The border vidette., 1924-11-01
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

The Democratic State platform
adopted by the party council Is
q declaration Of principles which
clearly covers every govern
mental condition OF the state. 1t
gives the most emphatic endorse
ment to the national Democratic
ticket, Davis and Bryan and the
nationa! Democratic platform.
! 1t gives enthusiastic and just
praise to the efficiency and fidel
ity of Governor George W. p.
Hunt, Senator Henry r. Ash.
nrst and Congressman Carl Hay
den. The Democrats of Arizona
! We're placed ON record as con
demning official corruption which
has featured the Republican ma
tional administration during the
past four years, incidents Of this
official corruption including the
Teapot Dome transaction which
drove Albert r. Fall and Secre
tary Weeks into political obliv
ion, on the stealing of money
provided for disabled soldiers by
Forbes, and the disaraceful con
duct of Attorney General Daugh
erty in his criminal association
with notorious underworld char.
acterS.
The platform gives the party
pledges that Democratic officials
will do all In their power to
bring about the early develop.
! ment Of the Colorado river un.
der conditions which will pre-.
serve and guard all the rights Of
Arizona to the rights OF that
stream TO be used for irrigation
| aud for the generation OF power
in this state.
The labor plank was plainly
written in it's declaration Of the
fact that the Democratic: party
has always been the friend of
labor and ever ready to provide
the best conditions for the man
who labors, conditions made safe
by laws for the preservation Of
the independence Of the workers
in the state. The platform also
pledges the Democratic party to
enforce and preserve all laws
| heretofore enacted in this state
+, for the benefit OF labor.
Governor Hunt and the state
road department was praised for
| the excellent work carried on
during the two years, since Jan
uary, 1923, when the governor
returned to the executive chair.
The platform condemns the mis-
appropriation and waste OF road
money under the former Repub
lican administration headed by
Elk. Governor Campbell. The
Demo cratic party is pledged to
contin ne to continue to build
good roads necessary to the &C
commodation of the people OF
this state and TO match all fed
ernl road money available in the
future as has been done during
the past two years. The plat
form recorded saving OF more
than $50, COO in the purchase of
school books alone by the pres
ent Democratic administration
| and pointed 10 the superior &C
| counting system installed in our
| educational institutions and pub
lie schools during the past year.
The Democratic party in the
state was pnt on record rs ex.
| posing the Ku Klux Khan organ,
ization in this state as being an
un. American organization and
| pledged the party to maintain
the constitution and by laws Of
the country which provides for
religious freedom, free speech,
the right Of assemblage and for
a free press. The Republican
platform also condemned the
K!uxers, so now the members of
this organization are left to
themselves TO take what politi.
cal action they may choose.
| Many other subjects of i'm
portance were dealt with in the
Democratic platform, all Of
which should meet the approval
o: all who believe in Demo
cratic government and b party
which is seeking to act for the
welfare Of the people.
The Phoenix Gazette com
mentiug on the state Democratic
platform, says:
High praise is due the Dem.
ocratjc council which had the
drafting of the Democratic state
platform for the ensuing cam
paigp. AS d document setting