Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-01
REPUBLICAN, PARTY
CORRUPT POLICIES
/ SEVERELY SCORED

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NEW YORK, June 27.-The text
of the platform submitted to the
Democratic national convention by
its resolutions follows:
Democratic Platform
We, the representatives of the
Democratic party, n national con
vention assembled, pay our pro
found homage to the memory OF
Woodrow Wilson. Our hearts are
filled with gratitude that American
Democracy should have produced this
man, whose spirit and influence will
live on through the ages; and that
Ct was our privilege to have coop
Grated with him in the advancement
of ideals of government which will
serve as an example and 1nSplra-
ton for this and future generations.
We affirm our abiding faith in those
ideals and pledge ourselves to take
up the standard which he bore and
to strive for the full triumph of
the principles of democracy to which
he dedicated his life.
Democratic Principles
The Democratic party believes in
equal rights to all and special priv
ilege to none. The Republican party
holds that special privileges are es-
sential to national prosperity. 1t be-
lieves that national prosperity must
originate with the special interests
and seep down through the chan
nels of trade to the less favored in
dustries, to the wage earners and
small salaried employees. 1t has ac-
cordingly enthroned privilege and
nurtured selfishness. The Repub'
lican party is concerned chiefly
with material things. The Democrat
ic party is concerned chiefly with
human rights. The masses, burden
ed by discriminating laws and un-
just administration, are demanding
relief. The favored special interests,
represented by the Republican
party, contented. with their unjust
privileges, are demanding that no
change be made. The Democratic
party stands for remedial legisla-
ton and progress. The Republican
party stands still.
Comparison of Parties
We urge the American people to
compare the record of eight unsul-
lied years of Democratic admins
tration with that of the Republican
administration. In the former there
was no corruption. The party
pledges were faithfully fulfilled, and
a Democratic congress enacted an
extraordinary number Of construc-
tive and remedial laws. The eco
nomic life of the nation was quick
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A federal trade commission was Gre
ated. A federal farm loan system
was established. Child labor legis-
lation was enacted. A good roads
bill was passed. Eight hour laws
were adopted. A secretary Of labor
was given a seat in the cabinet of
the president. The Clayton amend
ment to the Sherman antitrust act
was passed, freeing American Ia
Dor and taking it from the cate
CORY Of commodities. BY the Smith
Lever bill Improvement of agricul-
tural conditions was effected. A
corrupt practice act was adopted. A
well-onsidered warehouse act was
passed. Federal employment bu-
reaus were created, farm loan banks
were organized and federal reserve
system was established. Privilege
was uprooted. A corrupt lobby was
driven from the national capital.
A higher sense of individual and ma
tional duty was aroused. America
enjoyed an unprecedented period of
social and material progress.
During the time which interviewed
between the inauguration Of a Dem
ocratic administration on March 4,
1913, and our entrance into the world
wa, we placed upon the statute
books of our country more effective,
constructive and remedial legisla-
tion than the Republican party had
placed there in generation.
During the great struggle which
followed we had a leadership that
carried America to greater heights
of honor and power and glory than
she had ever known before in her
entire history.
Transition from this period of ex-
allied Democratic leadership to the
soroid record of the last three and
a half years makes the nation
ashamed. 1t marks the contrast be-
tween a high conception of public
service and an avid purpose to dis
tribute spoils.
Republican Inefficiency- and Cor.
ruptiOn
Never before in our history has
the government been so tainted
with corruption and never has an
administration so utterly failed. The
nation has been appalled, by the rev.
Citations of political depravity
which have characterized the con-
duct Of public affairs. We arraign
the Republican party for attempting
to limit inquiry into official delin-
quencies and to impede, if not to
Illustrate the Investigations to which,
in the beginning the Republican par
ty leaders assented but which later
they regarded with dismay. These
Investigations sent the former Sec
rotary of the interior to Three Riv.
ers in disgrace and diShonor. These
Investigations revealed the incapaci-
ty and Indifference to public obli-
cations of the secretary of the navy,
compelling him, by force of public
opinion, to quit the cabinet. These
Investigations Confirmed the general
impression as to the unfitness of the
attorney general by exposing an Of
fetal situation and personal contacts
which shocked the conscience of the
nation and compelled his dismissal
from the cabinet. These investiga-
tons disclosed the appalling condi-
tions of the veterans bureau with
ats fraud upon the government and
Its cruel neglect Of the sick and
disabled soldiers of the World war;
These Investigations revealed the
criminal and fraudulent nature of
the oil leases, which caused the con-
gress, despite the Indifference Of the
executive, to direct recovery of the
public domain and the prosecution
of the criminal.
Such ave the eXigencies of parti.
san politts that Republican lead.
ers are teaching the strange doc.
trine tina: public censure should be