Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-05
Majority Report.

0sJotity AopObe.
The democrats OF Maine renew the pledge
Of their fidelity to the time honored pPinci-
pies Of democracy and reafirm the platform
adopted by the democratic National con-
vention in 1888.
We maintain with Grover Cleveland, that
unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation !;
that taxation shall be reduced to the needs
| Of an economical operation Of the govern
ment; that such reduction shall be made
on the necessaries of life In common use by
the people, and that this shall be done with
direct reference to the best interests Of
American labor as we'll as the preservation
Of our manufacturing interests.
We adhere to these principles because
they are in the interest of the great mass Of
the people, and are in marked opposition to
the policy that fosters monOpclies, cramps
commerce. cripples agriculture, by narrow
ing its market and imposing unequal and
unjust burdens upon the necessaries Of the
laborer and concentrates an unjust share Of
the earnings Of the whole into the hands Of
the millionaires.
Trust ard monopohes are foreign to the
principles Of our government. enemies to
the interests of the PEOPLE and every loyal
effort should be made to eradicate these
parasites from the body polite.
We repudiate the plutocratic claim that
IL we legislate for capital. capital will
care for labor and assert that capital 10 on
~ the first fruit Of labor and could never
have existed il labor had not first existed
and that labor is the equal Of capital and is
deserving Of equal consideration.
Resolved, That reform in the admins
tration of the affairs OF the State is urgent
ly demanded. Needless and extravagant
expenditures have come largely to absorb
our State revenues, thus postponing the
paymep; of the State war debt, upon which
more than the original amount has been
already paid in interest. Salaries have
been UNNECESSARILY increased, in some
cases without request; and that with q
population nearly stationary, with no State
enterprises requiring an outlay. the expeu-
ditures for State purposes have been nearly
quadrupled under the rule Of the republic
can party.
Resolved. That the hypocrisy and dis.
honesty with which the republican party has
dealt with the question of temperance de.
serves the conde mnation of all good peo-
pie. They use the statutes OF the State for
party purposes and the corruption of the
ballot. .FNparty ends they permit the
laws to be openly and VIGOROUSLY violated.
Their sctisv- in this respect encourages
corrup,io, ahd perjury. Leading TO disre-
gard Of all iakI and deba.iDs.Ahe raj
sense OF the community. uDheve in q
reformed ballot system secret official
bsllot---to prevent bribery, frsud and in
tmijation at the polls; we believe in an
honest and impartial enforcement of ]
laws on the statute book and in an honest
civil service, honestly observed. not prosti-
tu,ed to party ends, and we cordially invite
all voters Of Maine who believe in these
just and equal principles to unite with US
at the pc II, to make them effective in the
practical administration of the government.
Resolved, That we heartily commend TO
the SURFACES Of the voters of Maine the
Hon. +. W. Hill our candidate for gov
ernor.
Immediately follow ing the reading of the
above. Chss L. johnson assembled the plat
form and presented the minority report.
which represented the license plank 80
talked