Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-10-27
Naiippal AaTasratlc Platform
GakN dhFI % a
Adopted ny the National pemser,fic
= JHt - seh'I"n p,-ohiraec, June 8
- seS sista 1872.

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= aim 4. 7 Tho Representatives of th,
ne,,orrs.ir-ppr,2 ef the United States, il
,NsI,nnsi lI,nver.iA,5 assembled, do reafirn
Hi olIe,,arlc, 70 .sita principles OF the par
!. a. i,,r,utll,.fe ShS. ) Iefie-son and ezemph
+sad nv n long IN illus.rious line Of his sue
oessor. In, Dempcr;f Membership from NJ sd.
/ GlNlo et.saApA! lWe believe that the pub
l,e VETS % demapjz thrL these principles he
[iPGY11 ,hstSSS staa..iog 1l the Federal &c Gov
II, -cart, dhpt riSyps0e> then; and we sol.
/ j9lI64v sAsIAre mat the need of return to
,,,oSc f,,rdsmentsl principles pf5a free pop
mar Government based on kome rule and
;..yTsridnz liberty was never M ore thsn now
.3,1i,..,, tide tar1aaev 10 ,en.rslize all power
=, Tic Federal Canitallbss bccom a menace
- the reserved rights ofthe States That strike
~ the vo-v roots Of oar Government under
- C1ns.imtiop ss sfrsmad BY The Republic
Ef+3S 1n.FIiF FORCE BILL. - ~
sd Soc. ,. j'N e-Tarn he people Of our com.
-, W country, jealous for the preservation Of
,iar rlfp,ecinstitl,ti' ms, that lhepoiicy OF Fed
e,.,l control of elections, to which the Re.
rrh,iran partv bias committed itself, is
fr,nght with the gravest dangers, scarcely
i..s nonlSntous that would result from y
evolution, practically establishing monar-
chy On the ruins of the Republic.
II strikes at the North rs well MS the South
and iniures tn colored tizens even more
ivan the whites. Itmeans horde of dep
r,v marshals Mt every polling place, armed
With Federal power, returning boards ap-
rninted and controlled by Federal author
itv. the outrage OF the electoral rights of the
naople in the several States, the subjugatiop
oi the colored people to toe control of the
par:y in power and the reviving of race an
tnoon,em. now happily ahated. ofthe utmost
oril to the safety and happiness OF all; a
p essure deliberately and Justly described by
leading Republican Senator ''as the most
infamous bill that ever crossed the thresh
old of tho Senate" such policy, if sane
toned b., law, would mean the dominance
IF ,ci pcrpetuating oigarchy of office
hoFinrs, nnf the party drst ptrustedi with
IL michinerv could be dislodged from pow
arDnlv bv mn appeal to tue reserved right
%. liz people to resist oppresslor which is
nh ~,,nt in all sei-governing communities.
Tpn ve4rs ago this revolutionary power
va. 'mph ,ti,Ally cp7demed by the people
~ TO rbll.; hut III contempt Of thst verdict
thr Hc." hl,in patty has defantly declared
ir, Us latest 'i.ltnofltative utte"ance that its
si,qn :, ~ ~ coming election will mean
the onac mrnt Of TIE force bill and the usur-
u, t;,n nr lbs utit 'ontrol over elections in
si' the states.
I"ievins that the prc-er ntlun. OF repuh-
csn government in the United States is
depon1ent upon the j"faat ot this policy Of
egalized force and fraud, We invite the
support Of II 'cIt.Aens who desire to see the
Constitution maint5uned lnits integrity With
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country " hundred wears OF unexampler
prosperity; and W" pledge th7 Demoersth
party, if il be int; Il ted whh power. not
only 10 the defeat Of the Tore bill, hut alsa
to rcsentless opposition to the KHpubncan
policy of prohigate expenditure, which in
the short space ot two y ars has squtRdered
an enormous surp lis and emptiod an over
flowing treAsu y rtter piling new Burdens Of
taxation upontne already overtaXed labor
of the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
See, g. We dpnouuce Republican pro-.
lection rs fraud. The robbery Of the great
majority OF the American people for tie
benefit of the lew We declare it to be q
fundamental principle of the Democratic par
ty that the Federal Government has no con-
stitutional power to impose and collect tariff
duties, except TOR the purposes Of revenue
only, and we demand that the collection o.
such taxes snail be limited TO the necessities
of the Government VI en- honestly and econ
omically administ rcd.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law IN
acted by the Fitty-irst Congress rs thH cul
mnating atrocity of class legis!atioD we in
dorse the efforts made by the Demo' rats OF
the present Congress to modify It's mhst OPP
pressiva features in the direction of free raw
materials and cheaper manufactured goods
that enter into general consumption, snd we
promlse lis repe4l as ons of the beneficent
results that will follow the action of the
peopk in ntrusting power 10 the Democrat
ic Imrtv. Since the McKiDl y ta4iff went
into operst on there navn been ten Ieduc-
tons OF the wa .ra ot lahoring men 10 one
incresss W, deny that here has been any
increisr ~ properly u q Q country since
that uriff went intn operation; we point to
tue dullness and distrl$s which waIe redue-
tons aud strikes in tue iron$ trade as the
best possible evidence that no such pros
perity has suited from the Mckinley act.
we call the attention of thoughtful Amer
leans to the tact that after thirty years OF
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
fereyn wealth in exchange for our agrcul-
tirsl surplus The homes and farms Of the
countrylhavc bccotr,e burdtned with M real
8 estategmortgs gsgedabtof over S2 500,0O0,OO0
exclusive Of sl other forms IF indebted
ness; that in one of the chief agricultural
States of the West there appeusa- real es-
tate mortgage debt averaging Sl55 per cap
ita OF the total populations; and that similar
conditions and tendences sre rhown to eflst
inihn other ngri@utu al exporting States.
We horoun,J u policy when fosters no in
1ustry 80 much as IL dues that Of the sheriff.
NLLsasp REcipR sCrrr.a / 4 N
Src. !. TradI exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages 10 lh4, countries PAR
tci atihy Is d time bonored do, trine OF tho
y mocratlc lith. but we denouncetn SHIN
reciprocity which iuggles With the peo plss
drslre for crtlar dd foreign markets and
freer exchange By pretending 10 establish
closer trade relations with u country wEose
rT ARTICLES oicxport arc almost exclusively ag-
ricutural produCts with other countries That
. are alsa AGRICULTURAL, while erecting a Gus
2 ton, house barrier ofprpbibitiye tariff taxes
against the richest countries OF the world
that stand ready to take our entire surplus
Of products and to exchange therefor 'cbni-
modities vince are necessarirs and comforts
of life among our own people. .ls
r}G#2H AGAINST TRUSTS Sl.isi 9
Sec 8. We recognize in the trusts and
combinations which are designed to enable
capital TO secure more than its just share Of
the Joint product Of capital and labor and
g-y patprAl consequence ofthe prohibtive taxes
W which prevent rho tree competition, which
lie the lie Of honest trade; but we believe
their worst evils can be abated by law, and
we demond the rigid enforcement of the laws
madcto control and prevent them, together