The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-27
O'GORMAN DRAFTS
PLATFORM PLANKS
1t Is Far from Radical and
Has the Endorsement of
New York Delegates.
(National News Association

(National News Association
BALTIMORE, June 27.-Tne New
York delegation to the Democratic ma
ttonal convention has adopted a plat
form for presentation to the resolu-
ton committee and urged Senator
o'Gorman to seek its adoption. The
platform is far from radical, but is
built along progressive lines.
Senator Francis G. Newlands of the
state of Nevada, a member of the res
clutions committee, also presented
tentative platform. Most of the planks
contained in it are progressive. One
plank on the race question" calls for
the Acknowledgement of the negro and
asks for laws prohibiting the immigra-
ton of any but white persons into the
United States.
The tentative platform for which
Senator O'Gorman will fight contains
the following planks:
Tariff Reform-The federal govern
ment has no right to collect or impose
tariff duties except for revenue; de-
mand that the collection be limited to
necessities of the government when
honestly and economically administer
ed" We favor immediate downward
revision. We denounce President Taft
for vetoing bills to reduce tariff on cot
ton, woolens and chemical schedules"
Rights of the States-"We denounce
as usurpation the efforts of our oppo-
nents to deprive the states of any of
the rights reserved to them and to
enlarge and magnify by indirection
the power of the federal government"
Antitrust Law.-"We pledge our
selves to the right enforcement of the
antitrust laws. We demand the en-
fcrcement of the laws made to pre-
vent and control trusts and combina-
tons. We insist that the antitrust
laws should be enforced on both the
civil and criminal sides.
Banking Legislation-"We oppose
the establishment of any central bank
and we believe the people of the coun-
try could be largely relieved from pam
les and consequent unemployment by
a Democratic revision of our outworn
banking laws. which would create a
any small group of financiers or poll
tfcians from controlling the banks of
the country"
Income Tax-"We believe that the
constitution should be amended so as
to place in the hands of congress a
rart of revenue system, the power to
levy and collect an income tax when
necessary, to the end that wealth may
hear its proportionate share of the ex-
pense of the federal government"
Popular Election of U. S. Senator's.
1--WE believe that the constitution
should be amended so as to provide
for the popular election of United
States senators by the direct vote of
the people"
Term of President-"We believe that
so our institutions may be preserved
from the vaulting ambition of any
man, the constitution should be amen
6ed SO as to lengthen the terms of Of
fee of the president and vice-president
to six years and provide that no citi-
zen should be elibigle to election for
more than one term"
At this point the platform calls at
tention Of the public to the accom-
plishments of the Democratic house
o. representatives, giving a long list
Of legislation put through for the ben
eft of the people.
The platform also recommends par
GELS post, merchant marine, postroads,
inland waterways, civil service law en-
forcement, legislation to enforce prop
erty rights of labor, pure food law,
conservation of natural resources. en-
couragement in the development Of ag-
riculture and a denunciation of the
political profligate waste" of moneys,
"wrung from the people by the Re
publican party"