Nevada County picayune., 1890-08-07
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

1 l. The Democratic party ot Ar kansas, in convention assembled, de- clare it's answering 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 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 nion as to all such powers not so delegated, or by the Federal Constitution prohibited to the States {; opposition to class legislation. monopolics 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 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.
 ,. We are unalterably opposed to the present election bills before Congress, or to any other measures that propose to transfer the manage mcnt and control of elections from tue properly constituted authorities of the State to the authority of the 1 United States.
 i. We dcnoance the Mckinley 1 bill as an infamous eXtortion from ] the hard-carned wages of the poor 10 1 increase the fortunes Of the rich manufacturers of the East, and we renew our unalterable opposition to the unconstitutional and unjust poli- cy of hgh tariff taxation, which robs the many to enrich the few, make the producer the slave to the manu- facturcr, 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 present tariff system; and VIC denounee as q fallacy the Republican idea that d high tariff is or can be any protection to the farmer.
 ,. We dcnounce as iniquitous the silver bill as passed by the pres. ent Republican House of Represen- tatiycs, as an attempt to demonetizt silver and to build up the fortunes oi thc favored few that we favor tht
 free and unrestricted coinage of sil. yer; an increased volume of curren- cy. restricted alone to the necessary
 demands of the country. which shal
 be legal tender for all debts, pub lie and private. We believe the power to issue and control the vol umc of currency belongs alone to the General Government, and that this power should not be delegated to, or controlled by, any other au- thority.
 6. We demand d reformation in our transportation system, so regula- ting freight and passenger rates as to relieve the people from paying dividends on fraudulcntly watered stock.
 |. We condemn, as infamous, the methods adopted by the National Republican party during the last Presidential campaign in the manip- 1 ulatiuns of Blocks of Five and the employment of vast sums oi money, wrung by the fat frying process from public incorporate cap ital Co corrupt the elections and to be repaid by the enactment of other protective laws containing other privileges, thus casting greater and unnecessary burdens upon the honest labor of the land.
 x. We condemn the present Rcpub- lican Administration for the appoint ment of ignorant, vicious and incom- potent ellceholders in this State.
 3. We recognize the dignity of la bor and the necessity of proper leg islation to protect it's interests. and shall unsweryingly oppose every at tempt to lessen the fruits of toll or to place honest workmcn in competition with paupers and convicts.
 1O. We contrast with pride the ! Democratic AdmiuiatratiOno of Grover ] Cleveland upon broad, National and patriotic principles with that of Ben jamin Harrison, upon sectional and partisan basis. the result of bargain, intrigue and corruption, which was the price and condition of his clec- i ton.
 1 STATE AFFAIRS.
 II, We point with pride to the series of splendid achievements of 1 the Democratic party in Arkansas since ls1l: the 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 of ] the State government and the large consequent decrease in taxation the abolition of partisan militia and