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DEMOCRATS ADOPT PARTY PLATFORM RINGING
WITH MOST PRONOUNCED PROGRESSIVE IDEALS
Document Covers Every Sub
ject of Importance Which
Has Been Under Discussion
for Last Four Years
BRYAN’S HAND PLAYED
BIG PART IN PLATFORM
Committee Deliberations From
First to Last Were Absolute
ly Harmonious. - Framers
Are Please iWth Their Work
(By A*xxtat»4 Pre**.)
BALTIM KE, July 2.—The follow
<ng Is the platform of the Democratic
* party
jS* “We, the representatives of the Dem
fe ocratic party of the United States, In
national convention assembled, reaffirm
aur devotion to the principles of Demo
i.’ cratic government formulated by Thom
as Jefferson and enforced by a long and
illustrious line of Democratic presi
dents.
TARIFF REFORM
~We declare it to be a fundamental
principle of the Democratic party that
the federal government under the con
• Btltutlon has no right or power to im
pose or collect tariff duties, except for
the purpose of revenue, and we demand
that the collection of such taxes shall
ba limited to the necessities of govern
ment honestly and economically admin
tered
“The high Republican tariff is the
principal cause of the unequal distribu
tion of wealth; it is a system of taxa
tion which makes the rich richer and
I the poor poorer; under its operations
the American farmer and laboring man
are the chief sufferers, the tariff raises
the cost of the necessaries of life to
them, but does not protect their pro
duct or wages The farmer sells large
*ly in free markets and buys almost en
tirely in the protected markets. In the
most highly protected industries, such
r . *s cotton and wool, steel and iron, the
K wages of the laborers are lowest paid
> in any of our industries. We denounce
‘ the Republican pretense op that sub
ject and assert that American wages are
established by competitive conditions
and not by the tariff.
K "We favor the immediate downward
? revision of the existing high and. in
many cases, prohibitive tariff duties,
insisting that material reductions be
speedily made upon the necessaries of
I*.* life. Articles entering Intb competi-
J. tion with trust-controlled products and
articles of American manufacture
which are sold abroad more cheaply
than at home should be put on the free
i list
■ • "We recognise that our system of
tariff taxation is intimately connected
with the business of the country and
we favor the ultimate attainment of the
prineiplr* we advocate by legislation
V that will not injure or destroy legiti
mate industry
DENOUNCE ACTION.
••We denounce the action of President
Past la vetoing the bill to reduce the
tariff in the cotton, woolen, metals and
chemical schedules and the farmers’
free list bill, all of which were design
ed to give immediate relief to the
I masses from the exactions of the trusts.
T The Republican party while promis
ing tariff revision, has shown by its
tariff legislation that such revision is
E not to be in the people s interest, and
having been faithless to its pledges of
I*oß it should no longer enjoy the con-
F* ffdence of the nation. We appeal to
the American people to support us In
' our demand for a tariff for revenue
only.
HIGH COST OF LIVING.
The high cost of living is a serious
fcl problem tn every American home. The
Republican party, in its platform, at
tempts to escape from responsibility
for present conditions by denying that
they are due to protective tariff. We
F take Issue with them on this subject
and charge that excessive prices result
In a large measure from the high tarln.
a laws enacted by the Republican party
and from trusts and commercial con
spiracies fostered and encouraged by
such laws .and we assert that no sub
| stantial relief can be secured for the
people until import duties on the neces
sities of life are materially reduced ano
g these criminal conspiracies broken up.
ANTI-TRUST LAW. ,
A private monopoly is indefensible
and intolerable. We therefore favor
the vigorous enforcement of the crim
inal as well as the civil law against
» trusts and trust officials and demand
the enactment of such additional legis
lation as may be necessary to make it
, Impossible for a private monopoly to
fe . exist In the United States.
We favor the declaration by law it
| ths conditions upon which corporaions
shall be permitted to engage in inter
»atate trade, including among others the
prevention of holding companies, of in-
DUBIOUS
About What Her Husband
• Would Say
t A Mich, woman tried Postum because
coffee disagreed with her and her hus
band. Tea is just as harmful as coffee
; because it contains caffeine—the same
drug found In coffee. Sie writes:
“My husband was sick for three years
with catarrh of the bladder, and palpita
tion of the heart, caused by coffee. Was
K unable to work at all and in bed part of
the time.
"I had stomach trouble, was weak and
fretful so I could not attend to my house
work—both of us using coffee ail the
time and not realizing it was harmful.
