DEMOCRATS SEEK BROAD REFORMS I —— Demand End of Penrose Reg- ime in Pennsylvania Br — SOUND PROGRESSIVE KEYNOTE Platform Vigorously Upholds Wilson Pledges Party to Constructive Pro gram—QGreat Confiderice Shown a Meeting. Harrisburg, Pa., June 7. “Progress in every plank” was the watchword of the Democratic state candidates and committee that frameo the platform announced following the meeting of the state committee here Promises of sweeping reforms in the state government in order to destroy Penroseism, to ellmiaste waste, graft corruption and inefficiency in all de partments are supported by a proud reference to the achievements of the | Wilson administration in the same di rection and the fulfillment by the na tienal Democratic party of its every promise to the people in the last cam paign. The statement of principles on na | tional issues follows closely the orig inal platform upon which Congress man A. Mitchell Palmer announced his candidacy for the United States ate. On state issues the broad progressive platform of ance C. Mc Cormick, Democratic candidate for] governor, Is incorporated in the plat form, while on other subjects it in cludes all the progressive demands of the time in Pennsylvania. The platform follows National Issues. In a single year the present national administration has written a record of achievement which commands the admiration and support of a vast ma jority the people of the country We commend and approve the whole of that record. It has passed a tariff law which has stricken out the iniquitous taxes im posed for the exclusive benefit of trusts, relieved the f food sen anda of shortage of stuff, and by the general pol ting raw materials on the enabled American manufacturers te compete in markets of the world It has done this without injury to an legitimate industry, without lessening the employment of labor and in a way | which will lower the prices of modities, whose cost to the consumer has inordinately Increased under a high protective tariff. It has written into the fiscal sys tem of the an in tax law which equalizes the burdens of taxa tion by compelling the rich to pay the share which they had abated under the indirect system of tariff taxes upon consumption. It has eliminated the lobby from the halls of congress and the seat of gov ernment as the result of its exposure by President Wilson and has left the Congress to write laws in the public interest without the baneful in fluence of the highly paid agents of special privilege. i In the passage of a new currency law it has broken the power of a few capitalists who controlled instru ments of credit and exchange: it has banished the spectre of panic; it has assured to every legitimate enterprise access to capital and credit fair and equal terms, Existing laws are being enforced to do justice between railroads and ship pers and to prevent the continuance of private monopolies; pending legis lation, the passage of which is assur ed, will prevent the further creation of such monopolies, secure falr busi ness methods, give publicity to the operations of dangerously great busi ness combinations and assure to labor the free and untrammeled right to or ganize and by co-operation demand a fair living wage. The Mexican policy of the president gives every promise of resulting in the edtablishment of a stable govern ment in Mexico, founded on principle and justice and adapted to the needs and wishes of the Mexican people, an outcome thoroughly In accord with the highest principles of Christian civil gation President the honor and by demanding icy of put free list the con nation ome free the on Wilson has integrity of t strict compliance with Its contracts with foreign powers by he repeal of the law exempting American coastwise shipping from the payment of tolls through the Panama canal. The overwhelming support which the Democratic members of the house of representatives gave to the resident and which will be given also n the senate is renewed evidence of our party's continued opposition to the principle of subsidy to monopolies, The enactment of the lever law providing for farm extension work, which carries directly to the farm all the scientific discoveries made by the department of agricuiture and the state agriculthral colleges and which will add much to the productiveness | of American farms and the conse quent Increased prosperity of those engaged iu agriculture; the action of the president In bringing together rep. resentatives of capital and labor and the prompt passage by the congress | of the industrial employes arbitration act, under which many distressing in-J dustrial disturbances have already’ been composed: the negotiation of | treaties with thirty or more countries providing for postponement and in vestigation of International disputes’ before declarations of war: the deposit of fifty millions of government funds in the banks of the sonth