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OUTLINE Or TIIIC IHX'I MKM A1MIVTKD AT DI.NVKH. 1W .Statement of m net pie* Present Od by Use Committee on Hemolutlon* r Wan L'iMMiumouAlj Adopted by the Convention. Denver. Col.. Julj* I.?The Demo? cratic national platform: v Ws, the representatives of the I Democrats of the United State?. In national convention aeembled. affirm our belief In aod pledge our loyalty to the principle* of the party. We rejoice at ths increasing signs of aa awakening throughout the country, i The var ous Investigations aars traced graft and political cor? ruption to the representatives of pre? datory wealth and laid bare the un scupulous methods by which they have debauched elections and preyed upon ths defenseless public^ through the subservience of those whom they r raised to place and power. Ties conscience of the nation Is now aroused to free Itself from the grip of those who hsve mads It a buelne* asset of the fa vor-seeking corpora? tions; It must become again a peo? ple's government, sad be administer? ed In all Its department* according to ' the Jetrereoalan maxim of "equal fights to all and npectal privileges to dl the peoile rule?" Is the overshadowing Issue which manifests Itself la sll the questions now under I discussion. V Injunctions. The courts of Justice are the bul? wark dt our liberties and ws yield to none la our purpose to maintain their dignity. Our party has given to the bench a long Une of , distinguished ^ luderes who have added to the re? spect sod confidence in which this de? partment must be Jealously maintain? ed. Ws resent ths attempt of the He publican party to raise a falss Is? sue respecting the Judiciary. It Is an unjust reflection upon a great body FVJT our fit tens to assums that they lack respect for ths courts. It Is th? function of the courts to Interpret ths laws which ths people create and If the laws appear to work economic, social or political In? justice It is oar duty to change them. _The only basis upon which the Integ? rity of oar courts can stand Is that uf unswerving Justice and protection of life, personal liberty and property. If * judicial processed may be gbus o4 ere should guard them against ?x perlene? has proved the necessi? ty of a modification of the present law relating to Injunctions, and we reiterate the pledge of our nstlonal platforms of 1IM snd 1104 In favor of ths measure which passed the Unit tea States esnats In ISM. but which a Republican congress has ever sine* refused to enact. relating to con? tempts la fsderal courts and providing too trial by Jury In cases of Indirect gsjsnpt. Questions of judicial practice have especially In connection with Industrial disputes. We detm that the -.1? ro ai| jU<iicU\| proceedings should bo treated with Impartiality and tbst Injunctions should not lstue In any esse In which injunctions would not isnus If no Industrial dis? pute store Involved. The expanding organisation of In? dustry makes It eaaentlal thai there be no abridgment of the tight of wage earners and producers to organise for the protection of wages and the Improvement > t labor condl lions, to the end thst such labor or* ganlxattons and their members should not be regarded aw Illegal combina? tions In restraint of trade. We favor the eight-hour Say on all government work. We pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of s law by congress aa far as the federal Jurisdiction ex? tends for a general employers' liabil? ity aci covering Injury to body or gsf] of life of employes. We pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of a law creating a department of labor, represented sep? arately In the president's cabinet, which department ??hall Include the subject of mines and mining. Kallroad* We sssert t>e right of congress |g| exercise compl-te control o\er Inter etste commer e and the right of each State to exerel-v hi-t :m cou? plets ontrol over commerce 'within its borders. Ws demand such enlargement of the power? o1' the Interstate com? merce commission an may be neceg ?to enable It to protect 001 placet* from discrimination and extortion and t > compel the rullhroid* to perform their dutle-i u? common carrier* We favor the efficient su? pervision and rate regulation of rail? roads engaged In Interstate, com? merce To this end we recommend the physical valuation of the rull rosds by the intersttte commerce commission, such valuation to take into consideration the original seat snd co?t of reproduction and all ele I meats of value that will render the valuation fair and just. We favor , such legislation as will prohibit the railroads from engaging In business which