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DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM PirmcJ Declaration of Principles of the Democratic Party as Set Forth By the Denver Convention. Following is the Democratic nation al platform: i ' We, ihe representatives of the Democrats of the United States in national convention assembled, af firm our belief in, and pledge our loyalty t othe principles of the party. We rejoice at the increasing signs of an awakening throughout the country. The various investigations have traced graft and political cor ruption to the representatives of pre datory wealth and laid bare the un scrupulous methods by which they have debauched elections and preyed upon a defenseless public through the subservient officials whom through have raised to place and power. The conscience of the nation is now aroused to free the government from the grip of those who have made it a business asset of the favor seeking ( corporations; it must become again a people's government, and be admin istred in all its departments accord ing to the Jeffersonian maxim of Equal rights to all and special priv ileges to none." "Shall the people rulef" is the overshadowing issue which manifests itself in all the questions now under discussion. The Injunction Plank. The courts of justice are the bul work of our liberties and we yield to none in our purpose to maintain* their dignity. Our party has given to the bench a long line of distin guished judges who have added to the respect and confidence in which this department must be jeasously main tained. We resent tbe attempt of the Republican party to raise a false is sue respecting the judiciary. It ia an unjust reflection upon a great body of our citiaens to assume that they lack respect for the courts. It ia the function of the courts to interpret the laws which the people create, and if the laws appear to work economical, social er political injus tice. it is our duty to change them. The only basis upon wheh the in tegrity of our courts can stand ia that of unswerving justiee and pro tection of life, persopal liberty and property. If judicial processes may be abused, we should guard them against abuse. Uw Should Be Modified. Experience has proven the neces sity of a modification of the present law relating to injunctions and we re iterate the pledge of our national platforms of 1890 and 1904 in favor of the measure which passed the | United States Senate in 1896 but i which a Republican Congress has ev er since refused to enact, relating to contempts in Federal courts and pro viding for trial by jury in eases of indirect contempt. Questions of judicial practc* have arisen especially in connection with industrial disputes. We deem that the parties to all judicial proceedings should be treated with rigid imparti ality and that injunctions should not issue in any e.nes in which injunc tions would not issue if no industrial dispute were involved. The expanding Organization of in dustry makes it essential that there should be no abridgement of tho rip-lif ttf ■ wagf-paniriVaTul prorlTiccrß to or ganize for the proection of wages and the improvement of labor condi toins to the end that such labor or ganisations and their members should not be regarded air illegal* combina tions in restraint of trade. We faffnr the eight-hour day on all government work. We pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of a law by Congress, as far as the Federal jurisdiction ex tends, for a general employer's lia bility act covering injury to body, or loss of life of employes. ° pledtr? the Democratic party to the enactment of a law creating a department of labor, represented separately in the President's Cabinet, which department shall include subject of mines and mining. The Railroad Plank. We assert the right - of Congress to wcercise complete control over inter- State commerce end the right of each State to exercise just as complete control over commerce within its bor ders. We demand such enlargement of the powers of the inter-State com merce commission as max be neces sary to enable it to protect persons and places from discrimination and extortion and to compel the railroads to perform their dnties as common earners. We favor the efficient super vision and rate regulation of railroads engaged in inter-State commerce. To this end we recommend the physical valuation of the railroads bv the in ter-State commerce commission, such valuation to take into consideration the original of construction and all elements of value that will render the valuation made fair and itist. We fpvor such I'testations as will prohi bit the railroads engaging in business v.hich brines them into com "M:tinns with tb°ir shippers, also leg ■efaton whcli will assure such reduc tion in transportation rates as condi