, "One morning the grocer s wife said
r , she believed coffee was the cause of our
.. trouble and advised Postum. I took it
|- home rather dubious what my husband
S would say—be was fond of coffee.
"But I took coffee right off the table
I and we haven’t used a cup of It since.
You should have seen the change in us.
■' and now my husband never complains of
I heart palpitation any more. My stomach
trouble went away in two weeks after I
began Postum. My children love it and
it does them good, which can’t be said
h. of coffee.
"A lady visited us who was usually
half sick. I told her I’d make her a cup
of Post urn She said it was tasteless
stuff, but ahe watched me make It. boil
ing it thoroughly for 15 minutes, and
when done she said it was splendid.
Long boiling brings out the flavour and
food quality.” Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek. Mich.
Look in pkgs, for the famous little
■book. "The Road to Wellville.’’
Ever read the above letter?
A new one appears from time
to time. They are genuine,
true and full of human inter
est.
SUMMARY OF PLATFORM
ADOPTED BY DEMOCRATS
BALTIMORE July 2.—The following is a summary of the Demo
cratic platform:
k Reaffirms party’s devotion to the principles of Democratic govern
ment as formulated by Jefferson.
Declares for a tariff for revenue only and denounces "the high Re
publican tariff as the principal cauae of the unequal distribution of
wealth.’* , . . .. ...
Favors Immediate downward revision of present duties, especially upon
necessaries of life.
Favors gradual reduction so as not to Interfere with or destroy legiti
mate industries.
Denounces President Taft for vetoing tariff bills of last congress.
Condemns Republican party "for failure to redeem Its promises of
1908 for downward revision.”
Takes issue with the Republican platform as to the high cost of liv
ing. contending it is largely due to high tariff laws.
Favors vigorous enforcement of the original features of the anti
trust law Demands such additional legislation as may be necessary to
crush private monopoly. Declares for presidential preference primaries.
Direct national committee to provide for selection at primaries of mem
bers of national committee.
Pledges party to enactment of law prohibiting campaign contributions
by corporations 4P<l unreasonable campaign contributions by individuals.
Favors Ingle presidential term and making president ineligible for re
election. >
Felicitates Democratic congress on Its record, enumerating Important
achievements and pledges an adequate navy.
Denounces Republican administration on charge of extravagance and
demands return to simplicity and economy befitting a Democratic govern
*nentF-avors efficient supervision and rate regulation of railroads, express
companies, telegraph and telephone lines, and a valuation of these compa
nies by the interstate commerce commission, and also legislation
against over-issuance of stocks of corporations. In connection with a de
mand for such a revision of the banking laws as will give temporary re
lief in case of financial distress, there is a denunciation of the Aldrich
bill prepared by the monetary commission. .
The present method of depositing government funds Is condemned
and party is pledged to the enactment of a law for the deposit of such
funds by competitive bidding in state or national banks, without dis
crimination as to locality.
Recommends investigation of agricultural credit societies in Europe
tn ascertain whether a system of rural credits may be devised suitable
to conditions in the Lnited States.
Pledges party to enactment of legislation to prevent devastation of
lower Mississippi valley by floods, and the control of the Mississippi is
declared to be a national,, rather than a stale problem. The maintenance
of navigable channel in also recommended.
terlocking - eetors, of stock watering,
of discrimination in price, and the con
trol by any one corporation of su
large a proportion of any industry as
to make it a menace to competitive
conditions.
We condemn the action of the Repub
lican administration in compromising
with the Standard Oil company and the
tobacco trust and its failure to invoke
the criminal provisions of the anti-trust
law against the officers of those cor
porations after the court had declared
that from the undisputed facts in the
record they had violated the criminal
provisions of the law.
We regret that the Sherman anti
trust law has received a judicial con
struction depriving it of much of Its
efficiency, and we favor the enactment
of legislation which will restore to the
statute the strength of which it has
been deprived by such Interpretation.
RIGHTS OF THE STATES.
We believe in the preservation and
maintenance in their full strength and
integrity of the three co-ordinata
branches of the federal government—
the executive, the legislative and the
judicial—each keeping within its own
bounds and not encroaching upon the
just powers of either of the others.
Believing tnat the most efficient re
sults under our system of government
are to be attained by the full exercise
by the states of their reserved sover
eign powers, we denounce as usurpation
the efforts of our opponents jo deprive
the states of any of the rights reserved
to them, and to enlarge and magnify
by indirection the powers of the fed
eral government.
