Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-07-19

representatives; and its shameless
ness in denying the right Of statehood |
to territories fully qualified for admis-
sion by the number of their citizens,
because they are Democratic, while
they admit into the Union other Ter
ritories, as States, with much
smaller population for the reasons
only that majority of their voters
are Republicans; and in contrast
with all this and the weak, vacilla-
ting, selfish, strife-producing and la
bor-dissatisfying administration of
Benjamin Harrison, we present with
pride the administration of Grover
Cleveland, marked as it was, by high
moral courage, exemption from nep>
otism, jobbing and speculation.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff
hill recently passed by the Republic
cans of the lower house of Congress
without full debate and due consid-
GRAFTON, in which taxes are heavily
laid on the necessaries and but light
ly on the luxuries used by the rich,
and which prevents impOrtations,
curtails expectations and at the same
time increases taxes, thereby oppres-
sing the farmers and laborers of the
country.
We demand a currency Of gold and
silver, and also Of paper, convertible
into coin at the option of the holder,
and we demand the free coinage of
silver on the basis originally fixed by
law, and that it and the gold dollar
shall be equally unit of value.
We demand that the public lands
shall be held sacred for homesteads for
American citizens, and we condemn
the policy of the Republican party in
its eXtravagant donations of many
millions of acres to corporations.
We denounce the importation of
pauper labor which comes in compe-
tition with and lowers wages of
American workingmen.
With respect to State affairs the
Democracy Of the State, believing
that the prosperity of free State de-
ponds upon the intelligence and vir-
tue of its people, have inaugurated
and maintained a system Of free
schools for the benefit of all the chill
dren of the State, and we pledge ours
selves to continued efforts to increase
and extend the facilities of this
beneficient system.
We declare in favor of strict econo-
my in the management of all State
affairs and that no more taxes shall
be collected from the people than are
absolutely necessary to meet the
wants of the State government so adj
ministered and that all persons, corr
porations and property subject to
taxation under the Constitution
should bear their just and equal pro-
portion of the same.
In the past the Democratic party
has enacted such lien laws as have Sc
cured the rights of the laborer and
mechanic, and we pledge ourselves
to such other additional legislation as
may be appropriate and necessary to
secure their full protection in the
, future.
Good public roads we regard as a
necessity to the rapid and steady
development of our State, and we
favor such legislation as will tend to
f their establishment.
| We welcome labor and capital tC
our State which comes to identify
themselves with our industries, de
velopment and social progress.
We favor a modification of oul
q penal system SO that there may be 6
q proper classification of convicts to the
end that minors and those commit
o ting small offenses may be kept sep
arate from hardened criminals, anC
! so that convict labor may not come
f in conflict with or antagonize the
o honest labor of the country.
!. We believe that government is TIT
best among free, self-reliant people
which governs least consistent will
social order, and which, believing il
l.. the people, leaves them to work on
their own destiny.
1 We denounce all trusts which ar
+ or may be formed to increase tn
} price of the school books used by tn
n children of the State in obtaining al
" education.
n The Democratic party hearth.
" sympathizes with the Irish peopl
4 and all others in their struggles t
n obtain the blessings of home rule il
r. their governmental affairs, this beinl
/. a cardinal tenet of Democratic faitl