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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1924
Page
1
The Democratic platform honors Woodrow Wilson's memory and leadership. Delegates express gratitude for his influence on democracy and pledge to advance the principles he championed, striving for the full triumph of democratic ideals in this and future generations.
The text contrasts Democratic principles favoring equal rights and remedial legislation with Republican aims of preserving special privileges and material prosperity through vested interests, accusing the GOP of entrenching privileges while Democrats seek change and progress amid a demanding populace.
Storehouse of claims contrasts "eight unsullied years" of Democratic rule with the last three and a half years. It praises progressive legislation, labor protections, and reforms under Wilson era policy while denouncing the ensuing Republican tenure as corrupt and shameful. It highlights acts on tariffs, labor, farm loans, and anti-trust reforms.
A partisan broadside lambasts the Republican party for alleged corruption, obstructed inquiries, and cabinet-level replacements. It cites the Interior, Navy and Attorney General departments, Veterans Bureau fraud, oil leases, and calls out the party for defending crime exposure while criticizing reformers.
A local opinion line argues that backing Coolidge signals a stance on ehnos. The piece frames the ballot choice as reflecting societal values and race relations, urging readers to consider the impact of the candidate's policies on community identity.
The piece outlines a Democratic program in response to widespread hardship. It cites dishonesty, discrimination, extravagance, and taxation burdens, with distress in agriculture and industry. It pledges to remove corrupt influence, place only honest officials, promote economy, uphold constitutional rights, and end spy and blackmailer practices associated with the prior Republican administration.
The text denounces the Fordney McCumber tariff as unjust and harmful, accusing it of class legislation that raises living costs and favors monopolies. It argues for reciprocal trade and fair revenue, noting Democrats reduced direct taxes by about 450 million dollars under progressive leadership.
The piece argues the central issue is tax burden and capital distribution, not tax cuts or conservation. It supports a graduated income tax tied to benefits and ability to pay, opposes nuisance taxes, praises a Democratic revenue measure, and denounces the Mellon plan as favoring multimillionaires while pledging further tax reductions. It frames Coolidge as accepting the taxation issue.
The piece argues during Republican governance the farmer’s position worsened from comfort toward bankruptcy. It cites isolationist foreign policy limiting export markets, high tariffs under Fordney McCumber that increase domestic costs, and transport issues as key pressures contributing to farmer hardship.
The document outlines aims to restore farmers to parity with industrialists by adopting cooperative export policies, lowering transportation rates, completing waterways, developing hydropower for cheaper fertilizer, supporting export marketing on commission, securing farmer credits, and reducing the price margin between producer and consumer.
Rail sponsors argued the act would lower transportation costs improve service aid labor peace and ensure fair returns to railroads. Critics say it failed to cut costs or improve service, worsened labor disputes, made reeapture unfair, hindered inland water and coastwise trade, and interfered with intrastate regulation. They urge rewriting to lower rates for bulky raw commodities and raise rates for valuable manufactured goods.
The statement reaffirms support for Muscle Shoals in the 1916 national defense act to produce nitrates for munitions and fertilizers. It calls for prompt congressional action to run Muscle Shoals plants at maximum capacity for commercial fertilizers, opposing limits on power usage.
The speaker denounces the 1920 Republican deflation policy citing a drastic contraction in credit and currency after the 1920 election. It claims five billion dollars in reduced bank loans and fifteen hundred million in currency cuts, wrecking farmers, stock growers, and industry, urging Federal Reserve reform to restore stability.
The text calls for recovery of navy oil reserves and other public-domain assets from private control, urging vigorous prosecutions of officials and citizens involved. It supports revision of water power and leasing laws, strict public control of national resources, preservation of migratory birds, game preserves, wildlife, and a national reforestation policy.
Fragmented text discusses highways as essential to commerce and national life. Mentions government agencies and national importance, but readable content is limited and uncertain due to corrupted OCR.
The party argues for government action to foster mining industries including iron, copper, and silver, noting mineral production ranks second to agriculture. It calls for regulations on the anthracite coal industry and other carriers of essential goods, asserting public welfare must not be subordinated to private interests.
The Democratic party condemns Republican policies limiting American flag shipping and calls for an American owned merchant marine built and crewed by Americans. It argues for government ownership of ships to ensure naval security, protect farmers and manufacturers from high freight costs, and balance private shipping growth. It also opposes railroads favoring foreign ships and aims to correct such discrimination.
