Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-07-26
National Democratic Platform
Adopted ny The National Democratic
Convention at Chicago, June
2lst, 1892.

National C4nven;iOn u sembed, do reatirm
their aliestanun to the principles of the par
ty as formulate By Jefferson aud ezempli-
fled by long an! i,ustrOus line of his sue
cossors In Democratic leadership from Mad.
ison to Clevsland. We believe that the pub
lie welfare demand. that these principles be
applied 10 ia" conduct OF the Federal Gov.
ernment through the accession to power of
the party that advocates then; and we sci.
EMMY declare that the need of Il return TO
these fun lamrntal principles Of a free pop
ular government based on home rule and
inliviiut! liberty was never mora than now,
when the tendency to nen.ralze all power
vt the fedoral Genital has bccom' m"nac''
TO the reserved right, oftho States tint s;rike
at the yoiy ru0,s e! or Government under
tue Constitution MS Framed by thu Republic.
A. 70 THE FORCE BILL:
Sec. 2. We warn he pcopi" Of our COM
m on country, jHaluus Tor the preservation OF
their free insttuti ms, that tho policy OF FED
er,l control ot elections, to which tn" Re-
publican party has committed iLSeli, Is
fraughc with tire gravest dangers, scarcely
l,SS nome ton. ma, would result from II
revolution. practically establishing monsr'
civ Cn tnn ri'ns -! ~; Republic
IL str k,.s ut he North rs well rs tie Soutt
and iniu e. III col re- | citizens eYen T.ore
than the whites il means Lorde OF dep
u:y marshal Mt every polling place, armed
with Re her Vnwer, returning boards ap.
pointed and rouiro led by Federal author
ity, the Outrage OF The electoral rights OF the
people IN to-, sGYrrai States, tbs subjDg ton
OF the color'l p9npe to the control OF tn"
parry in power ~ Il = revivin3 u Tacc an
troo"lvm. no" happily ahrted, OF the utmost
pariI u the >,tn'Y md rappine3S o. all; II
measure dribe ate n"d ju,ty described BY
q leading Republican "en4tor las the most
infamous bill that ever crossed the thre,h
old of Senate" such policy, il saEc-
tio,,rd hy Law, world mean the doninunce
of ,es pcrl'."utlns uligarc'y OF oflice-
ho'i"rs, ani the party irsL 'ntrustHd VIII
its ln,ruinurv cuuiG 10 dlslodg, d from pow
er on|y by an appeal TO tue reserved r;gh
OF tne people l r,sist oppression which Il
iah rent it, al SCI gov, ram. communities.
Two years ago t is revolutionary power
wa. IN pbltitdIl CO demel ~ the people
AZ the rnlh: mt N contempt Ol hat vrrllc,
the ltepuhtnHn p~ty has d'fiNrtly declared
i. it's lat st AlLIn-tatIve utti ance that its
suc," sll the coming election will moan
the enac men' of Z free bill and thrus
laGlNu - ties tLIG Ollti'l OFOI H''CIWbf iH
all the states.
Bell wing yUatt pr''cr OF OF 'epu5-
lic.r ynvern,uu / IN the ITTiL d States is
dep r,daat IDpa lre jef,at OF THIS policy Of
l,tal,Z,i tur,a uni f aud, lnvte the
sIppo.t ut i cItzNls @hD desire ~ see the
Constitution mnintunrI ~ Its i gritty with
the ! ,"s y rauant thereto Which raw gwen
ou: c,unay II Eund"cd wears o. rIupXaup,ed
1 = l,t,1fN AZ,
party, il il D. INT tod with power, not
only 10 tho lei {, o the torres I'LL, bu, also
t0 iesuale o, p3-ItIom TO the Rnpuhlcon
p,lic Of p'olliGste 'yrcnf,ture, witch IN
the !, ort Spac" % e Y a., has squIndCred
M enormous susp US aha empleI an OYER
flowing tire .su y nrLrr pi'iHg new huldr' OF
taYpt,on upon tac ursr'y oNcrtf>ed laOor
OF tle country
T,KlTF * >rto".