and west ! to assist in the movement of crops: | the gnauguration of partial self-gov ernment In the Philippine Isiands in| pursuance of the often declared Demo. | wratic polley; the enlargement and} development of the great vel post system, which has created new 2) intained nation ry I kets for farm and factory products and cheapened the cost of living away from the large centers of population, the extension of the pure {vod law te the inspection of meats; the establish ment by the department of agricul ture of a system of markets in the interest of producers and distributors and of a bureau devoted to the inter est of the home life of the farmer; the passage by the house of represen tatives of the first law in the Bistory of the country to give government a d) fn the building of highways; these are | some of the accomplishments of the; resent administration in congress and | n the executive departments which | give ample assurance on the intent and ability of the Democratic party tc | do constructive work along both legis | lative and executive lines in the true] interest of popular government, i State Issues. The Democratic party of Pennsylva | nia demands the absolute destruction | of the entire system which is so thor | oughly identified with the Repub'icar! organization and {ts acknowle lige: i leader, that it is known throughout! the length and breadth of the countrs| as “Penroseism.” This system has, made Pennsylvania the most conspicu | ous example of mis-government in al the Union. Any number of particulars and examples might be given. The fol | lowing should suffice i Taxation. | The state collects an unnecessary amount of revenue, by diverting tc/ state purposes sources of revenue that should be left to the cities and coun ties. If entrusted with power, we shal revise the system of state taxation se that various taxes, properly local ir their nature, may be left to the cities and counties, which shall be glien larger measure of home rule with re spect to all matters Of taxation. The tax laws should be plainly stated ant literally enforced, and the whole ays tem should be so administered that not only will there be equality, but that every citizen may know that this equality exists. By cutting out the ex travagance and inefficiency of present and past state administrations, and the evasions and discriminations now practiced, and sugstituting economy and proper management, the expense of the state government may be 8c reduced that without abandoning any! of its present usefulness, the burdens of taxatio may be both equalize and redu 1. Appropriations. The legislature has for 3 made appropriations greatly excess of the estimated revenues, leaving it to the governor to perform leg! lative duties by cutting down these appro priations These apg riations are made by the legl ire solely for the purposes political deception, and with the full knowledge that the prom fses cannot be fulfilled No systen could be more unscientific productive of corruption and ro rot Of } or more coercion HIGH SPOTS OF DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Endorsement of National" Ad- ministration, Equal Taxation, Reform of Appropriation Sys tem. Increased Funds for the Public Schools. State Pensions for Civil Veterans. Liberalization Rules. Reorganization of State High. way Department. Good Roads, including Plan of Maintenance. Special Attention to Dirt Roads. Local Option. Abolition of sentation. Eight-Hour Day for Children, Municipal Home Rule. Employers’ Liability Law. Workmen's Compensation Act. State Civil Service Law. Initiative and Referendum. Woman Suffrage. Conservation of Natural sources, especally the soil, Constitutional Convention. War of Legislative Minority Repre Re. Every appropriation bill is used as a: instrument of either bribery or retal ation, and the whole machinery of ap propriations is made to serve the pur pose of corrupting and demoralizing the citizenship of the commonwealth The poison of political corruption has | entered even into the appropriations! for charities, and the endeavor is per sistently made to use these appropriz , tions as a reward for political service, | or to force the worthy citizens who! are managers of theses charities into! subservience to any iniq politi cal machine. Legislative appropria tions should not exceed the estimated revenues: they iid be primarily for public purposes: and where they | are to ald worthy charities, the claims of the charities should be hon estly and fairly determined by a non political board or allowed under al general law prescribing the standard which shall entitle the institutions to state aid : iitons aho ged Public Schools. wlge Ot ipriation of the state irasjve wu fe for the an in public reasegd fq hool 4 Pensions. also favo pen to Per the Civil War Legisiative Procedure. Under the system of mmittes ap pointments as present practiced there have always