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LEADING PUIK OF
Platform as Adopted Demands
Taxation for Revenue
Only.
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING
Republican Party Held Responsible for
Present Serious Condition Anti
Trust Law Popular Election
of Senators by the Peoplo
Favored Work of
Democratic Con
gress Praised.
Baltimore. Following is the plat
form in full aa adopted by tho Demo
cratic national convention:
We, tho representatives of tho Dem
ocratic party ot tho United StateB, In
national convention assembled, re
affirm our devotion to the principles
of Democratic government formulated
by Thomas Jefferson and enforced by
a long and Illustrious line of Demo
cratic presidents.
Tariff Reform.
Wo declare it to bo a funda
mental principlo of tho Democrat
ic party that tho fedoral govern
ment under tho constitution ha3 no
right or power to impose or collect
tariff duties, except for tho purpose of
revenue, and wo demand that tho col
lection of such taxes shall bo limited
to the, necessities of government hon
estly and economically administered.
Tho high Republican tariff is tho
principal causo of tho unequal dis
tribution of wealth; it Is a system of
taxation which makes the rich richer
and tho poor poorer; under its opera
tions the American fnrmor and labor
ing man are the chief sufferers; it
raises the cost of the necessaries cf
life to them, but does not protect their
product or wages. The farmer sells
largely lit free markets and buys al
most entirely in tho protected mar
kets. In tho most highly protected
industries, such as cotton and wool,
steel and iron, tho wages of the labor
ers are the lowest paid in nay of
our industries. We denounce tho Re
publican, pretense on that subject and
assert that American wage3 aro es
tablished by competitive conditions
and not by the tariff.
Wo favor the immediate downward
revision of tho existing high and in
many cases prohibitive tariff duties,
insisting that material reductions be
speedily made upon the necessaries of
life. Articles entering into competi
tion with trust controlled products
and articles of American manufacture
which aro sold abroad moro cheaply
than at homo should be put upon tile
free list.
Wo recognize that our system of
tariff taxation Is Intimately connected
with tho business of tho country, and
wo favor the ultimate attainment of
tho principles we advocate by legis
lation that will not lnjuro or destroy
legitimate Industry.
We denounce tho action of Presi
dent Taft in vetoing tho bills to re
duce tho tariff in tho cotton, woolen,
metals and chemicals schedules and
tho farmers' free list bill, all of which
wore designed to give lmmedlato re
lief to the masses from the exactions
of tho trusts.
The Republican party, while prom
ising tariff revision, has shown by
Its tariff legislation that such revision
is not to bo In tho people's Interest
and, having been faithless to its
pledges of 1903, It should not longer
enjoy tho confidence of tho nation.
We appeal to tho American peoplo
to support us In our demand for a'
tariff for revenue only.
High Cost of Living.
Tho high' cost of living Is a se
rious problem In every American
home, Tho Republican party, In
Us platform, attempts to escape
from responsibility for present con
ditions by denying that they aro
duo to protective tariff. Wo take Is
sue with them on this subject and
charge that excessive prices result in
a largo measure from the high tariff
laws enacted and maintained by tho
Republican party and from trusts and
commercial conspiracies fostered and
encouraged by such laws, and we as
sert that no substantial relief can bo
Becured for tho peoplo until import
duties on tho necessaries of life aro
materially reduced and those criminal
conspiracies broken up.
Anti-Trust Law.
A prlvato monopoly is indefensi
ble and intolerable. We thercforo
favor tho vigorous enforcement of
tho erlmlncl as well nt. 'the civil
law against trust and trust officials
and demand tho enactment of such
additional legislation as may bo noses
nary to make It impossible for a prl
vato monopoly to exist In tho LJiiUod
States.
Wo favor tho declaration by law
of tho conditions upon which Corpora
tions shall bo permitted to engago In
Interstate tradp, Including, among
. others, tho prevention of holding com
panies, of interlocking directors, of
stock watering, of discrimination in
price, and the control by any ono cor
poration of so large a ( proportion of
any Industry as to mako It a menaco
to competitive conditions.
Wo condemn tho nctlon of the Re
publican administration in compromis
ing with the Standard Oil Company,
nnd the Tobacco Trust and Its falluro
to invoke the criminal provisions of
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the anti-trust law agatnst tho officers
of thoao corporations after tho court
had declared that from tho undisputed
facts In tho record thoy had violated
the criminal provisions of tho law.