brings them into competition with their shippers, also legislation which will assure such reduction In transportation rates as conditions will permit, care belny taken to avoid reduction that would compel, a re? duction In wages, prevent adequate service or do Justice to legitimate Investments. We heartily approve the laws pro? hibiting the pass and the rebate and we favor any further necessary leg? islation to restrain, correct and pre? vent such abuses. Tariff. We welcome the belated promise of tariff reform now affected by the Republican party In tardy recognition of f'o righteousness of the Democrat? ic position on this question; but these people cannot safely entrust the ex? ecution of this Important work to a party which Is so deeply obligated to the highly protected Interests as Is the Republican party. We call at? tention to the significant fact that promised relief was postponed until after the coming election?an elec? tion to succeed In which the Repub? lics n party must have that same sup? port from the beneficiaries of the high protective tariff as It has always heretofore received from them?and to the further fact that during years of uninterrupted power no action whatever has been taken by the Re? publican congress to correct the ad? mittedly existing tariff iniquities. We favor Immediate revision of the tariff by the reduction of Import duties. Articles entering Into com? petition With trust controlled products should be placed upon the free list; and material reductions should be made In the tariff upon the necessa? ries of life, especially upon articles competing with such American manu? factures as are sold abroad more cheaply than at home; and graduate reductions should be made In such other schedules as may be necessary to restore the tariff ko a revenue ba? sis. Existing duties have given to the manufacturers of paper a shelter be? hind which to raise the price of pulp and of paper, thus Imposing a tax upon the spread of knowledge. We demand the Immediate repeal of the tariff on pulp, print paper, lumber, timber, logs and that these articles be placed upon the free list. Trusts. A private monopoly la indefensible snd Intolerable. We therefore favor the vigorous enforcement of the crim? inal law against guilty trust magnates and officials and demand the enact? ment of such additional laws as may be necessary to make It Impossible for a private monopoly to exist In the United States. Among the additional remedies we specify three: First, a law preventing a duplica? tion of directors among competing corporations* second, a license sys? tem which will, without abrldgng the right of each State to create corpora? tions or Its right to regulate as it will foreign corporations doing business within its limits, make it necessary for a manufacturing or trading cor? poration engaged In Interstate com? merce to take out federal license be? fore It shall be permitted to control 1 ae much as 25 per cent, of the pro? duction In which It deals, the license to protect the public from watered stock and to prohibit the control by such corporation of more than 60 per cent, of the total amount of any product consumed In the United States; and third, a law compelling such licensed corporations to sell all purchasers In all parts of the country on the same terms after making due aflowance for cost of transportation. Publicity of Campaign Contributions. We demand federal legislation for? ever terminating the partnership which has existed between corpora- ? tlons of the country and the Republl- 1 can party under the expressed ami Implied agreement that In return for the contributions of great sums of money wherewith to purchase elec? tions they should he allowed CO con? tinue substantially unmolested In th?|r efforts to encroach upon the i Ight* of the people. e o e e s We pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of a law prevoi'tlng any corporation contributing to I campaign fund and any Individual from contributing an amount iboVS ? reasonable maximum and providing fof the publication before the election Of all such Contributions gboVC I reason? able minimum. rauamu Canal. We hell? v? the I'unatna canal Will prove of great value t?? our country and lavas Its sp.ly completion, The Right* of Stute?. Believing with Jefferson In "the support of too fftato governments In all their rights as the most competent administration for our domestic con? cerns and the sui est bulwark against gntl-repoMtoan tendencies/' and in I "the preservation of the general gov? I srnmeni In its srhote constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and the safety abroad," [we are opposed