TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1004.
PLATFORM IS ADOPTED
Declaration of Democratic Party it Before
Extra
ordinary Clothing
Clearance.
Values
Never
Before
Equaled
the People.
FINAL ACTION TAKEN LAST EVENING
CORRECT DRESS FOR MEN AND BOYS.
Pavers idnlailoa of Foar TerrMorlea
to Statehood Eiterralantloa of
i Polygamy ud Separation of
Chareh aad State.
Gret Jily Clearance tisequlcd
F3
ST. LOU18, July .-Followlne; Is the
text of the smtnuad democratic platform
which was adopted by the full committee
at the St. Louis convention this evening.
Test of the Platform.
The democratic) party of the 1'nlted
States, In convention assembled, declarer
Its devotion to the nlal principles of
the democratic faith witirh brines us
together In a party communion.
under them lucal self-government and
I)atton unity and prosperity were alike
established. They underlaid our Inde
pendence, the atructure of our free re
public, and every democratic extension
from Louisiana to California and Texas to
Oregon which preserved faithfully In all
the states the tie between taxation and
representation. They yet Inspire the masses
of our people, guarding Jealously their
rights and liberties and cherishing their
fraternity, peace and development. They
remind us of our duties and responsibilities
as ritisens, and Impress upon us, particu
larly at this time, the necessity of re
form and the rescue of the administration
of government from the headstrong, ar
bitrary and svasmodlc methods which
distract business by uncertainty and per
vade the public mind with, dread, dis
trust and perturbation.
Faadameotal Principles.
1. The application of these fundamental
principles to the living Issues of the day
la the first atep toward the assured peaie,
safety and progress of our nation. Free
dom of the press, of conscience and of
prech, equality before the law.
We deny the right of any executive to
disregard or suspend any constitutional
Erlvllege or limitation. Obedience to the
lws and respect for their' requirements
are . alike the supreme duty of the cltlsen
and the official.
Themllltary should be used only to sup
port and maintain the law. We unqual
ifiedly condemn Its employment for the
summary banishment or citlsens without
trial or for the control of elections.
We approve the measure which passed
the United States senate In lHW, but which
a republican congress has ever since re
fused to enact, relating to contempts In
federal pourte and providing for trial by
Jury in cases of Indirect contempt.
PakllO Waterways.
We favor ' liberal apbropriatlons for the
care and Improvement ot the waterways
of the country. When any waterway like
the Mississippi river Is of sufficient Im
portance to demand special aid of thu
government, such aid should be extended
with a definite plan of continuous work
Until permanent Improvement is secured.
We oppose the republican policy of starv
ing home development in order to feed
the greed for conquest and the appetite
for national "prestige" and display of
strength. ,
Economy of Administration.
' L Large reductions can easily be made la
the annual expenditures of the government
without the efllcienuy of any branch of the
public service, aud we shall Insist upon the
strictest economy and frugality compatible
wltn vigorous ana emeient civil, military
and naval administration as a ngnt ot tne
people too clear to be denied or withheld.
2. We favor honesty In the public service.
The enforcement of honesty In the public
.1 .1 rt t V, m . i V. lntrtm
latlve Investigation of those executive de
partments of the government already
known to teem with corruption, as well as
other departments suspected of harboring
corruption, and the punishment of ascer
tained corraptlonlsts without fear or favor
or regard to persons. The persistent and
-'deliberate refusal of both the senate and
house of representatives to permit suoh
Investigation to be, made demonstrates that
only by a change In the executive and In
the legislative departments can complete
exposure, punishment and correction be
obtained..
The democratic party has been and will
continue to be the consistent opponent of
that class of tariff legislation by which cer
tain interests have been permitted, through
congressional favor, to draw a heavy trib
ute from the American people.
This monstrous perversion of those equal
opportunities, which our - political Institu
tions were established to secure has caused
what may once have been infant Industries
to become - the greatest . combinations- of
capital that the world has ever known.
These especial favorites of the government
finve through trust methods been converted
nto monopolies, thus bringing to an end
domestlo competition, which was the only
alleged character, upon the extravagant
profits made possible by the protective
system. These Industrial combinations by
the financial assistance they can give now
control the policy of the republican party.
We denounce protection an a robbery of
the many to enrich the few and we favor
a tariff limited to the needs of the govern--fment,
economically administered and so
levied as not to discriminate against any
Industry, class or section, to the end that
the burdens of taxation shall be distributed
as equally as possible.