Wo regret that tho Shermrt. anti
trust law has rccolvcd a Judicial
construction depriving it of much of
Its efficacy nnd favor tho .enactmont
of legislation which will restoro to
tho statute tho strength of which It
has been deprived by such Interpre
tation. Rights of the States.
Wo believe in tho preservation
and maintenance In their full
strength and Integrity of the threo
co-ordlnato branches of tho fed
eral government tho executive,
tho legislative and Judicial each
keeping within Its own bounds and
not encroachlhg upon the Just powers
of elthor of tho others.
Believing that the most efficient
results under our system of govern
ment aro to bo attained by tho full
exercise by tho states of their re
served sovorelgn powers, wo denounce
as usurpation tho efforts of our op
ponents to deprive tho states of any
of tho rights reserved to them and
to enlarge and magnify by Indirection
tho powers of the federal government.
Wo Insist upon the full exercises of
all tho powers of tho government,
both state and national, to protect tho
peoplo from Injustice at the hands of
those who seek to mako tho govern
ment a private asset In business.
Thero Is no twilight, none between
tho nation and tho state, In which
exploiting Interest can tako refuge
from ooth. It la necessary that tho
federal government ohall exercise tho
powers reserved to them, but wo In
sist that fdderal remedies for tho reg
ulation of Interstate commerce and for
tho prevention of private monopoly
Bhall bo added to and not substituted
for, state remedies.
Income Tax and Popular Election of
Senators.
We congratulate the country upon
the triumph of two Important ro
forms demanded in the last national
platform, namely, the amendment of
the Federal Constitution authorizing
an income tax and tho amendment
providing for tho popular election of
senators, and wo call upon tho peo
plo of all the states to rally to tho
support of tho pending propositions
and secure their ratification.
We note With gratification tho unan
imous sentiment in favor of publicity
before tho election, of campaign con
tributions a measure demanded In
our national platform of 1908, and at
that tlmo oposed by tho Republican
party and wo commend tho Demo
cratic House of Representatives for
extending tho doctrine of publicity to
recommendations, verbal and written,
upon which presidential appointments
are made, to tho ownership and con
trol of newspapers and to the expendi
tures made by and In behalf of thoso
who aspire to presidential nomina
tions, and we point for additional Jus
tification for this legislation to 'the
enormous expenditures of money in
behalf of tho president and his prede
cessor in tho recent contest for tho
Republican nomination for president.
Presidential Primaries.
Tho movement toward moro popular
government should be promoted
through legislation In each state
which will permit the expression of
tho 'preference of tho electors for na
tional candidates at presidential pri
maries. Wo direct that the National Com
mittee incorporate in the call for the
next nominating convention a require
ment that all expressions of prefer
ence for presidential candidates shall
bo given and tho selection of dele
gates and alternates made through a
primary election conducted by the
party organization in each state whore
such expression and election aro not
provided for by state law. Commit
teemen who are hereafter to consti
tute tho membership of the Demo
cratic National Committee and wlloso
election Is not provided for by law
shall be chosen In each state at such
primary elections, and tho service and
authority of committeemen, however
chosen, shall, begin immediately upon
the receipt of their, credentials re
spectively. Campaign Contributions.
We pledgo tho Democratic party to
tho enactment of a law prohibiting
any corporation from contributing to
a campaign fund and any Individual
from contributing any amount above
I a reasonable maximum.
Term of President.
Wo favor a single presidential
term, and to that end urge tho adop
tion of an amendment to tho constitu
tion making the president of the
United States Ineligible for re-election,
and wo pledge tho candidate of this
convontlon to this principle.
Democratic Congress.
At thl3 time, when tha Republican
party after a generation of unlimited
power In Its control of tho fedoral
government, la" rsnt Into fact!or.o, it
13 opportuno td point to tho record of
accomplishment of tho Democratic
House of Representatives of tho sixty
nccor.d Congress. Wo lndor3o Its
action and wo challenge comparison
of its roccrd with that of thac othor
Congress which has been controlled
by our opponents.