We insist upon the full exercise of
all the powers of the government, both
state and national, to protect the peo
ple from Injustice at the hands of those
who seek to make the government a
private asset in business. There is no
twilight xone between the nation and
the state In which exploiting interests
can take refuge from both. It is as
necessary that the federal government
shall exercise the powers reserved to
it, but we Insist that federal reme
dies for the regulation of interstate
commerce and for the prevention of pri
vate monopoly shall be added to and not
substituted for state remedies.
INCOME TAX AND POPULAR ELEC
TION OF SENATORS.
We congratulate the country upon the
triumph of two important reforms de
manded in \ the last national platform,
namely, the amendment of the federal
constitution authorising an income tax
and the amendment providing for the
popular election of senators, and We
call upon the people of all the states to
rally to the support of the pending
propositions and secure their ratifica
tion. ‘ i
We note with gratification the unani
mous sentiment in favor Os publicity be
fore election of campaign
a measure demanded in our national
platform of 1908, and at that time op
posed by tha Republican party, and We
commend the Democratic house of repre
sentatives for extending the doctrine of
publicity to recommendations, verbal and
written, upon which presidential ap
pointments are made, to the ownership
and control of newspapers and to the ex
penditures made by and In behalf of
those who aspire to presidential nomina
tions. and we point for additional jus
tification tor this legislation to the enorm
ous expenditures of money in behalf of
the president and his predecessor In the
recent contest. Republican nomination
for president.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES.
The movement toward more popular
government should be promoted through
legislation In each state which will per
mit the expression of the preference of
the electors for national candidates at
pkesidental primaries.
We direct that the national committee
Incorporate in the call for the next nom
inating convention a requirement that
all expressions of preference for pres
idential candidates shall be given, and
the selection of delegates and alternates
made through a primary election of del
egates and alternates made, through a
primary election conducted by the party
organisation in each state where such
" expression and election are not provided
for by state law.
Committeemen who are hereafter to
constitute the membership of the Dem
ocratic national committee and whose
election is provided for by law shall be
chosen in each state at such primary
elections and the service and authority
of committeemen, however, chosen, shall
begin immediately upon the receipt of
their credentials, respectively.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
We pledge the Democratic party to the
enactment of a law prohibiting any cor
poration from contributing to a cam
paign fund and any individual from con
tributing any amount above a reason
able maximum.
TERM OF PRESIDENT.
We favor a single presidential term,
and to that end urge the adoption of an
amendment to the conatitution making
the president of the United States ineli
gible for re-election, and we pledge the
candidate of this convention to this prin
ciple. . ,
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS.
At this time, when the Republican par
ty after a generation of unlimited power
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1912.
, in its control of the federal government,
• is lent into factions, it Is opportune to
. point to the record of accomplishments
i qf the Democratic house of representa
tives in the sixty-second congress.
We indorse its action and we chal
lenge comparison of its record with that
■ of any congress which has been con
trolled by our opponents.
We call the attention of the patriotic
Citizens of our country to its record of
efficiency, economy, and constructive
legislation. It has among other achieve
ments, revised the rules of the house,
so as to give to the representatives of
the American people freedom of
speech and of action In advocating, pro
posing and perfecting remedial legisla
tion.
It has passed bills for the relief of
the people and the development of our
i country and has endeavored to revise
the tariff taxes downward in the interest
of the consuming masses, and thus to
L reduce the high cost of living.
It has proposed an amendment to the
i federal constitution providing for the
• election of United States senators by
i the people.
i It has secured the admission of
i Arizona and New Mexico as two sov
ereign states. It has required the pub
licity of campaign expenses both before
. and after election, and fixed a limit up
i on the election expenses of United
States senators and representatives.
i It has also passed a bill to prevent
i the abuse of the writ of injunction.
EIGHT-HOUR DAY.
It has passed a law establishing an
eight-hour day for workmen on all na
tional pub]lc work.
It has passed a resolution which
forced the president to take immediate
steps to abrogate the Russian treaty.
And it has passed the great supply
bills which lessen waste and extrava-
> gance and which reduce the annual ex-
I penses of the government by many mil
lions of dollars.
We approve the measure reported by
the Democratic leaders in the house of
• representatives for the creation of a
i council of national defense, which will
! determine a definite naval prorgam with
a view to increased efficiency and econ
omy. The party that proclaimed and
has always enforced the Monroe doc
trine and was sponsor for the new navy,
will continue faithfully to observe the
, .constitutional requirements to provide
and maintain an adequate, well-propor
tioned navy aufficient to defend Ameri
[ can policies, protect our citizens and
uphold the honor and dignity of the na
, tlon.
REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAGANCE.
' We denounce the profligate waste of
the money wrung from the people by
oppressive taxation through the lavish
appropriations of recent Republican con
gresses, which have kept taxes high, and
reduced the purchasing power of the pe.o
--t pie’s toll. We demand a return to that
simplicity and economy which befits a
’ Democratic government, and a reduction
in the number of useless offices, the sal
aries of which drain the substance of
the people.
RAILROADS. EXPRESS COMPANIES,
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
LINES.
We favor the efficient supervision and
. rate regulation of railroads, express com
panies, telegraph and telephone lines en
gaged in interstate commerce.
’ To this end we recommend the valua-
> tlon of railroads, express companies,
i telegraph and telephone lines by the in
terstate commerce commission, such val
uation to take into consideration the
, physical value of the property, the orig
inal cost, the cost of reproduction, and
1 any element of valuation fair and just.
I We favor such legislation as will ef
fectually prohibit the railroads, express,
telegraph and telephone companies from
. engaging in business which brings
them into competition with their
shippers or patrons, also legis
lation preventing the over-issue of
j stocks and bonds by interstate railroads,
express companies, telegraph and tele
phone lines, and legislation which will as
sure such reduction in transportation
rates as conditions will permit, care
being taken to avoid reduction that would
! compel a reduction of wages, prevent
adequate service, or do injustice to legit
late investments.
BANKING LEGISLATION.
We oppose the so-called Aldrich bill or
’ the establishment of a central bank;
, and we believe the people of the country
, will be largely freed from panics and
i consequent unemployment and business
. depression by such a systematic revi
sion of our banking laws as will render
temporary relief in localities where such
relief Is needed, with protection from
1 control or dominion by what is known as
the money trust.
Banks exist for the accommodation
' of the public and not for the control
’ of business. AU legislation on the sub
ject of banking and currency should have
for its purpose the securing of these
> accommodations on terms of absolute
1 security to the public and of complete
I protection from the misuse of the power
• that wealth gives to those who possess
» It.
We condemn the present methods of (
depositing government funds tn a Jew
favored banks, largely situated in Or:
• controlled by "Wall street, in return for
> political favors," and we pledge our
party to provide by law for their deposit
by competitive bidding in the banking in
stitutions of the country, national and
state, without discrimination as to lo
cality, upon approved securities and sub
ject to the call of the government.
RURAL CREDITS.
Os equal Importance with the ques
tion of currency reform Is the question
of rural credits or agricultural finance.
The reform we recommend Is that an In
vestigation of agricultural credit**societies
in foreign countries be made, so that
It may be ascertained whether a system
of rural credits may be devised suitable
to conditions in the United States; and
we also favor legislation permitting na
tional ban Ms to loan a reasonable pro
portion of their funds on real estate se
curity.
We recognize the value of vocational
education, and urge federal appropria
tions for such training and extension
of l teaching of agriculture' in co-oper
ation with the several states.
WATERWAYS.
We renew the declaration in out last
platform relating to the conservation
of our natural resources and the devel
opment of our waterways. The present
devastation of the lower Mississippi
valley accentuates the movement for
the regulation of river flow by addition
al bank and levee protection below and
the diversion, storage and control of
the flood waters above and through the
utilization for beneficial purposes In
the reclamation of arid and swamp
land and the development of water
power, instead of permitting the floods
to continue, as heretofore, agents of
destruction.
MISSISSIPPI CONTROL.
We hold that the control of the Mis
sissippi river is a national problem.
The preservation of the depth of its
water for the purpose of navigation,
the building of levees to maintain the
integrity of its channel and the preven
tion of the overflow of the land and Its
consequent devastation resulting in the
Interruption of inter-state commerce,
the disorganization of tne mail service
and the enormous loss of life and prop
erty, impose an obligation which alone
can be discharged by the general gov
ernment.
To maintain an adequate depth of
water, the entire year and thereby en
courage water transportation, Is a con
summation work of legislative attention
and presents an issue, national in its
character. It calls for. prompt action
on the part of congress, and the Demo
cratic party pledges itself to the enact
ment of legislation leading to that end.
