The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-16
Weeklg gatelllgeater
OFHClAl CITY AND COUNTY PAPER.
NATIONAL DISQUALIFICATION

The Democratic party oil til United States,
IN national convention asseInbied, reneWs inc
reanirn, the platform adopted by Its represents
tlVeB In the convention OF lisa, and indor5es the
Views expressed by President Cleveland lii his
last earnest message 10 congress rs the correct
Interpretations of thut platform upon the qnes-
lion vi tariff reduction, and al . indOrses inc
Efforts oil our democratic representatives IN CON
Rress 10 secure IL reduction nl excessive TAXA
Ton Chief among It's principles oil party lain
are the maintenance oil An ,indissOlubie union Of
Tree anu indestructIble states, now about 10 en-
Ter upon its second century OF uneNahpleu pro-
sgress and renowni devotion 10 Il plan OF covert
iheiA Regulated by u written institution stiietiy
specifying every granted power, anu expressly
reserving To the states or people the entire I'M
granted residue vi power; the encouragement
ora jealous popular vigilance, directed 10 az
who have he, II chosen Tor brief terms 10 enact
and execute the laws and are charged WIN lhG
duty o. preserving peace, lnsurIng equality ana
establishing justice.
The democratic party welcomes an e~xacting
scrutiny oil the ADMINISTRATION OF the executive
power, which Jour years ago was commltttu 10
lh trusts IN the election oil Grover SieVeiahu
president OF the Unite,i Slaies. ana IL Challenges
the most searching inquiry concerning Its h,iei-
hdellty and devotion TO tne pneuIeS
which then invited Inc sutrrages oil the people.
During tile most critical period OF our financial
~afairs, resulting from ovcr-iaNation the anuiiI-
nlous condition oi the currency ana tue pun G
debt uHmuLured, II has, by thu adoption oil II
wise and conservative course, not only prevent
ed II disaster but greatly promoted the prosl'eri-
" Of The people. IL has reversed HE improVi-
dent and unwIsc policy oil the republican party
t~IuChing the public domain md has reclaimed
from corporations and syndicates. alien anu IL
Inestic, and restored 10 the people nearly one
hundred millions Of acres oil Valuahle lahus I'd
ne sacrelly held An homesteads for our cltl-
zens. White carefully guarding the interests OF
those concerned and adhering TO the princlples
vi Justice and equity. u has PAID Out more inr
pensions and bounties TO the soldiers ann salt
OTs OF the republic than WAS ever paid b lore
daring AN equal period IL has auOpteh anu
consistently pursued u hrm and prudent lore gn
policy, preserving peace with All nations while
kprunuInualv maintaining NIL the rights anu IN
teTesls OF our government aud people al home
and abroad. The exclusion from our shores OF
Chinese laborers has been eBectualiy secured
under the pi provision ol II treaty, the ratification
OF which has been postponed by the action oI u
republican majority IN me senate, In every r
Democratic control the rights and the welfare oi
all the people have been guarded and deiende,i;
every public interest has been protected ana the
eauaIIiy OF all our citizens before the law with
out regard to race or color, has been steauiaSty
maintained.
Honest reform In the civil service has been
inaugurated and maintained by President
Cleveland, and he has brought the public SER
vice to the highest standard OF efficiency, not
only by rule and precept, but by the example u
his own ~untIfing anu unse. fish administration
Upon its record thus exhibited and upon the
pledge Of continuance to the people OF the
bsnellts OF democracy the democratic party IN
v0kes u renewal OF popular trust by the re-elec-
tlun of "a chief magistrate WhO lins been laillihl,
able and prudent.
The republican party controlling the senate
and resisting In both nOusrs OF congress II re-
formation vi unjust and unequal tax laws, which
nave outlasted the necessItIcs OF war ami are
now undermining The abundance OF "a long peace,
deny To the people equality before the law ANA
the fairness aud the Justice which are their
right. The cry OF American labor for u better
share In the rewards OF industry Ii sti1ed with
false pretense5; enteTp,is c 10 ietlerei anu OOund
down to home markets; capital ID discouraged
with doubt, and unequal unjust laws can neither
be properly amended Or repealed. The democrat
lc party will continue, with NIL The power cOnhd-
pH In N tho Al ruuUln In rpiprm these AVIS. In .lr-
cOTdance with the pledges OF Its last platIorm,
endorsed mt the ballot box by the sufrrages OF
the people. OF all the Industrious Tree men of
our land, the immense majority, including
every tiller OF the soil, gain no advantage from
excessive tax laws. but the price Oi nearly
everything they buy is increased by the iaVor-
itlHm of an unequal system OF taxation. All
unnecessary taxation 10 unjust taxation ~ Is
repugnant TO the creed OF the democracy mat
bV such legislation the cost OF the necessaries vi
life should be unjuStifiaDly incrensed 10 all our
people Judged by democratic principles, the
interests OF the Leop'e a,e betrayed when Dy
ARE permitted to exist, which while unduly en-
riching the lew that combine, rob the body of
our citiZens by deprivIng them oil the Dement'S oil
natural competition.
Every democratic rule of governmental ac-
ton Is violated when through unnecessary tax
atlon n va | sum Of money lar beyond the needs
oil AN ecOnOnlcni ADMINISTRATOR 10 drawn nom
the people AMI the ctahne.s OF trade and accu-
mulaied as n demoralizing surplus IN the national
treasury. The money now lying idle In the Ted
eral treasury. resulting from supernlous Taxa
ton, amounts TO more than one hundred and
twenty five millions. and the surplus collected
III reaching the sum OF more than sixty millions
annually. DtbauchCd by this Immense temp
tuLIun the remedy OF the republican party ID 10
meet and ex haust by extravagant appropriations
and expenses, whether constitutional or not,
the accumulation Of exlrsvagant taxation. The
dem"crAtIc policy IL To enforce irhgnlity In
pubic expense and abolish unnecessary tax
alton Our established domestic industries and
enterprises should not and need not be eDuaH-
gcred by The reduction and correction OF The
nH "A VAIL hn 1ha nnlfI,r "A mi r
and careful revision o. our tax laws, with dur
allowance Tor the difference between til" wages
Of Americana and foreign labor must promote anu
encourage every branch of such industries and
enterprises by giving them assurance oil an ex-
tended market and steady and continuous oper-
atoms. In The intervals OF American labor,
which should In no event be neglected, the re-
vision Of our tax laws by The dem
ocratlc party. should promote the advantage oil
such labor by cheapenIng the cc~t Of the neces-
sarles of Lille IN the home Of every workingman
and ut The same time securing TO him steady
aud renumeratIve employment
Upon this question OF tariff reform so closely
concerning every phrase of our national life,
and upon every question involved In the prob
lem Of good government. the democratio parry
submlts It's principles and professions to the
Intelligent suifrages OF the American people.