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jlie Fall Texas of the Progressive
Party Platform Adopted
in Chicago.
PL NKS
SPARE NO EVIL
0ealli K»ell of ‘iavisiWe
nient” by Corrupt
tion Inflaence.
Goverr-
Corpora-
More Power and Larger Benefits
for the People the Main
Objects.,
The State Di^natch
TO WIPE OUT OLD ABUSES
Unhampered by Tradition, the Lead
ers Are Undismayed by the
Greatness of the Task.
Following is tbjSiJ full text of the
progressive Thirty platform ado
pted at th^e^ C^'iicigo convention
lastweek: .
The consc^i,eice d the people,
in a time of gra.^iz:eiational probl
ems, has called into being a new
party, born of the Nation’s aw
akened sense of justice.
We of the Progressive party
here dedicate our.selves to the ful
filment of the duty laid upon us
by our fathers to mintain that
goverment of the people, by the
people, and for the people whos
foundations they laid.
We hold with Thoma.s Jeffer
son and Abraham Lincon that the
people are the masters of iheir
Constitution, to fulfill its^ purpo
ses, and to safeguard it from
those vi'ho, by perversions of its
intent, would convert it into an
instrument of iujustice. In acc
ordance with the needs of each
generation the people must use
their sovereignpowers to establish
and mintain equal opportunity
and industrial justice, to secure
this government was founded and
without which no republic can
endure.
This county belongs to the peo
ple v,ho inhabit it Its resources,
its business, its institutions and
ar.d its laws should
utHmd. maintained or al
tered in whatever manner will
best promote the general interest.
It is time to set the public wel
fare in the first place.
Political parties exist to secure
responsible goverment and to
execute the will of the people.
From these great tasks both of
the old parties have turned aside.
Instead of instruments to pro-
niote the general welfare, they
have become the tools of corrupt
interests which use them impar
tially to serve their selfish pur
poses. Behind the ostensible
goverment sits enthroned an in
visible goverment, owing no all
egiance and acknowledging no re
sponsibility to the x>eople* To
destroy this invisible goverment,
to dissolve,the unholy alliance be
tween corrupt business and cor^
upt politices is the first task of
the statesmanship of the day,
The deliberate betrayel of its
trust by the Republican party,
the fatal incapcity of the Dem-
CO atic party to deal with the
issues of the time have compelled
tr^e people to forge a new instru
ment of the government through
which to give effect to their will,
in laws and institutions.
Unhampered by tradition, un
corrupted by power, undismayed
hy the magnitude of the task,
the new party offered itself as
the instrument of the people to
s weep away old abuses, to build
a new and nobler commonwea
lth.
This declaration is our covenant
y»;ith the people, and we hereby
pind the party and its candidates
in state and Nation to the ple
dges made herein.
The national Progressive party
committed to the principles of
government by a self controlled
democracy expressing it's will
t^irough representative’s of the
people, pledges itself to secure
such alterations in the fundamen
tal law of the several states and
01 the United States as shall in
sure the representative character
01 the goverment.
In particular, the party decla-
for direct primaries for the
riomination of states and national
oincers, for National-wide prefe
rential primaries for candidates
tor the presidency, for the direct
flection of United States senator
wy the people; and we urge on
tne states the policy of the short
pailot with responsibility, secur
ing equal suffrage to men and
women alike, to the people secu
red by the initiative, referendum
and recall.
'{'he progressive party; bell*>v-
” w t/i at a free people should
have the power .from time totimfc
amend their fundamental law so
as to adapt it progress!vley to the
changing needs of the peoples
pledges itself to provide a more
easy and expeditious meth^ of
amending the federal constitut-
.on.
Up to the limit of the constitu
tion and latei by amendment of
the constitution if found necess
ary. we advdcate bringing under
effective nation jurisdiction those
problems which haveS expanded
beyorid leach of the Mndividul
state?:.. ; ' '■
i t i.s as grotesque aS it is intol-
eraiile that the several stetes
should by unequp^l lawis in matter
of common concern become com
mercial agencies, barter the
lives of their children, the
health of their women and the
safest and well being of their
working people for the profit of
their financial interests.
