The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-06-14
The Democratic Ticket

The Democratic Ticket
The Democracy met in Nationa
Convention at st. Louis last week ant
nominated, for President, Grove
Cleveland; for Vice President, Allen
G.. Thurman. The following is tn
platform adopted:
1.-THE Democratic party Of the Uni
ted States, in National Convention
assembled, renews the pledge of it.
fidelity to Democratic faith and re
affirms the platform adopted by its
representatives in the convention Of
1884, and endorses the views expressed
by President Cleveland in his last
earnest message to Congress as the
correct Interpretation Of that plat.
form upon the question Of tariff re.
duction; and also endorses the efforts
of our Democratic representatives in
Congress to secure reduction of ex-
cessive taxation. Chief among its
principles Of party faith are the main
tenance Of an indissoluble union of
free and indestructible States, now
about to enter upon its second centu-
ry of unexampled progress and re-
nown, devotion to a plan of govern
men regulated by written Consti-
tuition strictly specifying every grant
power, and expressly reserving to the
States or people the entire ungranted
residue Of power; the encouragement
Of jealous popular vigilance, directed
to all who have been chosen for
brief terms to enact and execute
the laws, and are charged with the
duty of preserving peace. ensuring
equality, and establishing justice.
The Democratic party welcomes an
exacting scrutiny of the administra-
ton Of the executive power which
four years ago was committed to its
trusts in the election Of Grover Cleve-
land President of the United States;
but it challenges the most searching
inquiry concerning its fidelity and
devotion to the pledges which then in
vited the suffrages of the people.
During a most critical period Of our
financial affairs, resulting from over
taxation, the anomalous condition Of
our currency and public debt un-
matured, it has by the adoption Of a
disaster but greatly promoted the
prosperity of the people. 1t has re-
versed the improvident and unwise
policy of the Republican party touch
ing the public domain and has re-
claimed from corporations and syndi-
Gates, alien and domestic, and restored
to the people nearly one hundred mil
lions of acres Of valuable land, to be
sacredly held as homesteads for our
citizens.
While carefulling guarding the in
terest to the principles of justice and
equity, it has paid out more for pen
sions and bounties to the soldiers and
sailors of the Republic, than was ever
paid before during an equal period.
It has adopted and consistently pur-
sued a firm and prudent foreign poll
cy, preserving peace with all nations,
while scrupulously maintaining all the
rights and interests of our own gov
ernment and people at home and
abroad. The exclusion from our
shores of Chinese laborers has been
efectually secured under the provision
of treaty, the operation of which has
been postponed by the action of a Re-
publican majority in the Senate.
In every branch and department of
the Government under Democratic
control, the rights and the welfare Of
all the people have been guarded and
defended; every public interest has
been protected, and the equality Of
of all our citizens before the law with
out regard to race or color has been
maintained.
Upon its record thus exhibited and
upon the pledge of a continuance to
the people of the benefits of Democra-
cy invokes renewal of popular trust
by the reelection Of a chief magis-
trate who has been faithful, able and
prudent. To invoke in addition to
that trust by the transfer also to the
Democracy Of the entire legislative
power.
The Republican party, controlling
the Senate and resisting in both
Houses of Congress a reformation of
unjust and unequal tax laws, which
have outlasted the necessities of war
and are now undermining the abun-
dance of a long peace, deny to the peo-
pie equality before the law and the
fairness and the justice which are
their right. Then the cry of Ameri-
can labor for better share in the re-
wards of industry is stifed with false
pretenses; enterprise is fettered and
bound down to home markets; capital
is discouraged with doubt and unequal,
unjust laws can neither be properly
or repealed.
The Democratic party will contin-
ue, with all the power confded to it
the struggle to reform these laws, in
accordance with the pledges Of its last
platform, indorsed at the ballot box
by the suffrages of the people. Of all
the industrious freemen of our land.