Wo call tho attention of tho patri
otic citizens cf our country to its
record of efficiency, economy and con
structive legislation.
it haa, ameng other achievements,
rovlBert tho rules cf tho Houso of
Ropresantatlvo3 to as to give the rep
resentatives cf tho American people
freedom cf speech ?nd of action In
advocating, proposing and perfecting
remedial legislation.
It has passed bills for tho relief of
tho peoplo and tho development of
our country; It has endeavored to re
vise tho tariff tax3 downward, In the
Interest of the consuming masses, and
thus to reduce the high cost of living.
It has proposed an amendment to
tho federal constitution providing for
tho election of United States senators
by tho direct voto of tho people.
It has secured tho admission of
Arizona nnd Now Mexico as two
sovereign states.
It has required the publicity of cam
paign expenses both before and after
olectlon, nnd fixed a limit upon tho
election expenses of United Stntes
senators nnd representative.
It has also passed a bill to prevent
tho abuso of tho writ of Injunction.
It has passed n law establishing an
eight hour day for workmen on all
national public work.
It haB passed a resolution which
forced tho president to tako lmmedl
ato steps to nbrogato tho Russian
treaty.
And It has passed tho great supply
bills, which lesson wasto and oxtrnv
agance, and which reduco tho nnnual
oxponooa of tho government by ninny
millions of dollars.
An Adequate Navy.
Wo approve tho measure reported
by tho Democratic leaders In tho
Houso of Representatives for tho cro
ntion of a council of national defense,
which will determlno a definite naval
programmo with a view to Increase
efficiency and economy. Tho party
that proclaimed and haa alwayB on
forced the Monroo doctrlno and was
sponsor for tho now navy, will con
tlnuo faithfully to observe tho con
stitutional requirements to provide
and maintain an ndoquato and well
proportioned navy sufficient to defend
Araerlpnn politics, protect our citi
zens and uphold the honor and dig
nity of tho nation.
Republican Extravagance.
Wo denounce tho proillgato wasto
of tho money wrung from tho peoplo
by oppressive taxation through tho
lavish appropriations of eccentric Re
publican congresses, which have kept
taxes high and reduced tho purchas
ing power of tho peoplo's toll. Wo
demand a return to that simplicity
and economy which befits a Demo
cratic government and a reduction
In tho number of useless offices, tho
salaries of which dran tho substanco
of tho peoplo.
Railroads, Express Companies, Tele
graph and Telephone Lines.
Wo favor the efficient supervision
and rate togulation of railroads, ex
press companies, telegraph and tele
phono lines engaged in lntcrstntb
commerce To this end wo recom
mend tho valuation of railroads, ex
press companies, telegraph and tele
phone lines by tho Interstnto Com
merco commission, such valuation to
tako into consideration tho physical
valuo of the property, tho original
cost, the cost of reproduction, and any
element of valuo that will lender the
valuation fair nnd just.
Wo favor such legislation as will
effectually prohibit tho railroads, ex
press, telegraph and telephone com
panies from ongaglng in business
which brings them Into competition
with their shippers or patrons; ot leg
islation preventing tho overissue of
stocks and bonds by lnterstato rail
roads, express companies, tolegraph
and telephono lines, nnd legislation
which will assure such reduction In
transportation rates as conditions will
pormlt, care being taken to avoid re
duction that would compel a reduc
tion of wages, provent adequato serv
ice, or do. Injustice to legitimate In
vestments. Banking Legislation.
Wo oppose tho so-called Aldrlch bill
of tho establishment of a central
bank, and wo believe the peoplo of tho
country will bo largely freed from
panics and consequent unemployment
and business depression by such a
systematic revision of our banking
laws as will render temporary relief
in localities whero such relief Is need
ed, with protection from control or
dominion by what is known as tho
money trust. Banks exist for tho ac
commodation of tho public and not
for tho control of business. All legis
lation on tho Gubject of banking nnd
currency should have for Its purpose
tho securing of these accommodations
on terms of absolute security to the
public and of complete protection
from the misuse of tho power that
wealth gives to thoso who possess It
Wo condemn the present method of
depositing government funds In a few
favored banks, largely "situated or
controlled by Wall streot In return for
political favors, and wo pledgo our
party to provide" by-laws for their de
posit by competitive bidding, tho
banking institutions of tho country,
national and state,) without discrimin
ation as to locality, upon approved
securities and subject to call by tho
government.
