The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-07-15
THE DEMOCRATS
HOLD THEIR MEETING At RED
FIELD ANO 90 SOME
RESOLVING.
ATTENDANCE IS PLEASING
Old Party Leaders Make q Strenuous
Effort and Eajoy Most Har-
monious Maetinx.

NtaAt*u~ AF STATE t3eils1gfAtIc 1NJ~
vcntion held It's session In this ci y
The attendance a good, consi:esi ~
h extreme heat. and the gathering
los harmonious. The In port n,
work OF the meeting was the ado atioa
Of a code oil principles for which tn
party pledges Itself II successful at tAe
polls, Following Is the full te4t Of
their promise;
We. the representatives OF the dem
ocratic party Of the state Of South
Dakota. In convention assembled. re-
assert our belief in democratic prsn-
ctples 40 taught by Jefferson and Ian
coin-Equai Rights to sIi and Special
Privileges TO None" And we call sp~-
ciai attention 70 the platform adopted
by the part OF the nation assembled at
Denver. which we hereby most heartily
endorse.
We d~enounce this sc-calied Aidrtch-
Payne tariff bill as a fraud upon the
people. and We condemn our represen-
tatsses in congress for supporting H.
We demand an honest downward re-
vision OF the tariff in the interest OF
all the people, and that all goods which
compete with trust made articles In
this country be admitted free Of duty.
We favor the election az the United
States senators by direct vote Of the
people.
We favor the repeal Of all laws con-
ferring jurisdiction In federal courts
In controversies arising bet the
citizens OF different states and the
enactment OF such legislation as wlll
require the trial OF such cases In the
courts OF the states where the con-
trovcrsy arose.
We denounce the so-cail~d bank de-
post guarantee law passed by the last
Legislature as an evasion OF the many
pledges made by all of the political
parties. and we pledge our party 20
enact an honest law for the guarantee
of bank deposits.
We favor the assessment and tax
alton OF the property of railroad cor
porations and OF all public service
companies In the same manner and
upon the same b asis as other property
We realize that IL our state 10 to
prosper economy must exist and be
practiced In fact as well as In name.
and we pledge the democratic party
to a Arm. steady and uncomprom's-
ing resistance to all measures looking
to a multiplication of Offices and Of
salaries.
We anirm that the annual revenue
Of our state Is sufficient. II properly
expended, to provide adequate and
liberal support OF all state Institutions
and all necessary current expenses.
and also 10 furnish a large balance TO
be devoted to the discharge OF the
state debt.
We affirm that there is no necessity
for further increase OF the state debt
and declare that no actual necessity
ever existed for the creation OF the
present and increasing debt. and we
condemn the administration of Cover
nors Crawford and Wesley as incom-
petent and recklessly ext~vagant.
We realize that the apportionment
OF public funds for the support OF
the state institutions by the legisIa-
tura is. has been and will continue
TO be a source OF jobbery and combi-
nations OF the legislature and among
the members thereof. go long A.
present methods continue. leading TO
the enactments OF bad inws and pre-
venting the due consideration Of pro-
posed acts and measures. We there
fore demand that a non partisan board
be created by law. whose duty II shall
lie to make the necessary apportion-
ment OF public funds for the support
OF the state institutions.
We believe that the platform adopt
ed by the party In binding upon all
those who are elected by said party.
and we are In favor OF a law being
enacted, providing for recall on petit
tioi OF any ofYscer who In h opinion
Of the petitioners has been derelict In
his duty.
We favor a primary election law,
but the present primary law was EVIL
IDENTIFY drawn by the republican party
bosses In control of our legislature for
the purpose OF perpetuating party row.
eminent. We pledge the democratic
government to the enactment OF
amendments to said law, which viii
make IL understood and leave the voter
untram-neied in the selection Of hiz
choice for the candidates Tor ONCE.
Recognizing the value OF the unit
ed effort in developing and advertis-
ing the resources Of our state. In or
der that permanent citizens may b.
a.~uA.s. 10 4ocate and capital to invest
IN QUA Dakota, we favor such le gfS'
alton as Nill aid In carrying out thii