The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-05-04
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.


The Democratic Party welcomes the
opportunity to present to our people,
after three years Of power in the Ma
ton and sixteen in the State, it's record
of service and achievement, and it
confidently appeals thereon to them
for endorsement and approval.
Republic In Hands Of Public Servants.
We find it our first duty and highest
| privilege to endorse the administra-
ton of Woodrow Wilson. Under his
leadership as President, more import
ant constructive legislation of benefit
| to the great body OF our people has
been enacted than IN any decade of
our history. Under him and the Dem
ocratic Congress it has been demon
strated that our Republic is at last in
the hands Of public servants who ex-
| ercise their powers in the interest of
the whole people as opposed to the in
terest of any class whatsoever. He
has maintained the highest traditions
of his great office and the noblest
ideals of the party under whose ban
ner he serves. And not only SO; this
Republic and the human race have
| found in him in the supreme crisis
of world affairs leader equal to every
emergency and worthy of universal
| confidence. With a wisdom, patience
and courage that have added lustre to
his office, he has managed the many
complicated international situations
that have arisen in such a way as to
command universal admiration. And
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mainly the fruits of centuries of civil
iZation as embodied in international
law and at the same time to uphold
every right dear to the hearts Of Am.
orleans, we commend him to all men
and send to him the assurance Of our
unfaltering support.
Now that our republic stands alone
as the one remaining great nation of
the earth at peace while the conditions
abroad are SO fraught with source Of
alarm and unrest, we feel assured that
the President who has amidst the con.
fusion of the times held the republic
in so safe and wise a course, can be
trusted more confidently than any
other to guide our country in its for
eign relations and to direct our peo-
pie In all the steps necessary to pre-
pare her against attack from any
source. We therefore, commend to
out Representatives in Congress and
to our people his program of prepar
edness.
We have enacted a revision of the
in the interest of the whole people.
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for the benefit of a favored few. At
the same time we have given to the
nation a system of revenue entirely
adequate to it's necessities. We have
supplemented this tariff with an in
come tax, the effect Of which is to
remove from the rank and file of our
people the heavier burden of taxation
and to place that burden upon those
who are more able to bear it and who,
in common Justice ought to bear it.
Currency System Preventer of Panics
In the Federal Reserve Banking Act
our party has given to the country q
currency system that commands uni
versal commentator. It has made
money monopolies impossible and pro-
assures to the farmers and other pro-
ducers a supply Of money that auto.
matically prevents the depression of
prices and facilitates the marketing of
crops. 1t has removed the control Of
the money of the country from the
financial centers of Wall Street, in
New York, to the Treasury of the
United States at Washington, and has
thereby made financial str1ngencies
and panics thing of the past. Under
the supreme test Of a wOrldwar this
act has served not only to save our !
people from disaster but to vouchsafe |
to them as unparalleled prosperity.
In the Clayton Antitrust law we
have successfully grappfed with the
great problem Of trusts and monop-
olies with injury to any lawful indus
try.
In a word, throughout this land un-
der the Democratic party the powers
of government have been exercised
now for three years in the interest
of the whole people, resulting in a
degree and extent Of justice, prosper
ity, and order, the like of which no
people has ever known.
With so much already done the adj
m1nistration is just now. proceeding
to crown it's record of constructive
service with a Rural Credits Act, un-
der which it is proposed, to provide
at the lowest expense an abundant
credit for the farmers Of the nation,
and this convention gives hearty en-
dorsement to this act.
We endorse the record of our Senar
tors and Representatives in Congress-;
and we view with pride the positions
of responsibility. honor and service !