The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-01

trast between the expenditures under the
last democratic governor and those I'M
'er the present state administration
each case the expenditures have in
.eased enormously and out of all pro-
portion to the growth of either the state
or nation in politics, wealth or pros
perity.
Even this gross extravaganza is over
Swallowed by the disclosures forced from
a reluctant republican legislature of Of
fetal 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 byword in
the mouths of decent men throughout the
country. If such conditions are disclosed
while the republicans are still in control
of all the branches of our state govern
ment, what may be uncovered when a
strong and fearless democratic governor.
whose hands are upheld by virtuous
democratic legislature, shall come into
power and undertake the task of restor-
ing to the state of New York the sane
progressive, economical and honest gov
eminent enjoyed under a long line of
democratic governors.
Investigation Pledged
I'VE pledge ourselves to a thorough
and exhaustive investigation of all their
conduct in both the legislative and adj
ministrative departments of our state
government. that the guilty may be pun
ished and the business interests delivered
from blackmail.
I'VE declare in favor of statewide direct
primaries to insure to the people the
right to choose members of political COM
mittees and nominate candidates for pub
lie office.
I'VE favor the enactment Of such meas
ures as will compel personal registration
of voters throughout the entire state.
I'VE believe that every possible safe
guard should be thrown around the right
to vote-such safeguards to be uniform in
their applications and not made for one
portion of the state alone.
I'VE favor betterments of the laws TO
prevent corrupt practices and bribery and
ample appropriations for their rigid en-
forcement.
We favor the popular election of Uni
ted States senator's.
I'VE favor an amendment to the fed
eral constitution to permit the imposi-
ton by Congress of an income tax a
tax which falls most evenly upon the peo-
pie In proportion to their ability to share
in the expense of government.
I'VE recommend the extension and de-
velopment OF the parcels post so as to
increase the weight and size of parcels
which may be carried by United States
mail.
Public Lands Plank
1.-THE profit of public lands and water
powers should be preserved to the people
at large and as the value of these ma
tural resources and returns from them
increase, whether from development or
otherwise, the state should benefit in the
largest possible measure consistent with
the honest enterprise of the present gen.
Grafton.
We condemn the malfeasance and
lncompetency of republican administra-
ton of the forest preserves. We demand
strict and impartial enforcement of the
forest laws, including immediate aboli-
ton of unlawful special privileges in land
dedicated by the law to the use and
benefit of all the people,
Here follow several resolutions bear
ing chiefly on state matters such as
regulation of public service corpora
tons; and provide institutions for ag-
ricultural advances; declares for the i'm
provement of canals and roads to pro-
vide easier access to markets and thus
lower the cost of living ndorses the
merit system in civil service; calls for an
employers liability bill: restriction of
child labor; equal privileges for Ameri-
can citizens travelling abroad whether ma
tive or naturalized and favors legislation
to improve and extend the means for the
prevention and care of tuberculosis.
The platform concludes with a de-
nunciation of the new natfonalism, "
as follows:
| New Nationalism
Lastly we solemnly declare our in
flexible opposition to the so-called
new nationalism" Its inventor puts
this forward as If 1t were progress
while in reality 1t is sheer reaction ia
tyrannical records long ago shaken
off by the free people of the world, Oft
times at cruel cost in treasure and
blood.
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