Rural Credits. ..
Of equal importance with tho ques
tlcn of currency reform is tho ques
tion of rural credits or agricultural
finance. Thoreforo wo recommend
that an Investigation ot agricultural
credit societies In foreign countries
ba mado so that It may ba ascertained
whother n system of rural credit
may bo devised sultablo to conditions
In tho United States, and wo alpo
favor legislation permitting national
hanks to loan a reasonable proportion
of their funds on real estate security
Wo recognize the value of vocation
al cdjcatlon and urge federal eppio
prlat!on3 for such training and exten
sion teaching In agricultural co-operation
with tho several states.
Waterways.
Wo renew the declaration In oir
last platform relating to tho conser n
tlon of our national resources nnd ihe
duvo'opmsnt of our waterways. The
preeent devastation of tho lower Mis
sissippi valley nccentuaten tho move
ment for th regulation of rlvor flow
by additional bank nnd Iovce protec
tion below, and tha diversion, oiorasu
and control of tho flood wnters abovo
and tholr utilization for beneficial
purposes In tho reclamation of arid
and swamp lands and the develop
ment of wator power. Instead of nor-
intttlng tho floods to contlnuo as here
tofore, agontB of destruction.
Wo hold that tho control of tho
Mississippi River 1b a natlont.l prob
lem. Tho preservation of the depths
ot Its wnters for tho purposo of navi
gation; the building of Iuvccb to main
tain tho Integrity of Its channel, and
tho prevention of tho overflow of tho
land and Its consequent devastation,
resulting lu tho Interruption of lnter
stato commerce, tho disorganization
of tho mall Hervico and the enormous
loss of llfo nnd property Imposo an
obligation which nlono can- bo dis
charged by tho general go eminent.
To mnlntaln nn adoqunto dopth or
wator tho entire year and thoroby on
courngo water transportation la a con
summation worthy ot legislative at
tention and presonts nn lssuo national
In Its character. It calls for prompt
action on tho part ot congress, and
tho Democratic party pledgos itsolf
to tho onactment of legislation lead
ing to that end.
Wo favor tho co-oporatlon of tho
United Statos and tho reBpectlvo
states In plans for tho comprehensive
troatment of nil waterways with n
vlow of co-ordinating plnnB for chan
nel improvement with plans for drain
ngo of swamp nnd overflowed lands,
and to this end wo favor tho appro
priation by tho federal government
of sufficient funds to mako Burvoys of
such lands, to develop plans for drain
ing the snmo and to supervtBo tho
work of construction.
Wo favor tho adoption of a liberal
and comprchcnslvo plan for tho de
velopment and Improvement of our
Inland waterways, with economy and
efficiency, so as to pormlt their navi
gation by vessols ot standard draft.
Post Roads.
Wo favor national aid to Btato and
local authorities In tho construction
and malntonnnco of post ronds.
Tho Rights of Labor.
Wo repoat our declarations of tho
platform of 1908, as follows: "Tho
courts ot Justlco aro tho bulwarks of
our llbortlos, and wo ylold to nono
In our purpose to maintain tholr dig
nity. Our party has given to tho
bench n long line of distinguished
justices who havo added to tho re
spect and confidence In which this de
partment must bo Jealously main
tained. Wo resent tho attempt of
tho Republican party to raiso a false
issuo respecting tho Judiciary. It Is
an unjust reflection upon n great body
of our citizens to nssumo that thoy
lack respect for tho courts.
"It Is tho function ot tho courts
to lutcrprot tha lawa which tho peoplo
enact, nnd If tho laws appear to work
economic, social, or political Injus
tices, It Is our duty to chango them.
Tho only basla upon which the Integ
rity of our courts can stand Is that of
unswerving Justlco nnd protection of
life. If Judicial processes may bo
abused, wo should guard them against
abuse.
"Rvppfionce has proved tho neces
sity of a modification of tho present
law relating to Injunction, and wo
rolterate tho pledgos of our platforms
of 1896 and 1904 In favor of a meas
ure which passed tha Unltod States
Senate In 189G relating to contempt
in federal courts and providing for
trial by Jury In cases of Indirect con
tempt. "Questions of Judicial practlco havo
arisen, especially In connection with
industrial disputes. Wo bellovo that
the parties to all Judicial proceedings
should bo treated with rigid Impar
tiality, and that injunctions should
not bo Issued in any caso In which
nn Injunction would not lssuo it no
individual dlsputo wore Involved."