. The extreme insistence on sta
tes right by the Democratic party
in the Baltimore platform dem
onstrates anew its inability to un
derstand the world into >vhich it
has survived, or to a i minister
the affairs of a union «f sta es
which have in all essent,Hl respect
become one people.
Progressive party, believing
that no people can justly claim to
be a sure democracy, which denies
political rights on account of sex,
pledges itself to the task of secur
ing equal suffrage to men and
women alike.
We pledge our party to legis
lation that will compell strict
limitation of all campaign contri
butions and expenditures, and
detailed publicity of both before
as well as after primaries and
elections.
We pledge our party to legis
lation compelling the registration
of lobbyists; publicity of commit
tee hearings except on foreign
affairs, and recording of all votes
in committee; and forbidding fed
eral appointees from holding of
fice in state or national political
organizations, or taking part as
officers or delegates in political
conventions for the nomination
of elective state or national of-
ficals.
The Progressive party demands
such restriction for the power of
the courts as shall leave to the
people the ultimate authority to
determine fundamental questions
of social welfare and public
policy.
To secure this end, it pledges
itself to provide:
1, That when an act, passed
uhder the police i>ower of the
state, is heid unconsitutional un
der the state constitution by the
courts, the people after an ample
ifiterval for deliberations, shall
have an opportunity to vote on
the question whether they desire
the act to become law, notwith
standing such decision.
2. That every decision of the
highest appellate court of a state
declaring an act of the legislature
unconstitutional on the ground
of its violation of the federal
constitution, shall be subject to
the same review by the Supreme
Court of the United States as , is
now accorded to decisions sustain
ing such legislation.
The Progressive party, in order
to secure to the people a better
administration of justice, and by
that means tobijingabouta more
general respect for the law and
the courts, pledges itself to work
unceasing for the reform of legal
procedure and judicial methods.
We believe that the issuance
of injunctions in cases arising
out of labor disputes should be
prohibited when such injunctions
would n^t a,pply when ho labor
disputes existed.
We also believe that a person
cited for a contempt in labor
disputes, except when such con
tempt was committed in the act
ual presence of the court or so
near there as to interfere with
the proper administration of
justice, should have a right to
trial by jury.
The supreme duty of the Nation
is the conservation of human re
sources through an enlarged
measure of social and industrial
justice. We pledge ourselves to
work unceasingly in state and
Nation for;
Effective legislation looking to
the prevention of industrial ac
cidents, occupational diseases,
overwork, involuntary unemploy
ment and other injurious effects
incident to modern industry.
The fixing of minimum 'safety
and health standards for the
various occupations, and the
exercise of the public authority
"bn state and Nation, including
the federal control over ihter-
state commerce, and the taxing
power, to maintain such stand
ards.
Minimum wage standards for
wcjrking women, to provide a
wage" .in all industrial
occupations.
The general prohibition of night
work for women and the establish
ment bf an 8-hour day for women
and yoting persons.
One days's rest in seven for
all wage workers.
The 8-hour day in continuous
24-hour industries.
The abolition of the convict
contract labor system..
Substituting a system of prison
production for governments con
sumption only; and the appli
cation of prisoners’ earning to
the support of their dependent
families.
PoUcity as to wages, hours and
••onditions of labor; full reports
upon industrial accidents and
diseases and the opening to pub
lic inspection of all tallies, 'he
ights, measures and check sy
stem on labor products.
We pledge our party to establish
a department of labor with a seat
in the, cabinet, and with wide
jurisdiction over matters affect
ing the conditions of labor and
living.
Th6 development and prosperity
of country life are as important
to the people who live in the cities
as they are to the farmers. In
crease of the prosperity on the
farm wi.ll favorably affect the
cost of living, and promote the
interests of all who dwell in the
country, and all who depend up
on its products for clothing,
shelter and food.
We pledge our party to foster
the development of agricultural
credit and co-operation, the
teac;iing of agriculture in schools,
ae:ri‘itural college extension, the
use of mechanical, power on the
farm, and to reestablish the
country life cbmmission, thus
directly promoting the welfare
of the farmers, and bringing the
benefits of better farming, better
business and better living within
their reach.
