The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-30
Iowa Democratic State Platform.

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with modification and regret the
course of the senior senator from
Iowa in his .unwarranted criticism Of
Woodrow Wilson. He brings shame
upon the state and supplies fresh
proof of his selfish purposes. 1t fur
nishes a powerful reason why Iowa
should substitute for this self-serv-
err the Hon. Maurice Connolly, whose
aim would be to serve his country
and to cooperate with Woodrow
| Wilson and the democratic party in
making the government sensitively
responsible to the aspirations of the
common people.
The people should send to Wash.
!ington as their representative man
who will at all times vote and work
to sustain and uphold the hand OF
the president in his efforts to redeem
the pledges of the democratic party
and to bring about the enactment OF
laws in harmony with our democrat
ic faith, to the ultimate end that the
great reforms to which we are COM
mitted may be made realities, and
the people of our land made more
prosperous, more happy, and more
Icontented, because of just laws hon
estly made, and honestly enforced.
Has Kept the Faith.
"The democrats of Iowa call the
nation to witness that it's represen-
tatives in the nation have kept the
faith. The party has given the peo-
pie in Woodrow Wilson chief execu-
tive endowed with vision of democ-
racy, the genius of equipment, the
zoo1 of noh1a nnrnOco and the mora l.
| ity of the truly great.
eve enthusiastically indorse and
commend this administration for the
great and successful work that has
been accomplished along the line of
progressive and beneficial legislation,
and hereby express sureme conf
dence that under his leadership and
direction even greater achievements
will result, and that the welfare of
the people and the dignity of the ma
ton will be wonderfully enhanced.
Democracy has given the people a
congress whose record Of achieve
ment surpasses that of any other in
our history.
ct has deprived monopoly of its
shelter and taken the taxes off OF
food. 1t has effected a downward re-
vision of the tariff, and the democra-
CIV of Iowa rejoices in the evidences
of prosperity presented in farm, in
office and factory, and points to the
prices for all the farmer has to sell
in disproof of the false, vicious and
hoary doctrine that tariff on his
products is essential to his prosper
ity.
What 1t Has Accomplished.
1T has substituted in the income
tax tax on wealth for tax on the
necessities of life; it has rewritten
the banking and currency laws and
emancipated banking, industry and
commerce from the unnatural and
monopolistic control Of Wall street;
it has rescued the honor of the ma
ton and set it's face against subsid-
les in the repeal of canal tolls exemp-
ton; it has put the money of the ma
ton at interest throughout the cOun-
try, recognizing that there are states
beyond New York, and that one is
Iowa, a custom that gave to New
York banks exclusively the treasury's
funds without interest; it has revital-
lied the principles of the Declaration
of independence and has put this ma
ton foremost among the powers of
the world. 1t has by faith in the
right and steady, patient purpose to
avoid unjust war for wiping out of
the last vestige of feudalism on the
North American continent.
eve commend the policy of the
administration in relation to the for
eign affairs of the nation. We furth-
er assure the administration that the
American people view its high STAN
dard of international obligations as
an adornment to the public service,
meriting the lasting gratitude of the
party and country.
1--WE pledge to the taxpayers of
Iowa the most painstaking investiga-
ton and study of the road problem
to the end that the inequalities,
waste and inefficiency of the existing
system may be remedied in an intelli-
gent manner.
Initiative and Referendum.
1--WE favor such changes in the
wOrkmen's compensation law as will
protect the heads of families engag-
ed in the industries of Iowa against
the present discrimination in favor
of the unmarried man and the correc-
ton of other existing inequalities in
the law.
"Favoring as we do the principle
of the initiative and the referendum,
we recognize in that principle the
best method of submitting to the peo-
pie the questions of extraordinary
state expenditures and similar ques-
tions of state wide character.
1--WE are in favor of ascertaining
the physical valuation of all rail-
roads to the end that such valuation
may be considered in establishing
rates for the transportation of COM
modities and passengers.
1--WE favor the control by law of
the operation and rates of telegraph
and telephone service, and are in ia
vor of the government ownership of
such, that private monopoly of these
means of communication may be
abolished
1--WE are opposed to the contract
labor system in our state reformator-
les. The system should be entirely
abolished at the earliest practicable
time. Prison labor must not be ex-
plotted for private profit or in unfair