We favor a revision and a gradual re
duction of the tariff by the friends of the
masses and for the common weal, and not
by the friends of Its abuses, Its extortions
and Its discriminations, keeping In view
the ultimate ends of "equality ot burdens
and equality of opportunities" and the
constitutional purpose of raising a revenue
B1ESJIFIBE
Willi Rctilng, Burning, Scaly
K:r::rs of tta Skla
Instantly Rsllmtftiy Baths
wife ctflcGra Soap
And Esntla Applications ot
Guticura Ointment.
r Instant relief and refreehlag sleep for
kin-tortured babies, and rest for tired,
fretted mother, la warm batba with
Cntlcnra Soap and gentle anointings
wiin Cutlt ura Ointment, the great akin
cars, and purest of emollient, to be
followed In severe cases bv mlM dose
of Cutienra Insolvent.
sly niece" little baby bey. two year
old. was so badly afflicted with i-cxcina
that be noedod constant watching. It
was all oer his face and he scratched
the sores couatautly. Mornings his
clothes would be stained with blood,
and bis face and bands would be cov
ered His family never could take him
out, as his face was alwxys f nil of lare
sores. They hd medical treatment,
and tried everything lory beard of.
8he commenced using the Cnilcnra
Remedies last spring and found that at
last she had a wondi rful healer. The
ores left his face and he was entirely
cored, and bow bis face la as smooth
and rosy aa though no sore had ever
bees there to mar It."
Mas- L. J. ROOT.
JSitUSlLKM, H. T.
Feb. II, 198.
On March T, 1903, Ave years later,
Mrs. Root writes
"I received your note of kind In
quiry and am pleased to Inform you of
the perinaneat cure of ray llttl ov.
Ue is now health? child wtih pink
and while skin free from all lUmlh.
It has been a marvelloait en re aiid
brought abont in a short time after all
other medical aid failed."
. Mra(tM Un wor r - lUMinal Mt.
JUDGE GEORGE GRAY, of Deleware.
Copyrighted 1904, by The North American Co., Philadelphia, Used by Courtesy of The North American.
by taxation, to-wlt. : the support of the
federal government In all its Integrity and
virility, but in simplicity.
Trusts and Combinations.
We recognize that the gigantic trustsand
combinations designed to enable capital
to secure more than its Just share of the
Joint products vnf capital and labor, and
which have been fostered and promoted
under republican rule, are a menace to
beneficial competition and an obstacle to
permanent business prosperity.
A private monopoly is indefensible and
Intolerable.
Individual equality of opportunity and
free competition are essential to a healthy
and permanent commercial prosperity; and
any trust, combination or monopoly tend
ing to destroy these by controlling produc
tion, restricting competition or fixing prices,
should be prohibited and punished by law.
We especially denounce rebates and dis
crimination by transportation companies.
American Cltlsenahlp.
We pledge ourselves to Insist upon the
just and lawful protection of our citlsens
at home and abroad' and to use all proper
measures to secure for them, whether
native born or naturalised, and without
distinction of raos or oreed, the equal pro
tection of laws and the enjoyment of all
rights and privileges open to them under
the covenants of our treaUesof friendship
and commerce, and. If under existing
treaties the right of travel and sojourn la
denied to American citlsens or recognition
is withheld from American Passports by
any countries on - the ground ot race or
creed, we .favor the beginning of negotia
tions with the governments of such coun
tries to secure uy treaties the removal of
these unjust discriminations.
We demand that all over the world a duly
authenticated passport Issued by the gov
ernment of the United States to an Ameri
can cltlsen shall be proof of the fact that
he is an American cltlsen and shall entitle
him to the treatment due him as such.
Election, of Senators by Pee pie.
We favor the election of Molted States
senators by the direct vote of the people.
Statehood for Territories.
We favor the admission of tne territo
ries of Oklahoma and the Indian Terri
tory. We also favor the Immediate admis
sion of Arizona and New Mexico as sep
arate states and a territorial government
for Alaska and Porto Klco.
We hold that the officials appointed to
administer the government of any territory
as well as of tne district of Alaska should
be bona fide residents at the time of their
appointment of the territory or district
In which their duties are to be performed.
Condemnation of Polygamy.
We demand the extermination of polyg
amy within the Jurisdiction of the United
States and the complete separation of
Church and state in political affairs.
Regarding merchant Marine.
