The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08
IN ADMIRABLE PLATFORM.


pies, adopted with virtual unanlhltS
~ the Louisiana Democratic state
convention which met at batoh
Rouge on Tuesday last, CONSTITUTES
a announcement that will COMMAND
| The cordial appreciation CT almost ali
The people of this commonwealth H.
respective of their political a1flila-
tons:
! eve are in favor of a revision OF
the tariff which will meet the rev,
enue requirements of the natlohsi
treasury, and will abate the pro-
tective system with the least posi-
BILE unsettlement Of our business Ia
brio.
eve hold that the tariff is tax
Inaid nv the consumer, but in reduc-
ling it to purely revenue basis We
would not sanction the injustice OF
crudely remodeling the tariff scheo
ules in such a way as to torce any
one industry, previously dependen
upon the tariff, to sell in free trade
market and to buy in a protecteo
one; nor would we contemplate Tue
turning of the American market over
to manipulation by foreign tariffs anc
export bounties where the results
would be the wiping out OF an Amer
lean industry by temporary lower
ing of prices and subsequent rals-
ing of prices under foreign control
and foreign enrichment.
! "We espouse these principles, not
. solely because they would forbid the
: heavy and cruel blow proposed
against Louisiana, but because they
are applicable to any industry IN
any state; because they are the
;. necessary guides to all just men
:, striving for tariff reform which
will destroy evils for the consumer
:, without creating them Tor the pro
= Queer.
I. "The control of the MISSISSIPPI
t, river, so as to preserve It's naVlga
ton and to protect the Mississippi
valley from overflow, is a natlona
u question, involving national obIlga
IS ton, The task is beyond the means
J. Of localities and therefore should DC
f. undertaken by the federal govern
ID ment. ~
u 1--WE instruct our delegation to the
rs national Democratic convention Il
N use every honorable means at incl
r. command to secure in the natlona
.-,. Democratic platform the indorsemen
1 of the national control of thql aver.
/ eve assert our belief in 2 otte1
u depressed plan of direct Ell ttlon Q
~ United States senators and call unol
the congress to submit to the state
r1lrHnnnf IN IN
: federal constitution providing for tn
Ii direct election Of senators, put
be oppose the pending BristoW amene
Mt ment on the ground that it taxes col
!, troll of election out of the hands {
=. the state authorities
y eve favor the immediate ratlfics
he ton of the.sinconle tax amendment I
ed lo1r federd jal9nstitution, which sal
II amendrnd maittefr~v pending befoI
IL - - 5ners "a "a
let The Sol the. peace. sass.
A1thciss ss...:.ls Democrat
= bodv,s detsh4 slrion which by its tes
= invites the concurrence of the Dem
- cratic national convention only, TT
= Chief takes the liberty of referrlr
it also to the Republican nation
convention for consideration and
80 prevail
" The four essential planks of tn
admirable PLATFORM. tariff reN
:, ssion, 2. equitable conservation al
:, I fprotection of American ind 5rles,
l national control Of the \ Ssissip
=. river, 4. election of United Stat
~, 49,, senators by thetpeople. 5. ratificath
-, of the income tax amendments
49, appropriate and effective, with p
haps a little trimming and planlI
for use in the construction OF t
platforms of either and both OF I
two great political parties of t
Ulited States.
49, Neither party can afford to igne
them, for they embody principles a
demands that will be enforced
the expression of popular sentime
in the coming national election,
=. less we sadly mistake the signs
mo- the times.
at Tue A'opooiie'iA
meet a week in advance OF the DE
=. ocratic convention, and if our Rep
~. lican friends are wise they can I
~ one over on the opposition by
q cooperating these strong planks
on+7, their platform and thus lay claim
70 credit for doing a good thing first.
a
, in THE sENA TIE AGAINST FREE SUGl
on. The finance committee OF
lean limited States senate, to which '