The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
State Convention at Ottumwa Takes Determined
Stand On the Question and Urges High
License and Local Option
wade and WEAVER in TILT ON FLOOR
Platform Adopted After Party Leaders Grew
Warm and Excited During Meeting Held
While Heat Was Oppressive.

the trusts and monopolies which it
fosters. Tariff taxation like other tax
alton should be for public purposes
only and not for private profit, and
should be SO levied as not to dis
| criminate against any section, class,
industry or occupation and it should
be limited to the actual necessities
of the government, economically ad-
ministered.
Illegal trusts and combinations are
intolerable. They are fostered by
republican tariff legislation. We fav-
i or the vigorous enforcement of the
criminal law against guilty trust mag
mates and officials. We believe the
true method of enforcing the criminal
statutes of the United States is by
the prosecution of the individual,
guilty Of the wrong. The assessment
of fine against corporation is in
! operative and inspires only contempt
for the law.
We favor a law providing for fair
and just regulation of the rates and
service of railways, telephones, teies
| graph and express companies and
other public utilities. We believe
that franchises should be granted
only upon consent of the voters and
| we are opposed to the unjust dis
! elimination in service and the exces-
| siye rates which are such a serious
detriment to many of the cities and
towns of Iowa.
We charge the republican party
with the reckless expenditure of pub
| lie funds. The creation of new of
/ fees and the increase of salaries is
out of all proportion to the public
4 need. 1t is admitted by the leader Of
the republican party in the senate of
4 the United States that there is need
less waste of over s300,O00O0O per an.
4 mum. The government of the United
/ States is a business institution and
/ should be conducted upon business
4 principles and we believe that the
4 people should interest themselves in
I public affairs to the extent of calling
to account party reckless in its ex-
i penditure of public funds and un-
worthy of continued power.
i We favor an amendment to the
constitution of the United States pro-
viding for the election of United
States senator's by a direct vote of
the people. And until such amend
Y nlent can be adopted we favor law
similar to the law now In force in
Oregon, giving to the people the larg-
est possible power in the selection of
their representatives in the senate of
the United States.
We favor an income tax and we
most heartily favor the ratification of
. the proposed amendment to the con.
{ stitution Of the United States author
q izing the levy OF such tax.
i We are opposed to any legislation
, under which there may be establish.
ed central bank and we condemn
the republican party for permitting in
! the establishment of the postal say
, ings bank the funds to be withdrawn
: from the local community and sent to
the large financial institutions of the
east, and we recommend such legisla
tion as shall prevent this discrimina
/, tion against the people Of the great
west
i We favor the conservation of oul
] natural resources. The democratic
party has always opposed gifts O
, public property to private individuals
: We demand the withdrawal from en-
try of our remaining timber. oil, coal
: and iron lands, and water sites The
/ republican course Of favoritism ant
: the countenancing of fraud in rela
ton thereto have become a nationa
scandal. The remnants of our re
sources should be preserved in the
government for the benefit of the peo
! pie. We favor the improvement O
interior waterways and urge appro
priation for such purposes.
We believe in strict enforcement
of all laws and in the immediate re
: moval of inefficient, corrupt or i'm
! moral officials, but we favor revis
ion of existing laws so as to provide
for the recall of such officials by thu
voters of the locality which elected
{ them.
Il We believe in such amendment o
y the primary law as will reduce the