Tho expanding organization of In
dustry makes It essential that thoro
should be no abridgment to tho right
of the wage earners and producers to
organize for tho protection cf wagea
and tho Improvement of labor condi
tions, to the end that such labor or
ganizations and tholr members should
not bo regarded as Illegal combination
In restraint of trade.
Wo pledge tho Domocratlc party to
tho enactment of a law creating a de
partment of labor represented separ
ately In tho president's cabinet, In
which department Bhall bo includod
tho subject of mines and mining.
Wo plodga tho Democratlo party,
bo far as tho federal Jurisdiction ex
tends, to nn employes' compensation
law providing ndequate Indemnity for
Injury to body or loss of life.
Conservation.
' We bollovo In conservation and the
development, for the uso of all tho
peoplo, of tho nntural resources of
the count; y. Our forests, our sources
of vater supply, our arable and our
mineral lands, our navigable stroama
and all tin other material resources
with which our country haa boon so
lavishly endowed, constltuto tho
foundation of our national wealth.
Such additional legislation as may bo
necessary to provent their tslng
wastod cr absorbed by special or priv
ileged interests tiho.ild be enacted and
tho policy cf tholr conservation should
bo rightly adhered to.
The public domain should bo admin
istered and disposed of with duo re
gard to tho goneral welfare Reserva
tions ohould bo limited to tho pur
posed which thoy purport to oervo and
not .extend to Include land wholly uc
sulted therefor. Tho unnecessary
withdrawal from salo and settlement
of crormouu t acta of public land, up
o.i which treo growth never oxlstcd
nnd car-tiot ho promoted, tends only
to retard development, cr3a.o discon
tent and bilng reproach upon tho pol
icy o conservatlcr.
Tho public land laws should bo ad-mlnisto-ad
In a spirit of tho broadest
liberality towards tho BDttler exhibit
ing ti bona fldo purposo to comply
therewith, to tho end that tho Invita
tion of this government to tho land
less should bo nn attrnctlvo as pos
sible; and tho plain provisions of tho
forest reserve act permitting home
stoad entries to bo made within tho
national forcstB should not bo nulli
fied by admlnlstratlvo regulations
which amount to n withdrawal of
groat areas of tho senato from nottlo
ment. Immedlnto action should bo taken
by congress to mnkq nvallablo tho
vast and valuable coal deposits of
Alnska under conditions thnt will bo
a perfect guaranty against their fall
ing into tho hnnda of monopolizing
corporations, associations or Inter
ests. Wo rejoice In tho Inhorltnnco ot
mineral resources unoqunlod In ex
tent, vnrloty or valuo, and In tho de
velopment of n mining Industry un
equaled In Its mngnltudo and Impor
tance Wo honor tho men who, In
tholr haznrdous toll underground,
dally risk their lives In extracting and
proparlng for our uso tho products of
tho mine, so essential to tho Indus
tries, tho connnorco and tho comfort
of tho peoplo of this country. And
wo plodgo oursolvos to tho extension
of tho work of tho bureau of mines
In ovory wny appropriate for national
legislation with a vlow of safeguard
ing tho Hvob of tho minora, lessening
tho wnsto of ossentlnl resources, and
protecting the economical develop
ment of mining, which, along with
agriculture, must In tho futuro, ovon
moro than In tho paBt, sorvo as tho
vory foundation of our national pros
perity ami welfare and our Interna
tional commerce
Agriculture.
Wo bellovo lu oncournglng tho de
velopment ot a modern system of
ngrlculturo and a systematic effort to
lmprovo tho conditions of trado in
farm products so ns to benoflt both
tho consumers and producers. And
ns an efficient means to this end, wo
favor tho onactment by congress of
legislation that will suppross tho por
nlclous practlco of gambling In agri
cultural products by' organized ex
changes or others.
Merchant Marine.
Wo bollovo In fostering, by consti
tutional regulation ot commerce, tho
growth ot a merchant mnrlno which
shall develop and strengthen the com
mercial ties which bind us to our sla
ter republics of tho south, but with
out imposing additional burdens upon
tho peoplo nnd without bountlos or
subsidies from tho public treasury.