We denounce the ship subsidy bill re
cently paksed by tne Lulled Stales senate
as an Iniquitous appropriation 01 public
funds for private purposes and a wasteiul.
Illogical and useless attempt to overcome
by subsidy and obstructions raised by
republican legislation to the growth and
development of American commerce on the
sea.
We favor the upbuilding of a merchant
marine without new cr additional burdens
upon the people and without bounties from
the public treasury.
School aad Race Qaestloas.
The race question has brought countless
woes to this country. The calm wUdom
of the American people should see' to It
that It brings no more.
To revive the dead "and hateful race and
sectional animosities In any part of our
common country means confusion, d.struc
tlon of business and the reopening ot
wounds now happily healed. North, south,
east and west have but recently stood to-
geinrr in line or nine irom tne w.-UH
of Peking to the wa.ll of Santiago, and
as sharers of the common glory and com
mon destiny we should share fraternally
the common burdens.
We therefore deprecate and condemn the
Bourbonlike, selfish and narrow spirit of
the recent republican convention at Chi
cago which sought to kindle anew the em
bers of racial and sectional strife and we
appeal from It 10 the sober common seru-o
and patriotic spirit of the American peo
ple. The Republican Administration.
The existing republican administration
has been spasmodic, erratic sensational,
sectacular and arbitrary, it has made
Itself a satire upon the congress, the
courts and upon the settled practices snd
usages of national and International law.
It summoned the congrtss into hasty
and futile extra session and virtually ad
journed It, leaving behind Its flight from
Washington uncalled calendars and unac
complished tasks.
It made war. which Is the sole power of
congress, without Its authority, thereby
uouipuia une ui us runuameniai pierota-
It violated a plain statute of the
aa plain treaty
usages and eon
dons so under
preiei.se or executing a great public policy,
whlrh could have been more easily effected
lawfully, constitutionally and with honor.
It forced strained and unnatural con
struction upon statutes, usurping judicial
Interpretation, and substituting congres
sional ftisctment decree.
It withdrew from congress their custom
ary duties of Investigation, which have
tieretofore made the rvpr.wnlatlvee of
the people and the states the terror of
evildoers.
It conducted a secretive Investigation of
Its own and boasted of a few sample con
victions, while It threw a broad coverlet
over the bureaus which had been their
chosen field of operative abuses, and kept
in power the superior o triors under whose
administration the crimes hsd been com
mitted it ordered assault Un some monopolies,
but paralysed by Its first victory, It flung
out the flag of truce and cried out that
It would not "run amuck." leaving Its
future purposes beclouded by its vacilla
tions. The law of all citlsens, right of trial by
jury, freedom of the person defended by
(he writ of habeas corpus, liberty of per
sonal contract untramrncleil by sumptuary
laws, supremacy of the civil over the mili
tary authority, a well disciplined mllltla,
the separation of church and state, econ
omy In expenditures, low taxation, tbat
labor may he lightly burdened; prompt
and sacred fulfilment of publlo and private
obligations, fidelity to treaties, peace and
friendship with all nations, entangling al
liances with none, absolute acquiescence
In the will of the majority, the vital prin
ciple of republics these are the doctrines
which democracy has established as prov
erbs of the nation and they should be
constantly Invoked and enforced.
Capital and Labor.
We favor adjustment and administra
tion Of laws, giving labor and capital
impartially their just rights. Capital and
labor ought not to be enemies. Karri Is
necessary to the other. Each has Its
rights, but the rights of labor are cer
tainly no less "vested," no less "sacred"
and no less "unalienable" than the rights
of capital.
Constitutional Guarantees.
Constitutipnal guarantees are violated
whenever any citizen 1s- denied the right
to labor, acquire and enjoy property or
reside where Interest or inclination may
determine. Any denial thereof by individ
uals or organizations or government should
be eummarlfy rebuked and punished.
Federal Contract with Trusts.
We condofhn the action of the republican
party In congress in refusing to prohibit
an executive department from entering Into
contracts with convicted trusts or unlaw
ful combinations in restraint of Interstate
trade. We believe that ono of the best
methods of procuring economy and honesty
in the public service Is to have public offi
cials, from the occupant of the White
House down to the lowest of them, return
as nearly ah may be to Jefferaonian sim
plicity ot living. .
BAeentlve Usurpation,
We faror the nomination and election of
a president Imbued with the principles of
the constitution, who will set his face
sternly against executive usurpation ot
legislative and judicial -functions, whether
that usurpation be veiled under the guise
of executive construction of existing laws
or whether it take refuge in the tyrants'
pleas of necessity or superior wisdom.
