The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-11
The Examiners Politics.

stands democracy. aud 1T endeavors
TO read its principles in the light oil
the action of the party taken in
stionsl convention or formulated ty
the aggregated wisdom of the party at
Washington. 1t viii eudeavor to be
national and not factional nor even
sectional
In the first place we shall advocate
the removal of taxation from the
necessaries of life. over 600 arti-
cles are taxed by the tariff of the
United States; only eighteen by the
tariff of Grcat Britain. Couceding that
the tariff raises the price Of labor
here, great iuhu1 OF foreign labor
Is induced to compete with American
labor, aud the price of manufactures
are raised to pay the increased price
Of wages, aud as taxation is but tax
alton alter oil, the people bear the
burden in the end. As Gen. Wash
ington replied to Mr.. jefferson who
opposed the payments Of the debts of
the colonies or states by the national
government, the people live in the
United States aud it makes no differ
ence whether the national govorh-
ueEt bears an expense or the state
governments boar it, the people them
selves must bear it in the end
We are also in favor of the retcn-
ton of the internal revenue tax on
liquors. AS Mr.. jefferson wrote
/ Gen. sam Smith, as an original prop
osition an excise is Objectionable;
but now we have 1T, it offers
the best means or regulating
the liquor trade, in addition to raising
u revenue upon q luxury. The tobac-
co trade needs no regulation, and in
our opinion that part OF the internal
revenue system should be dispensed
with.
The national democracy has de-
clsred against ali sUmptuary laws,
and we are III favor of national
plank which shall define eumptuary
laws to mean prohibition laws OF
course every body knows that they
are meant to be covered now by that
| term; bnt rs there is pretended doubt
upon that subject, it Is well to remove
it, AS for the twelfth plank of the
last state platform, which declares
| that n demo crat may vote in u local
option election for prohibition with
out affecting his standing III the party
taken by Senator Coke in his Padgitt
Park speech was correct. And If it
WAS correct then, it is correct now
! Prohibition is wrong in principle
and if wrong IN principle, the twelfth
| plank IL wrong III principle, and
should be taken out and replaced by
an unequivocal lantl-prohibition plank
that shall be in full accord with the
plank in the national platform upon
that subject.
THr EXAMINER shall further COLI
tend for modification of the present
local option law We are in favor OF
that fundamental principle of democ-
racy and Anglo Saxon civilization,
local government. 1t is no
new thing, though sneered at
rs Calhounlsm by the republican
party. 1t was a. well known II our
ancestors in the forests of Germany
as it was to the patriotic Nethcrland-
ers, who threw of the yoke OF Philip;
rs it was to the followers of Crom-
WELL who struck oil the head of
! Charlie AS il was TO jefferson aud
! Washiu gton, who conspired to over
throw George aud as it was to Lee
+ aud Jackson, who dared to resi.t
! federal eucroachments. Every pre-.
cinct should decide for itself upon this
matter of prohibition, and we shall
couteud that every precinct have that
right without any double teamiug or
otlicious interference from outside pre-
cincts. And we shall further contend
that the same right to reopen the
question be given the anti prohibit
tioni-ts that is given the prohibitions
lists; or that when determined against
prohibition, the question shall remain
settled for the same length oftimc a
WOuld be the caself prOhiDuion had