Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-06
National Democratic Platform
,,cn nv the National Democratic
convention at Chicago, June
2lst, 1892.

Ihell formulate by Jefferson aud ezempli-
Yhr a long and illustrious line OF his sue
ned =! ia Democratic leadership from Mad
eessVs' cleveland. We believe that the pub
son " 70 demand. that these principles he
lie W.T. WI IN The conduct OF the Federal Gov
sPP'oo,,t through the accession to power of
ern'L l,rty that advocates them; and we sci
the pM joclare that toe need Of a return To
emu fundamental principles of free pop
la's' .'l,,,ornment based on home rule and
ulal Phi liberty was never more than now,
lnol'I 40 tendency to cen.ralize all power
wngl, Eodersl Capital has become menace
tpo served rights oftbe States that strike
,,orv roots Of oar Government under
az W. %ors tiiution as framed by the Republic.
Az 70 TIE FORCE BILL.
SO We warn ihe people of our COM
oeC o,ntry. Jealous for the preservation Of
D'2n f.co institutions, that the policy OF Fed
. .lsi control OF elections, to which the Re
era nb,ican party has committed itself, is
pp uUht with the gravest dangers, scarcely
i iIs" r2,omentous that would result from II
less ,Irtion. practically establishing monar-
fe s,nn the ruins of the Republic.
cn{ C .,r,kps at the North as well as the South
~ E; ~; thu colored citizens even more
Slu The whites. 1t means horde of dep
IGSu n,arsbals ut every polling place, armed
u'l D TcIeral power, returning boards APP
WV! ,n,oS and controlled by Federal author
po'4 tho outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
w. 1,nio in the several States, the subjugation
~ 10 coIored people to the control 81 the
- in mower and tie reviving Of race an
P ai,y now happily abated, OF the utmost
VII To the safety and happiness OF all;
P',n deliberately and justly described by
a leading Republican Senator las the most
infamous bill that ever crossed the thresh
aid Of the Senate" such policy, If sane
G,T BY law, would mean the dominance
W clS, ~ sell perpetuating oligarchy of office
Toiders, and the party first entrusted with
II. machinery could be dlslodged from pow
"r onlv by an appeal to the reserved right
" tha people 10 resist oppression which is
inbsrent in all selt-governing communities.
Two wears ago this revolutionary power
ws az e4phaticilly cordemed by the people
ot tbo nolls; but IN contempt Of that verdict
the Republican party has defantly declared
in rs latest authoritative utterauce that its
sncce SIN the coming election will mean
tbo enactment of the force bill and the usur-
nation of despotic control over elections in
all the states.
Believing that the preser alton OF repub-
Iicsn government in the United States is
1ependent upon the defeat OF this policy OF
letslzed force and fraud, We invite the
SUPPORT of Ii CIT zens who desire to see the
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with
tbe laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country hundred years OF uneXampled
prosperity; and We pledge the Democratic
marty, if il be int listed with power, not
onlv TO the defeat OF the force bill, hut also
to fesentless opposition to the Republican
policy of proAigste expenditure, which in
The short space OF two y airs has squsndered
an enormous surp us and empued an over
flowing treasury after piling new burdens OF
taxation upon the already overtaxed labor
OF the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. g. We denOunce Republican pro-
lection rs a fraud. Tn" robbery Of the great
majority OF the American people for the
benefit of The few. We declare it to be a
fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
ty that the Federal Government has no con-
situtionsl power to impose and collect tariff
duties, except tor the purposes OF revenue
only, and we demand that the collection Of
such taxes shall be limited to the necessities
of the Government wen honestly and econ
OmlCaly administered.
We denOunce the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted by the Fitty-hrst Congress ss tbs cul
mnuting atrocity of class legislation; we in
dOse the efforts made by the Democrats OF
the present Congress to modify its most OPP
pressive features in the direction of free raw
materials and cheaper manufactured goods
that enter into general consumption, and we
promise It's repeal as ono of the benefcent
results that will follow the action OF the
people in lntrustpg p0werto the Democrat
e party. Since the Mckinley tariff went
into operation there have been ten Ieduc-
lions OF the wages Of labonng men TO one
Increase, We deny that there has been any
Increase OF property to the country since
lnst tariff went into operation; we point to
the dullness and distress which waae reduc-
lols and strikes in the iron trade as the
pest possible evidence that no such pros.
perlty has resulted from the Mckinley oct.
We call the attention OF thoughtful Amer
leans to the fact that after thirty years OF
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
lerelgn wealth in exchange for our agrlcul-
lura surplus tho homes and farms of the
country have become burdened with real
eState mortgage debt of over 81, SOC, 100000
exclusive OF all other forms Of indebted
hessj that in one Of the chief agricultural
plates OF the West there appears real es-
ls'o mortgage debt averaging $l55 per cap
lA OF the total population; and that similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown to exist
"a Ihe other agricultural exporting States.
me denounce policy which fosters no in
Pu'ITy 50 much as it does that of the sheriff.
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec, 4, Trade exchanP IN the basis OF
ieclprocaI advantages " the countries par
lcIpatng is II tim, -nonored dot trine Of the
democratic faith, but we denounc5 the sham
IeclpFoGlty which jugges with the peoples
gpSfe for enlar. cd foreign markets and
'reef exchange by pretending 10 establish
poser trade relations with n country whose
e'S'Vles OF export are almost exclusively ag-
ileutoraI products with other countries that
are also agricultural, while erecting GUS
'om'house barrier Of prohibitlve tariff taxes
tSahst th9 richest c, untros OF world
'hat stand ready TO take our entire surplus
Y PROJECTS and to exchange therefor c'm-
1plVSullies vince are neces,aries and comforts
~ '1eamong our own people,
AGAINST TRUSTS.
Y oGc' D. We recogn 20 in tho trusts aud
fomo'nations which are designed to enable
foPlVGI TO secure more than Us just share OF
suo lolnt product Of capital and labor and
'pS'uraI consequence of the prohibitlve taxes
Fh'eh prevent tho free competition, which
N we lie Of honest TRADE; out we believe
'nolI worst evils can be abated by law, and
w. 9emand the rigid enforcement Of tho laws
paoo 10 control and prevent them, together
XVI such further legislation in e.traint OF
Necessary,
REPUBLICAN, LAND STEALS.
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