Wo urgo upon congross tho speedy
onnctmont of laws for tho greater bo
curlty of llfo and prpporty at sea, and
wo favor tho ropoal of nil laws, and
tho abrogation of so much of our
treaties with other nations, as provldo
for tho arrest and Imprisonment of
soamon charged with dosortlon, or
with violation of tholr contract of
service
Such lawa nnd treaties aro un
Amorlcnn nnd vlolato tho spirit, it not
tho letter, of tho Constitution of tho
United States.
Wo favor tho oxomptlon from tollB
of American ships engaged In coast
wlso trado passing through tho Pan
ama canal.
We ajjo favor legislation forbidding
the uso of tho Pannma canal by ships
owned or controlled by railroad car
riers engaged In transportation com
potltlvo with tho canal.
Pure Food and Public Health.
Wo reaffirm our provlouB declara
tions advocating tho union and
strengthening of tho vnrlous govern
mental agencies relating to puro
foods, quarantine, vital statistics and
human health. Thus unltod and ad
minlstorod without partiality to or
discrimination against any school of
medicine or system of healing, they
would constltuto a single honlth sorv
Ice, not subordinated to nny commer
cial or financial interests, but dovot
cd exclusively to tfho conservation of
humnn llfo and efficiency. Moreover,
thla Loalth sorvlco should co-oporato
with tha health agencies of our vari
ous states ar.d cities, without inter
feronco with their prerogatives or
with tho freedom ot individuals to
employ auch medical or hyglonlc aid
as they may see lit.
Civil Service Law.
Tho law pertaining to tho civil serv
ice should bo honostly nnd rigidly en
forced to tho end that merit and abil
ity should bo the standard of appoint
ment nnd promotion rather than sorv
lco rendered to a political party, nnd
wo favor n reorganization of tho civil
cervlce with adequato compensation
commoncurato with tho class of work
performed for all officers and em
ployes; vre also favor the oxtonslon
to all clasneB of civil sorvlco employes
of tho benefits of tho provisions of
ths employers' liability law; wo also
recognlzo tho right of direct petition
to congrosa by omplayos for tho re
dress of grlovnnces.
Law Reform.
Wo rocognlzo tho urgont need of
reform In tho administration of civil
and criminal law In tho United States
and vo rocommond tho enactment of
such legislation and tho promotion of
such measuros as will rid tho prosont
legal system of tho delnys, oxponso
and uncertainties lncldont to tho sys
tem ns now administered.
The Philippines.
Wo reaffirm tho position thrlco an
nounce! by tho Democracy In national
convontlon assembled ngnliiBt n policy
ot Imperialism nnd colonial exploita
tion In tho Philippines or elsewhere
Ws condemn tho oxporlmont In Im
perialism as an Inexcusable blunder
which has Involved us In enormous
oxponso, brought us weakness Instpnd
of atrongth nnd laid our nation opon
to tho chargo of abandonment of tho
fundamental doctrlno of self-govorn-mont.
Wo favor an Immedlnto decla
ration of fjo nation's purposo to rec
ognize tho Independence of tho Phil
tpplno Islands ns soon as a stable gov
ernment can bo established, such In
dependence to bo gunrantood by us
until tho neutralization of tho Islands
can be secured by treaty with othor
powers. In recognizing tho Indopond
ence of tho Philippines, our govern
ment should retain such land as may
bo necossnry for coaling stations and
naval bases.
Arizona and New Mexico.
Wo wolcomo Arizona and Now Mox
Ico to tho slslorhood ot statu and
heartily congratulate them upca their
auspicious beginning ot gre.it and
glorious careers.
Alaska.
Wo demand for tho peoplo of Alas
ka tho full enjoymont of th.1 rights
and privileges of n territorial form ot
govemmont, nnd wo bellovo that tho
ofllclnlB nppolntod to. administer tho
government of all our Urritorlea and
tho District of Columbia ' should bo
qualified by previous boaafldo real
douce. The Russian Treaty.
