Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-06-26
vorable action than at Chicago.

that the big fight was to be money
trust and tariff planks.
Bryan, 1t was admitted, would take
an advanced stand on these subjects
and, If his wishes we're not carried
out, would make a fight on the floor
which might Jar the conservative con.
troll from its foundations.
Bryan, It is known, fayors the prop.
osition of making personal guilt par
amount in the trust declaration, and
pledging the party to legislation that
will make the punishment for persons
who engage in criminal combinations
in restraint Of trade, prison sentences
In place Of fines, and making jail SEN
tences absolutely mandatory.
Some of the committee favor having
the tariff plank hturn to the days
! Of Grover Cleveland, and pledging the
party to tariff or revenue only. 9th
ers believed that it should declare for
high tariff on luxurles, and low tariff
on necessaries Of life.
A delegation from the Reform Club
Of New York, presented a plank which
seemed to meet general approval, and
part Of which, at least, will be incor-
porated in the document. This sug-
gestlon read in parts as follows:
1--WE hold that the chief issue before
the people at the present time is the
overthrow of the combination tariff
protected trusts and the government
Of the United States.
I'VE denounce the Republican doc
trlne OF protection as fraud. II
fleeces the consumer for the benefit
Of a small group of favored monop-
olles. For every dollar of tax that Il
brings to the treasury Of the United
States, It hands twenty dollars to the
tariff-made trusts in high prices OF
the necessaries of life, food, clothing
and shelter.
1T reduces wages and salaries by
artiflclally raising the cost of living
by restricting production and narrow
ing our export markets, and depresses
labor. The highest protected indus.
tries pay the lowest wages, as witness
the protected. cotton and wooden mills
"The workingman sells his labor in
a free trade labor market in competl-
tion with the whole world, and must
spend his wages in monopolized home
market.
"The party has been false to every
promise Of relief from this extortion
1t has always presented a plausible
excuse for Withholding relief from
the people, infant industries, for
eigner pays the tax 'pauper labor,
and now, driven from every pretext, II
seeks further delay by tariff board
upon an impossible basis Of opera
tlon.
1--WE declare that the only proper
purpose Of taxation is to provide rev.
enue for government We promise q
restoration Of the government OF the
United States TO this Just principle OF
taxation"
Senator Newlands, Of Nevada, pre-
sented an entire platform he had
drawn, It declared that "the Repub-
lican party has drifted from the teach.
ings of Lincoln, and now is the party
Of privilege"
II favored gradual reduction Of tar
IF duties and supplementary legisla-
tion, strengthening the Sherman anti
trust law. The Aldrlch currency plan
was denounced in Newland's platform,
and a new plan Of reserve assocla-
tions, made up Of both national and
state banks, was suggested. Newlands
went into the race question, asking
a declaration that would say;
Experience has demonstrated that
the granting of franchise TO the
blacks, under the belief that II was
necessary for their protection was a
mistake, and that II has led, and can
lead to nothing but their injury.
Entertaining nothing but the most
humane and helpful purposes regard
ing the blacks IN our midst, and the
most friendly disposition to races diff
foring in color, and confronting us
on the Pacific coast, we declare our
purpose TO maintain this as white
mans country, and to that end we
favor constitutional amendment CON
filming the privilege Of voting TO the
whito race, and legislation prohibiting
the immigration TO this country Of all
peoples other than those OF tho white
race, except for such temporary pur-
poses Of education, travel or COM
merce as comfy between friendly ma
tons may require
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