl1TIONALISM PLANK.
The new nationalism plank Is as fol-
lows:
Lastly. We solemnly declare our In
flexible opposition to tho so-called new
nationalism. Its inventor put this for
ward as II 1t We're progress. while in
reality 1t Is sheer reaction by tyrannlcal
methods long ago shaken off by the
free people of the world atfcruel cost in
treasure and blood. The settlers of our
country fled from Europe to escape IL
Whatever advance its adoption would
.be Is an advance toward Socialism.
They would have us abandon freedom.