to the centralization implied in tho:-e suggestions, now fre? quently made, that the powers of the general government should be extend? ed by Judicial construction. There is no twilight zone between the nation and the State in which exploiting in? terests can take refuge from both; and it is as necessary that the federal government shall exercise the powers delegated to it as it is that the State governments shall use the authority reserved to them; but we Insist that federal remedies for the regulation of I interstate commerce and for the pre? vention of private monopoly shall be added to?not substituted for?State remedies. Economy In Administration. The Republican congress in session Just ended has made appropriations amounting to $1,008,000,000, exceed? ing the total expenditures of the past fiscal year by $990,000,000 and leav? ing a deficit of more than $60,000.000 for the fiscal year. We denounce the needless waste of the people's money, which has resulted In this appalling lncres.se. as a shameful violation of all prudent conditions of government, as no less than a crime against the millions of working men and women from whose earnings the great pro? portion of these colossal sums must bs extorted through excessive tariff exactions and other indirect methods. S ' s , s s t I We repeat the demand for internal develpment and for the conservation of our natural resources contained in previous platforms, the enforcement of which Mr. Roosevelt has vainly sought from a reluctant party, and to that end we insist upon the preserva? tion, protection and replacement of needed forest . and preservation of the public domain for home seegers. the protection of the natural re? sources In timber, coal, iron and oil against monopolistic control, the de- ] velopment of our waterways for nav? igation and every other useful pur? pose, Including the irrigation of arid lands, reclamation of swamp lands, the clarification of streams, the de velopment of water power and the preservation of electric power gene? rated by this natural force from the control of monopoly, and to such end we urge the exercise of all powers, I national. State and municipal, both separately and in cooperation. Munkln??. The panic of 1907, coming without any legitimate excuse, when the Re? publican party for a decade had been in complete control of the federal government, furnishes additional evi-1 dence that it is either unwilling or in- | competent to protect the interest of the general public. It has linked thej country to Wall street so that the sins of the speculators are visited upon the whole people. W'hlle refusing to res? cue wealth producers from spoiliation at +he hands of the stock gamblers and speculators In farm products, it has deposited the treasury funds, without Interest and without competi? tion. In favorite banks. It has used an emergency for which It is largely re? sponsible to force through congress a I bill changing the basis of bank cur-1 rency and Inviting market manipula? tion, and has failed to give to theI 15,000,000 depositors of the country protection In their savings. We believe that in so far as the needs of commerce require an emergen? cy currency, such currency should be Is? sued, controlled by the federal gov? ernment and loaned on adequate se? curity to national and state banks. We favor a postal savings bank if the guaranteed bank can not be se? cured and that it be constituted so ns to keep the depositors' money in the community where It is estabilshed. But we condemn the policy of the Re? publican party In proposing postal savings banks under a plan of conduct by which they will aggregate the de? posits of rural communities and re* deposlt the same while under govern? ment charge In the banks of Wall street, thus depleting the circulation medium of the producing regions and unjustly favoring the speculative mar? kets, Income Tax. Ws favor an Income tax as part of our revenue system, and we urge the submission Of g constitutional amend? ment Specifically authorizing congress to lev.