Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-09-08
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

DEMOCRArIC PLATFORM.
The following is the State Dem
ocratic platform as enunciated y,
the State Convention in assemhl.
May 18th:
Resolved, 1. That the Dom"c7
racy of North Carolina reafirm the
principles of the Democratic
party, both State and Natiu. -,
and particularly favor the fee
coinage of silver and an incrc.s
OF the currency, and the repeal al
the internal revenue system. And
we denounce the Mckinley tar #
bill as unjust to the consumers "i
the country, and leading to I'll,
formation of trusts, combines AID
monopolies which have Cypress. i
the people; the unnecessary ao'i
burdensome increase in the tax o.
cotton ties and on tin, SO largely
used by the poorer portion Of tn
people. We likewise den"unc,.
the iniquitous Force bill, which i
not yet abandoned by the Rel.uh!i
can party, but is being used as I
measure To be adopted as eo"ai AZ
they gain control of the Hou t o:
Representatives, the purpose aid
effect OF which measure will be TO
establish a second period of recon-
struction in the Southern States, t.
>ubvert the iibertics of our people
and inAasu d newrace antagonism
anc y ;1ional animositiea.
2. That We demand financial re
firm, and the enactment OF laws
Hhat will remove the burdens CT thu
people relative to the existing ay-
ricultural depression, ard do full
and ample justice to the farmer
and ls.borers of onr country.
3. That we demand the abolition
OF national banks, and the subss'~
tuting of legal tender Trea>tay
notes, issued in sufficient volume
to do the business OF the COUNT,
on a cash eystesn, regulating the
amount needed On a per capita BIZ
sis as the business intercsts~of tha
country expand. and that all ,G"r-
ey issued by the government sra
be legal tender in payment o.
debts, both public and private.
4. That We demand that Con-
gress shall pass snch laws as shall
effectually prevent the dealing i'll
futures OF all az icultursl aud me
chanical productions, provide s',ci'
a stringent system of procedure II
trials as shall secure prompt ctn-
viction and imposing such pe.ial-
ties as shall secure most perfect
compliance with the law.
S. That we demand the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
6. That we demand the passage
of laws prohibiting the alien ov"-
ership of land, and that Compress
take early steps to devise soan'
plan to obtain all lands now owned
by alien and foreign syndica c.;
and that all lands now held iy
railroads and other corporations
IN excess of such as is actniii,
needed by them, be reclaimed By
the government and held for act,
ual settlers only.
z. Believing in the doctrine o
equal rights to all and spscisi
privileges to none," we demand
that taxation, National OR State
shall not be used to build up onr
interest or class at the exl,ensc O.
mother. We believe shat tt
money of the country should bi
kept as much as nossibIe in the
hands of the people, and hence We
demand that all revenues Nation
al, State Or c. lnty, shall be limited
to the necessary expenses of the
government, economically and hon
estly administered.
8. That Congress issue a suG
circuit amount of fractional pape,
currency to facilitate the exchange
through the medium of the United
States mail.
8. That the General Assembly
pass such laws as will make tn,
public school system more cffuc
tive that the blessing of education
may be extended to all the peor't
of the State alike.
10. That we favor q graduated
tag OF incomns. =