St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-12
NO DoDGING IN THIS.
The Third District Democracy
Adopt a Model Platform.


The platform is radical departure
from the old and moth-eaten declara-
tions of principles. 1t deals simply with
the one burning issue of the day, tariff
reform, and incidentally assures the
people that the Democratic nominee
shall be elected in November, his iden-
tity will not be lost under the whip of
the party caucus. 1t was adopted as
read by Chairman E. A. Child, of the
committee on resolutions. and runs as
follows:
We, the representatives of the Democracy
of the Third congressional district, in con-
vention assembled. hereby declare ourselves
unalterahly opposed to system of tariff tax
alton which by increasing the cost of raw
materials, has confined our manufacturing
interests to local market; which, by limit
ing the employment, has reduced the wages
of labor; which has been prolific in strikes"
and has developed the pool" the ''com-
pine'' and the "trust:' which exacts tribute
from everything we sell by taxing whatever
we buy: which has provoked foreign nations
to retallate against US by vexatious restric-
tions upon the sale of our farm products;
which has induced our largest customer
abroad to look elsewhere for her breadstutfs.
and has stimulated into competition
and India; which has swept our COM
merce from the seas and left for our surplus
products contracting market with waning
prices; which has bestowed upon favored
few the power of taxing all others for their
own profit; which by increasing the burdens
of the people has swollen the accumulations
of the rich; which has debauched the politics
of the nation with its ''boodle'' and flied the
national congress with its paid retainers;
which originally imposed for war purposes.
has ever since been continued as source of
private gain. and in the name of protection
has established monopoly and legalized eX-
fOrf1OD--SnRh SVSfpm of InQnna1itv iniJ1S-
tice and false preteuse is destructive of the
prosperity and dangerous to the liberties of
our people. We therefore reiterate our de-
mand for a thorough revision of the existing
tariff laws, to the end that the raw materials
of our factories and all articles of neces-
sity and common use shall no longer be
taxed, and that whatever tariff duties are re-
tanned shall be imposed upon articles of lux
ury only, and so adjusted as to produce the
necessary revenues for the support of the
government economically administered.
The Mckinley bill is proof positive that
the revision of the tariff cannot safely be
left to its beneficiaries. This 'crowning in
fanny Of protection" with its increased taxes
and pretended reductions SO cunningly ad-
justed as to give additional profits and privi-
leges to its favorites, has been planned at the
behest and in the interests of the trusts 1t
is the consummation of the bargain made
with the million aires whose lavish contribu-
tons secured the election of the present con-
greSs. We denOunce it as the offspring of
Corruption, vicious in its principle aud in
imca1 to the welfare of our people
z In voting for this bill the present congress
man from this district has betrayed the inter-
ests and forfeited the confidence of his con-
stituents. That it was the product of party
caucus is painful and impotent excuse for
his action. No representative of the people
has a right to abandon their interests at the
behest or to surrender his vote into the keep
ing of the manipulators of a caucus ouch
shameful servility is unworthy the repre-
sentative of an INTEL gent constituency.
We therefore covenant with the people of
this district that the candidate this day by us
nominated, shall. if elected, maintain their in
terests and voice their will upon the floor of
congress, untrammeled by the DEGREES and
unterrorized by the influence Of party eau