Imperialism.
We favor the preservation, so far as we
can, of an open door for the world's com
merce In tne Orient without unnecessary
entanglement In oriental and European af
fairs and without arbitrary, unlimited. Ir
responsible and absolute government any
where within our Jurisdiction. We oppose
fervently, as did Oeorge Washington him
self, an Indefinite, Irresponsiblo, discretion
ary and vague absolutism and a policy of
colonial exploitation, no matter where or
by whom Invoked or exercised; we believe
with Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Adams,
that no government has a right to make
one set of laws for those "at home" and
another and a different set of laws, abso
lute In their character, for those unfortu
nates In the colonies.
AH men under the American flag are en
titled to the protection of the Institutions
whose emblem the flag Is; If they are in
herently unfit for those Institutions, then
they are Inherently unfit to he members of
the American body politic. Wherever there
may exist a people Incapuble of being gov
erned under American laws, 'In conso
nance with the American constitution, the
territory of that people ought not to be a
part of the American domain.
We insist that we ought to do for the
Filipinos what we have done already for
the Cubans and It is our duty to make
that promise now, and, upon suitable guar
antees of protection to citlsens of our own
and other countries resident there at the
time of our withdrawal, set the Filipino
people upon their feet, free and Independent
to work out their own destiny.
The endeavor of the secretary of war,
by pledging the government's endorsement
for "promoters" In the Philippine Islands,
to make the United States a partner in
speculative legislation for the archipelago,
which was only temporarily held up by
the opposition of the democratic senators
In the last session, will. If successful, lead
to entanglements from which it will bn
difficult to escape.
Conspiracies Against Trade.
We demand an enlargement of the pow
ers of the Interstate Commerce commission,
to tha end that the traveling public and
shippers ot this country may nave prompt
and adequate relief from abuses to which
they are subject In the matter of transpor
tation. We demand a strict enforcement of exist
ing civil and criminal statutes against all
such trusts, combinations and monopolies;
and we demand the enactment or such
further legislation as may be necessary to
effectually suppress them.
Any trust or unlawful combination en
gaged In Interstate oonuneroe whloh Is
monopolizing any branch of business or
production should not be permitted to
transact business outside of the state of
its origin. Whenever it shall be established
in any court of competent jurisdiction that
such monopolization exists such prohibi
tion should be enforced through compre
hensive laws to be enacted on the subject.
Reclamation, of Arid Lands.
We congratulate our western citizens
upon the passage of the law known as the
Newlands Irrigation act for the Irrigation
and reclamation of the arid lands of the
west a measure framed by a democrat,
passed In the senate by a nonpartisan vote
and passed In the house against the opposi
tion of almost all the republican leaders by
the vote the majority of which was demo
cratic. We call attention to the great democratlo
measure, broad and comprehensive as It is,
working automatically throughout all time
without further action of congress, until
the reclamation of all the lands in the arid
west capable of reclamation ts accom
plished, reserving the lands reclaimed for
homeseekers In small traots and rigidly
guarding against the land monopoly as an
evidence of the policy of domestic develop
ment contemplated by the democratic party
should It be placed in power.
Isthmian Canal.
The democracy when entrusted with
power will construct the Panama canal
speedily, honestly and economically,
thereby giving to our people what demo
crats have always contended for a great
lnteroceanlo canal, furnishing shorter and
cheaper lines of transportation and broader
ana less trammelled trade relations with
the other peoples of the world.
Reciprocity.
We favor liberal trade arrangements with
leroic mark downs for todny, as a conse
uence of our semi-annual inventory which
e take August 1st.
All Broken Lots
en's Summer Suits
go at Half Price
great tables, crowded with lots of two
three of a kind, exact representatives of
finest summer suits (and you know what
means) now on sale at half regular price.
All former "$2.00 Suits go for 12.50
All former 22.50 Suitsgo for 11.25
All former - 20.00 Suits go for 10.00
All former 10.00 Suits go for 9.00
All former 15.00 Suits go for 7.50
All former 12:00 Suits go for 6.00
All SiraLW Hats One-Third Off
$1-1.25 Hats, 75c $1.50-2.00 Hats, $1.00 $2 Hats, $1.50
All Summer Skirts Priced for Quick Clearance.
