The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-07-27
THE wArcHMAN AND sourHRoy, JULY p, 1912

mitt.ng the foods to continue as here.
io.ore, ages II destruction
We hc:d tnat tie t.u.!cl O; the
Miss!sA..i. RIVER 5 a national proo.
lem. Ihe preservation Of the depths
OF It's waters Tor the purpose of nayi.
cation; the building of levees TO main.
'ain the integrity Of its channel, and
me prevention OF the overflow OF the
Iand and Its consequent devastation,
resulting IN the interruption of inter
! stale commerce, the disorganization
OF the mail service and the enormous
1858 OF life and property impose an
obligation which alone can be dis.
charged by the general government.
10 maintain an adequate depth of
water the entire year and thereby On.
courage water transportation Is q con-
summation worthy Of legislative at
tehtlon and presents an issue national
IN It's character. It calls for prompt
action on the part of congress. and
the Democratic party pledges itself
70 the enactment of legislation lead.
Ing to that end.
we FAVOR the cooperation Of the
United States and the respective
states IN plans for the comprehensive
treatment OF all waterways with a
! vie" OF co-ordinating plans for chan.
!! Il .lprovement with plans for drain.
age OF swamp and overhowed lands.
and to this end we favor the appro-
priation by the federal government
OF sufficient funds to make surveys of
such lands. to develop plans for drain
! ing the same and to supervise the
work OF construction.
We favor the adoption Of q liberal
and comprehensive plan for the de-
veiopment and Improvement Of our
inland waterways, with economy and
efficiency. so as to permit their navi-
cation by vessels Of standard draft.
! Post Roads.
We favor national aid to state and
local authorities In the construction
and maintenance Of post roads.
Tho Rights Of Labor.
We repeat our declarations Of the
platform Of 1908, as follows "The
courts Of Justice are the bulwarks OF
our liberties. and we yield to none
IN our purpose to maintain their dig.
nifty. Our party has given to the
bench a long line of distinguished
! Justices who have added to the re-
spect and confidence In which this de-
partment must be 1ealously main
. tained. We resent the attempt of
the Republican party to raise false
issue respecting the judiciary. It Is
, an unjust reflection upon q great body
OF our citizens to assume that they
lack respect for the courts.
! 1T Is the function Of the courts
: to interpret the laws which the people
enact. and II the laws appear to work
economic, social, or political tntus-
tees. 1t is our duty to change them.
The only basis upon which the integ.
! r1ty OF our courts can stand Is that Of
answering Justice and protection of
life. II judicial processes may be
abused. we should guard them against
abuse.
Experience has proved the neces-
sity OF q modification Of the present
lev relating to Injunction, and we
reiterate the pledges Of our platforms
OF 1895 and 1904 In favor OF a meas
ure which passed the United States
senate IN 1896 relating to contempt
In federal courts and providing for
trial by Jury In cases of indirect con-
tempt.
Questions Of judicial practice have
arisen. especially in connection with
industrial disputes. We believe that
the parties to all judicial proceedings
should be treated with rigid Impair
tiality, and that in1unctions should
not be issued In any case In which
an Injunction would not issue If no
individual dispute were involved"
The expanding organization of in.
dustry makes 1t essential that there
should be no abridgment to the right
! OF the wage earners and producers to
organize for the protection Of wages
and the Improvement Of labor condt
tions, TO the end that such labor or
! ganizations and their members should
! not be regarded as illegal combination
in restraint Of trade.
! We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment Of law creating q de-
partment Of labor represented separ
ately IN the presidents cabinet, In
which department shall be included
the subject Of mines and mining.
We pledge the Democratic party,
30 Tar as the federal Jurisdiction ak.
tends, to an employees compensation
law providing adequate indemnity for
injury to body or loss Of Life.
Conservation.
! We believe In conservation and the
development, for the use of all the
people, OF the natural resources OF
the country. Our forests our sources
OF water supply. our arabic and our
mineral lands. our navigable streams
and all the other material resources