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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1924
Page
6
The Democratic platform adopted at the convention pays homage to Woodrow Wilson, praising his spirit and influence. It expresses gratitude for his role in shaping government ideals and pledges to carry forward the campaign for democracy and its principles.
The text contrasts the Democrats and Republicans, arguing Democrats favor equal rights and reform while Republicans defend special privileges and material interests. It portrays the GOP as entrenched in privilege and stalling progress, and the Democrats as seeking remedial legislation and progress.
The speaker extols eight years of Democratic rule from 1913 to World War I, citing numerous reforms and social advances while condemning the subsequent three and a half years as a shift to venal aims and spoil distribution. The record highlights laws creating the FTC, farm loan system, eight hour workday, labor cabinet seat, and other reforms.
A scathing critique accuses the Republican party of unprecedented corruption and systemic failure. It denounces attempts to stall inquiries, highlights resignations of key officials, and warns that partisan warfare threatens governance and public welfare under the current administration.
A political flyer argues that supporting Coolidge will unleash chaos. The message frames Coolidge as a destabilizing force, urging opponents to reject the candidate amid rising tensions.
The document outlines a Democratic pledge to end corruption and extravagance, reduce taxation burdens, relieve agricultural distress, curb high costs of wing and transportation, and reform public offices. It condemns espionage and blackmail practices allegedly present under the Republican administration and calls for honest, economical governance and constitutional rights respect.
A political statement denounces the Fordney McCumber tariff as unjust and class driven. It argues it raises living costs, harms agriculture, and benefits monopolies, while praising a Democratic led shift toward more equitable taxation and reducing direct taxes by about 450 million dollars.
The text outlines a dispute between the President and the Democratic party over taxation. It defends the income tax as fair and progressive, opposes nuisance taxes, cites changes to the Mellon plan, and pledges further tax reductions while noting support for President Coolidge's stance.
The four years of Republican governance have pushed farmers from comfort to bankruptcy. Key causes cited include isolationist foreign policy reducing export markets, the Fordney McCumber tariff raising costs, and high transport rates preventing profitable sales, harming rural livelihoods.
A policy pledge outlines moves to boost farming prosperity by international cooperation, lowering rail and water rates, completing waterways, expanding water power, promoting cooperative marketing, exporting surpluses, and securing farmer credits to narrow the gap between producer prices and consumer costs.
Scribes of 1920 Esch Cummins act argue the measure fails to cut transport costs or improve service and that labor provisions, recapture clause, and inland water goals underdeliver. They call for rate readjustments favoring bulky low value commodities and higher charges for valuable manufactured goods.
A 1914 defense act pledge reaffirms the push by Democratic majorities for Muscle Shoals to produce nitrates and fertilizers. The statement urges Congress to authorize full plant operation, enabling production, distribution and sale of fertilizers to farmers while opposing limits on power use.
The statement condemns the Republican deflation policy from the 1920 platform and 1926 candidacy acceptance. It cites a contraction of over five billion dollars in bank loans and fifteen hundred million in currency within eighteen months, harming farmers and workers. It calls for Federal Reserve reform to stabilize industry, commerce, and finance.
A call for recovering navy oil reserves and all public-domain assets misused by private interests. It urges prosecuting implicated officials and firms, revising the water-power and leasing laws, and ensuring public control of natural resources. Emphasis on water power, forestry, wildlife, migratory birds, and reforestation nationwide.
The article emphasizes road improvements as vital to commerce industry and agriculture. It endorses the Democratic record on maintaining federal aid through existing agencies. It notes mining as a basic national industry and mentions coal production.
The piece argues mining remains strong but hindered by restrictions. It calls for government agencies to regulate the anthracite coal industry and other carriers of essential goods, aiming to curb private corporate control and safeguard public welfare.
The Democratic party denounces Republican policy on American flag shipping accusing it of hampering commerce. It advocates an American owned, built and crewed merchant fleet, government ownership to ensure national security and protect farmers and manufacturers from high ocean freights, while not hindering private ships.
We denounce the Republican administration for partisan removals and manipulation of eligible lists in the Post Office and other departments. We pledge to restore civil service integrity, extend protections to Internal Revenue officers, ensure ex servicemen preference in appointments, and push for adequate postal salaries.