We favor the co-op6ration of the
United States and the respective states
in plans for the comprehensive treatment
of all waterways with a view of co-or
dinating plans for channel improvements
with plans for drainage of swamp and
overflowed lands, and to this end we
favor the appropriation by the federal
government of sufficient funds to make
surveys of such lands, to develop plans
for draing of the same, and to su
pervise the work of construction.
We favor the adoption of a liberal
and comprehensive plan for the develop
ment of our Inland waterways, with
economy and efficiency so as to permit
their navigation by vessels of standard
draft.
We favor national aid to state and
local authorities In the construction and
maintenance of post cards.
RIGHTS OF LABOR.
We repeat our declarations of the plat
form of 1908 as follows*.
"The courts of justice are the bulwark
of our liberties and we yield to none in
I our purpose to maintain their dignity.
Our party has given to the bench a long
line of distinguished justices who have
added to the respect'and "confidence in
which this department must be jealously
maintained. We result the attempt of
the Repub’lcan party to raise a false
issue respecting the judiciary. Jt is an
unjust reflection upon a great body of
our citizens to assume that they lack
respect for the courts.
"It Is the function of the courts to in
terpret the laws which the people enaci,
and If the laws appear to work economic,
social, and political injustice, it is our
duty to change them. The only basis up
on which the integrity of otlr courts
can stand is that of unswerving
and protection of life, personal liberty
any property. As judicial processes may
be abused, we should guard them against
has proved the necessity
of a modification of the present law
relating to Injunction,, and we reiterate
the pledges of our platforms of 1896 and
1904 in favor of a measure which passed
the United States senate In 1896, relating
to contempt in federal courts and pro
viding for trial by jury in cases of in
direct contempt.
JUDICIAL PRACTICE.
"Questions of judicial practice have
arisen, especially in connection with In
dustrial disputes.
"We believe that the parties to all
judicial proceedings should be treated
with rigid Impartiality, and that in
junctions should not be issued in any
case in which an Injunction would not
Issue if no industrial dispute was In
volved. ■ i j
"The expanding organization of indus
tries makes It essential that there should
be no abridgment of the right of the
wage earners and producers to organize
for the protection of wages and the
improvement of labor conditions, to the
end that such labor organizations and
their members should not be regarded
as Illegal combinations in restraint of
trade.
"We pledge the Democratic party to the
enactment of a law creating a depart
ment of labor represented separately In
the president’s cabinet, in which de
partment shall be Included the subject of
mines and mining.
"We pledge the Democratic party, so
far as the federal jurisdiction extends,
to an employes' compensation law, pro
viding adequate indemnity for injury to
body or loss of life.
CONSERVATION.
We believe in the conservation and
the development for the use of all the
people of the natural resources of the
country. Our forests, our sources of
water supply, cur arable and our miner
al lands, our navigable streams and all
the other material resources with which
our country has been so lavishly en
dowed, constitute the foundation of our
national wealth. Such additional leg
islation as may be necessary to prevent
their being wasted or absorbed by spe
cial or privileged interests, should be
enacted and the policy of their con
servation should be rigidly adhered to.
The public domain should be admin
istered and disposed of with due re
gard to the general welfare. Reserva
tions should be limited to the purposes
which they purport to serve and not
extended to include land wholly un
suited therfor. 'the unnecessary with
drawal from sale and settlement of
enormous tracts of public land, upon
which tree growth never existed and
cannot be promoted tends only to re
tard development, create discontent and
bring reproach upon the policy of con
servation.
BROAD PUBLIC LAWS.
The public land laws should be ad
ministered in a spirit of the broadest
liberality toward the settler exhibiting
a bona fide purpose to comply there
with, to the end that the invitation
of this government to the landless
should be as attractive as possible; and
’tfie plain provisions of the forest re
serve act permitting homestead entries
to be made within the national forests
which amount to a withdrawal of great
areas of the same from settlement.
Immediate action should be taken by
congress to make available the vast and
valuable coal deposits of Alaska under
conditions that will be a perfect guar
anty against their falling into the hands
of monopolizing corporations, associations
or . interests. *
We rejoice in the inheritance of mineral
resources unequalled In extent, variety
or value, and in the development of a
mining industry unequalled in its mag
nitude and importance. We honor the
men who, in their hazardous toil under
ground, daily risk their lives in extract
ing and preparing for our use the prod
ucts of the mine, so essential to the in
dustries, the commerce and the comfort
of the people of this country. And we
pledge our party to the extension of the
work of the bureau of mines in every
way appropriate for national legislation
with a view of safeguarding the lives
of the miners, lessening the waste of
essential resources, and promoting the
economic development of mining, which,
along with agriculture, must in the fu
ture, even more than in the past, serve
as the very foundation of our national
prosperity and welfare and our Inter
national comrnerce.
