Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-08-04
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THE PLATFORM.

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n nf b,e nem'9crasis party Of Minnesota
strong in its conseieasnea. 81 afssfs aithi
service rendered to the people, encour. n.
a9so oy an awakening public con-
Sc. ns,t, which h pre;agss the return 81
III ri Fields q eoaa a the
poWRp e ea kf{ox nnnn tSt
Of this commonwealth to. rebuke sterniv
t the oa , and CYNICAL deception. prac-
the tised pe 1pGn them EN- a eomen with all
81 the SsIHAtaF t tha isM
IN ofenanee Of the universaly made
down% ~ sast Rifrty to revise The tar
init ;9sh political teithlessness to go
eome nfear,o our goxernment will be-
1ounce the present tariff law as a repu-
dlat ion Of the principles Of protection
e sionsl Ia co down by sRespublican ma
Its schedules Imposing tariff taxes cor.
responding to the difference OF the cost
or production at home and abroad, hun
than the entin. aapf e. tax create,
home or abroad. There grinding taxes
were raised or renewed at time when
APPALLING a Sa o o
pprought about largely by the malign In
nu ZEN of Of long estabilshed protective
SySlSUl.S In AOO1C1On TO the eX-
eessiye taxes levied through that sys-
tenn, It has corrupted the economy OF
me - nat1on. ENCOURAGED and propagated
graft and prolihcally Uttered public and
callaupon the people Of Minnesota to
rexlster this. fall their emphatic de.
nunelati9n Of q system fundamentally
which as they now know by grievous
+ istx s fgnss will never be reformed by
President Taft "Handed One.n IT,:
- We deplore the weakness and timid.
own campaign promises stiii fresh. but
dominated by the predatory interests
weakly failed to use the tremendous
reant congressional majority to do Its
solemn duty Of tariff reform No sub
se seq effort to fulfill party promises
restore public confidence.
we condemn the national admins
tthha IRA TOR its initial effort to prevent
and have nothing but contempt for its
conservation after public disappro1al OF
it, course was manifested. The appoint.
attorney for the raiders Of public prop
eSty, as secretary of the department
charged with the administration of that
di;aharse Of dinord Pinch sSh the faiths he
~ ~ guardian OF that property, is a ma
tAOAd1 crime.
National administration by a party
whose cardinal creed involves the ex-
Plo1tation Of the common people for the
benefit OF the favored few is necessarily
Wasteful and no relief from national
extravagancs, oppressive taxes and
rulnous cost of living can be expected
until government Is placed in the hand,
OF the party OF the people, -
We commend the Minnesota insurgen,
republican representatives in congress
who futilely voted against the tariff
law, but cite their defeat as irrefutabIe
proof that no tariff good can come out
OF the Republican party.
We declare that those members Of
the delegation who so faithfully sup
ported Cannon and Cannonism knowing
ly n1isrepresented their constituents
and should be retired from congress by
the action of their own partisans, as
failing which. they will Inevitably be
by the people.
Congressman Hammond Endorsed,
We commend and applaud the wise
faithful. consistent, statesmanlike
course of the Hon. w. S.. Hammond
Mfnnesota's distinguished Democratic
repres sentative in congress, and declare
that he has generously earned-re-e
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We favor the direct election Of
Is United. States senators by the people. =
We favor federal income tax law.