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

price and the control BY any one cor.
poration Of 90 large proportion Of
any industry as to make II q menace
to competitive conditions.
We condemn the action Of the Re
publican administration in compromis.
ing with the Standard OIL company
and the tobacco trust and its failure
to invoke the criminal provisions Of
the antitrust law against the officers
Of those corporations after the court
had declared that from the undisputed
facts In the record they had violated
the criminal provisions Of the law.
We regret that the Sherman anti.
trust law has received q judicial con.
struction depriving II Of much Of its
efiiciency. and We favor the enactment
Of legislation which will restore to the
statute the strength Of which Il has
been deprived By such Interpretation.
Rights Of the state.
We believe In the preservation and
maintenance ip their full strength and
Integrity Of the three coordinate
branches Of the federal government
the executive, the legislative and the
judicial-each keeping within its own
bounds and not encroaching upon the
just powers Of either Of the others.
Believing that the most efficient re-
suits under our system Of government
are to b attained by the full exercise
By the states Of their reserved sover.
eign powers. We denounce 40 usurpa.
don the efforts Of our opponents to de-
prfvs the states Of any Of the rights
reserved TO them and TO enlarge and
magnify by indirection the powers Of
the federal government.
We insist upon the full exercise Of
all the powers Of government, both
state and national. TO protect the peo.
pie from injustice at the hands Of
those who seek to make the govern.
ment private asset In business There
u no twilight zone between the nation
and the state In which exploiting inter.
ests can take refuge from both. II u
a. necessary that the federal govern.
ment shall exercise the powers delegat-
ed to 1t as It u that the states shall ex.
ercise the powers reserved to them.
but We insist that federal remedies for
the regulation Of interstate commerce
and for the prevention Of private mo
nopoly shall be added to and not sub
stituted for state remedies.
Income Tax and Popular Election es
Senators.
We congratulate the country upon
the triumph Of two important reforms
demanded In the last national platform
namely. the amendment Of the feder.
al constitution authorizing an income
tnx and the amendment providing for
the popular election Of senators--and
we call upon the people Of all the
states to rally to the support Of the
pending propositions and secure their
ratification.
We note with qualification the unani.
nous continent In favor Of publicity
before the election Of campaign con-
tributiOns. q measure demanded In our
national platform of 1908 and at that
time opposed by the Republican party.
and we commend the Democratic
house Of Representatives for extending
the doctrine Of publicity to recon.
mendatiOns. verbal and written, upon
which presidential appointments are
made. to the ownership and control of
newspapers and to the expenditures
made by and In behalf Of those who
aspire to presidential nominations. and
we point for additional justification
for this legislation to the enormous
expenditures Of money In behalf OF
the president and his predecessor In
the recent contest for the Republican
nomination for president.
Presidential Primaries.
The movement toward more popular
government should be promoted
through legislation In each state which
will permit the expression of the pref.
erence Of the electors for national can.
didates Mt presidential primaries.
We direct that the national commit
tee incorporate In the call for the next
nominating convention a requirement
that all expressions of preference fOi
presidential candidates shall be given
and the selection Of delegates and al
ternates made through a primary elec.
ton conducted by the party organixa.
tiOn In each state where such expires
sion and election are not provided for
by state law. Committeeman who are
hereafter to constitute the member
ship Of the Democratic national com
mittee and whose election Ia not pro
vided for by law shall 10 chosen In
each state at such primary elections
and the service and authority Of com
mitteemen. however chosen. shall he.
gin Immediately upon the receipt OF
their credentials respectively.
Campaign Contributions.
We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment OF law prohibiting anv
corporation from contributing to
campaign fund and any individual
from contributing any amount above
q reasonable ma ximum.
Term Of President
We favor single presidential term
aud to that end urge the adoption OF
an amendment to the constitution max.
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