Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-11-04

DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
We, the delegates of the Democratic party of tn
United States, in national convention assembled. d
hereby declare the administration oi the Fede Gov
ernmcnt to be in great need of immediate REFORM d.
hereby enjOn upon the nominees of the convention
and of the Democratic party in each State and a. ST
Louis, make efforts and to cooperate to this end
do hereby appeal to fellow citizens of every t.rme
political connection undertake with this first
most pressing and patriotic duty for the benefit Of TIT
We here affirm our faith in the pcrmanency of III,
Federal Union devotion to the constitution OF tn,
United States with its amendments universally accepted
fral settlement of the controversies that engen
dercd the civil and do here record scadast conf
dence in the perpeuy of Republican self government
in absolute acquisition in the will OF The majority
over military authority; in the total separation O.
Church and State, for the sake alike of civil and relig
eedom in the equality Of all citizens before the
laws of their enactment in the liberty OF ndivid
ual conduct unvexed by sumptuary laws in the faith
ful education of the rising generation. that they may
pres rve enjoy and transmit these Dcsl conditions OF
human happiness and hope.
We uphold the nOblest products of one iuiled years
Of chauveful history but while uphOding the bond OF
our union and the great charter of these rights
bchooves free people to practice also that eternal Wig
ilancc which is the price OF liberty Reform is neces-
people of the Union. eleven years ago happily rescued
from danger of corrupt cenrasm which after intictng
has honey-combed the offices of the Federal Govern
ment itself with ncapacity worse than fraud inflicted
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and locked fast the property OF an industrious people
the paralysis of hard times.
Reform Unnecessary establish a sound currency .
restore the public credit and maintain the national hon
or We denounce the failure for all these ten years to
make good the promise of the legal notes which are
changing the standard vaLe in the hands of the people,
and the non-payment of which is disregard of the
pgnted faith OF the nation. WcdenOunce the imprOv-
encc which in eleven years of peace has taken from
the neope in frauds ten times the whole amount of the
egal tender notes and squandered four times the
in useless expense without accumuating any reserve
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cy and immortality OF that party which during eleven
years of peace has made no advance towards resump
obstructed resumption BY wasting onr resources and
exhalsting all our surplus income; and while equally
RaS snnasy added fresh hindIsnces thereto A. such
q hndrance, we denounce the resumption clause oil
the act of 1876 and demand its repeal. We demand
iud;ciOus system of prepalaOn by public economies
Ov Official retrenchments and by wise finance, which
shall enable the nation to the whole wOrd of its
perfect ability and perfect readiness to meet any of its
promises at the cali its creditors entitled to payment
We believe that such system well devised and intrus
ed to competent hands of execution, creates at time
an artificial scarcity of currency and at time alarm
ing the public mind in withdrawal OF that vaster
chnery credit by which 95 per cent OF all business
transactions are perormed-a system Opcn public and
inspiring general confidence, would from the day of
adoption bring healing its wings TO all our harrassed
industries set in motion the wheels OF commerce.
ufactures and the mechanic arts restore
to labor and prosperity to the people Reform ncces
sary in the sum and moe OF Federal taxation TO the
lightly burdened.
We denounce the present tariff levied upon nearly
1910 articles as masterpiece Of injustice and false
pretenses tyields dwinding. not yearly rising
enue 1t has Impoverished many industries to subsi-
die few prohlDits imports , .nat mgn1 purchase
the products OF the country. mas reduced american
CO nmetce from the nrst 10 an INFERIOR upon the nigh
seas. 1t has lowered the sac oi Amerlcan malufac
American agriculture and industries followed by half of
our people, 1t costs the -Ople five times more than
IL produces to tue treasury oDsructS the processes
of production and wastes the fruits of labor 1t pro-
mpes frauds, fosters smuggns, enriches dishonest
officials and bankrupts honest merchants We demand
that custom mousse NAatioh enu De OHiy ior revenue
Reform is necessary IN the scale OF p9oG expense ma
uoH. State and municipal our Fe1erai taxation has
swollen from $60OOUUVO goiu, III iooV 10 $4O,OOO,O0O
currency in lSlO our astresae M .MXauSn M mas grown
from $l6O,OOOOU Sod III lSoO W S'ooOVov currency,
in one decade ro ness an h 90 per h neaG 70 more
paid to their TAX sa!nerers ofe tna .nIce umes the
amount Of the national aeot ana more Ell uhan twice OF
frugahy IN al the departments ana every once OF the
Government ..
n and: and their diversion 10 '1e eo ac;as
Waste OF paSnc us a.; %nu % h;h bn rom actual
settlers 6y the parry IN wcn mas
TWO hundred ,ha ho ana
out OF more ah IwLce aI las oisposeu OF
less than sixth to the tiiers OF tne sou.
Reform Is necessary 10 correct 'e omissions OF Re-
publican ana tne errors o our treaties and di.
Piomacy whlch nave slrippeu our eiioW cltlzens OF
foreign birth ana kndred race the Atlantic of
ern Of the Pacific coast to the ncursiuns Of race no.
speak Language iro tn SAINT seat pareht STOCK
and In act now oy Jaw ,nrohgh matt
tioas OF s nor exercised IN 6
thus discOrds the liberty loving German and toerates
the coolie trade IN Mongohan women imported for i'm
moral purposes and Mongoian men held to perform
vile labor contracts and we demand such modification
of the treaty with the Chinese Empire. or such gisa-
tion by Congress within Constitutional limitations
shall prevent the further importation, immigration
Of the Mongolian race.
crurm is necessary, and can never be effected but
byskng it the controlling issue of the elections and
lifting it above the two false issues with which the Of
fee holding class and the party in seek TO smoth
er it. /. Tnc laSe issue with which they would en-
knde sectarian strife in respect to the public schools
of wnich the establishment and support belong excl
sivey to the States, which the Democratic party has
cherished from their foundation and is resolved to
maintain without partiaty preference for any class
sect or creed and without contribution from the Treas
ury 2. The false issue by which they seek to light
anew the dying embers OF sectional hate between kin
dred people once unnaturaly estanged but united
ernment business is not possible if its civil sev he
prize fought for at the ballot box be brief reward of
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