The Democratic party vows to prevent members who fail re election from taking part in subsequent sessions. They support fixing congressional convening days after the national election and propose letting states vote on constitutional amendments on this issue.
The Democratic party proclaims women join men in governing duties, praising their progress and political power. They call for generous funding, honest administration, and support for veterans through hospitalization, rehabilitation, and compensation programs, urging reform of the veterans bureau.
A proclamation denounces predatory interests financing campaigns and seeks end to private contributions. It urges public funding for federal campaigns, pre election publicity at public expense, limits on individual and total contributions, full disclosure, and a complete revision of the corrupt practices act to curb election evils.
A political pledge declares vigorous measures for education control and suppression of narcotic use at home and abroad. It criticizes the Republican administration for failing to enforce prohibition and trafficking in liquor permits while the Democratic party pledges to respect and enforce the Constitution and all laws.
A declaration rejects Republican nationalization of state functions. It denounces efforts to extend federal bureaucracy and create more offices and office holders, urging preservation of states’ authorities and powers.
A call to revive local self-government to preserve free institutions. The pledge supports maintaining an exclusionary policy toward Asiatic immigrants.
The text argues for immediate independence for the Philippines, criticizes Alaska's administration, and calls for a full territorial government for Alaska. It also endorses continued improvement of Hawaii’s national parks, harbors, and roads, and urges welfare legislation for the Virgin Islands.
A doctrine urging war as a last resort defends universal draft of manpower and resources, demands sweeping armament cuts, and seeks international agreements for world disarmament. It calls for a referendum on war and insists those bearing war burdens be consulted when possible before sacrifice.
The statement denounces the Lausanne treaty as a barter of American rights and a betrayal of Armenia for the Chester oil confession. It urges protection of American rights in Turkey and fulfillment of President Wilson’s arbitral award on Armenia. It welcomes Greece into a sisterhood of republics and extends best wishes to its government and people.
The passage argues that the Democratic party seeks to end war through sovereign cooperation, endorses the League of Nations and world court, and calls for a referendum to decide U S membership with reservations. It criticizes the current foreign policy and urges immediate action to establish a permanent foreign policy for peace.
Policy outline supports deep water routes from Great Lakes to Gulf and Atlantic, promoting inland waterways and removing transit discrimination. It calls for flood control, lowering flood levels, and river reclamation with hydroelectric power. Endorses quick flood relief on Mississippi and Colorado rivers and related reclamation and irrigation projects.
Co ordinated surveys by the United States seek to determine possibilities for general navigation improvements and water power development on navigable streams and their tributaries. The effort aims to secure reliable information on economical navigation improvements and efficient water power development, while favoring suspending federal water power licenses until Congress receives commission reports on license applications.
The passage argues that states, not the federal government, should determine educational standards and funding while the Union offers counsel and aid through federal agencies to improve schools in line with national needs. It emphasizes citizen qualifications and taxation expenditure as state responsibilities.
The Democratic party pushes immediate reclamation of arid and semi arid lands in public land states to utilize their resources. It cites hardships for homestead entrymen from federal inefficiencies and notes the 1924 Reclamation Act was removed from a deficiency bill by Republican conferees.
The speaker calls for swift passage of legislation to empower states to enforce laws against aggressive corporate promotion and over capitalization. The aim is to prevent financial strangling of investors workers and consumers and to curb the collapse of railroads utilities and industries, which harms employment and wastes resources.
The text asserts that the federal trade commission has produced reports showing monopolies and illegal combinations and urges vigorous enforcement of existing laws. It criticizes the Republican administration for lax action and pledges Democratic support for stronger anti monopoly measures.
The text advocates that labor is human not a commodity and supports collective bargaining and laws on working hours and conditions. It urges states to apply their laws to convict labor products crossing borders and to authorize public works during unemployment. It notes child labor amendment required Democratic votes in Congress for ratification.
Friendly relations span birth to now between Latin American republics and the United States. The Democratic party extends cordial greetings to these nations. God made us neighbors and justice shall keep us friends.
The Democratic party affirms devotion to the First Amendment principles governing religion freedom speech and a free press. It vows to defend church state separation prohibit religious tests for office and uphold rights to assemble petition and lawful dissent while urging obedience to lawful processes and condemning religious or racial discord.
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