The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-29
MANY PLANKS DEAL BITTERLY
 WITH COP. RULE Dominant Issue Of Cam paign Created By Ex-
 isting Conditions FAITH IN WILSON
 IS REAFFIRMED Comparison Of Adminis- trations Is Urged By ! Policy Framer

NEW 4Ohh, June Zl.-lne CexC OA the ulatform submitted to the demo- cratic national convention by its reso- lntions follows:
 DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
 We, the representatives of the demo- cratic party in national convention as- semble, pay. our profound homage to the memory of Woodrow Wilson. Our hearts are filled with gratitude that American democracy should have pro- duced this man, whose spirit and influ- ence will live on through the ages; and that it was our privilege to have CO., operated with him in the advancement of ideals of government which will serve as an example and inspiration 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 tri- nmph of the principles of democracy, to which he dedicated his life.
 2 DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES
 The democratic party believes in equal rights to all and special privi- leges to none. The republican party holds that special privileges are essen- tial to national prosperity. It believes that national prosperity must originate with the special interests and seep down through the channels of trade to tile less-favored- industries, to the wage earners and small salaried employees. 1t has accordingly enthroned privilege and nnrtured selfishness.
 = The republican party is concerned chiefly with material things; the demo- cratic party is concerned chiefly with human rights. The masses, burdened by discriminating laws and unjust ad- ministration are demanding relief. The favored special interests, represented by the republican party contenteS with their unjust privileges are demanding that no change be made. The demo- cratic party stands for remedial legis- lation and progress. The republican party stands still.
 s. COMPARISON OF PARTIES v We urge the American people to compare the record of eight unsullied years of democratic administration with that of the republican administra- tio9. In the former there was no cor ruption. The party pledges were faith fully fulfilled, and a democratic Con- gress enacted an extraordinary number of constructive and remedial laws. The ecomnomic life of the nation was Quickened. Tariff taxes were reduced. A federal trade commission was created. A federal farm loan system was estab- aished. Child labor legislation was ens actId. A good roads bill was passed. Eight hour laws were adopted. A sec retatY of labor was given a seat in the cabinet of the President. The Clayton amendment to the Sherman antitrust act was passed, freeing American labor and taking it from the category of com modities. By the Smith-Lever bill im- proyement of agricultural conditions was effected. A corrupt practice act was adopted. A well-considered ware house act was passed. Federal employ ment bureaus were created, farm loan banks were organized and federal re- serve system was established. Privi- lege was .uprooted. A corrupt lobby was driven from the national capital. A higher sense of individual and ma tional duty was aroused. America en- joyed an unprecedented period of social and material progress.
 During the time which inter
 Vened between the inauguration of q
 a democratic administration on
 March 4, 1918, and our entrance
 into the World War, we placed upon the statute books of our cOun- 5try more effective, constructive
 and remedial legislation than the; < republican party had placed there ~
 in a generation.
 During the great struggle which fol- lowed 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 exalted Ia kO hn ord of the last three and a half years make the nation ashamed. It marks the contrast between a high conception of public service and an avid purpose to distribute spoils.
 K REPUBLICAN INEFFICIENCY
 AND CORRUPTION
 4 Never before in our history has the eovernment been so tainted with cor ruption and never has an administra- tion so utterly failed. The nation. was appalled, by the revelations of political depravity which has characterized pub lie affairs.
 We arraign the republican party for attempting to limit inquiry into official delinquincies and to impede if not to Illustrate the investigations to which in fhe beginning the republican party lead 6rs assented but which later they re- Earded. with dismay. These investiga- Hons sent the former Secretary of the Interior to Three Rivers in disgrace and aishonor. These investigations revealed the incapacity and indifference to pub lie obligation of the Secretary of the Navy, compelling him, by force of pub lie opinion, to quit the cabinet. These diyestigations confirmed the general impression as to the unfitness' of the Attorney General by exposing an of Hcial situation and personal contacts which shocked the conscience of the na- siou and compelled his dismissal from he cabinet. These investigations dis 1losed the appalling conditions of the Veterans' bureau with its fraud upon, The government and it's cruel neglect of sha sick and disabled soldiers of the World war. Thse investigations re- sealed the criminal and fraudulent na- fire of the oil leases which caused the Congress, despite the indifference of the executive, to direct recovery Ot the public domain and the prosecution of
 Such are the exlgencies of parti-
 san politics that republican leaders are teaching; the strange doctrine
 that public censure should be df-
 2; rected against those who expose < crime rather than against criminals
 who have committed the Offenses.
 If only three cabinet officers out X of ten .a disgraced, the country j is asIxa marvel at how many are [. fral taint. Long bOastful ~ the only party "fit to
 nan party has
 n even
 itself.