Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-02
National Democratic Platform.

The Democratic party Of the United
First-We pledge ourselves anew to
the constitutional doctrines and traditions
OF the Democratic party Az illustrated by
the teachings and example of long line
of Democratic statesmen and patriots, and
embodied in the platform of the last Ma
| tiOnal Convention Ofthe party.
STANDARDIZATION to Capitalization
and that dangerous spirit o, e.,goahment
which tends TO consolidate the powers OF
all the departments in one, and thus to
| create. whatever may he the forms Of COY
eminent, real despotisni; no sun,ptuary
| laws, separation of Church and State for
| the good OF each, common schools to be
fOstered and protected.
Third-Ho,ne rule, honest money, con-
sisting of gold, silver and paper cOnverti-
bic into coin on demand; the strict main
| tenance OF the public faith, State and Ma
tional, and a tariff for revenue only.
FOurth-rhe subOrdination of the mill
| tary to the civil power, and u general and
thorough reform of the civil service.
; Fifth-Right to a free ballot as the right
| preservative of all rights. and must and
shall be maintained in every part of these
United States.
Sixth-The existing administration is
representative of conspiracy only, and its
claims of the right to surround the ballot
| boxes with troops and deputy marshals,
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and the unprecedented use of the veto to
maiutain its corrupt and despOtic power,
insults the people and imperils their In
| stitutiOns.
Seventh-The great fraud of 1876 by
which upon false count of the electoral
vote of two States, the candidate defeated
at the polls was declared TO be President,
and for the first time in American history
| the will of the people was set aside under
threat of military violence, struck dead
ly blow ut our system of representative
government. The Democratic party, to
preserve the country from the horrors of
y civil war, submitted for tim ,, in the
| firm and patiotic faith that the people
would punish the crime in 1880. This is
| sue precedes and dwarfs all others. 1t
| imposes more sacred duty nnOn the peO-
pie of the Union than was ever addres sed
to the conscience of a nation of freemen.
Eightf-We eXecrate the course of this
administration in making places for po-
litical criminals, and demand a reform by
statute which shall make 1t forever inn
| possible for a defeated candidate to bride
his way to the seat of a usurper, by val.
lianies upon the people.
| Ninth-The resolution of Samuel j. Til
den not again to be a candidate for election,
| to the exalted place to which he was elected
by a majority of his countrymen, and
from which he was excluded by the lead
ers of the Republican party. is received
by the Democrats of the United States
with sensibility, and they declare their
confidence i'm his wisdom and patriotism
and integrity unsullied by the assaults of
the common enemy, and they further de-
| clare to him that he IL followed into the
| retirement he has chosen for himself by
the sympathy and respect of his fellow
| citizens who regai d him as one who, by
elevating the standard of public morality
and purifying the public service. merits
the lasting gratitude of his country and
| his party.
Tenth-Free ships and living chance
for American commerce on the sea and on
| the land: no discrimination in favor of
transportation lines, corporations or mo-
nopOlies.
| Eleventh Amendment of the Burlin-
| game treaty; no more Chinese immigra-
| ton except for travel. education and for
eign commerce, and therein carefully
guarded.
Tweltth-Public money and public cred
| it for public purposes solely, and public
lands for actual settlers.
Thirtccnth-'rhe Democ ratio party is the
| friend of labor ard the laboring man, and
pledges itself to protect him alike against
| the cOrmorantS and the commune.
Fourtecnth--We congratulate the coun-
| try upon the honesty and thrift OF the DEM
| ocratic Congress which has reduced the
public expenditure $40, 900, 900 a year; upon
| the continuation of prosperity at home
| and the national honor abroad, and above
all, upon the promise of such change in
| the administration of this gov ernment as
shall insure its genuine lasting reform in
| every departments of the public service.