Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
THE PLATFORM.
The following is the platform:


The following is the platform:
/. The democratic party of the state of New
York, in convention assembled, renews the
pledges of its fidelity to democratic faith,
and, as regards national issues, reaffirms
the doctrine of the national platforms of 1854
to ISIS, Endorsed by the popular votes in
those years and overwhelmingly ratified by
the popular verdict in the congressional
elections of 1890
We now, as then, steadfastly adhere to
principles of sound finance. We are against
the coinage of any dollar which is not of the
intrinsic value of every other dollar of the
United States. We therefore denounce the
new Sherman silver law, under which one
tenth of our gold stock has been expor. ed
and all our silver output is DAMNED up at
home, a false pretense, but artful him
drance of return to free BIZ metallic coinage
and as tending only to produce change
from kind of monometalism to an
other. We, therefore. unite with the friends
of honest money every where in stigmatiz-
ing the Sherman progressive silver basis
law as no solution OF the gold and silver
question and fit appendix to the SUBJ
sidy and bounty swindle, the Mckinley
worse than war tariff, the Blaine reciprocity
humbug. the sQuandered surplus. the adj
vancing deficit. the defective census,
the falsified representation and the
revolutionary procedure OF the billion
dollar congress-all Justly condemned
by the peoples great uprising last
November, verdict which this time next
year will empower democratic statesmen to
guide the peoples councils and to execute
the peoples will.
We congratulate the people of the state
upon the beneficent results which followed
the election of democratic assembly last
autumn. That victory secured the cleo ton
of a democrat to the United States senate-a
representative in full sympathy with the
popular majority on great questions of fed
erdl policy 1t gave the state the lowest ia <
rate in thirty six years and for the first time
in generation freedom from taxation for
the general purposes of government 1t
gave New York City the means of securing
rapid transit, boon which republic an Iegi--
lator. had for vars denied. 1t gave the
people the shortest legislative session in
seventeen years-a tribute to the faithful in
dustry of the democratic assembly, by whom
this result was achieved in the interest of
economy and good legislation. Our pledges
to the people contained in the democratic
platforms of 1887, 1875 and 1889 were prompt
ly redeemed by the democratic assembly.
All these measures, passed by the demo-
cratic assembly in obedience to the demand
of the popular majority, were defeated in
the republican senate by the representatives
of the minor. ty of the people.
Thus has the republican party continued
to betray the peoples interest 1t defies the
constitution and denies fair representation
in the legislature to LOO 900 inhabitants of
the state by refusing TO pass an enumeration
bill-the preliminary step TO the abolition of
the present antiQuated apportionment of
senate and assembly districts. which is
| not only conspred with the federal census
bureau to deprive the state of an additional
representative in congress and in the elect
oral college by fraudulent count of the in
habitants of New York. blu. it refuses to
comp with the command of its own feder-
al congress to rea RANGE the thirty four con =
gressional districts OF the state. SO that each
shall contain 'as nearly as practicable an
equal number of inhabitants"
1t ignores the emphatic declaration of the
people, WHO, by plurality of 32S,OG0 votes,
recorded themselves in favor of a constitu-
tionll convention.
1t insists upon the passage of sumptuary
laws which needlessly interfere with the
personal liberty of law abiding citizens.
1t demonstrates the hypocrisy of its pro-
fessions by twice recording itself in the leg
islature in favor of a prohibition amendment
and then refusing to make provision for its
submission to the people except at a special
election, not desired by the prob:6itionists,
and unnecessary expense of over $780,.
600 to the taxpayers.
1t refuses to ameliorate the condition of
wage earners by enacting just and conserva.
tive laws in their interest and by ignoring
the demands of the agricultural and work.
ing classes
1t covertly lends its influence to restriction
of manhood suffrage
1t Indicates its hostiIities to homo rule by
its efforts at meddlesome legislative inter-
ference with the efforts of large cities
1t encourages expensive legislative inves-
tigating committees whose investigations
degenerate into strikes for political patron
age upon the official authorities of demo.
cratic mum cipalitieS.
Against that recori OF Misrepresentation
nestly protests.