tions, will permit, earc being taken to avoid reduction that would compel t reducton in wages, prevent-adequate icrvice or do injustice to legitimate investments. We heartily approve tbe law*-pro hibiting the pass and the rebate, and . ae favor any further necessary leg ' islation to restrain, correct and pre sent such abuse*. Tariff. — : - *' We welcome the belated promise of la riff reform now affected by the Re- 1 publican party jn tardy recognition i jf the righteousness of the Demo- 1 iratie position on this question; b*t 1 '.heee people cannot safely entrust the 1 ixecution of this important work' to i party which is so deeply obligated to the highly protected interests as is :he Republican party. We call at ientiwtr to the signijrrairt faci Ihrft the promised relief was postponed until lfter the coming election —an elec tion to succeed in which the Repub ican party must have that same sup port from beneficiaries of the high protective taiff as it has always here tofore received from them; and to the further fact that during years of un interrupted powed no action whatever has been taken by the Republican Congress to correct the adnittedly existing tariff iniquities. Ws favor immediate revision of the tariff by the reduction of import du ties. Articles entering into competi tion 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 man ufactures 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 to a revenue I basis. Existing duties have given to the manufacturers of paper a shelter be hind which they have organized com binations to raise the price of pulp and of paper, thus imposing a tax upoh the spread of knowledge. We demand the immediate repeal of the tariff on pulp paper, lumber, timber logs and that these articles be placed upon the free list. Publicity of Campaign Contributions. We demand Federal legislation for ever terminating the partnership which has existed between corpora tions of the country and the Republi can party under the expressed or im plied agreement that in return for the contributions of great sums of money wherewith to purchase elec tions they should be allowed to con tinue substantially unmolested in their efforts to encroach upon the rights of the people. ' Any reasonable doubt as to the ex istence of this relation has been for ever dispelled by the sworn testimony of witnesses examined in the insur ance investigation in New York, and the open admission unchallenged by the Republican national committee of a single individual, that be. himself at the personal request of the Repub lican candidate for the presidency raised over a quarter of n million of dollars to be used in a single Stale during the closing hours of the la.it I campaign. In order that this prac tice fhall be stopped for all time, w demand the passage of a statute pun ishing with imprisonment any otlieer of a corporation who shall cifhe contribute on behalf of, or consent to the contribution by a corporation of any monoj' or tiling of value to be used in furthering the election of a President and Vice I'iesid nt of the united States or of any member of »"tl.e Congress thereof. We denounce the action «.f ihe Republican, party, hayi>tr /comoieic ontroj ef the Federal uuvernme |f , for its failure to pass the bill intro duced in the la«t Congress to coni i»el Ihe publication of t.»c names «i inlr„ted towarl campaign funds, and point to the evidence of their in sincerity when they sought by an absolutely irrelevant an'» impossible amendment to defeat the passage of the bill. Tho Rights of the States. Believing with Jefferson in '' the support of the State governments in all their rights as the most competent administration for our domestic con cerns and the surest bulwark agsinat anti-republican tendencies" and in "the preservation of the general gov ernment in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet-anchor of oui peace at home and safety abroad." we are opposed to the centralization implied in these suggestions, now frequently made, that the powers of , th« general government should bi extended by judicial construction Economy in Administration. The Republican Congress in session just ended has mad* appropriation! amounting to $1,005.000,000, ex seeding .tbe total expenditures of th» past fiscal year bv $90,000,000 ant leaving a deficit of more than S6O, 000.000 for the fiscal year. We de nounce tbe needless waste of th people's monev which has resulte in this appallirg increase as j shameful violation of all prudem conditions of eovernment. as no Us than a crime against the millions of working men and women from whose earnings the great proportion of these eolloesal sums must be extorted through excessive tariff exactions and other indirect methods. Pensions. We favor a generous pension policy both as a matter of justice to the