The Russellville Democrat., 1890-06-26
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Unanimously Adopted by the Democratic State Conven- ton at Little Rock
 June 17tb. 1890.

June 17tb, 1890.
 l. The Democratic party of Ar kansas. in convention assembled, de clare it's unswefying faith in the time honored principles Of the party as the only security of republican government, the perpetuity of the liberties of the people; the supre macy of the General Government in the exercise of all the powers dele gated to it by the constitution; the reserved 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 legis- lation, monopolies and trusts; equal and just taxation of all classes with out favor or distinction for the sup port of the Government, which should protect life, liberty and property alike, and the absolute equality of all citizens before the law, without distinction.
 }. We demand the enactment Of such laws as will prevent corporate injustice, the formation Of trusts and the ownership of lands by non-resi dent aliens; that all unearned lands heretofore improyidently granted to railroad corporations be restored to the public domain; that no more grants be made to corporations, and that the public lands be reserved for actual settlers only.
 4. We are unalterably opposed to the present election bill before Con. gress, or to any other measure that proposes to transfer the management and control of elections from the properly constituted authorities of the States to the authorities of the United States.
 ,. We denounce the Mckinley bill as an infamous extortion from the hard earned wages of the poor to ln crease the fortunes of the rich manu lecturers of the East, and we renew our unalterable opposition to the un- constitutional and unjust policy of high tariff taxation, which robs the many to enrich the few, makes the producer the slave to the manufac- turer, lays it's heaviest burdens 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 pres ent tariff system, and we denounce as fallacy the Republican idea that high tariff is or can be any protec tion to the farmer.
 6. We denounce as lniquitous the Silver bill as passed by the present Republican House of Representa- tiyes as an attempt to demonetize silver and to build up the fortunes of the favored few, that we favor the free and unrestricted coinage of sll yer; an increased volume of currency restricted alone to the necessary de mands of the country, which shall be legal tender for all debts, public and prlvate. We believe the power to issue and control the volume of currency belongs alone to the general Government, and that this power should not be delegated to, or con trolled by any other authority.
 '. We demand a reformation in our transportation system, so regu ulatlng freight and passenger rates as to relieve the people from paying dividends on 8 fraudulently watered stock.
 $. We condemn, as infamous, the methods adopted by the National Republican party during the last Presidential campaign in the mani pulation of Blocks of Five" and the employment of vast sums of money, wrung by the "tat frying" process from public incorporate capital to corrupt the elections and to be re paid by the enactment of other pro tective laws containing other privi- leges, thus casting greater and un- necessary burdens upon the honest labor of the land.
 3. We condemn the present Re publican administi ation for the ap- pointment of ignorant. vicious and incompetent office holders Tn this state.
 10 We recognize the dignity of labor and the necessity of proper leg islation to protect it's interests, and shall unswervingly oppose every at- tempt to lesson the fruits of toll or to place honest workmen Tn competition with paupers and convicts.
 We contrast with pride the Demo cratic administration of Grover Cleveland upon broad national and patriotic principles with that of Ben. jamin Harrison, upon a sectional and partisan basis, the result of bargain intrigue and corruption, which was the price and condition of his cleo tion.
 STATE AFFAIRS.
 l2. We point with pride to the series of splendid achievements of the Democratic party in Arkansas oAANC AS'ts bhc iC5bbldbiOu Ol Jut credit of the state from bankruptcy to the highest commercial standing; the enormous decrease of the state deot; the decrease in the expenses of the state government and the large consequent decrease in taxa tion; the abolition of partisan mil itia and fraudulent registration boards; the splendid railroad system of the state built without state sub. sides and taxed as other property is taxed; the splendid buildings and appurtentant system of charitable in stitutions; the common school system and the remarkable growth of acade mics and colleges; the vast multi plication of small farms and owner ship thereof the great influx of cap ital into the state; the doubling of to...t,1n Al. T