Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03
National Democratic Platform
,dop,ea Dy the National Democratic
Convention at Chicago, June
2ist 1892.

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.sa;r aIlesnucn to the principles of the par
.no formulate bv Jetfe-s son and ezeinpli-
"a hv a long aud illustrious line OF his sue
nou in Democratic leadership from Mad
-. 70 Cleveland. We belieYc that the pub
-, ,so wallace d,raand. that these prinl.les he
~ ,I;od 10 tho conduct OF the Federal CIV
Ipnn,ent through the accession to power of
.ha nsrty that advocates them; and We snl.
rIv declare that the need of return to
IN, yu fundamental principles of free pop
L. government based on home rule and
; III liberty was never more than now,
.1han the tendency to een.rslize all power
v. nc Federal Capital has becom a menace
,o tbe reserved rights ofthe States that strike
" ,ho worry roots of.olr GCvefnment under
a. Constitution as framed by the Republic.
AS TO THE FORCE BILL.
soc. 9. We warn he people of our COM
N country, Jealous for the preservation OF
tho;r free institutions, that the policy OF Fed
vi control of elections, TO Which the Re-
n1h,ican party has committed itself, is.
s,anoht with the gravest dangers, scarcely
iass nomentous that would result from a
ravolution, practically establishing monsr-
cbv en- the ruins of the Republic.
Il strikes at the North as well as the South
I'D ;n;ures thu colored citizens even more
.nsn the whites. It means a horde of dep
rtv marshals at every polling place, armed
,,;}b Federal power, returning boards APP
nointed and controlled by Federal author
itv the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
noonle in the several States, the subjug,tion
n tbe colored people to toe control Of the
Oar.v in mower and tie reviving Of race an
tp"oon,sm. now happily abated, OF the utmost
neril to the safety and happiness OF all; a
measure deliberately and justly described by
q leading Republican Senator ''as the most
Infamous bill that ever crossed the thresh
old of the Senate" such policy, if sane
toned by law, would mean the dominance
of seli-perpetuating oligsrchy OF office
holders, and the party first entrusted with
its machinery could be dislodged from pow
ar only by an appeal to tne reserved right
Of the people to resist oppression which is
inherent in all Safeguarding communities.
Two years ago this revolutionary power
was emphaticAlly coedemed by the people
at the polls; but IN contempt OF that verdict
the Republican party has defanty declared
in its latest authoritative utterance that its
succe S In the coming election will mean
the enac ment OF the force bill and theusur-
nation of des otto control over elections in
all the States
Believing that the preser alton of repub
lican government in the United States is
dependent upon the defeat OF this policy OF
legslized force ami fraud, We invite the
support of Il cltlzens who desire to see the
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with
the Laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country a hundred years OF lnexampled
prosperity; and W, pledge the Democratic
PARTY, if it be int ted with power, not
only to the defeat of the force blu, but also
to resentless opposition TO the Republican
policy of prohigate expenditure, which in
the short space OF two y airs has squtndered
an enormous surp us and empuei an over
lowing treasury inter piling new burdens OF
taxation upon the already oyertaxed labor
Of the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. 3. We denounce republican pro-
lection rs = fraud. The 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-
stitutional power to impose and collect tariff
duties, except for the purposes OF revenue
only, and we demand that the collection OF
such taxes shall be limited to the necessities
of the Government @nen honestly and econ
omlcaly administered.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-.
acted by the Fitty-6rst Congress as the cul
minating atrocity of class legislation; we in
dorse the efforts made by the Democrats OF
the present Congress TO modify It's most OPP
presslve features in the direction OF free raw
materials and cheaper manufactured goods
that enter into general consumption, and we
promise It's repeal as one of the benefcent
results that will follow the action of the
people in intrusting power to the Democrat
ic party. Since the Mckinley tariff went
into operation there have been ten leduc-
tions Of the wages OF laboring men 70 one
increase. We deny that there has been any
increase of property to the country since
that tariff went into operation; we point to
the dullness and distress which wage reduc-
tons and strikes in the iron trade as the
best possible evidence that no such pros
perty has resulted from the Mckinley act.
We call the attention OF thoughtful Amer
leans to the fact tha, attor thirty years OF
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
fereign wealth in exchange for our agrlcul-
tural surplus the homes and farms OF the
country have become burdened with a real
estate mortgage debt Of over So 500 100000
exclusive OF all other forms Of indebted
ness; that in one of the chief agricultural
States Of the West there appears a real es-
tate mortgage debt averaging Sleeper cap
lta Of the total population; and that similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown to eNst
IN the other agricultural exporting States.
We denounce policy whlcn fosters no in
dustry so much as 1t does that of the sheriff
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec A. Trade exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages TO the countries par
tlcpating is time-honored doctrine OF the
Democratic faith, but we denounce the sham
reciprocity which juggles with tho peoples
desire for enlara ed foreign markets and
treer exchange by pretending TO establish
closer trade relations with country whose
articles ofexport are almost exclusively ag-
rlcultural products with other countries that
are also agricultural, while erecting Gus
tom'house barrier ofprohibitive tariff taxes
against the richest countries OF tho world
That stand ready to take our entire Surplus
Oh products and to exchange therefor com
modlties vince are necessaries and comforts
OIL lie among our own people
AGAINST TRUSTS.
Sec, s. We recognize in the trusts and
combinations which are designed to enable
capital TO secure more than It's just share o.
the joint product of capital and libor and
natural consequence Of tho probibitive taxes
which prevent the free composition, which
IS the lite OF honest trade; nut we believe
their worst evils can bc abated by law, anc
we demand the rigid enforcement of the law
made TO control and prevent tham, together
With such further legislation in ostraint o
their abuses rs exper encc may show to b'
necessary. M.It l
REPUBLICAN, LAND STEALS. ol