surviving veterans ant) their do- i pendents and betause it tends to re- i tevc thp country of the necessity of uaintaining a large standing army. i Natural Resources. ' We repeat the demand for internal 1 development and for tne (conservation 1 of our natural resources, contained in • previous platforms, the enforcement of which Mr. Koosevelt has vainly , sought from a reluctant party and to ( 'that end we insist upon the preserva- tion, protection and replacement of ( .iiwcri founts, ffie preservation of the public domain for home seekers, j the protection of the natural resources 1 in coal, iron and oil against ( monopolistic control, the develop ment of our waterways for naviga- 1 'lion ami every other useful purpose, including the irrigation of arid 4unds, the reclamation of swamp lands, the clarification of streams ,the develop ment of water power and the preser vation- of electric power generated by this natural force from the con trol of monopoly; and to such end, we urge the exercise of all powers, na tional, st7trFand~ municipal, both sep arately and in co-operation. Pansur.a Canal. > We believe the Panama canal will prove of great value to our country, and favor its speedy completion. Banking. The panic of 1907, coming without any legitimate excuse, when the. Re publican party had for a decade been in complete control of the Fedral government, furnishes additional proof that it is either unwilling or incompetent to protect the interest* of the general public. It has so linked the country to Wall Street that the sins of the speculators are visited upon the whole people. Income Tax. We favor an income tax as part of our revenue system and we urge the submission of a constitutional amendment specifically Authorizing Congress to levy and collect a tax apoti individual and corporate in comes to the end that wealth may bear its proportionate share of the burdens of the Federal government. The Navy. The constituional provision that a navy shall be provided and main- j tained means an adequate navy and we believe that the interests of this country would be best served by having a navy sufficient to defend the coasts of this country and pro tect American citizens wherever their rights may be in jeopardy. Popular Election of Senators. We favor the election of United States Beuators by direct vote of the people am'j regard this reform as the gateway to other national re forms. Minor lianea. Other planks in the platform call l for an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to recognize the in depender-o of the Phillipincsj de nounces the growing rnorcAse of office holA?rs under the Republican admin istration as indicating a deliberate purpose to continue the Republicans in power; demands that the House of Representatives shall again oecomc a deliberative body, controlled by a ma jority of the members and not bv the Speaker; favors an immediate, liberal and comprehensive plan for improv ing every water eourse in the Union; condemns the action of the present Chief Executive in using the patron age of his high office to secure thp nomination of one of his Cabinet of ficers;- pledges the party to the en actment of a lav; to regulate the rates and services of telegraph ntid tele phone companies, calls for honest and rigirt enforcement of the civil service laws, favors the immediate admission of Arizona ijjfod New Mexico nV sep arate Stntes/wcelares that rules anl regulations in relating to free grazing lands should be left to the people of the States where the lands are sit uated; favors the extension of agri cultural. mechanical and industrial cdifration, believes in tfie upbuilding of the American merchant marine without new or additional burdens upon the people and without bounties from tli" public Treasury: fnvnra th« -ajjplirntiflir of the land laws of the United States to Hawaii, in the interest of homesteaders; de mands for the p"ople of Alaska and Porto Itieo the full enjoyment of the rights and provisions of a .territorial form of government; favors Federal aid in the construction and mainten ance of post roads, deprecates the use of the navy for 'he collection of pri vate debts and advocates the organi zation of all existing national public health agencies into a national bu reau of public health; insists upon the full protection of our citizens at home and abroac'i and demands that all over the world a duly authorized pass port issued bv the government of the Uni'ed tSates to nn American citizen shah !>c proof of the fact that he is an American citizen and shall entitle him to the treatment due him fts such Sensational War Rumor. St. Petersburg. By Cable.