New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-06-29
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Farmers-Party Would
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Foreign Policy Improve
ments Advocated and
Pleas for World Peace
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the platform submitted by the reso-
lutions committee to the Democratic
National convention follows:
We. the Democratic party in con-
vention assembled, pause to pay
our tribute of love and respect to
the memory OF him who in his life
and in his official actions voiced
the hopes and aspirations of all
good men and women OF every race
and cline. the former president of
the United States, Woodrow Wilson.
His spirit moves on and his eX
amples and deeds will eXalt those
who come after us as they have in
spired us.
We are grateful that we were
privileged to work with him and
again pay tribute to his high ideals
and accomplishments.
We reaffirm our devotion to the
principles of democratic government
formulated by Jefferson and en-
forced by long and illustrious line
Of democratic presidents.
We hold that government must
but to preserve equal opportunity SO
that all may share In our priceless
resources: and not confine prosperity
to a favored few. We. therefore.
pledge the democratic party to en-
courage business, small and great
alike; to conserve human happi-
ness and liberty: to break the
shackles of monopoly and free bust
ness of the nation; to respond to
popular will.
The function OF a national plat
form is to declare general principles
and party policies We do not,
therefore, assume to bind our party
respecting local issues or details OF
legislation.
We. therefore. declare the policy
of the democratic party with regard
to the following dominant issues:
The Rights OF the States
We demand that the constitu-
tional rights and powers of the
states shall be preserved in their
full vigor and virtue. These consti-
tute q bulwark against centraliza-
ton and the destructive tendencies
of the republican party.
We oppose bureaucracy and the
multiplication of offices and office
holders.
We demand revival of the spirit
Of local self government without
which free institutions cannot be
preserved.
Republican Corruption
Unblushingly the republican party
offers as its record agriculture pros
trate, industry depression, American
shipping destroyed, workmen with
out employment. everywhere dis
gust and suspicion and corruption
UNPUBLISHED and unafraid.
Never in the entire history Of the
country has there occurred in any
given period of time or, indeed, in
all time put together. such spec
tacle of sordid corruption and UNI
abashed rascality as that which has
characterized the administration of
federal affairs under eight blighting
years of republican rule. Not the
revels of reconstruction nor all the
evil era. have approached in sheer
audacity the shocking thieveries and
startling depravities OF officials high
and low in the public service at
Washngt on. From cabinet minis
tiers, with their reasonable crimes,
to the cheap vendors of official pa
tronage, from the purchasers of
seats in the United States senate to
the vulgar grafters of the disabled
veterans of the World war;from the
givers and receivers of stolen funds
for republican campaign purposes
to the public men who sat by silent
" conserving and never revealing u
fact or uttering a word in condem-
nation, the whole official organiza-
ton under republican rule has be-
come saturated with dish onesty de-
tiant of public opinion and actuated
only by Il partisan desire to perpetu-
ste its control of the government.
As in the time of Samuel j. Til
den, from whom the presidency was
stolen. the watchword of the day
should be: Turn the rascals out"
This is the appeal of the democratic
party to the people of the country.
TO this fixed purpose should be de-
voted every effort and applied every
resources of the party: to this end
every minor difference and non-es-
sential issue should be put aside and
a determined and a. united fight be
made to rescue the government
from those who have betrayed their
trust by disgracing It,
Economy and Reorganization
The democratic party stands for
efficiency and economy in the ad-
ministration of public affairs and
we pledge:
(a) Business-like reorganization
of all the departments of the gov
eminent.
b. Elimination of duplication,
waste and overlapping.
(c) Substitution of modern bust
ness-like methods for existing obso-
lete and Anticipated conditions.
No economy resulted from the re-
publican party rule. The savings
they claim take no account of the
elimination Of expenditures follow
ing the end of the World War. the
large sums realized from the sale of
war materials. nor its failure to
supply sufficient funds for the eff
cient conduct of many important
governmental activities.
Finance and Taxation
(a) The federal reserve system
created and inaugurated under