Nevada County picayune., 1890-06-25
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Adopted by the Democratic Sta:e Convention, at Little Rock, June l1, 1890:

, honorcd principles of the party as the only security of republican gov ernment; the pcrpetuity of the lib critics of the people; the supremacy of the general Government in the exercise of all the powers delegated to it by the constitution the re- served rights of each and every State in the Union as to all such powers not so delegated, or by the Federal Constitution prohibited to the States {; opposition to class legislation, monop. olies and trusts; equal and just tax ation of all classes without favor or distinction, for the support of the Government, which should protect life, liberty and property alike, and the absolute equality of all citizens before the law, without distlnction
 ,. We demand the enactment of such laws as will prevent corporate injustice, the formation of trusts, and the ownership of lands by non resident aliens; that all unearned lands heretofore improvidcntIv granted to railroad corporations be restored 10 the public domain; that no more grants be made to corpora tions, and that the public lands he reserved for actual settlers only.
 }. We are unalterably opposed to the present election bills before Con gross, or to any other measures that propose to transfer the management and control of elections from the properly constituted authorities of the United States.
 1. We denounce the Mckinley bill as an infamous cxtortion from the hard-earned wages of the poor to increase the fortunes of the rich man. ufacturers of the East, and we re- new our unalterable opposition to the unconstitutional and unjust poli- cy of the high tariff taxation, which robs the many to enrich the few, makes the producer the slave to the manufacturer, lays it's heaviest bur dens upon the farmer, the mechanic and the day laborer, gives no returns through any channel to those whom they daily rob, and fosters all trusts which are the legitimate results of our present tariff system; and we de- nouncc as fallacy the Republican idea that a high tariff is or can be any protection to the farmer.
 3. We denounce as iniquitous the silver bill as passed by the present House of Representatives, as an at tempt to demonetize silver and to build up the fortunes of the favored few; that we favor the free and un- restricted coinage of silver; an in- creased volume of currency, restrict ed alone to the necessary demands of the country, which shall be legal tender for all debts, public and pri- vate. We believe the power to issue and control the volume of currency belongs alone to the general Govern ment, and that this power should not be delegated to, or controlled by, any other authority.
 6. We demand a reformation in our transportation system, so rcgu- lating freight and passenger rates as to relieve the people from paying dividends on fraudulently watered stock.
 {. We condemn, as infamous, the methods adopted by the National Republican party during the last Presidential campaign in the manip- ulation of "Blocks of Five" and the employment of vast sums of money, wrung by the fiat frying process from public incorporate capital to corrupt the elections and to be re- paid by the enactment of other pro- tcctive laws containing other priyi- lcges, thus casting greater and un- necessary burdens upon the honest labor of the land
 s. That we condemn the present Republican Administration for the appointment of ignorant, vicious and incompetent oilice-holders in this State.
 9. We recognize the dignity of labor, and the necessity of proper legislation to protect it's interests, and shall unswervingly oppose every attempt to lessen the fruits of toll or to place honest workmen in competition with paupers and con victs.
 10. We contrast with pride the naunncratip A administration pf (, (,roVer