- and collect a tax upon Indi > Idual and corporate Incomes to the end that wealth may bear its propor? tionate share <<f the burdens of the i (lerai government. ? Popular Flection of Senators. We favor the election of United states senators by direct vote of the people and regard the reform as the gateway to other national reforms. Astatic I mini-:rat ion. We favor full protection by both national and State governments with i i the respective spheres of all for? eigners residing in the United States under treaty, hut we are opposed to the admission of Asiatic immigrants who can not amalgamate with our population, or Whose presence among us would raise a race Issue and involve us in diplomatic controversies with i Oriental power?. Minor Issues, other planki In the platform call for an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to recognise the In lependence of the Philippines; de nounce the growing increase of office holdtn under the Republican admin? istration as indicating a deliberate purpose to continue the Republicans in power; demand that the house of representatives shall again become a deliberative body, controlled by a ma? jority of the members and not by the speaker; favor an immediate, liberal and comprehensive plan for improving every water course in the Union; con-| demn the action of the present chief executive in using the patronage of his high office to secure the nomination Of one of the cabinet officers; pledge the party to the enactment of a law to regulate the rates and suits of tel? egraph and telephones companies, call for honest and rigid enforcement of the civil service laws; favor the im? mediate admission of Arizona and New Mexico as separate States; declare that rules and regulations in relation to free grazing lands should be left to the people of the States where the lands are situated; favor the exten? sion of agricultural, mechanical and industrial education, declare belief in the upbuilding of the American mer? chant marine without new or addi? tional burdens upon the people and without bounties from the public trea? sury; favor the application of princi? ples of the land laws of the United States to Hawaii, In the interest of homesteaders; demand for the people of Puerto Rico the full enjoyment of rights and provisions of a territorial form of government, favor federal aid In the construction and mainten? ance of post roads; deprecate the use of the navy for the collection of pri? vate debts and advocate the organi? zation of all existing national public health agencies into a national bur? eau of public health; Insist upon the full protection of our citizens at home and abroad and demand that all over the world a duly authorized passport 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 treatment due his as such. Pensions. We favor a generous pension policy both as a matter of Justice to the sur? viving veterans and their dependents and because It tends to relieve the country of necessary maintaining a large standing army. -_* 312,847 FREIGHT CARS IDLE. Fourth Consecutive Decrease in Two Months Reported. New York, July 7.?The report of the American Railway Association giving the number of Idle freight cars In the country on June 10 to June 24 shows that during the two weeks fi?om June 10 to June 24 there was a decrease of 36,720 in the number of surplus cars. Just about one-third of this represents a de? crease in the number of Idle box cars. The improvement was by no means uniform the country over. In the New England States there was an in I crease In the number of idle cars while the middle and Western states showed substantial decreases. There were, on June 24, a total of 312,847 idle cars In this country and Canada on the roads reporting to the American Railway Association compared with 349,567 on June 10 and with a maximum of 41.\J38 on April 29. The decrease reported Is the fourth in two months, or a total reduction of 100.491 idle freight cars. The resumption of mining In parts of the bituminous coal fields which were Idle most of April, was the first Important factor which operated toward a decrease in the number, while more recently the increased de? mands for box cars, much of it seem? ingly connected with the crop-mov? ing requirements, has further decreas? ed the idle list. ACCUSED OP WIFE MURDER. Well-to-do Citizen of Snntuc in Cus today?Wife Was poisoned Sun? day. Union, July !*.?The sudden and tragic death of Mrs. W. T. Jones at her home in BantUO Sunday night about midnight was a great shock to the people of that community and of Union county. A warrant was issued on Thursday for the arrest of W. T. Jones, charging him with the murder of h?s wife by poisoning and Deputy Sheriff Emmett Sanders went down on the noon train to execute the war? rant. He brought Jones t<> Union on the afternoon train, which arrives here at 3.LM? p. m, When Deputy Sheriff Sanders arrived at SantUC, Jones was awaiting his coining and was at the depot ready to return with him. He quietly surrendered and Is now In jail lu re. Mrs. ,i?>n? s was the daughter of Mrs. S. A. Dorter of Jonesvllle. Mrs. Jones has two living brothers. W. H Porter of Jonesvllle and P. P. Porter of Greenville, and three sisters, Mrs. Ida E, Whltlock of Jonesvllle, Mrs. E. M. Penny of Pacolet and Mrs. D. M. Baker of King's Mountain. She was about 80 years of age. 