Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-05-05

NJ. Troy, James Doherty, County
Chairman Il. NJ. Fuller, w. A, Per-
kins of Rochester, E. A. FitzHenry
Chas. l.. Dufault, Harry l.. Parr and
County Commissioner B. F. Little
john. Mr.. Perkins, who is secretary
Of the county central committee, was
chairman of the delegation; Mr.. Full
Ter was a member of the convention
platform committee, and Mr.. Little
john was a member of the committee
on credentials.
The State Platform.
The full text of the platform is:
''The Democratic party of the state
of Washington presents the record of
the present national administration as
indubitable evidence of it's title to
the confidence and support of the
voters of the state. and points with
pride to the enactment into law of
more constructive legislation for the
benefit of the whole people than has
been written into the statutes of the
United States in the last fifty years.
1--WE endorse the Democratic tariff,
the first written in many years with
out the advice and consent Of special
ly privileged interests, and which re-
lieved the consumers of the nation of
taxation exceeding $1OO.OO0,0OO and
placed the same upon the incomes of
those best able to pay, and this, too,
without any serious arrangement of
the business of the nation.
1.-THE Sherman antitrust law has
been strengthened and improved; the
interstate transactions of the trusts
and the combines constituting 80
per cent of their business have been
placed under the control of a non
partisan trade commission, without
destroying a dollar of innocent in
vestment.
"Our currency system, which for
fifty years had been an object of de-
rision of the financiers of the civiliz-
ed world, has been remodeled by the
present Democratic administration in
a manner which mobilizes the nation
al resources and credits and places
them instantaneously at the disposal
of any threatened section or meritor-
ious interest requiring support, thus
destroying the power of concentrated
wealth to levy tribute on national de-
velopment and affect values by the
mere process of monetary stringen-
cy All of this has been done so wise
ly and with such regard for establish
ed conditions that the country scarce
ly felt the transition, and is today.
by reason of this reform, enjoying
an era of unprecedented prosperity.
President Is Commended.
1--WE commend to the nation our
great Democratic president, Wood
row Wilson. Far sighted in concep-
ton. wise in conclusion, and inflexi-
BILE in action, he has met and dealt
with every problem, foreign and do
nestle, in manner marking him as
a great American and a great con-
structive statesman. He has kept the
nation out Of the great European
war by wise diplomacy, while insist
with inflexible resolution on the rec
ignition and observance by all the
belligerents of the neutral rights of
our people.
'In refusing recognition to Huerta
he acted in accordance with sound
international morality and with the
best traditions of American interna-
tional intercourse. And in insisting
that the Mexican people be given an
opportunity to settle their own differ
ences themselves and to establish
their own institutions in accordance
with their own ideals, he indicated
to our neighbors to the south the un-
selfish character of our national aims
and the broad benevolence with
which the American people look up
on the struggles of our neighboring
republic for the betterment and i'm
provement of their condition.
1--WE especially commend President
Wilson for his position on the sub
ject of national preparedness He
occupies the position between the ex-
tremists on both sides. He is for
adequate preparedness, but refuses
to consider as either necessary or
wise the transformation of the ma
ton into an armed camp or to devote
the future generations to an univer-
sal and unnecessary state of military
training. In insisting that our mill
tary necessities are defensive and
will be answered by a reasonable
body of we'll trained citizen soldiery
and that our wars will be those of
the sea, and that there we need
naval establishment second to none
in the world, he has exhibited the