The Jersey City news., 1891-09-18
SPLENDID
DEM0CR| cY,
The New York State Plat
form a MasterlY Re-
view of Current
Politics.
REPUBLICAN PARTY GRIM i
Exposed and Denounced in Burning
Words-Pledges BY the
Party Of the
People.
REPUBLICAN PARTY GRIM i


platform of the New York State
Democracy is worthy of constant
study. Here are its main features
The Democratic party OF the State of
New York in Convention assembled re.
news the pledges of its fidelity to Demo.
cratic faith, and. as regards National
issues, reaflirius the doctrine of the
National platform of 1884 and 1888, in
dorsed by the popular votes in those
years, and SO overwhelmingly ratified by
the popular verdict in The Congressional
elections OF 1890
We now, as then, steadfastly adhere to
principles of sound finance. Weare 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 Sher-
man Silver law, under which one-tenl h
of our gold stock b as been exported and
all our silver output IS damned up at
home as ia lse pretence but artful hin
drance of re turn to free bi-metallic coin
age, and as tending only to produce a
change fro m one kind OF monometalllSm
to another.
We. therefore, unite with the friends of
honest money everywhere in stigmatizing
the Sherman progressive silver basis law
as no solution of the gold and silver ques-
tion and as q fit appendix to the subsidy
and bounty swindles, the Mckinley worse
than war tariff, the Blaine reciprocity
humbug, the sauandered surplus. the ad-
yancing deficit, the defective census, the
falsified representation and the reyolu-
uionary procedures of the Billion Dollar
Congress-all justly condemned by the
peoples great uprising last November
II verdict which, renewed next year, will
empower Democratic statesmen to guide
the peoples councils and to execute the
peoples will.
All the measures passed by the Demo
cratic Assembly in obedience to the de-
mand of the popular majority were de-
feated in the Republican Senate by the
representatives of the minority OF the
people. Thus has the Republican party
continued to beJray the peoples inter
ests.
Ii defies the constitution and denies
fair representation in the Legislature to
/ 300, 600 new inhabitants OF the State by
refusing to pass an enumeration bill
the prelimary step to the abolition of the
present antquated apportionmento of Sen
ate and Assembly districts, which is
based on the census of sixteen years ago.
It not only conspired with the Federal
Census Bureau to deprive the State of an
additional representative in Congress and
in the Electoral College by fraudulent
count of the inhabitants in New York,
but it refuses to comply with the COM
mand of its own Federal Congress to re-
arrange the thiriy-four Congress districts
of the State SO that each shall contain
''as nearly as practicable an equal NUM-
Der of inhabitants"
1t ignores the emphatic declaration of
the people, who by a plurality OF. 32S, 600
votes recorded themselves i'll favor OF a
constitutional convention.
1t insists upon the passage of sumptuary
laws which needlessly interfere with the
| 1oxx t.li ,ff;
1t demonstrates the hypocrisy of its
professions by twice recording itself in
the Legislature in favor uf a prohibition
amendment and then refusing to make
provision for its submission to the peo-
pie, except at special election not de-
sired by prohibitionists and at an un-
necessary expense of over 100000 to the
taxpayers.
It refuses to ameliorate the conditions
of wage earners by enacting just and
conservative laws in their interest. Ii
shows its subserviency TO the moneyed
interests by ignoring the demands of the
agricultural aud working classes for re-
| forms in methods of taxation. 1t covert
| ly lends its influence to the restriction OF
manhood suffrage. 1t indicates its hos
tility to home rule BY it's effort at med
| dlesome legislative interference with
| the affairs OF large cities 1t encourages
| expensive legislative Investigating COM
mittees, whose investigations degenerate
| into strikes for political patronage upon
| the official authorities of Democratic
| municipalities.
1t inflicted a hostile blow upon the best
| welfare and prosperity of the State by de-
priving New York of the Worlds Fail
because the Republican leader coult not
| control it's noard of Directors BY that
act New York was deprived of the benefit
| of the expenditures of hundreds of mil
lions of dollars within her borders. BY
| that act interests OF every wage Garner
every mer chant, every farmer, every
manufacturer, every householder, every
artisan, every railroad and transportation
company were cruelty sacrificed. The
people will not forget That the most con
| spicuous agent iD this partisan crime is
now the candidate of his party for Gov
| ernor. Against that record OF nfisrepre-
| sentation and betrayal the Democratic
party most earnestly protests.
We reaffirm the principles and pledges
| contained in our State platforms of 1883
| and preceding years.
We oppose needless special legislation
We favor home rule for counties anc
municipalities.
We believe in low taxes and in econom
ical administration.
We demand revision of the various
confused statues regulating the sale of in
toxicating liquors and the enactment of {
just. equitable and comprehensive excise
| law, framed in accordance with existing
public sentiment, as repeatedly mani
| tested.
We believe that all revenues. whether
called license fees or taxes. should belong
to the treasures of the localities unde
whose authority licenses are issued, to be
applied III reducing the burden of loca
! taXat1On.
We are opposed TO all sumptuary legis-
lation that needlessly interferes with the
personal liberty or reasonable customs oil
the people.
We favor the largest liberty for the in
dividual citizen consistent with the pub
lie welfare.
We demand an extension of electora
| reform, with a view TO preventing the
profuse expenditure of money by can
didates and political committees. but we
resolutely oppose any effort to hamper G
restrict the constitutional privilege o
manhood suffrage.
! GENNINE BALLOT REFORM
And we congratulate the people of tn
State that by the persistent efforts of
Democratic Governor, sustained by tn
| Democrats in the Legislature, in defenc
of this principle, there has been at las
wrested from Republican Legislature
bv force of public sentiment, II geuuin
electoral reform law which guarantees nj
absolutely secret ballot which prevent
intimidation and corruption, which re
! serves for Workingmen the rlght to tWI