The Daily Missoulian., 1912-07-03

Baltimore. July IA, ,onights Sos:
ssUn of the democratic convention, and
before the nomination Of q vice presi-
DENTAL candidate, the following plat =
form was adopted by viva voce vote;
cratic party of the United States In ma
ticnal convention assembled, reaffirm
our devotion To the principles Of demo.
jefferson and enforced by long and
dents.
Tariff Reform.
We declare II to be fundamental
principle cf the democratic party that
the federal government under the con.
stitution has no right or power To impose
or collect tariff duties except for the
the collection Of such taxes shall be linn.
lied to the necessities of government
honestly and economically administered
cpa ssn republican e ,hs ,sr y .ns prn
Of wealth; II is a system of taxation
which makes the rich richer and the
poor poorer; under it's operations the
American farmer and laborine man are
the chief sufferers It raises the cost
Of the neccssaries of life to them. but
does not protect their product or wage.
The farmer sells largely In free markets
and buys almost entirely in the pro-
tected market. In tho most highly pro
tected Industries, such as cotton and
wool. steel and iron the wages Of the
our industries.
We denounce the republican stand on
the question and assert that American
wages are established by competitive
conditions and not by the tariff.
We favor the Immediate downward re-
vision Of the existing high. and In many
cases. prohibitive tariff duties, insisting
that material reductions he speedily made
ON the. nccessaries of life. Articles en-
tcring into competition with the trust
controlled products and articles of
AmpritAn
abroad more chcaply than al home
should he put upon the free list.
We recosnizc that our system Of tariff
taxation is intimately connected with the
business Of the country and we favor
the ultimate attainment Of the principles
we advocate by legislation that will not
inJurc or destroy legitimate industry.
We denouncc the action of President
Taft In vctoing the bills 10 reduce the
tariff In the cotton. wo"lcn, metals and
chemicals schedules and the farmers
free list hill all of which were designed
10 give immediate relief tn the masses
from the exactions of the trusts
The republican party, while promising
tariff revision, has shown by the tariff
legislation that such revision Is not to
be In the peoples interest and having
been taithlcss TO Its pledges of 1908. ~
OF the nation. We appeal TO the Amcr- I,
can people TO support ms In our fight
Tor tariff for revenue only.
High Cos, OF Living.
The high cost " living is serious
problem In every American home. The |
republican party, in it's platform platform at
present conditions by denying that they |
are due to protective tariff. We take
issue with them ON this subject and
charge that excessive prices result In "A
large measure from the high tariff laws
enacted and maintained by the repub-
lican party and from trusts and com
meroial conspiraccs fostered and en-
gOilraEpt hy Htirl laws and assert |
that no substantial relief can be accom-
plished for the people until duties on
duced and those criminal conspiracies
broken up.
Antitrust Law.
private monopoly IL indefcnsible and
intelei able. We, therefore, favor the
vigorous enforcement of the criminal as
trust officials and demand the enactment
Of su,h additional monopoly To exist In
the United Sta.ts. We favor the deela-
ration by law OF the conditions upon
engage In interstate trade, including
among others the prevention of holding
companies. OF interlocking directors. of
stock watering. OF discrimination In
price criminal by any corporation OF so
large proportion of any industry as
to make II menace to competitive
We condemn the action OF the rcpub-
lican administration In compromising
with the Standard oil company and with
the tobacco trust and its failure To in
woke the criminal provisions OF the anti
trust laws against those corporations
after the court declared that from the
undispnted facts in the record they had
violated the criminal provisions of the
law. We regret that the Sherman anti
trust law has received Judicial con
struction depriving II of much of Its
efficacy and we favor the enactment OF
legislation which will restore 10 the
statute the strength Of which IT is de-
prived by such Interpretation.
Rights OF the States.
We believe In the preservation and
maintenance In their fun strength and
branches OF the federal government-the
executive. the legislative and the ju-
dicial-each keeping within It's bounds
and not encroaching upon the just pow
ers Of each OF the others
Believing that the most efficient re-
suits under our system oi government
by the states OF their reserved sovereign
powers, we denounee as usurpation the
efforts Of our opponents to deprive the
states OF any of the rights reserved to
them, and TO enlarge and magnify by
indirect convention the powers Of the !
federal government. We insist on the
full exercise of all the powers of the
governor. both state and national to
protect the people from injustice ut the
hands Of those who seek to make the
government private asset in business.
There ~ no tWlilHnt zone DetNsPn the |
nation and the state IN which exploiting
interests can take refuge from both. /
II Is as necessary thai the federal
government shall exercise the powers re-
served To them, hut we insist that fed
eral remedies for the regulation of inter-
state commerce and for Inc prevention of
private monopoly shall bc added to and /
not substituted for state remedies
Income Tax and Popular Election.
We congratulate the country upon the
triumph OF two important reforms de- |
manded In the last national platform
namely, the amendment to the federal |
constitution authorizing an income tax |
and the amendment providing for the
popular election of senators, and We call
upon the people of all the states 10 rally
to the support of the pending PROPOSE
tions for further ratification.
We note with qualification the unanl-
nous sentiment in favor of publicity be-
fore the election of campaign contribl-
tions a measure demanded In our ma
tonal platform of 1908 ana at that time
opposed by the republican party, ana
we commend the democratic house OF
representatives for extending the doc.
trine OF publicity To recommendation
verbal and written. upon which presi-
dental appointments are made, To the
ownership and control of newspapers aud
To the expenditures made by and In be-
half of those who aspire to the president
tial nominations, and we point for addi-
tional justification for this legislation to