Wo commend tho patriotism of tho
Democratic membors at tho Sonata
and Houso of Representatives which
'compelled tho termination of tho Rus
sian treaty of 1832, and wo pledgo
oursolvcB anew to presorvo tho Bacrcd
rights of American citizenship at
homo nnd brond. Nq treaty should ro
colvo tho sanction of our government
which does not recognlzo that equnl '
Ity of nil of our citizens, Irrespective
ot ruco or creod, and which does not
expressly guarantee the fundamental
right of expatriation.
Tho constitutional rights of Amorl
cnn cltlzoiiB should protect them on
our borders nnd go with them through
out tho world and every American citi
zen residing or having property la
any foreign country Is entitled to and
must bo glvon the full protection of
tho United States government, both
for himself nnd his proporty.
Parcels Post and Rural Delivery.
Wo favor tho establishment of a
pnrcols post or postal expross and also
tho extension of tho rural delivery
system as rapidly as practicable
) Panama Canal Exposition.
Wo horoby express our doop Inter
ost In tho groat Pnnnmn Canal Expo
sition to bo hold In San Francisco In
191G, nnd favor auch encouragement
as can bo proporly glvon.
Protection of National Uniform.
Wo commend to tho several states
tho adoption of n law making It nn
offenso for tho proprietors of places
of public amusement and entertain
ment to discriminate against tho uni
form of tho United States similar to
tho law passed by Congress applica
ble to tho DlBtrlct of Columbia niid.
tho territories In 1911.
Pensions.
Wo ronow tho declaration of oui
last plntform relating to a generoui
pension policy.
Rule of the People.
Wo call attontlon to the fact that
tho Domocratlc party's demand for a
roturn to tho rulo ot tho pcopjo ox
pressed in tho national platform tout
years ago has now become the ac
cepted doctrlno of a largo majority ol
the doctors. Wo again remind the" ,
country that only by a larger exor
cise of tho resorved power of tha
peoplo can thoy protect themselves
from tho mlsuso of delegated powot
and tho usurpation of governmental
instrumentalities by speclnl Interest.
For this reason tho national conven
tion insisted on tho ovorthrow ot
Caunonism and tho inauguration of o
system by which United StatoB seno,
tors could bo elected by direct vote,
Tho Domocratlc party offers Itself to
tho country as an ugenoy through
which tho comploto overthrow and
extorpatlon ot corruption, fraud and
machlno rulo In Amoriean politics can
bo effected.
'' Conclusion.
Our platform la ono ot principlo
which wo bellovo to bo essential to
our national welfare. Our pledges ar
niado to bo kept when In office, aa
well as relied upon, during tho cam
paign, and wo Invito tho co-operation
of all cltlzoni), regardless of party,
who bollovo In maintaining unim
paired tho Institutions and traditions
ot our country.
HIS BREACH OF ETIQUETTE
Incident, Seemingly Small In Itself,
but Led to the Resignation of
Multy Millions.
Ellsha Dyer, tho wit and cotillion
loader, said on tho Kaiser Wilhelm II,
npropos of court etiquette:
"Court etlquotto 1b, after all, very
llko ordinary etiquette tho laws ol
common sonso govern It
"Did you over hoar how Multy Mil
"oiib lost hlB undor secretaryship at
our legation in London? Multy de
sorved his fate His common sense was
lamentably lacking.
"It happened years and years ago;
King Edward had Just como Into his
own, nnd Multy Millions was dining
for tho first tlmo at Buckingham Pal
ace "Tho dinner waB a itato ono. Tho
splendid gold plate from Windsor glit
tered on table and sideboard. To
Multy, when tho ontremonts camo on,
tho deaf Queon Alexandra said:
" 'How long havo you been living
nbroad, Mr. Millions?'
" 'Four years, ma'am,' Multy replied in
a loud voice for ho know enough, ol
courso, to speak high and to sa
'ma'am.'
" -What? I did not hoar,' said Queer
Alexandra.
" 'Four-years, ma'am,' Multy shouted
"But sfio ropoated; iWhat?'
"Thon Multy leaned forward, and,
with a pollto and amiable snillo, h
wavod four lingers to and fro before
quoon Alexandra's face
"Ho resigned tho noxt morning."
Medical Profession In China.
Tho numbor of qunllflod medical
men In China with European or Amor
lean training 1h on the Increase Sov
oral medical schools with foreign
professors have ben eet up in various
places for tho purpose of educating
Biiltablo natives in the science and
practlco of modern medicine and
surgory.