The Democratic party denounces Repuli can administration for civil service violations and partisan removals. It opposes packing the civil service commission and denying ex service men preferred rights. It pledges fair civil service rules, extending protections to Internal Revenue and other non executive staff, plus adequate postal salaries.
The passage promises the Democratic party policy to prevent sitting members who fail to win re election from taking part in later sessions. It advocates fixing convening days after national elections and allowing the people in several states to vote on constitutional amendments on this issue.
The Democratic party salutes women as an essential part of progress and political power. It endorses generous appropriations, honest management, and support for hospitalized veterans and their dependents. The call includes reforms to the veterans bureau and compassionate public service.
A call to end predatory funding in campaigns urges honesty in politics and an end to excessive private contributions. It advocates public funding at public expense, preprimary disclosure, and limits on individual and total contributions to congressmen, senators, and presidential candidates, plus a revision of the corrupt practices act to curb election evils exposed by investigations.
A party statement denounces narcotics and heroin spreading among youth as a grave peril and commits to education, control, and suppression at home and abroad. It accuses the Republican administration of failing to enforce prohibition, trafficking in liquor permits, and protecting violators, while pledging the Democrats to uphold the Constitution and laws.
A call defending states' vigor and power as a bulwark against centralization. It condemns the Republican efforts to nationalize state functions and reduce local autonomy.
A historical statement urging revival of self government to preserve free institutions and pledging to maintain a long standing position in favor of excluding Asiatic immigrants. The speaker emphasizes duty to uphold established policy and republican values amid immigration debates.
The document proclaims independence for the Philippines, pledging to grant independence immediately. It condemns Alaska maladministration under Republicans, urges a full territorial government for Alaska, and supports national park, harbor, breakwater, and road improvements in Hawaii along with welfare legislation for the Virgin Islands.
The text argues that war is barbaric and only justifiable for defense. It urges universal conscription of resources during warfare, strict arms reduction, and a ban on new naval programs until international disarmament accords are reached. It also supports a world disarmament treaty and a war referendum, with consultation of those who bear war’s costs.
Statement condemns Lausanne treaty as betraying Armenian interests and calls for protecting American rights in Turkey. It pledges support for President Wilson's arbitral award on Armenia and Greece, welcoming Greece into the sisterhood of republics and extending cordial wishes to its government and people.
The Democratic party calls for outlawing war as a system, promoting sovereign nation cooperation, and supporting the League of Nations and world court to organize peace. It criticizes four years of foreign policy, urges a referendum to decide U S membership with reservations, and vows to pursue a moral leadership in international affairs.
A group advocates deep water routes from the Great Lakes to the Gulf and Atlantic, urging inland waterway development and removal of transport discrimination. They press flood control, faster flood relief works on the Mississippi and Colorado rivers, reclamation and irrigation projects, and hydroelectric power creation to boost safety and productivity.
The United States coordinates surveys to assess navigation improvements and water power development on navigable streams and tributaries. It urges delaying federal water power licenses until Congress reviews the Water Power Commission's license application reports for economical navigation development.
The passage asserts that states are responsible for citizens' intellectual and moral development and for tax money spent on schools, while the federal government should offer counsel and aid through federal agencies to improve education in line with national needs.
The Democratic party advocates urgent reclamation of arid Western public lands to utilize resources. It criticizes federal inefficiencies affecting homestead entrants under reclamation, noting the 1924 act was dropped from a deficiency bill by Republican conferees.
The statement urges immediate passage of laws to empower states to curb inflated capitalizations and reckless corporate refinancing. It warns that promotion and reorganization of overcapitalized firms have already caused railroad, public service, and industrial collapses, leading to unemployment and waste, threatening economic stability.
The Democratic party pledges vigorous enforcement of existing laws against private monopoly and illegal combinations. It cites reports to the Republican administration showing monopolies and prompts for further measures to curb trusts. The few prosecutions under this agency, created by Democrats, reveal administration indifference to law violations by trusts.
A labor policy platform urges collective bargaining and laws regulating working hours and conditions. It supports convict labor product rules across state lines and calls for public works legislation during high unemployment. It notes Democratic votes were needed for a child labor amendment submission.
The text notes enduring friendly relations between Latin American republics and the United States since birth, with increasing intimacy. It states the Democratic party extends cordial greetings to these nations and affirms that divine providence has made neighbors, ensuring ongoing justice and friendship.
The Democrats affirm adherence to the First Amendment principles guarding religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. They pledge to keep church and state separate and deny any religious tests for public office, urging obedience to law and opposing religious or racial dissension while submitting their cause to the people.
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