The high cost of living is part
ly due to natural' and part
ly to artificial causes. Themeas
ures pi opi sed in this platform on
various bu ojects such as the tariff
the trust>^, and conservation, wiil
of themseives remove to world
wide and partly to local.
The high cost of Hving is due
pjirtly the artificial causes. There
wiil reniain t)ther elements such
as the lenutijcy to leave the
country for ttitj cicy, waste, ex
travagance, bad system of tax-
aiiohj poor methods ^of raising
crops" and bad business methods'
in marketi’^g crops.
To remedy these conditions re
quires the fullest information
and, based on this information,
effective government supervision
and control to remove all the
artificial causes. We pledge our
selves to such full and immediate
inquiry and to immediate action
to deal with every need such
inquiry discloses.
We favor the union of all the
existing agencies of the federal
government dealing with the
public health into a single nat
ional health services, without
discrimination against or for any
one set of therapeutic methods,
school of medicine, or school of
healing with such additional
powers as may be neccssary to
enable it to perform efficiently
such duties in the protection of
the public from preventable dis
ease as may be properly under
taken by the federal authorities;
including the execution of exist
ing laws regarding pure food;
Quarantine and cognate subjects
the promotion of appropriate
action for the improvement^of
vital statistics, and the extension
of the registration area of such
statistics, and co-operation with
the health activities of the var
ious states and cities of the
Nation.
We believe that true popular
government, justice and pros-
perity_go hand in hand, and so
believing it is our purpose to
secure that large measure of
general prosperity which is the
fruit of legitamate and and honest
business, fostered by equal just
ice and by sound progressive
laws.
We demand that the true pros
perity shall be the benefits con
ferred thereby on all citiisens,
not confined to individuals or
classes,, and , that the test ol;
corporate efficiency shall be the
ability better to serve the public,
that those who profit by the coi -
trol of the business affairs shali
justify that profit and that con
trol by sharing with the public
the fruits thereof.
We therefore demand a strong
national regulation of interstate
corporations. The corporation is
an essential part of modern busi
ness. The concentration of
modern business, in somedegree,
is both inviiable and necssary fbr
national and international busi
ness effiiency. But the existing
concentration of vast wealth un
der a corporate system, unguard
ed and uncontrolled by the Na
tion, has placed in hands of a
few men enormous, secret, irres
ponsible power over the daily life
of the citizens—a power uusuffer-
able in a free government and
certain of abuse.
The power has been abused in
monoply ef national resources, in
stock watering, in unfair compei-
tion and in unfair privilege, d,na
finally in sinister influences pa
the public influences of state and
Nation. We do not fear com
mercial power, but we insist that
it. shall be exercised openly, under
publicity, supervision and reg
ulations of the most efficient
sor:, which will proserve its good
while eradicating and preventing
its evils.
To that we urge the establish
ment of a strong federal adminis
trative comniission of high stand
ing, which shall maintain per
manent active supervision over
Industrial corporations engaged
in interstate commerce, ini such
of them as are of public import
ance, doing for them what the
ig-ovornment now does for the na
tional banks, and what is now
done for the railrods by the inter
state Commerce Commission.
Such a commission must enforce
the complete publicity of those
corporative tiansactions which
are of public interest: must at-’
tack unfair completion, false
capitalization and special privi
lege, and by continuous trained
watchfulness guard and k^p
open equally to all the highway
of American commerce.
Thus the business man will
have certain knowledge of the
law, and will be able to conduct
his business easily in conformity
therewith; the investor will find
security f^ his capital; dividends
will be rendered more certain,
and the savings of the people
will be drawn naturally and safe
ly into the channels of trade.
Under such a system of con
structive legislation, legitimate
business, freed from confusion,
uncertainly and fruitless litiga
tion will develop normally in ro-
ponse to the energy and enter
prise of the American business
mail,
We pledge ourselves the
enactmen of a patent law which
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Blood Was Wrong
All women, who suffer from the aches and paia#, due
to female ailments, are urged to try Cardui, the reliable,
scientific, tonic remedy, for women. Cardui acts promptly,
yet gently, and without bad effects, on the womanly system,
relieving pain, building up strength, regulating the system,
and toning up the nerves. During the past half century,
thousands of ladies have written to tell of the quick curativt
mults they obtained, from the use of this well-known mediciiMt.