SIC ). W. d nnni re Il publican pro-
toctioa AZ II fraud. n b cry o! the great
maior IS OF Tho Am rcsn peopi' i"r tue
benefit OF Tho 'ew We declare it to be a
Fundamental principle o the Denocrntlc par
ty tn II the Grrai Government has n cor
stitntipn 4 pUwer ~ mpO>e and coIl"c. tnr Il
duties, exc p. " the purposes OF venue
only. nj W. 'cua' int the collection Of
~, h u .es sp.Ii be I'm q; ~ tn nee settles
OF the Govern merit . n"no,t!y aui econ
omIcaly admlnrt, rcd.
We den ounce the Mckinley tariff Law IN
act vi ~ III Faty.tr,L % ,rnss as til cul
minatiII u!roclty II c.a,s r'. s,ntol 70 In
dn,se the ullJrss uIu t. b. las Demo, ats "l
tie n 'esent ~ .rcss t. m 'liiy IT, III st OPP
prusslv ,ieat1r..S in the dir 'otion oi fee raw
InnLcr'itlS ard cheaper III tnuiactul0I good
thai cr tor into gGnca con pr II, 'hd VIZ
promise ITS repe Il as onJ Of The b,nthc'nl
r sults tia! will follow the acton OF the
people in lntrust'ng p DwertO the Domocrat'
ic ,arty. STAGE :nn MrK'Hly aft went
ilto uperat OF tucru have been tn 10 uc'
tons Of the wa .es Of laNorIpg meu 10 one
increase. We deny that the. @ has been any
increts of property to tie county since
that tariGr went INTO operation we point tc
the dullne.s and distress which wa7e leduc-
ito is and sirikcs il the icon trade as th'
best possible ev .denCe that 10 sucl pros
parlty has rtuIted ON tn; Nckialey net
we call the att, nton OF t5opghll i Amer
Jeans to the fact thu after thirty years o
restrictive tSXes against the importation o.
foreign wealth in exchange for our agroul
tural sTrplls the homes and farms OF the
country have beco ne burd lot WI'h reu
estate mort ,agG debt OF over " 500,00O,0O(
exclusive ct al other forms Ct Indebted
ness; thru in one of tho chief a,rcuiturA
States of the West there appears real es
tate m ,rtgage debt averaging SlG5 per cap
jta OF The total population; ard that simiia
conditions aud LsndeucJs arc shown TO Is
in the other agrlcu tu'al exporting Statc'
We drnuuncc policy whlco foster no ~
du:try 50 uch as ~ docs that Of the sh'ri
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec. 4. TIale exchange OH tho basis @
reciprocal adva ,ges TO the countries par
tclrating Is n m, IGNORED doc time Of tn
Democratic lai,h, but we denour c1 the shsr
reciprocity which jlgge with the p9otle'
sire for eular cd t,reign m"rkets nm
f,eer exchange by pretending TO o,tablls
closer trad relation WITH n country who's
articles cf xport are almot exclusively nc
rIcu tural products with other countrics III
are also ~ AGRICULTURAL, VIII le erecting cu'
tam house barrier Of pronibitve tariff taxi
against til richest u res Of . worl
that st nd reidy 10 take oGf cntiro surplu
OF prod cts and 10 exchange therefor con
modities VIII &c ARE nccos a-les aid comfort
of life amo < our own pc pc,
AGAINST TRUST.
See. s. We recognize in the trusts AL
combinations which are designed TO enab
capital to secare more than its nst share {
the Joint y 'oduct of capital and l,bor nm
natural consequence OF the pr1hibitve take
which p,tveut h) Tree ,ompeLiton, whic
is The lite f honest trade; but we belle,
thor worst evils can be abatod by Jaw, an
we demand the rigid enforcement OF the Law
made to control aud prevent them, togcth,
with such further logisai IN in &c tttint
their abuse, as experience nay show to |
Necessary.
REPUBLICAN LAND STEALS.
See. G. Tho Republican parry, while pr