New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-01
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
State-Wide Direct Primaries Favored-New Naonalsm
and Payne Tariff Denounced
rRv Telegraph TO The Tribune.r

-; son,ad here this afternoon in the
second session of the Democratic state
Convention, declares in favor OF state-"ioe
direct primaries.
Numerous delegations from various
bodies Interested in the direct primaries
issue were heard by the committee on
o-,.;ons and the net result, as pre-
scented TO and adopted by the convention,
was plank IN the following words;
.We declare in favor of stateW1de d.
rect primaries to insure to the people the
right n choose members Of political COM
mittees and nominate candidates for pub
lie office.
The platform begins and ends with an
attack on the new nationalism aoVocateu
| bv Theodore Roosevelt. and declares opp'-
sition TO any and all encroachment on
state powers and rights by the Ieoei"
government.
An ottack on the Payne tariff law IS
proninent among the declarations anu
the tariff Is denounced as being reSpohsi
BILE for the high cost of living.
The platform pledges the Democrats TO
renewed and extended prosecution OF .he
legislative graft inquiry, and declares Tor
the popular election of United states sen
ators
Personal reglSlE VI NSNN'N
ont the entire state is another prominent
plank one which. when read tilis aIler-
noon. produced the only enthusiastic dem
onstration made by the Tammany delega-
ton far.
The income tax is Endorsed and state
conservation of natural resources is advo-
Gated.
The labor plank, another on which varl-
ous DELEGATIONS were heard by the corn
y,i+tee on resolutions, declares that the
Marty favors the enactment of laws estao-
fishing the right of laboring men in case
of injury to indemnity out of the fruits o.
their own industry, and the extension oil
regal restrictions on child labor
The full text of the platform follows:
The Democratic party of New York in
convention assembled. pledges itself ane"
m the old nationalisn embodied in the
constitution of the United States and to
fbe support in every way of the ndepen-
.ent and continued existence of each OF the
fbree separate and distinct branches OF
,he federal government; preserving all from
attack and usurpation and each from any
oossibility of encroachment by the others.
and in particular we condemn all attacks
.,non the Supreme Court of the United
States.
RioFts Of the States.
We arsin declare that all powers not
specifically granted TO the federal govern
ment belong to and of right must be eNer-
,,sed by the states in their sovereign ca
nacity and we reassert that the most ell
Gent results in government are attained
ny the complete exercise by the states OF
these reserved sovereign powers We are
unaIterabIv opposed to any usurpation by
the federal government of the rights OF
the states.
wa believe in the largest possible meas
,,ra of home rule for all cities and political
s,,b-divisions of a state. convinced that by
e,,ch rule the liberty and prosperity OF the
citizens are best attained
U-e depounce the Republican party In the
nation for its gross and wilful betrayal or
the trust reposed in it by the people, anu
roint out that the declared and expressed
nron,ise TO revise the tariff downward, upon
which the Republicans obtained office, mas
been wilfully disregarded and ignored
The Tariff.
The Payne-Aldrich tariff law, pronounced
nv President Taft to be 1.-The best tariff that
the Republican party ever passed. was d
aagrant breach of faith by the Republican
tions of former Republican tariffs and has
,,Iocad great additional burdens upon the
shoulders of the average man, thereby
larga1v contributing to the present hlgh
COST of liying-a cost out of all proportion
IN the earning capacity of the great mass
of the people.
We declare our belief that only by an
honest revision downward of the tariff,
with proper regard for the welfare OF the
American workingman, reform Whlch VIII
he effected only by the Democratic party,
can this excessive cost of living be lessened
and the necessaries of life again be brought
within reasonable reach of the people OF the
country The time has come when special
nri,iIeges to a favored class should be
abolished.
We deplore a situation clearly the result
of wears of uninterrupted Republican power,
which compels the citizen of the United
States to pay a much larger price for
American made goods than is paid by the
Deople of other countries. Fourteen years
Of Republican rule in national affairs have
brought US 10 point where the prices for
the necessaries of life are almost without
precedent in the history of the country.
Public Expenditures.
We charge the Republican party, both in
nation and state, with gross extravaganza
in public expenditures and with creating
many unnecessary offices and adding TO the
public payrolls thousands OF useless Off
Gals. We pledge ourselves TO retrenchment.
and reform and TO the economical admins
tration of public affairs.
The contrast between the expenditures
under the last Democratic national admin
istration and the present Republican ma
To- LODI only nv la
contrast between the expenditures under
the last Democratic Governor and those
under the present state administration. In
each case the expenditures have increased
the growth of either the nation or state
in politics. wealth or prosperity.
Even this gross extravaganza is over
Swallowed by the disclosures forced from
A reluctant Republican Legislature of Off
cial corruption, betrayal of public trust and
fragrant and open bribery, which have
astounded and Mortified the citizens of the
state and almost made the name of the
New York Legislature a Kissing and a
byword in the mouths of decent men
throughout the country. IL such conditions
are disclosed while the Republicans are
still I'm control of all the branches of our
state government. what may be uncovered
when a strong and fearless Democratic |
Governor, whose hands are upheld by |
yirtuous Democratic Legislature, shall |