The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-14

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% 5..1.ers AID sailors THAN va sgs. pad
before d1ri-g IL equal period.
SsTsI'l-I. hs- adopted and p1:s-s1 z
/ at1 AID pr1isH, foreign pOllcy.pr preserving
I he peace With II nations While -cr1p C-o-s.
| l. maintaining al the r.Rpts AID in'e's-;-
l Of or gOTsflDsnt and p=Op's q acns z-c
! abroad.
Eigh.h-Tse exclusion from orr shores
I Of Chinese lzbOrer, ias been ssc1red under
/ provision Of the treaty, the operation q
which has been postponed By the action
Of the republican ms!OEI:y in :as SENATE.
Ninth every ttsLc1 and department
/ Of the government under democratic con
/ trJI. the rights and welfare Of I'll people
have been guarded s,c defended, every
/ pubic interest mas been protected and ;n+
/ equality Of all citizens before the law,
without regard - race or color, ms teen
| maintained. On IL record thus e1n!Dit=c
and On the pledge Of continuance 20 the
DsOrls Of the benefits Of democracy, i:
| invOkes 2 renewal Of the rust y 'ns re
election OF the chief mag .sl:a.e vao hss
been faithful, able AID prudent.
TENTH hey invoke, also. transfer 70
the democrats Of the entire legislative
power, TIE republicans, controlling the
.eua.s and resisting in both houses the
reformation Of the unjust tax laws which
have out s.ted the necessities Of var and
a-e undermining the abundance Of a long
peace, denying 70 the people equality before
the laE and the fairness and justice which
are their night. The cry OF Ameri-
can labor for bsttsr share
in the rewards OF industry i
s'idsd with false pre:ense-; capital Is dis
coQraged with doubt and unequal and IL
Just Laws, that can neither be amended
nor repealed. The democratic party wi
continue, with all the power coUd3ed il
j., ~ struggle 70 reform these laws in &C
cordsnce with the pledges Of it, last plat
form, indorseI at the bs.Iot box By the
suffrage Of tie people. AL the iudgstri
O1s freemen of our land, 'ne
u iority, including every ;il'er
Of the -Ojl, gain 10 advantage
from excessive tx laws, but the p=ice d
nearly everything they bay Is increased
By the fayoritizm Of En unequal system
Of taxes. All unnecessary tsIs,ion i
unjust. /. j. repugrau: 70 the creed Of
democracy, thai, By such taZa'iOns, the
cost Of necessaries should be increased
20 all our people. Judged By democratic
principle, the interest," Of the people are
betrayed, when, By unnecessary tsIstiOus
trusts and limitations are permitted 70
exist which enrich a few By depTiyiDg
the remainder Of benefits. Every demo-
cratic rule Of action il violated when
through unnecessary taxation, vast SUN
Of money, far beyond the needs Of sd-
ministration, is drawn from the people
and the channels Of trade and accumu-
lated in demorsiizing surplus in the
treasury. The money now lying idle in the
federal treasury, resulting from superh1-
Gus taxation, amounts TO more than 1925,
10000, and the surplus created
is reaching the sum Of more
than $GO,GOO,OO0 annually. De-
bauched by this immense temptation,
the remedy of the republican parey is to
meet snd exhaust by eItrsyagant appro-
pristions, eIpeLses, whether constit1
t.Onsl or not, the accumulation Of extrav-
agant taxation. The democratic policy
is 70 enforce frugality in public expense
and abolish unnecessary taxation. Our
e.'abli7hed domestic industries and enter
prIse- should not and need not be endan-
gered by correct reduction Of the burdens
Of taxation. On the contrary, fair and
careful revision Of our tax lgw7, with due
allowance for the difference between the
wages Of American and foreign labor,
must promote and encourage every branch
OF such industries and enterprises by RiT-
ing them assurance Of an extended mar
ket and steady, continuous operations.
Eleventh-fn the interests Of American
labor, which should in no event be neg
lccted, the revision Of our tax laws con-
tenn plated By the democratic party should
promote the advantage Of such labor by
the cost Of the Iecesssrics Of
life in the home Of every working man,
and, at the same time, securing to him
steady and remuneratiye employment.
1welfth-UpOn the question of tariff
reform, 80 closely conforming TO every
phase of our national life, and upon every
question involved in the problem of good |
government, the democratic party sub
mits its principles and professions to the
intelligent suffrages of the American peo-
pie.
Secretary Thos. s. Petit of the con
vention, during the reading of the report
Of the committee on re solutions, was fire.
1uently compelled TO stop for several |
seconds, white the convention applauded |
significant passages in the platform.
There was moderate volume of applause
when the opening sentences we're read |
which reaflirmed the utterances of the |
tariff plank in the platform of 1884, but
when that which followed indorsing the
presidents message and declaring that 1t
correctly interpreted that plank, the con-
yention fairly rose to its feet and cheered
wildly for full minute.
wATERsoS's -PEECH.
At the conclusion of the reading of the
platform, Mr.. Watterson addressed the
Fellow democrats" he said, eve bring
you platform on which democrats may
stand without feeling that they are away
from home. Laughter and applause.
1t embraces declaration of