AGRICULTURE.
We believe in encouraging the develop
ment of a modern system of agriculture
and a systematic effort to improve the
conditions of trade in farm products
so as to benefit both the consumers
and producers. And as an efficient means
to this end, we favor the .enactment
by congress of legislation that will sup
press the pernicious practice of gambling
in agricultural products by organized ex
changes or others.
MERCHANT MARINE. .
We believe in fostering by constitution
al regulation of commerpe. the growth
of a merchant marine, which shall de
velop and strengthen the commercial ties
which bind us to our sister republics of
the south, but without imposing addition
al burdens upon the people and without
bounties or subsidies from the public
treasury. We urge upon congress thq
speedy enactment of laws for the greater
security of life and property at sea, and
we favor the repeal of all laws and
the abrogation of so much of our treaties
with other nations, as provide for the ar
rest and imprisonment of seamen charged
with desertion or with violation of
their contract of service. Such laws and
treaties are un-American and violate the
spirit if not the letter, of the constitution
of the United States.
We favor the exemption from tolls of
American ships engaged In coastwise
trade passing through the Panama
canal.
We also favor legislation forbidding
the use of the Panama canal by ships
>or controlled by railroad carriers
engaged in transportation competitive
with the canal.
PURE FOOD AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
We reaffirm our previous declarations
advocating the union and strengthen
ing of the various governmental agen
cies relating to pure foods, quarantine,
vital statistics and human health. Thus
united and administered without par
tiality to or discrimination against any
school of medicine or system of heal
ing, they would constitute a single
health service, not subordinated to any
commercial or financial Interests, but
devoted exclusively to the conservation
of human life and efficiency.
Moreover, this health service should
co-operate with the health agencies of
our various states and cities without
interference with "prerogatives or
with the freedom 6t individuals to em
ploy such medical or hygienic aid as
they may see fit.
CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
The law pertaining to the civil service
should be honestly and rigidly enforced,
to the end that merit and ability shall
be the standard of appointment and pro
motion, rather than service rendered to
a political party; and we favor a reor
ganization of the civil service with ade
quate compensation commensurate with
the class of work performed, for all of
ficers and employes; we also favor the
extension to all classes of civil service
employes of the benefits of the provis
ions of the employers’ liability law;
we also recognize the right of direct
petition to congress by employes for
the redress of grievances.
LAW REFORM.
We recognize the urgent need of re
form in the administration of civil and
criminal laws in the United States, and
we recommend the enactment of such
legislation and the promotion of such
measures as will rid the present legal
system of the delays, expense and uncer
tainties incident to the system as now
administered.
THE PHILIPPINES.
We reaffirm the position thrice an
nounced by the Democracy In national
convention assembled against a policy of
imperialism and colonial exploitation In
the Philippines or elsewhere. We con
demn the experiment in imperialism as
an Inexcusable blunder which has in
volved us in enormous expense, brought
us weakness instead of strength, and
laid our nation open to the charge* of
abandonment of the fundamental doctrine
of self-government. We favor an Im
mediate declaration of the nation’s pur
pose to recognize the independence of the
Philippine islands as soon as a stable
government can be established, such In
dependence to be guaranteed by us until*
the neutralization of the Islands can be
secured by treaty with other powers.
In recognizing the Independence of the
Philippines, our government should re
tain such land as may be necessary for
coaling stations and naval bases.
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO.
We welcome Arizona and New Mexico
to the sisterhood of states and heartily
congratulate them upon their auspicious
beginning of great and glorious careers.
ALASKA.
We demand for the people of Alaska
the full enjoyment of the rights and
privileges of aterrttorial form of gov
ernment and we believe that the. ofti:
cials appointed to administer the gov
ernment of all our territories and the
District of Columbia should be qualified
by previous bona fide residence.
THE RUSSIAN TREATY.
We commend the patriotism of the
Democratic members of the senate and
house of representatives which compelled
the termination of the Russian treaty of
1832, and we pledge ourselves anew to
preserve the sacred rights <if American
citizenship at home and abroad.
No treaty should receive the sanc
tion of our government which does not
recognize the equality of all our citi
zens irrespective of race or creed, and
which does not expressly guarantee the
fundamental right of expatriation.
