San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-07-26
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

I AdOptrd at st. Louis, thursday, june !, 1919
The Lcmucraic party OF the United states, in
rotioual 60 ,vention ASSEMBLED renews the pledge
of Us fh to Democratic alh, and realirnis tho
rIniorm adopted by its represent lives IN tue COL ,
yentun in 1854, ard ndorses the views Expressed
by President CIeve lid in his last "hhua message
tn Congress az the correct Interpretation OF lhdI
nIstf,rn uDon the question OF taTIl ductl0n ana
also endorses the chorts OF our Democratic hepre-
,eutatves IN Corgress 10 secure reduction Vi ~
cessive taxation. r. IA, 80. a.,
| maintaining Of an inuissOuble union OF free AID
iudcstruct bic States now about TO enter upon lis
se,uud century OF uneXampled progress ana TchoWh'
| d.yoliuu 10 a plan OF government regulated by
write constitution strictly specify ing every granted
| n,wer, and expressly resolving 10 Inc stat 5 OF
| people the entire ungrated residue OF power Inc
reimbursement OF jealous popular vigilance, d.
leclrd TO al who have been chosen tor bric terms
"a euart and EXECUTE the law, anu who chdrgrd
with the duty of preserving p' ace, insdtg tq"ali
| and estabils hing llhtlCe
| The Drmocratic party welcome an cXaoting scrn
tiny Of die administration Of the cXecutlvS power
- hich ,our wears ago was committed TO its trust III
the election vi Grover Cleveland As president o lht
United States, and it challenges the mo"t sea- ehiS
inquiry conc rning its fidelity ana devotion 20 lht
uIcdpp, which then invited the sulrRSes ul me peu
| lie Eurit q most crit zeal period of Our EuhHcia
affairs resulting from over taxation. the anomalous
| condition Of OUT currency, and public dtOt uhima
| tured 1t has, by the adoption OF wise ana con
| servative course, not only RVertcd dlSa'ter' Du
| greatly promoted The prosperity oi the people.
II h 5 reversed the improvdcnt and unwse policy
of The Republican party touching the public domain
and has reclaimed from corporations ana syndcales
| alien AMI domestic, and restored To the people
| nearly one huadred millions OF acres vi valuable
land, to be sacredly held as homesteads iof our
citizens
nrirolples of Justice and equity it has paid out more
for pensions and bounties TO the soldiers and sailors
of the Republic than was ever paid before duilnE
| an equal period.
and prudent foreign policy, preserving peace with
| all nations while scrupulously maintaining all he
| rights and interests of our own government and
| people at home aud abroad. The exclusion from
our shores Of Chinese laborers has been effectively
secured under the provisions OF treaty, the opera
ton of which has been postponed by the action OF a
Republican m jOrity In the Senate,
Honest reform in the civil service has been in
augurated and maintained by President Cleveland,
and he hsa brought tie public sci vice to the highest
standard of efficiency, not only by rule and precep,
but by the example OF his own untiriDg and unsash
administration Of public affairs.
In every branch and department OF the govern
meut under Lemocrato control the rights and vel
fare Of all the people have been carefully guarded
and defended; every public interest has been pro-
tected aud tha equality Of al citizens before the
law without regard to race or COLOR has been stead
lastly maintained.
Uron It's record thus exhibited. and upon the
pledg of continuance 10 the people Of the benefits
of democracy, it iuvUkeS renewal Of popular trust
by the recollection of chief magistrate who has
been faithful, able and prudent. We Invoke, in
addition TO that trust the transfer also to the De-
mocracy Of the entire legislative power. The Re-
publican party controlling the Senate and resisting
in both Houses of Congress reformation of Unjust
and unequal tax laws, which have outlasted the
necessities Of war and are now undermining the
abundance of u long peace, deny to the people
equality before the law, aud the fairness and the
justice which are their right. Then, the cry Of
American labor for better share in the rewards Of
industry is sied with false pretenses, enterprise is
fettered and bound down to home markers; capital
is discourse cd with doubt, and unequal unjust laws
neither he properly am ended or repealed. The
Democratic party viii continue, with all the power
cOniided to it, the struggle to reform these laws in
accordance with the pledges Of lis lat plat form and
endorsed al the ballot box by the sufrages Of the
people, OF all the industrious Tree men Of our land,
the Immense m" j0riy including every tiler Of the
soil, gain no advantage from excessive tax laws,
but the price Of nearly everything they buy il in
creased 10y the avOritism OF an unequal - stem Of
tax legislation All unnecessary taxation is unjust
taxation II Is Teppgnant to the creed Of Democracy
that by such 'Nsliuu he cost OF the recessares Of
Life should he GiiI-tiflhly increased to all our
people, Judged hy Democratic principles. the in.
tcrests Of the people are betrayed when, by I'M
necessary exaiion trusti AMI comb natiors per-
mittrd To exist, which, while unduly eniichug the
few that combine. rob the body Of our citizens by
depryug them OF the benefits Of natural competi-
tiun. Every Democratic rule Of g0vernT etal action
il violated. then, through unnecessary taxation, a
vast sum Of money. far beyond the needs Of IA
economical a1miul>tTaton, j. drawn rom the people
arc tue channels % trade alu accumulated de-
m lTalziu- surplus in the national treasury, The
money lyiug idle iu the federal treasury, re-
sulting from supcTiuoUs taxation, amounts 20 more
than Sl25 opg coo, and the surrlus collected Is
reaching the o. more than 100000, tOu Annually.
Dehsuchet by thIs temptation. she remedy Of the
kCpublcn party j. 10 meet and exhaust, by eX.
tvagaEsut appropriations aud expenses. wLeth.r
uiioual nos, the accumulation Of eNsrsva-
CANT iaNatiau. Our established domestic industries
End enterprises should not, and need not he eui.n-
Crred bT the reduction and erection of the burdens
oI TAXATION, On the contrary, a fair ard careful
revision OF tax aS-. vita due Allowance or the
difereuCs between hune wages and foreign lshUr,
must promote srl encourage every branch Of such
industries arf suferur-. hv giving them en- assfr.
arce % a. extended r.zrsrt sli sfss DIS sud ccrtra-
ous Operstiurs ir fl- Interests of American Iarar
uticE sh0lIf ir DO ay.af De- uaCectrd The revision
% CIR fa- laws rCr'g1-'st q bv the Darotratf-
party sbc-'l promote Tire Eira-tara - s1ch labor
- rhsn7srr- fi r7s- Uf Hacas.arias q Is. fn t-s
bore % even -'-S.rr u1-. s-7 % tIa sane tine
securing o. l.r- steady a-I ra-llusrafi1a tnrIor-
Net.
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ce-rI-C s-.rE f'rsa RI err -1fldaal lie AL r-a-.
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