'i" ( testimony taken at the cot-o? ner's inquest was sensational In the extreme, but a large pari of it does not relate closely to the question of the death of M rs. Jones. DEMOCRATS CAN'T RE PROHIBI? TIONISTS. The Kent in ky Editor, Ahwiys Enter? fining, Fires u Brondslde at the "Fight Within the Pnttjr"?"One Might as Well Claim to Be a Pro? tectionist and a Democrat." Henry Watterson is not Infallible. He does not know it all. Nor is he set up as the umpire to pass upon the people's politics. However, Mr. Watterson is always entertaining and his utterances are read with interest, though, of course, not accepted as party law. He him? self is not so strict a party man that he could be whipped away from the Palmer-Buckner bolt, though he is now in the Bryan Camp?Even in the very Bryan domestic household at Lincoln. But It Is Mr. Waterson's dictum that a man cannot be both a Demo erat and a prohibitionist to which at tention is now being called. In a recent issue of the Courier-Journal he said: The Democrats of Arkansas, by an overwhelming majority, in their con? vention of Tuesday voted down a res? olution, offered by a clergyman which proposed to commit the party to statewide prohibition. In no event could such a scheme have any proper place in a Democratic gathering, but least of all in a gathering charged with the business of preparing for a national campaign. The time was when Arkansas was a Gibraltar of Democracy; let us hope It will con tlnue so. Its present attitude is at once timely and reassuring. There are undoubtedly prohibition ists who call themselves Democrats, as there are Democrats who think themselves prohibitionists. But the Idea of prohibition Is at variance with all the Ideas and tenets of Democracy. No man can be a prohibitionist and remain a Democrat. Prohibition is of the very essence of puritanlsm, federalism and repub? licanism. It is laid in the belief that the government may regulate the personal life and private affairs ot the citizen. It claims that through sumptuary edicts and a protective tar? iff men may be legislated, at the will of the party in power, into million? aires and angels, church and state being interchangeable and serving as convertible terms. Democracy meets this theory not merely with proof of its fallacy drawn from history and human na? ture, but with an alternative theory of free will requiring the complete separation of church and state. I * ? ? The whole prohibition movement is a scheme to revive the proscriptive and ruinous doctrines of church and state. In the South its animating purpose has been to keep whiskey from the nigger. Elsewhere in Democratic communities it is a scheme to promote federalism, pu? ritanlsm and republicanism. Democ? racy meets It with these plain pro? posals. First?Prohibition does not?it nev? er has and It never will?prohibit; on the contrary, it degrades both the people and the law; it promotes smuggling, extortion and adultera? tion; it breeds both hypocrites and law-breakers, and, therefore, that which may not be effectively re? pressed may be wisely regulated and restrained. Second?Local option, each com? munity to be the judge of its own wants and needs?the doctrine of home rule?has been effectual wher? ever it has been tried, and is as near a restriction of the drink evil as leg? islation can provide. Third?All schemes of legislation based cn religious agitation and hys? terical uprisings make not only for had government, but have for their ultimate object the abasement of In? dividual liberty and the ascendency of a union of tyrannous clericalism and corrupt demagogy, which in all ages and countries has dragged re? ligion, morals and patriotism through Incalculable wrong to certain ruin. * * * We congratulate the Democrats of Arkansas upon their fidelity to Dem? ocracy as well as their courageou and clear-sighted resistance to the advent of the Trojan horse of fed? eralism, prohibition and republican? ism. No man can be a Democrat and a prohibltlonst. As well might One claim to be a protectionist and a Democrat. * Delay in commencing treatment for a slight irregularity that could have been cured quickly by Foley's Kidney Remedy may result in a ????! ous kidney disease. Foley's Kidney Remedy builds up the worn out tis? sues and strengthens these organs Commence taking it today. Sibert's 1 >rug Store. it takes such a little mistake to cr ate such l>itf worry. Cheap help is always the most ex? pensive. Rev. I. W. William* TestWe*. ?Rev. 1. W. Williams. Huntington. W. Va? testitie* as fol'ows: "Thli ii to