The constitutional rights of American
citizens should protect them on our bor
ders and go with them throughout the
world and every American citizen re
siding or having property in any for
eign country is entitled to and must
be given the full protection of the
United States government both for him
self and his property.
PARCELS POST AND RURAL DE
LIVERY.
We favor the establishment of a
parcel post or postal express and also
the extension of the rural delivery sys
tem as rapidly as practicable.
PANAMA, CANAL EXPOSITION. '
We hereby express bur deep interest
in the great Panama canal exposition
to be held In San Francisco in 1915 and
Dr. M. L. Troutman
Still Desperately 111
At Home In Athens
ATHENS, Ga., July 3.—Dr. Troutman
continues desperately ill. His physician,
•Dr. I. H. Goss, reports that there has
been practically no change in his con
dition today.
The Rev. Mr. Troutman is well known
in Atlanta, having been pastor of the
Park Street Methodist church, in West
"End, for four years. When he re
signed his position in 1908 to take the
pastorate of the First Methodist church
in Athens, his departure was regretted
by a host of those who had enjoyed his
powerful preaching, and by hundreds of
his friends. His son, Henry Troutman,
is a young lawyer of Atlanta.
TWO BOYS OF ATLANTA
PASS ANNAPOLIS EXAM
Armoand Durant and William
K. Phillips Are Among Suc
cessful Candidates
(By Associated Press.)
BALTIMORE, Md„ July 2.—Armand
Durant, sqn of Ed Durant, of Atlanta,
was among the successful candidates in
the June entrance examinations for the
United States Naval academy at An
napolis. He and W. K. Phillips, of At
lanta, were among the 150 boys to
make the requisite percentage in the
mental examinations. There were 550
candidates, only about 3j) per cent pass
ing.
Mr. Durant received his appointment
from Senator Hoke Smith and Mr.
Phillips was appointed by Senator A.
O. Bacon. Both of the young Atlan
tians must take the physical tests be
fore they enter the academy. These ex
aminations will occur this week.
Mr. Phillips is a son of Charles T.
Phillips, of 672 Highland avenue. He
had been a student at the Massey
school, of Pulaski, Tenn., for several
years, but since his appointment to the
naval academy by Senator Bacon six
months ago he has been at one of the
preparatory schools at Annapolis.
WOODBURY COURT-MARTIAL
CLOSES ITS HEARING
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., July 3—After a ses
sion which has lasted for nearly a week
the court-martial trial of Maj. Frank T.
Woodbury, chief surgeon of Fort Scre
ven, who is charged with offenses includ
ing neglect to patients has adjourned.
Tne defense concluded offering testimony
yesterday and shortly after tlje court ad
journed. Lieut. Edgar Craft, from the
hospital department at Washington, has
returned. The mother officers who were
here from practically every army post
of the southeast will also return to their
stations immediately.
' The findings of the court will not be
made known for several weeks. They
will be forwarded to the adjutant general
and in the event of * recommendation
of dismissal from the service the ap
proval of the president is necessary
Negroes Escape
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MOULTRIE, Ga., July 3.—Three ne
gro women who were started to work
on the city chaingang yesterday morn
ing, worked only five hours when they
managed to make their escape and in
spite of the fact that officers have
been on the hunt of them continually
they have not yet been located. The
last heard of the trio was last night
when people reported they had passed
through Coolidge o ntehlr way to Thom
asville. Officers started after them,
but did not succeed in Rapturing them.
Many Melons Shipped
MOULTRIE, Ga.. July 3. —The largest
shipper of watermelons In this section
this season is C. W. Albercrombie, a
well known Sunset planter. He is just
finishing loading his sixth carload of
melons and received 3150 a car for each
Os them. Yesterday J. H. Lanier, who
is on the Harrell farm, a short distance
from the city limits, sold two cars of
melons for 3150 each and loaded them
and delivered them. This has been the
price received here all during the sea
son but there has been one or two ex
treme cases where ths shippers received
more for their cars.
Moore Re-Elected
c.COLUMBUS, Ga., July* 3.—At Its reg
ular monthly meeting held last night the
Columbus police commission re-elected
J Thomas Moore as chief of the depart
ment; J. C. Watkins, first lieutenant,
and R- E- Perry, second lieutenant. The
reports for the month were quite satis
factory to the board.
favor such encouragement as can be
property given.
PROTECTION OF NATIONAL UNI
FORM.
