The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-05-21
PLATFORM OF SOUTH CARO-
LIMA DEMOCRACY.

The following is the platfoarm Which
was adopted by the Democratic State
convention early Thursday morning,
lust before adjournment, it being
presented by former Gov. John Gary
Evans:
The Tariff.
"The paramount issue in national
affairs is one of taxation. We con-
denim the Republican system of pro-
lection and declare for a tariff for
revenue only, so adjusted as to place
the burdens equally upon all classes
and industries, imposing the minimum
duties upon the necessaries OF life
and the maximum duties upon lux
uries.
Agriculture being the predominant
interest and pursuit Of our people, we
denounce the policy of the Republican
party in levying an exorbitant tariff
upon the articles of common con-
Sumption and permitting free trade
in the commodities produced by, us as
discrimination against a portion of the
country as unjust, unfair and a rob-
berry of the people.
"We commend the policy of the
present Democratic leaders in con-
gress in their efforts to reduce the
burdens of our peope and properly
adjust the cost of living.
1--WE condemn the action of Re-
publican president, who, while pro-
claiming his belief in revision down.
wards of the tariff vetoed from pure
ly political motives measures honestly
and sincerely passed by our Demo
cratic representatives in the interest
of the whole people.
"The monetary system of the re-
public, founded and based upon the
necessities of civil war, is obsolete,
Inadequate and means of oppression
of the people in the hands of shy
locks, thus enabling them to perpet-
uate their power by the contributions
of enormous sums to the party in
power. The power to restrict or in
crease the volume of currency should
be placed in the hands Of the people,
whose representatives alone, under
the constitution, have the authority to
coin money.
Condemn Aldrieh Plan.
eve condemn the Aldrich plan,
proposed by Northern millionaires as
calculated to form and perpetuate a
money trust in the hands of leaders,
to the injury of the borrowers and
builders of great industries and the
developers of our resources. Money
should be a medium of exchange and
not a commodity to be bartered and
sold.
eve believe in the conservation of
our public resources for the use OF
the people and We urge upon all Dem
ocrats in congress to vote for meas
ures looking to the preservation OF
our forests and the perpetuation of
our natural water powers, designed to
turn the wheels of industry and minis
ter to the happiness Of mankind.
"The efforts now being made
through congressional action by
means of farm demonstration work to
develop and stimulate scientific meth
ods of agriculture and thereby in
crease the productive capacity of our
lands has our hearty commentator.
"The predatory invasions of the ma
tional treasury by the hungry horde
of pensioners and the politicians who
are exploiting them are a menace 10
the financial stability Of the country,
an inexcusable Waste of the natural
resources and a pretext for the main
tenance Of a protective tariff which
meets with our reprobation. We are
in favor of just pension for veter-
ans of the Civil war, their widows and
orphans. More than this, we contend
is an unjust imposition upon people
already bearing more than their pro-
portionate share of the expenses of an
extravagant administration.
"The education of our people means
the preservation of the republic and
we commend any efforts of our legis-
lature TO extend the common school
term in the State to a period of nine
months in the year. An ignorant con-