—The No voe Vremya priuts a sensational story in which it reiterates the charge that Germany is'preparing to fight England. It declares that the Ger man War GfTice has plans prepared in detail for launching a tremendous force on the east coast of England or Scotland; It declares that the grow ing friendliness of England am'i Rus sia is the cause. The plan is declared to include the idea of arming Ger man residents in England. - The Heat Wi73 Broken. New York. Special.—Tho tropical heat spell which lias enveloped New York for nearly three weeks, killing over three scores of persons and pros trating hundreds, was broken when a sev#ie electrical storm, accompan ied By hail and rain, swept over the city. Four persons died Tuesday as a result of the heat before the storm came. The temperature Yop p~d 20 degrees within a - few minutes after the storm broke, touching 71 degrees. - tendency / will bo to make more of these we have, and by a natural tow te Improve the quail I y of the work done. The lnoonipotnnt mh.lrter w.ho Is elliy and pretentious brlr.ga the whole profession Into disrepute, &a serto s tho Christian Ite&jstor. The sooner he 1$ woedod out the better. DEATH ROBS COURT Indicted Insurance Grafter Is Given Swift Call 1 THOS. D. JORDAN'S END SUDDEN Former Comptroller of the Equitable Life Assurance Society Under In dictment For Forgery and Per jury, Drops Dead in the Wall Street Station of the Subway. New York, Special.—Thomas I). Jordan, formerly comptroller of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, dropped dead of heart Vsease in tho Wall Street station of the subway. His death was attended by tragic cir cunMuneoM. Scores of persons saw hini fall, anions them Dr. F. C. Wells, a friend. I)r. Wells hurried .to the side of his stricken friend,"but he saw immediately that Mr. Jordan was dean Mr. Jordan had parted from his son, Frank H. Jordan, only a moment before, and a messenger overtol; the young man on the street. Mul niTormod him of father's deatli. The son was overcome with grief. Il was in the course of the Arm strong committee insurance investi gation that Mr. Jordan's name came, prominently before the public. It was brought out then that Comptroller Jordan had secured loans aggregat ing +iis.t,oOO for himself and .lames VjT. Alexander, former president of the K|iiitsble t from the Mercantile Trust Company, and that these loans ha « been covered up on the books of the company. This $685,000 came to be known as the "yellow fog" fund. A «ie.«irc was expressed by the Armstrong committee that Jordan npp"." before the committee and ex plain In:, financial management of the Eq.ii.uhi?, but the process servers wi • unable to locate Mr. Jordan. His "on was called before the corn mi., o und asked to tell where his ir 4 '.: i w*"». The young man said he did io( k:vi\v. tigation lm i romc to a close that Jor dan put in an appearance. It WOR then I T -. nod that he had been in Eu rope As a rasult of the disclosures modi before the Armstrong commit tee the grand jury found eighteen indictments for forgery and one for perjury against Jordan. Only re cently Mr. Jordan appeared before Justice floff to plead not guilty to in dictments. His trial was set for the fall Oompera to Support Bryan. lairview, Lincoln, Neb., Special.— Samuel Oompers, president of the American Federation of LaUir, will support William J. Bryan in the coming presidential campaign. In political circles this announcement overshadowed nil others, even the ar livol of John W. Kern, the vice presidential nominee. ®'hile Mr. • iompers' support was promised to l IH* tffcket he speeifically dcnicii any lii'sentI ii'sent intention of taking the stump in the coining campaign. Rep«Ms gained currency that the labor leader would speak for Bryan but he made no such announcement. He left Fair - i iiiw lito IS llliuliies 1 inlerview with Mr. Bryan. At present it is be lieved there will be no need for Mr. fii-mpers' service in an oratorical Si use, and Mr. (lo'nmers does not-ex pect to be called on to sneak pub 4i''ly in the campaign.. Republicans Ignored Labor. ptrs asserts, ignored the demands of labor, while the Democrats acknowl- them in their platform. His irse, he says, is cl-ar ani'i he will do what is demanded of him in the interests of labor as best impressed in the platform adopted at Denver. As the situation is at present, Mr. (o inpers' efforts can be better ex panded elsewhere than on the ros tnim. , , Mystery Baffles Police. Troy, N. Y„ Special.—Out of * a maze of theories which confront the II ,: liorities who are trying to life the eli iid of mystery surrounding the •l- iih of 10-year-old Hazel I. Drew, v i.ese body was found in an old mill pi nr! near Averill Park last Saturday nothing tangible developed that points to the murderer or the motive for the crimo. No arresls have been made, although the police? have close ly iiiesfioiied sc-eiui persons whom it "us thought might throw some li' on the cas-». * Moyer Not a Candidate. Denver, Col., Special.