^ TAKE
Cardui
The
WomanbToroc
Mrs. Jane Cailehan suffered from womanly trouble for
nearly ten years. In a letter from Whiteville, N. C., she
says r “ 1 was not able to do my own housework. My
stomach was weak, and my bk>6d was wrong. I had back
ache, and was very weak. 1 triied several doctors, but they
did me no good. I used Cardui for 3 or 4 months, and now
I am in the best health I have ever been. I can never praise
Ou-dui enough.” It is the best tonic, for women.
Whether seriously sick, or simpily we%;try CSWImI
t WMIc to: Ladin’ AriYitery Dtpk. ChKttaMon MedkHne Co.. OMttMoeia^ Twi„
Spatial toBimmm. aadM-pMo l
' Hmbc TreatoMMt tar WoaMii,’' ccat Inc JII
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goes a great deal f^thjpr thian wha^ iry us on
; our fail suit aiKi uvercoat/
C leanuigy Pressing and
H* Goldstein,
Saves Expensive Trips
IT WAS NEGESSARY for the Attorney to
have a personal talk with a client in a diitaxit
city. The journey would seriously interfere
seyeral important engagements made for
: tic day. ^ ■
te used the Long Distance Bell Telephone,
had satisfactory talk with his distant client ani
was «0le to keep all his engagements at home.
The Long Distance Bell Telephone increases ‘
the efHciency of business men who adapt it to their
needs. It can serve you with equal satisf^tkm
and economy.
By the way, have yon a Bell Telephoned
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHO^
» AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
BlIHINTON OmCIAlS
Jofr. H. Freeland,
W. P. Ireland,
T. S. Fauc^tte, .
A. A. Apple,
W. F. Dajley,
H. C. Stout,
J. G. Roger?,
Eugene Hplt,',
J. L. Scott,
Jas. P. Montgomery,
E. S. W. DamerOn,
Dr. W. D., M^er,
A. A. Russell,
D. H. Whiti
J. L. Patillo;
M. A. King,' .
Jerry Sellers, .
John A. King,?
R. J. Hall -
Mayor.
Aldermam, JPinst Ward!.
Alderman,
Atderman, Second Ward.
Alderman, Second Ward.
Aldermari, Third Ward,
Alderman, Third Ward.
Alderman, Fourth Wat^
Alderman, Foui^h Ward.
Secretary & Treasurer.
City Attorney.
City Health Officer.
Chief Police,
Tax Collector and Police.
Night Police.
Cemetery Keeper-^White Cemetery
Cemetery Keeper—Col. Cmet^
Street Commissioner.
City Scavenger.
. BOARD OP EDUCATION.
B. R. Sellers, J. W. Cates, Eugene Holt, T. S. Faucette,
R. M. Andrews, Jos. A.. Isley, Jas. P. Mcmtgomery.
WATER-LIGHT & POWER COMMISSION.
R. M. Morrow, ■ Eugene Holt, J. L. Scott.
Sovthern'Rulway Passenger Schednle.
No. 112
No. 108
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Poit-Office Honrs.
General Deliveryjof. Ma;il 7:00 A. m. to 7:30 p. m.
Money-order and Registration Hours 7:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M.
Sunday Hours.
General Delivery 7:00 P. M. to 7:30 P. M
Lobby open all hours to box renters.
J* Zeb WALLERi Postmaster.
MOLES and WARTS
Removed with MOLESOFF, without pain or
danger* no matter how large, or hovir far raised
about the surface of the skin. And they will
never return, aqd no trace or s^r will be left.
MOLESOFF is applied directly to the MOLE or
WART, which entirely disappears in about six
days, killing the germ and leaving the skin
smooth and naturaL
MOLESOFiF is put up only in ll.OObottles.
Each bottle Is neatly packed in a plain 'case, accom
panied by full directions, and contains enouerh remedy
to remove eight or ten ordinary MOLES or WARTS.
We sell MOLESOF'F under a positive GUARANTEE
if it fails to remove your MOLE or WART, we will
promptly refund the dollar.
Florida Pi»tributing Oompany Uept., Pf^neacpla Flo.
An ad in The State Dispatch wiU
pay. Try one and see.
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