Nevada County picayune., 1890-08-21
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

1. The Democratic party of Ar kansas, in convention assembled, de- clare it's unswerving faith in the time-honored principles of the party as the only security of republican governments the perpetuity of the liberties of the people; the suprcma- 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 i'll 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 injustice. the formation of trusts and the ownership of lands by non-resi- dent aliens that all unearned lands heretofore improvidently 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.
 3. 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 the properly constituted authorities of the State to the .authority of the i United States.
 1. We denounce the Mckinley 1 bill as an infamous eXtortlon from the hard earned wages of the poor to increase the fortunes of the rich manufacturers of the East, and we renew our unaIterable opposition to 1 the unconstitutional and unjust poll cy of hgh tariff taxation, which rohS the many to enrich the few, make the producer the slave to the manu- facturer, lays its 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 we denounce as q fallacy the Republican idea that high tariff k or can be any protection to the farmer.
 ,. We denouncc as iniquitous the silver bill as passed by the pres ent Republican House of Represent tativeS, as an attempt to demonetizt silver and to build up the fortunes of the favored few that NC favor tn, free and unrestricted coinage of sll. yer; an increased volume of currcn Cv, 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 tune of currency belongs alone tC the General Government, and that this power should not be delegated to, or controlled by, any other au thorty.
 6. We demand a reformation il our transportation system, 50 regula ting freight and passenger rates q: to relieve the people from paying dividends on a frauduently watcrc( stock,
 :. We condemn, as infamous, tn, methods adopted by the Nationa Republican party during the las Presidential campaign in the manip ulations of "Blocks of Five anC the employment of vast sums O money, wrung by the fat 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 homes labor of the land.
 S. Wccondemn the present Repub lican Administration for the appoint ment of ignorant, vicious and incom petcnt cllccholders in this State.
 9. We recognize the dignity of la bor and the necessity of proper leg . islation to protect it's interests. anC shall unswcrying!y oppose every at, , tempt to lessen the fruits of toll or tt place honest worlmcn in competition with paupers and conyicts.
 10. We conras, with pride the Democratic Administration of Grover Cleveland upon broad, National anC patriotic principles with that of Ben } iamiu Harrison, upon sectional and partisan basis, the reoult of bargain intrigue and corruption, which was the price and condition of hi, cleo ton.
 STATE AFFAIE>.
 II. We point with pride to th, series uf 3udjd achievement. o tnr DtHor,aH r.J H Arkansa. since jS1l; tHc restoration of th, credit of the state from bankruptcy to the highest financial standing th, enormous decrease of the State debt ,hc decrease of the expenditures of