The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-07-12
THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE PLATFORM
Adopted by the State COnven'
tiOn Held in Indianapolis,
June 19, 1918.
Declares That Winning of the War
Takes Precedence Over Every
Other Issue.

indianapolis, June 2O.-The foll~w-
ing is the complete text of the p It.
form adopted by the Democratic State
Convention, held In this city yester.
day
The Democra OF Indiana. In con-
vention assembled, adopt the follow
ing declaration to the end that the
people OF the state may be apprised
OF the policies to which the party is
committed
1. The immediate purpose of the
Democratic party. the purpose which
takes precedence of every other, is to
win tho war. The fate OF true democ.
racy everywhere depends upon It's be-
ing won. Its object IL To rid the world
once for all OF the threat Of violence
and Injustice which must hang over
II so long IA there nywhere an
autocratic government which can dis
turb its peace or dominate It's for
tunes. The outrages against right
which Germany has committed have
directly touched our own citizens and
Our own liberties. and they have done
much more than that. They have
threatened right and liberty every
where. and Germany must be brought
TO terms by such n victory as will
leave no d~~'t =. tho mil " Of her
rulers ny people as 10 what
forces 4ankind Wo entered
upon on ent course I'm self.de'
fenss 4 Il menacinG assault,
directed INST our freedom, and our
nationa itegrity: we shall not
abandon II until our objective Is
definitely attained.
2. Because we mean tc win tho
war, II Is our purpose To pport and
sustain TO the utmost the iminisira
tion OF Woodrow Wilson. Ills admin
istration can better be supported b,
those who believe in II and trust 4
than by those who are CONSTANT,
eager 10 make a selfish use OF wha'
they conceive To be its mistakes. II
is, therefore, our purpose to supply
the administration in our nominees
with men who are It's real and un
questionable friends.
3. We are confirmed and strength
ened I'm our support or the admins
tration. and are in full harmony will
II. not merely because We are at wa
and must stand behind the only com
mon instrumentality through whicl
we can win II. but also because tn
administration has deserved our con
fidence by its record.
4. Our purposes look also beyon'
the period of the war. We recogniz
that the war must of necessity be 70
lowed by period of Reconstruction
10 whose problems IL will be neces
sary that the best. most sympathetl
and most liberal minds OF the countr.
should be devoted. Those problem
will some OF them be new, and man
OF them, though old problems. Vii
wear a new aspect and significance
They must be approached without r.
gard TO old party catch-words. formr
las or prepossessions. in full recogn
ton OF the fact that they are new an
must be dealt with in a new way.
s. AS full development as poss
bic OF vocational training must be III
dertaken, particular attention bein
given 10 the rehabilitation OF thos
who have been in one way or anothe
disabled by the war. Opportunitie
for their industrial employment mus
be sought and found and they nus
be equipped TO take advantage {
those opportunities
6. And not in their case alon
must the sympathetic aid OF the fee
eral government be given TO the all,
cation OF labor. the development {
its skill and the establishment {
proper labor conditions. but sue
services must be rendered all labo
ers and systematic effort must /
made 20 raise the whole level. {
labor conditions and facilitate the a
cess of labor TO employment and IL
Improvement OF its preparation al
training.
We must seek 10 avoid In II
HWNca H-s.4Ss-s'o -nnHnan.