The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-07-19

cause Of the people, because the
people have not permitted 1t to Dc
anything
:. The doctrine that government
must be formed for the security and
happiness of the people and thai
laws must be adopted for the regu,
lation of these governments are
foundation stones Of our party.
We indorse the progressive Demo.
cratic platform adopted at the Bal.
mite convention ana approve the
nominations of woodrow Wilson
and Thomas R. Marshall because We
cannot do anything else in this re.
spect.
There are no dissatisfied nor dis.
appointed Democrats in West Wiz.
ginia and we send greetings to
State Senator George w. Bland.
We favor the enactment of a PR.
mary election law and point to the
fact that we still hold mass conven.
tons throughout the state as proof
of our sincerity.
AT the root of every honest cleo.
ton is an honest, fair registration
I'VE pledge the people that # we arc
successful at the polls we will pass
a harmless REGISTRATION law pro-
tected bySseYere penalties.
We believe the time has come
when railroads and other public
utilities should be regulated by law
and we pledge our party to enact
such legislation that the railroads
shall be duly protected. from unrea-
sonable methods OF the public. We
also approve and lndorse the senti-
tmeRts.sof Ran stalnaker- and others
in this connection.
We favor a municipal code law
because the Republicans have driven
US to It.
Tax laws should be framed so as
to put the necessary burdens Of
government upon the people and not
upon the corporations or vested In
terests :. This tax law plank is a
sore spot in our political life and
we make 1t as brief as possible.
We reafirm our belief that our
state government has become ex-
EtraEagant because 1t costs US
more than 1t did when the popula-
ton of the state was less than half
of what It is now and also because
there are more state institutions to
maintain.
We promise rigid economy in the
expenditure of larger sums of
money.
We favor the enactment of a
compensation act OF some kind or
other but are not certain as to what
kind,
The Democratic party believes in
the protection of property, also in
the law of gravitation.
Modern business methods de-
mand that our cSdrt proceedings
shall be simpliaed and the costs of
litigation reduced. we promise to
make this reform by reducing the
salaries of judges and raising the
fees OF lawyers.
No guard system should be al
lowed to supersede the power of the
state. We denounce as unjust the
preset irresponsible guard system
and send our greetings to Clarence
w. Watson, OF the Consolidation
Coal Company. -''- y IS
We most heartily favor the Dr.. :
Hatfield plan of building good roads
in the state and promise, II elected
to office, to call upon the federal
government to furnish the money
for their construction.
We know the public school sys-
/ tenn IN this state is a good thing but
we never were in favor Of it and
cannot be now. I'VE shall Just say
that education is a fine thing. and
let her go at that.
We favor the clayton anti-in-
junction bill except when Mother
Jones is in the state and no strikes
are on,
We are In favor OF the recall OF
Judges but We do not care to say so
hence We are not in favor of It.
We believe the state committee
was right when it provided for the
sale of aUnited States senatorshiT
for $500 as this plan Will not cor
/ rnnt so many members of nnr LEXIS.