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All former $3.00 Shirts 2.50
All former J2.50 Shirts 2.00
All former. $1.75 and ?2.00 Shirts i ... .1.50
All former $1.50 Shirts 1.00
All former 75c and $1.00 Shirts 50c
Great values in Underwear
Broken lots at half.
50c values 20c. $1 values 50c
Men's Finest Pajamas at Half.
Canada and with, peoples of other countries
where they can be entered Into with bene
fit to the American agriculture, manufac
tures, mining or commerce
Monroe Doctrine,
We favor the maintenance of the Monroe
doctrine in its entirety.
Navy and Army.
We' favor the reduction of the army and
navy expenditures to the point historically
demonstrated to be sate and sufficient.
Pensions and Oar Soldiers and Bailors.
The democracy would secure to the sur
viving soldiers and sailors and their de
pendents, generous pensions, not by an
arbitrary executive order, but by legisla
tion which a grateful people stand ready
to enact.
Our soldiers and sailors who defend with
thelr lives the legislation and the laws
have a sacred Interest in their Just ad
ministration. They must, therefore, snare
with us the humiliation with which We
have witnessed the exaltation of court
favorites, without distinguished service,
over the scarred heroes of many battles, or
Hgfrrindlxed by exerullve nornprlntlon out
of the treasures of a prostrate people In
violation of the act u, i.-oimress which
fixed the compensation and allowance of
military offioers.
Civil service.
The democratic party stands committed
to the principles of civil service reform and
we demand their honesty Just and Impar
tial enforcement.
We denounce the republican party for Its
continuous and sinister encroachments
upon the spirit and operation of civil serv
ice rules, whereby It has arbitrarily dls-
fensed with examination for orilcers Inthe
merest of favorites, and employed all
manner of devices to overreach and set
aside the principles upon which the civil
service was established.
Appeal to the Country.
Conducting the campnlgn upon this dec
laration of our principles ana purpose we
Invoke for our candidates the support not
only of our great and time-honored or
ganization, but also the active assistance
of all of our fellow citizens who, disre
garding past differences upon questions no
longer in Issue, desire the perpetuation of
our constitutional government as framed
and established by the fathers, of the re
public Senator Daniel concluded reading; the
platforta at 8:56 o'clock. When it was ob
served that he -hod ceased reading tho con
vention broke Into cheering.
GUNS YAWN FOR JAPS
(Continued from first Page.)
to maneuvering in a flat oountry, will be
completely at home,
Japanese Are Advancing.
General Sakharoff, commander of the
eastern army, in a long dispatch to the
general staff, dated yesterday, reported
outpost skirmishes over a wide territory
throughout July 5 and t, which Indicate
a general advance of the Japanese, who
are driving back the Russian advanoe
posts. Sakharoff says the Russian losses
during the fighting on July 6 have not been
definitely ascertained, but it Is known that
two officers and fifteen men were killed or
wounded. He says:
"In general we observed on July that
the enemy was taking the offensive simul
taneously along hia whole front, extending
from the seashore aa far as the valley of
the Chin Chan river. On the morning of
July 7 a vast camp of the enemy was dis
covered , in the neighborhood of Blaok
hetzsa. At 8 a, m. July 7 the enemy oc
cupied the heights near Baositchja. No
rains have fallen recently."
Baplexl Left ticrr Cowans; Before
Telegram Reached Russians. f
TIBN TSIN. July 8. A telegram from
Chin Wang Tao says the British 'gun
boat Bsplegle reached there on Us return
from New Chwang on July 8. l was
originally Intended to prevent the Eapie
gle from leaving Chin Wang Too. for New
Chwang, but the message to this end was
received too late. The Russians did not
allow It to enter the harbor of New
Chwang. This evidently was prearranged,
for the British consul at New Chwang, C.
Gross, boarded the gunboat outside the
harbor and was In communication with its
officers.
The British fleet left Wei Hel Wei hur
riedly yesterday under sealed orders.
Imperial ;&aneil Nobles of the Mystla
nhrlae,
Atlantic City, N. J., July 13-14.
The Chicago Great Western railway will,
on July 9 and 10, sell round trip tickets M
one fare, plua 12, to Atlontio City, N. 3.
Tickets limited to July 23. On return trip
stopovers will be allowed at Fhiladcl: .
Baltimore and Washlnrton. For further ! in
formation apply to R. D, Parkhurst, Oan
eral Agent, litt Farnam streot, Omaliu,
Neb.
tlves.
rnller1 wstatf.e as well i
obllg-Jns. international i
atllutnal law, and has
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