—Charles H. Mover, presic'i-nt of the Western Fed eration of Miners, announces that he will not be a candidate for re-eloc tion at the convention of the union in D' nver thi3 week. It bus bean al leged that Will iam D. Haywood, for mer secretary of the federation, will be a candidate to succeed Moyer. News in Brief. Mr. Taft and Senator Warner dis cussed the Republieftji plans for car rying Missouri. I w ' The United States inclined to establish a naval patrol to keep peaee in Central America, The wives of both Republican and candidates i'y President arid Vice-President are experienced hostesses, an'ci have seen much of of ficial life. . L: v— - I Every Month 1 ■ writes Mrs. E. Fournier of Lake Charles, La, "il Bused to suffer from headache, backache, side aetata I pressing-down pains, and could hardly walk. At I ■ last I took Caraui, and now I feel good all the tima»fl CARDUII I It WUI Help Ton I Cardui is a medicine that has been found to a&H ■ upon the cause of most women's pains, strengthen- 1 ling the weakened womanly organs, that suffer be- 1 H cause their work is too hard for them. It is not a pain "killer," but a true female■ ■ remedy, composed of purely vegetable ingredients, I H perfectly harmless and recommended for all sick wo-1 I men, old or young. Try Cardui. Women's Belief.! I AT ALL DRUG STOREB I John D. President; Asa T. Crawford, Sec. & T reag. T. W. THghum, Gen. Mgr.: T. C. Tilghani, Goti. Supt- The Dennis Simmons Lumber Co., Manufacturers o7 Kiln Dried N. C. Pine Lumber Dennis Simmons Brand Cypress Shingles Orders and Correspondence Solicited. WILLIAMSTON, N. C. ■s—■■ . . ■_ ... i, . . _ .. . Take Your Clothing to Octavius Price When you want them cleaned or pressedl Ladies' Skirts cleaned and pressed at a reasonable price. Work guaranteed ta give satisfaction. Roanoke Pressing Club VilES* I ""S -T-zzFTT-zrrxaawmmESST-. Hfe Ha'l the Habit. A nioi.> in iin 1 1 profes.or who is ropuio.l to be h! J«hr ly absent-minded. The learned iuuii had arranged to escort hla wife ouo even Ins to the theatre. "I lt n't 11 kf the tie you have on. I wish you won 'I P" «u» and nut on another/' said his wife. The profeaajr tranquilly obeyed. Morn en i aft*-.- moment oiapurd unti. finally th° impa'lent wife wrnt up stairs to learn the cause of'delay. In his room sho fennd her husband un dressed and gertlng Into bed. Habit had been too raueh for him when 1m took off lils tie.—London Tit-Hlta. The paper lru»t sees the a* descend, ing, but it la nlmbl« enough to side- Btep lightning, observes the Atlanta Constitution. | Very Serious It ia a very serious matter to aak for one medicine and have the wrong one given you. For this reason we urge you in buying to be careful to get the genuine— BLACK-DRTUGHT I Liver Medicine . The reputation of thia old, relia- u ble medicine, for constipation, in- M digestion and liver trouble, is firm- j : ly established. It does not imitate L other medicines. It la better than others, or it would not be the fa- i| vorite liver powder, with a larger I] aalo than all others combined. SOLD 181 TOWN W Ongi|jy|co€AiNtAKL rlllm WHISKEY Habits cured at rcrr Sanatorium In u few »HILI. TOO can return to jour borne in 90 days well, (tee and happy. I hare made tbeee habits a specialty for V* year* and cured thousands. pnrr Book on Home Treatment sent 111 CC Address dr. ft; K/jMiSouunF, 109 H. Fry or an MI, Atlanta, da, J J. c. SMITH; ATTOHSr.Y AT LAW, 7 Ueneritl rHCtler * a tiff KICK. I>r. l «r K Rrtrk Ul«lg Robcr-onviUc, N. C. Kodol For, Indigestion Our Guarantee Coupon It, after uainc a (i.oa bottko ut Kodol. joo can honeatljr aay il bat not benefited roa. wo j will refund tout money. Try Kodnt today cat I thia (uarantee. Fill out and »rn Ike follow- ' Inf. preaent il to the dealer at tba lima of ' purchaae. If it faila to satisfy yon rotara tba bottle to the dealer from whom you bought U. , and wa will refund your money. Town State ________________ Sif n here Cot Tbla Qui Digests What You Eat And Makes the Stomach Sweat K. C. D«WITT & CO., Cblaco, UtJ For Sale by 8. R. Bitfpt, William ston, Slath-, Jones & Co., Hamilton. J. B. SPELLER^ —Dealer in— Wood, Shingles, Poultry, Eggs and Furs. We carry a big line of Wall Paper. ' Williamston. N. C. Itffl A few doees of this remeclj* will In variably cure an orUtuury attack of diarrhoea. It can always be depended upon, even in the more severe attacka of cramp colic and cholera morbus. It is equally successful for summer diarrhoea and cholera infantnm in children, and i« thn means of saving the lives of many childre/i eachjrear. 'When reduced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take. Every man of a family should keep this remedy in his home. Bny tt BOW. PRICE , 26c. LA.ROB 808. MO. r.,-?.
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