Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-08-22

The democratic party OF the state of Kansas
IN conN nNentiOn assembled ON this one hundred
and twelfth anniversary of American indie
pendence, sOlemnly impressed with the glori-
Gus memories and traditions connected with il
and that have made and sanctified the Fourth
DAY OF July rs a political sabbath and proud
OF its history and labor i'm connection with the
establishment and muintainanCe of our federal
union hereby declares:
First, That we reaffrm and endorse the
declaration of principles set forth in the natl
onal democratic platform adopted at Chicago,
Ill, in 1884 and IN St Louis, Mo. in June, 1855
second, That we most heartily ratify and APP
prove the action OF the national democratic
convention, held in ST. Louis, no, in June last.
In the nomination of that honest, capable and
fearless statesman. Grover Cleveland. tor the
once OF president OF the United States and
for the wisdom and prudence displayed in the
nomination of that accomplished lea Ier, stCr-
ing patriot and stalWart democrat, Allen q
Thurman, for the Office of vice president.
Third, We earnestly endorse and commend
to the voters of Kansas the presidents mes
sage to congress embOdying his views on the
question of tariff reform ana adopted by the
ST. Louis convention as being true interpreta-
tion of the principles of the democratic plat
form on the question Uf tariff, which favOrs
taxing the luNuries and not the necessities Of
life.
Fourth, We are opposed to all sumptuary
laws a. being vicious i'll principle and uusuc-
cessful In practice. Also the action of the
republican party of Kansas IN passing the law
for the establishment of IA metropolitan police
system in certain cities i'm this state and for its
inequitabe and unfair application and enforce
ment OF the same for purely political reasons.
We denOunce the system as being partial un-
Just and undcmOcratic. II isa substantial de-
NAL OF home rule and the right of local self
government. IL impeaChes the intelligence,
challenges the integrity and denies the patriot
ism of the people affected 10y it, Ii brands
them individually and collectively as being
ignorant, vicious, dishonest, corrupt and wholly
incapable of seif-governmenta and we demand
a repeal of the law.
Fifth, We now we always have been
unalterably opposed to wrong. injustice and
tyranny. in whatever form u may exist wheth-
er political or civil, ana therefore deeply
sympathiZe with the gallant people of Ireland
In their righteous and glorious struggle for
selt-government on their native soil. and we
extend To them our hearty sympathy and bid
them gOdspeed i'm their grand contest for lib
erty; and we likewise extend to the suffering
and oppressed laboring men of this country
our earnest sympathy in their contest with the
Soulless and unjust mOnOpOlies, corporations
and trusts, created or operated for the pur-
pose or with the effect of reducing TO a condi-
tiOn of servitude the labOring men and wome n
of this country and we pledge them the sup
port of the democratic party in the passage and
enforcement of AL just measures that may be
necessary and proper for the protection and
promotion of their rights. And we oppose any
system of state policy which permits compe-
tition between convict and Chinese labor and
the labor of the free American workman.
sixth, We favor the abolition of the grand
jury system as a useless and unnecessary
measure which adds greatly to the burdens of
a tax ridden people, aud we demand its repeal
as expensive and inquisitional legal machinery.