The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-07-05

BY additional bank and levee protsc.
tioD below and the diversion. storage
and control OF the food waters above
and their utilization for beneficial pur.
poses in the reclamation of arid and
swamp lands and the development Of
water power Instead OF permitting the
foods to continue. az heretofore.
| agents Of destruction
We hold that the control Of the
Mississippi river ,s n national prob
lem The preservation OF the depth Of
Its water for the purpose Of navigation.
the building Vt levees to muintaiU the
Integrity " Its ch mel and the pre-
| ventiOn ~ the overflow Of tile tand
and Its consequent devastation. result
ing IN tio interruption Of interstate
commerce. the disOrga MIA ton Of the
mail service and the enormous I0ss Of
life and property. impose an obligation
which alone .an be discharged by the
genera, government.
To maintain an adequate depth OF
water the enure year and thereby en-
| y,uraRe water transportation In a con
summation worthy of legislative atten
ton and presents an issue national iD
Its character II calls for prompt &C.
don on the part OF congress. and the
Democratic party pledges itself to the
enactment Of legisla don leading to that
end
We favor the cooperation of the
United States and the respective states
sn ria NJ (xSs eh<, .,ospOenhn0sivn Neont.
ment Of al waterways. with view Of
co-ordinstinG plane for channel i'm.
provement. with plans for drainage Of
swamp and overAowed lands. and to
this end We favor the appropriation by
the federal government OF sufhcient
funds to make surveys Of such lands.
to develop plans for draining the same
and to supervise the work Of con.
structi0n.
We favor the adoption Of q liberal
and comprehensive plan. for the devel-
opment and Improvement Of our inland
waterways with economy and efficien'
cy 20 a. to permit their navigation by
vessels Of standard draft
Post Roads.
We favor national aid to state and
local authorities In the construction
and maintenance Of post roads.
Rights Of Labor.
We repeat our declarations Of the
platform Of 1908 as follows:
The courts Of Justice are the bulwark Of
our liberties. and we yield to none In our
purpose to maintain their dignity. Our
party has given TO the bench long line
Of distinguished Justices. who have added
to the respect and confidence In which this
department must be jealously maintained
We resent the attempt OF the Republican
party to raise . false issue respecting the
judiciary. an unjust reflection upon
great body OF our citizens to assume that
they lack respect for the courts.
II is the function Of the courts to inter-
pret the laws which the people enact. and
II the laws appear to work economic. So
clal or political Injustice Il is our duty to
change them The only basis upon which
the integrity Of our courts can stand Is
that OF unswervlng justice and protection
Of life, perso Al liberty and property. Az
judicial processes may he abused we
should guard hem against abuse.
Experience las proved the necessity OF
a modification Of tho present law relating
to Injunction, aud we reiterate the pledges
Of our platform Of ise6 and 1904 In favor OF
| a measure which passed the United States
senate In 1896 relating TO contempt In fed
eral courts al providing for trial by Jury
In cases OF Indirect contempt
Questions OF judicial practice have aris-
en-, especially In connection with industrial
disputes. We believe that the parties to
all judicial proceedings should be treated
with rigid mpartiaiity and that injunc.
tiOns should not be Issued In any case In
which an Injunction would not issue II no
Industrial dispute were involved.
The expanding organization OF industry
makes II essential that there should be no
abrldgmcni Of the right Of wage earners
and producers to organize for the protec-
ton Of wages ana the Improvement OF la
Dor conditions to the end that such labor
organization and their members should
not be regarded ~ Illegal combinations In
restraint OF trade.
We pledge the Democratic party to the
enactment OF a law creating IA department
Of labor represented separately In the
presidents cabinet. In which department,
shall be included the subject Of mines and
mining.
We pledge the Democratic party, 30
far as the federal Jurisdiction extends,
TO an employees compensation law
providing adequate indemnity for In.
Jury to body or loss Of life.
Conservation.
We believe In the 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
with which our country has been 10
iavishly endowed constitute the foun
dalton Of our national wealth. Such
additional legislation AZ may be nee
essary to prevent their being wasted
or absorbed by special or privileged
interests should be enacted. and the
policy VI their conservation should be
rlgidly adhered to.
The public domain should be admin
istered and disposed Of with due re
gard to the general welfare Reserva
tions should be limited to the purposes
which they pVport to serve and not
extended to include land wholly un
suited therefor. The unnecessary
withdra wal from sale and settlement
NJ enormous trncts of DubliC lnnd uDOn