Nevada County picayune., 1890-08-14
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

1. The Democratic party of Ar kansas, in convention assembled, de- clare it's answering faith ill the time-honored principles of the party as the only security of republican government; the perpetuity of the liberties of the people; the suprema- cy 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, monopoles and trusts; equal and just taxation 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 dis tinction.
 ,. We demand the enactment of such laws as will prevent corporate 1 injustice. the formation of trusts and the ownership of lands by nOn-resl- dent aliens that all unearned lands heretofore improyidently granted to railroad corporations be restored to the public doman that no more grants be made to corporations, and that the public lands be reserved for actual settlers only.
 ,. We are unalterably opposed to the present election bills before l Congress, or to any other measures l that propose to transfer the manage ment and control of elections from the properly constituted authorities of the State to the authority of the l United States.
 1. We denounce the Mckinley bill as an infamous eNtortion from the hard-earncd wages of the poor to increase the fortunes of the rich manufacturers of the East, and we renew our unalterable opposition tC the unconstitutional and unjust poli- ey of high tariff taxation, which robs the many to enrich the few, make the producer the slave to the lnanu facturer, lays its heaviest burdens upon the farmer, the mechanic ano the day laborer, gives no return, through any channel to those whom they daily rob, and fosters all trusts which are the legitimate results ot ,,t ariff nnI N1 denounce as fallacy the Republican idea that high tariff is or can b, any protection to the farmer.
 ,. We dcnounce as iniquitous the silver bill as passed by the pres ent Republican House of Represen tatiyes, as an attempt to demonetiz' silver and to build up the fortunes O the favored few that We favor th' free and unrestricted coinage of sil yer an increased volume of curren lev, restricted alone to the necessary demands of the country, which shal be q legal tender for all debts, pub. lie and private. We believe the power to issue and control the vol umc of currency belongs alone tC the General Government, and that this power should not be delegated to, or controlled by, any other au thority.
 6. We demand reformation il our transportation system, so regula ting freight and passenger rates q. to relieve the people from paying dividends on fraudulcntly waterco stock
 {. We condemn, as infamous, the methods adopted by the Nationa Republican party during the las Presidential campaign in the manip ulatons of "Blocks of Five, ant the employment of vast sums ot money. wrung bv the fiat frying process from public incorporate cap ital to corrupt the elections and t( be repaid by the enactment of other protective laws containing other privileges, thus casting greater ant unnecessary burdens upon the hones' labor of the land.
 h. We condemn the present Repub. lican Administration for the appoint mcnt of ignorant, vicious and incom' petent cliccholders in this State.
 9. We recognize the dignity of la bor and the necessity of proper leg i,lation To protect its interests, anc shall unswervin%ly oppose every at. tempt to lessen the fruits of toil or to place honest workmon in competition with paupers and convicts.
 ! lO. We contrast with pride thc- Democratic Administration of Grover ] Cleveland upon broad, National anc patriotic principles with that of Ben iamjn Harrison, upon sectional and partisan basis, the result ot bargain intrigue and corruption, which wa, the price and condition of his cleo ton.
 STATE AFFAIRS,
 II, We point with pride 10 tho series of splendid achievements oi the Democratic party in Arkansa, siE. jS1l; tA, restoration of the credit of the State from bankruptcy to the highest financial standing; the enormous decrease of the State debt the decrease of the expenditures ol the State government and the large