The border vidette., 1910-08-20
SANTA CRUZ equity
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

fealty to the following principles:
We renew our allegiance to
the grand old Democratic party
of the Nation which has fought
the battles of the plain and COM
mon people ever since the form
alton of the government of the
United States. We glorify the
name Of the immortal Thomas JEFF
ferson who founded the Democratic
party and took his stand always
on the principles of EQUAL
RIG HTS TO ALL AND SPECIAL
PRIVILEGES TO NONE" and
who has had as much to do as
any other man with the adoption
of the great safeguard to human
liberties in the first amendments
TO the Constitution of the United
States.
Possessing an abiding faith in
the fairness, honestly and general
intelligence of the plain people of
the United States, and of the pro-
posed State of Arizona; and be
lieving that all political power
springs and of right should spring
from the people, and having an
abiding faith in ability of the
peuple TO govern themselves, we
pledge our candidate as nominee
OF this Convention, to devote every
| atom of his intelligence and ability
to the placing what is known as
the Initiative in the Constitution
| of the new state: The initiative
because it preserves and reserves
| to the people of the state the
power to legislate for themselves
directly, thereby protecting them
selves against corrupt legislature.
Believing that legislatures some
| times fail to carry out the will
of the people who elect the mem
endum which will give the people
an opportunity to pass on any
legislation that may seem inimical
to their interests.
Believing as we do that alFl
public officers should be directly |
responsible to the people at large
and not to political bosses, and |
knowing that sometimes men are
elected to Office who fail or refuse
to carry out the expressed will of |
the people, and realizing that it |
is sometimes impossible to find
evidence enough to make con-
victions in criminal courts where
officials have been dishonest, we
favor the recall provision for all
state county and municipal officers.
We favor a direct primary law,
and provision in our Constitu
tion insuring a popular expression
of choice for the election of United |
States senators.
We favor a clause in the Con-
stitution of the State in the form
of a corrupt practices act as
safeguard against dishonesty in
elections, and a publicity of cam
paign contributions before election.
We favor a provision OF the
Constitution to the effect that the
right of action to recover damages
for injuries resulting in death or
otherwise shall never be abrogated,
and the amount recoverable shall
not be subject to any statutory
regulation or limita ton.
We favor Corpora ton Com
mission like the provision in the
Constitution of the State of Okla
homa particularly and specifically
setting out the powers and duties
Of the Commission so that the
meaning of the law can not be
misunderstood or misinterpreted;
and we particularly favor the
fellow-servant" clause of the Okla
homa Constitution and also the
clause with reference to forcing
telephone, telegraph, express, rail-
road or car corporations to in
corporate under the laws of the
proposed State of Arizona before
they will be allowed to exercise the
right of eminent domain in the
State of Arizona.
We favor clause in our Con-
stitution providing that any person
accused of violating or dissobeying,
when not in the presence or hear
ing Of the Court, or Judge sitting
as such, any order of INDUCTION,
or restraint, made or rendered by
any Court or Judge of the new
State, shall, before penalty or
punishment is imposed, be entitled
to a trial by jury as to the guilt
or innocence of the accused, and
in no case shall a penalty or
punishment be imposed for con-
tempt, until an opportunity to
be heard is given; and we further