certify thai I used Foley's Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidtn-y trouble, and am free to say that Foley's Kidney Remedy will do ;iii that von claim for it." Sibert's Drug Store, THE DENVER CONVENTION SESSION PROTRACTED FAR INTO THE NIGHT. All the Work of the Convention Car? ried Out With Machine-Like Regu? larity?Bryan's Wishes and His Ideas Dominuted Whole Proceed? ings. Convention Hall. Denver, July 9.? The Democratic national convention proceeded tonight to the nominating of a candidate for president of the United States, the nominating speeches and seconding speeches be? ing made amid scenes of tumultuous enthusiasm. The speech placing W. J. Bryan in nomination awakened a whirlwind of demonstration rivaling in intensity and duration the record breaking trib? ute of yesterday. The names of George Gray of Dela? ware and Gov. Johnson of Minnesota were also placed in nomination with demonstrations of approval from their limited followlngs. The tide of sentiment was unmistakably and overwhelmingly in favor of the Ne braskan and foreshadowed his nomi? nation before the session closed. The platform committe was not ready to report when the evening ses? sion began, and after listening to po? litical oratory the rules of procedure weres uspended an the convention proceeded with the speeches placing the candidates for president in nomi? nation with the understanding that the actual vote would be deferred un? til the platform has been adopted. The speech placing Wm. J. Bryan in nomination was made by Ignatius J. Dunn of Nebraska, a youthful ora? tor of Are and eloquence, whose clos? ing phrase stirred the vast assemblage into wild demonstration. "I nominate," he exclaimed, "as the standard bearer of our party, the man who in the thrilling days of '96 and 1900 bore the battle scarred ban? ner of Democracy with fame as un? tarnished as the Crusaders of old? America's great commoner, Nebras? ka's gifted son. William J. Bryan!" Immediately a pandemonium of sound and motion was unloosed, as delegates and spectators rose en masse and joined in the reverberating chorus of tribute to the Nebraska candidate. The standards of the States were wrenched from their places and borne through the hall to the platform, while banners bearing the portrait of the commoner were waved aloft and the multitude joined in long continu? ed tribute. At times the intensi? ty of the demonstration threatened a panic. One woman was borne out fainting. The session of the Democratic na? tional convention, the first at 11 o'clock and the second beginning at 7 o'clock tonight, have advanced the work nell nigh to completion and have brought the decisive hours for the consideration of the party's can? didates and the declaration of prin? ciples. The opening session today lasted three hours and brought about the completion of the permanent con? vention with the resounding address of Congressman Clayton of Alabama. When the session opened tonight ev? ery formality of organization had been accomplished and the slate was cleared for the supreme work of adopting the platform and naming the candidates. The scenes within the convention amphitheatre today resembled those of previous days in the magnitude of the gathering and the eager enthusi? asm of the throngs. There were fre? quent demonstrations as the names of the party idols of Jeffersonian princi? ples were pronounced, but there was no repetition during the early session of the tumultuous record-breaking demonstration of yesterday. The ad? dress of the permanent chairman. Mr. Clayton, proved to be a caustic ar? raignment of the failure of Roosevelt policies and ennunciation of D-'ino cratic doctrine. The ringing voice of the orator and the emphasis of his gestures stirred the listening thou? sands to frequent demonstrations of enthusiastic approval. At 2.30 o'clock the platform committee was not yet prepared to report and the conven? tion t ?ok a recess until this evening, so that all remaining defects of de? tail on the platform could he recon? ciled and the document be ready for adoption and tin presidential uoml natton be reached before the adjourn? ment of the nlghl session. Notwithstanding Gov. Hoke smith's vow to h ave Georgia In the event of his defeat, hie ad tress i> st:ll Atlanta. ?Neu York World. s >me one says the world is trem? bling. Will Mr. Taft kindly refrain from running around for a while?? Washington Herald. It l?n*l so much what a young uirl doss thai fascinates a man; its what she won't do, M< n who might run for Vice Presi? dent but won't are almost st numer? ous as the men who wish to run for President hut can't.?Philadelphia Pres?.