= == a — EDITORIAL SUMMARIES OF PLATFORMS | ; 2 Democratic National Platform Adopted = messure which passed the United States Senate in 186, : og to contempt in Federal courts and providin or at Baltimore, 1912 y jury in SD. of indirect fontempt y ’ ERNOR WILLS s emphatically declared his pur “Questions of judicial practice have arisen, especially in in tha 4 ’ election, to scrupulously ful connection with industrial disputes, We believe that the 1 p ; ge of the platform upon which his nomi pariies to all udicial proceedings should be treated with nat placed hin ge i of his fidelity to moral obli rigid impartiality, and that injunctions should not be issued gat Gove f Ne ample guarantee in any case in which an injunction w uld not issue if no in- that he w nplete the pron of this the plat dustrial d spute were involved : for § the Balt a Coy : reased importance The expanding organization of industry makes it essen- and adde Sig ¢ It will be fundamentai law of tial that there should be no abridgement of the right of the administration wage earners and producers to organize for the protection The B platform is singularly free from glitter °F WARS and the improvement of labor conditions, to the y . eal ; ARES It declares. un end that such labor organizations and their members should A REE » al Y . y : Neos! Aa te ta al that “the Federal Government. under the Con pot be regarded as illegal combinations in restraint of trade. stit (tint ’ ght or power 1 mpose or collect tariff : ‘We pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of a tion extent f 9 ¥ io ¥ revaoos™ Section 8 of law cresting a Department of Labor, represented saparately 2 wh { the Constitution DI os that “Congress shall in ‘the President s cabinet, in which Department shall be whiggePeiln F nd: I hn dotian. abet . included the subject of Mines and Mining ima to pa tha dala pA —) Ar or the FE a The Baltimore platform further pledges the Demoecratie fence and gent velfare of 1 e Ut ted States.” his lan party, so far as the Federal jurisdiction extends, to an em . pornhonil i : tect private interests or pre ployes' compensation law providing adequate indemnity for v y 4) fits for | s The tenth amendment fo the BJU of body or loss of Life . Constitut y I'he powers not delegated to the It ‘declares opposition to the Aldrich banking scheme United States by the titution. nor prohibited by it to and recommends such 8 revision of the Banking laws ss “will | LY carved to the Rtates TARDE +3 ol ath render temporary relief where sucl relief is needed with pro I A se 1a is TOEPALIvEN: D1 MH » tection from control or dominion by what is known as the peopl so t i 1 evy tariff taxes for protection 4 oh B ’ money trust, and adds an ¢ : f wing Antry Of equ mportance with the question of currency re The platfor emands, moreover, “that the collection of \ : : a : . . bh tax « } " ted t the necessities of government, form 8 the questi n of rural eredits or agricultural finance, honestly and « ministered Profligacy in gov Rhatefore we recommend that an investigation of agricul . 2. sirnhlaments bh neaunl distribution of wealth. tural eredit societies in foreign countries be made, so that ; rh Fea p cawill tans a 4h ” ’ it may be ascertained whether a system of rural credits may BE ; a wind gi Uy go we ong NE be devised suitable to conditions in the United States; and pl van A i § . rap The rr Rotem we also favor legislation permitting National Banks to loan : ; . : . ’ oly ¢ the y eam a reasonable proportion f their funds upon real estate se hig i i those ‘oF A Democratic State Platform Adopted at thar ' " : : 912 Dn platform. sserts that “excessive prices result, in a Harrisburg, 1912 Arge me ’ ' laws enacted ’ v Pov ££ 0 ' vat % 4 : . ex : , people unt ; p the ecsaaries of {a ate Fim De ra of: Pebnsvivanis. i nvention assembled. terially re ed a t hese minal conspiracies broke n this time of industrial discontent and political nrest. re With ti end i y it favors criminal proceedings call once more to the people of the State, that these condi AgAil st trust nguate na action against the trusts tions have arisen during = long pet} i of unm sterrupted It demas yws prohibiting holding companies, interiock Republican rule, The m and results of Republican rule ; ect 5 x tering mination in prices and are these Ti ants i ¢ One rporatiol {f so large a proportion Destruction of representative government through the { “try to make it a menace to competitive eo control of State and Nati nal legisistures by the agents of ! : : \ npromises made by the present special interests and privileges; a loose and often dishonest strat vith the Standard Onl mpat and the to copstitutional interpretation that s turned the fundamental b x | ! ‘ ke law a barrier agaiust proper regulation of corporate f the : : wealth instead of a protection and safeguard to the whole : he Dlatfors ’ es body of the people; a so-called protective tariff, the duties iy ‘ ‘ elect of whieh have constantly mounted higher at the demand of y . $s, 1 ' t employer, for the sole benefit of the privileged class. n " ¢ | IN The immense profits, thus guaranteed by the government, tha 8 Ne } { ‘ * have resulted in swollen fortunes to the few, while the great fa rs ¢ ™ industrial centers have been crowded with underpaid work te h i : ers and the masses of the people have been heavily burdened = { e Comm with unjust taxation, a : . . . . * - - . . waterw LY and Nat il a Three grest issues overshadow all others. Representa the struct tive government must be restored; the judiciary must be . is risln 1 | r | restricted to its proper Sj here: the evils of the tan re luct th pactment i i h tem must be corrected he Democratic House of Represen- . ent om ft { service law, the establish { the gratitude and won the praise of the ent of Da t eo extension of the rural free de whole peopic ! ts action in meet n these ssues it has fina : Je s for the veterans of our destroy the unwarranted power of the Speaker and re PY w g : stored the control of legislation to the ‘House of Represen Upon the lal ont the platform is particularly clear tatives itself. It has stopped waste and promoted economy The declarations of the platform of 1905 are reaffirmed as in the administration of its own business and of every other § ws branch of the government It has paved the way for the ‘Experi has proved the necessity of a modification election of United States Senat rs by the direct vote of the of the present law relating to injunction, and we reiterate people It has passed bills for publicity of campaign ex- the pled { slatforms of 1806 and 1904 in favor of penditures both before and after elections, and for the pub
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