been what are pop | ularly known as “gravevard” commit tees, to which are referred measure which the Republic an machine does not intend shall be passed, but which | it is unwilling to take the respons'hil ity of publicly defeating. The advo cates of justice to women and chil dren, of protection to workingmen. of better goverdment for cities, and of ali other progressive measures, are sadly familiar with these committees, In the interest of popular government we demand the change of the rules of the legislature, so as to require that all committee members shall be elected bY the members of the house and sen ate respectively, Local Option. The wishes of communities in regard to the sale of liquor within their bor ders have been disregarded. Liquor Heenses have been arbitrarily granted or refused, and jssues have been creat ed which have tended to Im=alr the confidence of various communities in thelr judges. We declare for the pas safe of a local option law placing the sale of liquor In every county within the control of the people of that coun ty as expressed by their votes at the olls, It is a cardinal princic'e of the democratic faith that local self-gov ernment and home rule are essential to the preservation of the real liberties of the people, Good Roads. \ The state highway department has been administered as an adiunct of the Republican political machine, The im provement of roads has been made a matter of personal or political favor there has been either Incompetent en gineering or none at all, and the waste of money las 80 shameful thal We gions aystem of stats } soldiers of at A. M. Palmer (top) for U. 8. Senator Vance McCormick (below) for Governor one branch of the Republi actually refuses to entrust that purpose ner party. The expressed tl system by verwl he constitutiona ng for a large 18 this depar thi have he Whit to Lhe Of people tate pit Teste ating provid fw ori ¥ 17 GIsRIR i R B ged! hy 0 inaugurat fi Tro t i 1 t rived gysatem tion glats Progressive Laws. n interests whi is tariff taxes passage of ating the relations emploves. We again age of the various measures recommended by lative committee the state central committee before legislative iefon of 1913, Including legislation forbidding the employment of children for longer than eight hours in the day or at night The correction of the present exist ing evils in the ballot laws, particu larly the abolition of the party square and the voter's assistant The establishment of a Hberal plar of municipal home rule patsage of adequate employers Hability and workingmen's compensa tion legislation: The extension of law to the state and divisions Initiative and Referendum. The people of the state have left withBut power to Initiate or vets legislation. This should be corrected not by destroving the whole represen tative svatem of government, but by giving to the people for use in ar emergency the Initiative and referen dum Woman Suffrage. The denial of the right of suffrage of the women of our state has arouse; a deep feeling that they are deprived of those equal rights to which, as American citizens, we helleve they are entitled, We favor an Immediate ref erendum on this Important question, Conservation. gections of our been denuded of their eources, and we favor the passage of such laws as will conserve their use and particularly conserve the soil for the development of agriculture, Bi-Partisanship. Under the demoralizing influence of “minority representation” in anpoint af hie service municipa the civil ita b or state have natural re Many party being degraded into the position of a mere adjunct of the majority ntegrity. The Democratic party been relieved favor a constitutional provision whict will abolish such Arbitrary representaticn and leave the people and the appointed officers whom t lace in power, free to exercise thei Judiment, subject only to the provis ong of a reasonable civil service law Constitutional Convention. The social and economic develop ment of recent years has necessitated the enactment of legislation that was not foreseen when the constitution was adopted forty years ago. If thes: new conditions are to be met effec tively, our fundamental law must be revised. We, therefore, favor the call ing of a copatitutional convention an¢ the adopt of a new constitution tha wil permit of the legislation necessar) to maet these moderna conditions, Adopted June 3, 19814, Cc. H, AKENE (hairman. ROBERT 8. BRIGHT, Secretary. Resolution committee of the state committee: y C. H. Akens, Lawrénce county Dr. Geo. W. McNetl Alleghany W. D. Derby, Centre, Daniel 1.. Hart, Luzerne, D. J. Driscoll, kik. Benjamin F. Davis, Lancaster, James Gillesple, Philadelphia, Sev enth district. . rge H. Rowley, Mercer, Wille Alexander, Franklin, ” Actual Beginning of the Peace Agreement, Omits Method Of Transfer Of Govern ment Of Mexico, Which the Mexi. can Delegates and the Media. tors