We commend to the several states the
adoption of a law making it an offense
for the proprietors of places of public
amusement and entertainment to dis
criminate against the uniform of the
Uplted States similar to the law passed
by the congress applicable to the Dis
trict of Columbia and the territories in
1911.
PENSIONS.
We renew the declaration of our last
platform relating to a generous pen
sion policy. „
RULE OF THE PEOPLE.
We call attention to the fact that the
Democratic party's demand for a return
to the rule of the people expressed in
the national platform four years ago has
now become the accepted doctrine of a
large majority of the electors. We again
remind the country that only by a larger
exercise of the reserved power of the
people can they protect themselves from
the misuse of delegated power and the
usurpation of governmental instrumen
talities by special interests. For this rea
son the national convention insisted on
the overthrow of Canonnism and the in
auguration of a system by which United
States senators could be elected by di
rect vote. The Democratic party offers
Itself to the country as an agency
through which the complete overthrow
and extirpation of corruption, fraud and
machine rule in American politics can
be effected.
CONCLUSION.
Our platform is one of principles w hich i
we believe to be essential to our na- '
tional welfare. Our peldges are made to
be kept when in office as well as relied
upon during the campaign, and we invite
the co-operation of all citizens, regard
less of party, who believe in maintaining
unimpaired the institutions and tradi-:
tions of the country.
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Connecticut Party Figures in
Tragedy in Duluth, Minn,,
Wednesday Morning
(Bv Associated Piest.)
DULUTH, Minn., July 3.—Life wag
instantly crushed from the bodies of
Mrs. William White, Duluth; Miss
Gladys Richardson, Bridgeport, Conn.,
and Langford Maddigan, Duluth, the
latter a chauffeur, early today on a
country pike near Duluth when a tour
ing car in which they were riding skid
ded from the road and overturned, pin
ioning its occupants beneath.
William White, Jr., was seriously in
jured about the back and is at a local
hospital.
Miss Nannie Turish, daughter of
Henry C. Turish, wealthy lumberman,
was severely shocked and lay appar
ently lifeless at the roadside until car
ried to a nearby farm house, where
she was revived.
Charles W. Fitzgerald, the sixth mem
ber of the, party, was thrown clear of
the wreckage and escaped without in
jury. Gaining his feet, he made a vain
effort to move the heavy automobile,
then summoned from a nearby farm
four men, who lifted the car from the
bodies.
REV. M. L. TROUTMAN
IS CRITICALLY ILL
Well Known Methodist Minis
ter Undergoes Serious
Operation
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)--
ATHENS. Ga., July X-Rev. M. L.
Troutman, D.D., L.L. D., one of the best
known and beloved ministers of the Meth
odist denomination, and formerly pastor
of the Park Street Methodist church of
Atlanta, and now pastor of the Athens
First Methodist church, is critically ill
at his home here.
His condition became so serious last
night that an operation was thought to
be necessary. He is still critically 111.
LACK OF FEDERAL FUNDS
SUSPENDS EMPLOYES
SAVANNAH, Ga., July 2.—The delay
m the appropriation bill passing con
gress caused thirty civilian employes
of the government at Fort Screven to
be temporarily thrown out of work. In
cluding the officers and crew of * the
steamer, General Jackson, which Is sta
tioned there. The men were suspended
yesterday morning.
They included besides the officers and
crew of the Jackson, tne engineers al
the power plant on the reservation,
plumbers and teamsters. Special details
from the companies were ordered out
to take the place of those whose places
they could supply but in the case of
tne steamer this was Impossible as
only a licensed pilot could take com
mand. As soon as the money becomes
available these men will be returned
to work.
BIG TENEMENT FIRE
DISTURBES N. Y. DINERS
NEW YORK, July 3, —A 3150,000-flre
in a six-story loft building at 238-242
West Forty-second street, provided ex
citement during the late night 'hours
for theater and restaurant districts.
Sparks from the blazing structure in
vaded theater roof gardens, and smoke
poured in among fashionable diners In
several of the city’s best known eating
places. Several firemen were slightly
Injured. Printers, bookbinders, jewelry
box makers and electrical manufactur
ers occupied the building * that was
burned.
Park Expert Dead
BOSTON, July 3. —John A. Pettigrew,
one of the foremost park experts in
America, is dead at his home here, aged
68 years. He was consulted on park
matters by authorities ot this country
and Europe. Mr. Pettigrew was super
intendent of Franklin park here for
many years. Before coming to Boston
he was superintendent of parks in Chi
cago, Milwaukee and Brooklyn. ,
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