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DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
congress, as far as the federal jurisdiction extends, for a general
employers' liability act covering injury to body or loss of life of
employes..
We pledge the democratic party to the enactment of a law cre
ating a department of labor, represented separately in the presi
dent's cabinet, which department shall include the subject of mines
and mining.
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Merchant Marine
" DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
We believe in the upbuilding of the. American and merchant
marine without new or additional burdens upon the people and
without bounties irom the public treasury.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
We adhere to the republican doctrine of encouragement to
American shipping and urge such legislation as will rovive the
merchant marine prestige of the country, so essential to national
defense, the enlargement of foreign trade and the industrial pro,
perity of our own people.
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Navy
The constitutional provision that a navy shall be provided and
maintained means an adequate navy and we believe that the inter
cuts of this country would be best served by having a navy sufficient
to defend the coasts of this country and protect American citizens
wherever their rights may be in jeopardy.
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REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
The Sixtieth congress passed many commendable acts increasing"
the efficiency of the army and navy, making the militia of the states
an integral part of the national establishment, authorizing joint
maneuvers of army and militia, fortifying new naval bases and com
pleting the construction of coaling stations; instituting a female
nurse corps for naval hospitals and ships and adding two new bat
tleships, ten torpedo boat destroyers, three steam colliers and eight
submarines to the strength of the navy. Although at peace with
the world and secure in the consciousness that the American people
do not desire and will not rrnvr"k wnr with ntr Afimr
i ,&pr ; , we nevertheless declare our unalterable devotion to a policy that
1-"' k " wiU keep this republic ready at all times to.defend her traditional
''s "' . doctrines and assure her appropriate part in protecting permanent
tranquility among the nations.
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Protection of American Citizens
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We pledge ourselves to insist upon the just and lawful protec
tion of our citizens at home and abroad, and to use all proper meth
ods to secure for them, whether native-born or naturalized, and
without, distinction of race or creed, the equal protection of law
and the enjoyment of all rights and privileges open to them
under our treaty; and if, under existing treaties, the right of travel
and sojourn is denied to American citizens, or recognition is with
held from American passports by any countries on the ground of
race or creed, we favor prompt negotiations with the governments
of such countries to secure the removal of these unjust discrimina
tions. We demand that all over the world a duly authenticated pass
port issued by the government of the United States to an American
citizen shall be proof of the fact that he is an American citizen, and
shall entitle him to the treatment due him as such.
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Civil Service
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
The laws 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 promotion rather than services ren
dered to a political party.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM .
We reaffirm our former declarations that the civil service -laws?'
enacted, extended and enforced by the republican party, shall cb&Cj
tinue to be maintained and obeyed. ; ,
Pen
stons
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REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
We favor a generous pension policy, both as a matter of justice
to the surviving veterans and their dependents, and because it
tends to relieve the country of the necessity of maintaining a large
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Another republican policy which must be ever maintained is
that of generous provision for those who have fought the country's
battles and for the widows and orphans of those who have fallen.
We commend the increase in the widows' pensions made by the
present congress, and declare for a liberal administration of all
pension laws, to the end that the people's gratitude may grow deeper
as the memories of heroic .sacrifice grow more sacred with the pass
ing years.
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Health Bureau
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
We advocate the organization of all existing national public
agencies into a national bureau of public health, with such powers
over sanitary conditions connected with factories, mines, tenements,
child labor and other such subjects as are properly within the jur
isdiction of the federal government and do not interfere witn tne
power of the states controlling public health agencies.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
We commend the efforts designed to secure greater efficiency
in national public health agencies and favor such legislation will
effect this purpose. 4 ;"
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