Suggested Niagara Falls, Ontario from the United States and the Hu government thelr mediating tine, Brazil protocol of the series thro "riday for the pre tative Chile to mally EONO4 of Argen signatures, in represen and igh in Mexico agreement reached to the executive is hoped to restore peace The relation the the the It provides thi A Rovernment is in Mexico of a provided, which shall be of transferring Huerta provisional government stood of manne; power from to new test acid reduction charact he United States on (da and which $ alter » jast three ous a disagreement BUCCEEE © gram was thr No The brie rotocol of Wak sign Mention Huerta method of suce nent that sional feo Bccore ence no coneLr 0 As On the delegates man chosen resident if 1} accept designation not considered probable the new likely be a take the sxe provision to Constituti live power Huerta, bu other leave TO THE SBALVATION ARMY President Wilson Sends 2 Message Of Good Will Washington, D. C.-—1 pon's the Salvation A convention In General Booth, “"Sympathizing with Army in its efforts to suce on this Wil rmy bs resident mesgsge 0 London, read there was as follows the Salvation the weak or nd erring, | desire Occasion of the regentatives world, to give will toward the organization and to my of the great good that has evangelical and American at London of its rep of the good gathering from all parts expression tO my recornition resulted philanthropic from its work people are deeply distressed that your of a of under the shadow the tragic brave fellow.m in my meeting opens great grief many of your and [| express citizens and in and heartfelt sympathy in deat} fellow giuncere behalf of my Own nae, GENERALS INVITED BACK, Marker On Monocacy Battlefield To Be Unveiled July 9, Frederick, Md Work has been Confederacy, will unveil July § on gagement. The unveiling will be on General John 8. McCausland, the last surviving general who commanded troops on either side in that battle, has been invited to make the principal ad- dress, a— spn ANTILLA LANDS AMMUNITION. 1,600 Cases and Two Aeroplanes Sent To Rebels From Tampico. Tampico, Mexico ~The steamship Antilla, in from New York, discharged her cargo of ammunition for the Con: stitutionaliste. Sixteen hundred cases of ammunition and two aeroplanes were immediately dispatched north on a special train, The Antilla will sail for Tantopuca to recover the body of Weston Burwell, the American report er murdered by Federals April 22. (Copyright) to 35. SENATORS NEAR BLOWS One Of the Senate's Biggest Men Steps Between Disputants—Repeal Measure Now Goes Te the House RESERVES UNITED STATE'S RIGHTS. ing ar that he coming ate were approval as amends lead to favorable dent, Eley O'Gorman gtentiy hour before did not bill manner in end and even an volte was taken they their efforts to amend the their views the Amer American ican rights in the canal snd rights to exempt coastwise shipping from toll payment should be guarded Although Vote after on all sorts of amendments were passed never fell be on Oo%e occasion went as the minority kept up the fight to the end vole and 55, 12 low gain a parliamentary advantage, and Marshall put the question for the passage of the chamber was quiet and the vole was taken with little excitement. INSANE PEOPLE IN WRECK. B. & O. Limited, Carrying Old Soldiers, is Ditched. Clarksburg, W. Va.—A score of per gons were injured, but none fatally, when the fast Baltimore and Ohio Railroad limited was ditched by an open switch 20 miles east of here. A panic ocourred in a car load of insane old soldiers being taken from Dayton to the Government Hospital for the Insane at Washington. They were subdued with difficulty by attendants. OF A ROOSEVELT Embassy in Spain, MARRIED SECOND TIME tators Assemble Out ng a Drench PEACE PAGEANT BRILLIANT American Women Shine In Albert Hall Centenary Fete vided the here for Mf the inl r with a table pe ple BOM rl world were pp: large number of and colonial dis the or visitors, Ther« arvelous lay of historical constumes, and \ pecially written had been es adapted for the fete y i music - wons— CLARK AT MARSHALL. Speaker Makes Address At College He Formerly Guided. Huntington, W. Va Speaking from the same rogtrum that he occupied in 1873 as president of Marshall College, Champ Clark delivered the He was the youngest college president the United States at 23 years of age, when he had charge here. LAST OF GUITEAU JURORS. John P. Hamlin, the Foreman, Dies In Washington, Washington, D. C.-~John P. Hamlin, foreman and last survivor of the jury that condemned Charles J. Guiteau for the agsassination of President Gar field, died at the Providence Hospital here. He was nearly $0 years old, and had been a resident of this city all his life. He had been {ll for more than a year. Shortly before he died he wrote a brie history of the famous trial.
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