Evening star., 1924-06-29

States rights reaffirmed to o
cessive ocean freight charges or
products of farm and factory
We declare that the government
should own and operate such mer.
chant ships as will insure the accom-
plfshment of these purposes and tc
continue such operations so long az
1t may be necessary without OBJ.
structins the development anG
growth of a privately owned Amer
lean flag shipping.
EDUCATIoN,
We believe. with Thomas Jefferson
and other founders Of the republic
that ignorance Is the enemy Of free
dom, and that each state. being re-
sponsible for the intellectual and
moral qualifications of its citizens
and for the expenditure of moneys
collected by taxation for the support
of its schools. shall use its sovereign
right in all matters pertaining to
education. The federal government
sci. advice and aid as may be made
available through the federal agen-
cies for the general improvement OF
our schools in view of our national
needs.
CIVIL SERVICE,
We denounce the action Of the Re.
publican administration in it's viola
tions of the principles of civil service
by its partisan removals and manipu.
Post Office Department and other
governmental departments: by its
packing the Civil Service Commits
sion 50 that that commission became
the seryile instrument Of the admin
istration in it's wish to deny to the
ex-service men their preferential
rights under the law and the evasion
of the requirements of the law with
reference to appointments in the de-
partment.
We pledge the Democratic party
faithfully to comply with the spirit
as well as the regulation of civil
service; to extend it's provision to IN
ternal revenue officers and to other
executive positions. and to secure &c
ex-service men preference In sucf
appointments.
POSTAL EMPLOYEES,
We declare in favor of adequate
salaries to provide decent living con-
ditions for postal employees
POPULAR ELECTIONS.
We pledge the Democratic party to
a policy which will prevent members
of either House who fail of reelection
from participating in the subsequent
sessions of Congress. This can be
accomplished by fixing the days FOL
after the biennial national election
and to this end we favor granting the
right to the people Of the several
states to vote on proposed Constitu-
tional amendments.
PROBATION.
We favor the extension of the pro-
baton principle to the courts of the
United States.
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN,
We welcome the women of the ma
ton to their rightful place by the
side Of men in the control of the
government whose burdens they have
always shared.
lates them upon the essential part
which they have taken in the prog
ress of our country and the zeal with
which they are using their political
power to aid the enactment of ben
fidelity in the public service.
VETERANS OF WARS,
We favor generous appropriations,
honest management and sympathetic
care and assistance in the hospitali-
cation, rehabilitation and compensa-
tion of the veterans of all wars and
their dependents. The humanizing of
the veterans bureau is imperatively
required.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS,
The nation now knows that the
predatory interests have, by supply
ing Republican campaign funds, sys-
tematically purchased legislative IA
vors and administrative immunity.
The practice must stop: our nation
must return to honesty and decency
in politics. Elections are public af-
fairs conducted for the sole purpose
Of ascertaining the will of the sover-
eign voters. Therefore. we demand
that national elections shall hereafter
be kept free from the poison Of eN-
cessive private contributions. To this
end we favor reasonable means OF
candidates properly before the. peo-
pie for federal offices may present
their claims at a minimum of cost
Such publicity should precede the pri-
mary and the election. We favor the
prohibition of individual contribu
tions, direct and indirect. to the cam
paign funds Of congressman, senators
or presidential candidates. beyond a
reasonable sum to be fixed in the law
for both Individual contributions and
total expenditures, with requirements
for full publicity. We advocate a
CCIupISlC oI thC PI AZ
tice act to prevent Newberryism and
the election evils disclosed by recent
NARCOTICS,
Recognizing In narcotic addiction
especially the spreading OF heroin
addiction among the youth. a grave
peril to America and to the human
race: we pledge ourselves vigorously
to take against 1t all legitimate and
proper measures for education, for
control and for suppression%a at home
and abroad.
LAW ENFORCEMENT,
The Republican administration has
failed to enforce the prohibition law
is guilty Of trafficking In liquor per-
mits and has become the protector OF
The Democratic party pledges itself
to respect and enforce the Constitu-
ton and all laws.
THE RIGHTS OF THE STATES.
We demand that the states Of the
Union shall be preserved in all their
vigor and power, They constitute a
bulwark against the centrafizing and
destructive tendencies of the Repub-
lican party.
Is We condemn the efforts Of the Re-
publican party to nationalist the
functions and duties of the states.
We oppose the extension OF bu-
reaucracy. the creation of unneces-
sar.. bureaus and federal agencies
and the multiplication Of ofices and
ofiaoeholders.
We demand . revival OF the spirit
OF local self-government essential to
the preservation of tho free fnstitu-