Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-20
National Democratic Platform
,don,ea ~ ihs Natiun' D. m"cra ic
ycntIon at hiraso, JnHc
2ISt, 1892.

,bir allegiance To the prlnclplcs OF lit par
luz formulate by Jefferson aud ezempli-
Sod bv a long and ilustrious line of his sue
noSsor. in Democratic leadership from Mad
~ 10 Cleveland. We believe that the pub
i;o welfare demands that these principles be
nnnlied to the conduct OF the Federal Gov
aIrGment through the accession to power OF
,ha nsrty that advocates thaU; and We SCI.
wv declare that the neei of return to
tboso fundamental prinejp pies Of a free pop
,ior Government based on. home rule and
;ndiyidual liberty was never mora than now,
when the tendency to ccn.ralize all power
" he Federal Capital has becom menace
az The reserved rights ofthe States that strike
y, The very roots Of orr Government under
70 Constitution as framed by the Republic.
a. 20 THE FORCE BILL.
soc .. We warn the people of our com
IN country, Jealous for the preservation Of
thoir free institutions, that the policy OF Fed
orsI control of elections, to which the Re-
nnb,ican party has committed itself, is
f.aYght with the gravest dangers, scarcely
10 Tremendous that would result from a
evolution, practically establishing monar-
Inv en- the ruins of the Republic,
# strikes at the North as wei! rs tie south
o,d INJURIES tho colored Citizens even more
1han The whites. 1t means horde of dep
,tv marshals ut every polling place, armed
with Federal power, returning boards op-
nointed and controlled by Federal author
itv the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
r,oonle in the several States, the subjug ton
ri The colored people to tbs contro Of th"
nor,y in power and tie rovivng Of race an
tooonlsm, now happily abated, OF the utmost
na2i to the safety and happiness OF all; a
measure deliberately and justly described BY
a leading Republican Senator "as the most
;nfamous bill that ever crossed the thre>h
old ofthe Senate" such policy, if Sane
toned by law, would mean the dominance
ofa self. perpetuating oligarcby of Office
holders. and the party first entrusted with
its machinery could be dislodg"d from pow
or only by an appeal to tne reserved right
of the people to resist oPpre3Aors which is
inherent in all sel.-g0vurn,no communities.
Two wears ago this revolutionary power
wa. emphatcally CO denel 10y the people
Of the polls; but III contempt ut that verdict
tbe Republican par ty has d 'fo1tly declared
in its latest authoritative uttH 'ance that its
suece S In the coming election will mean
tbe enactment of the force hl and the usur-
nation of despotie :ortr'i D. ur elections in
all the States.
Relieving that re PRISE" sllA ui Tepub-
Hc,n Government in the lEhitel States is
dependent upon the J"tHt II WIS policy OF
IeGalized force AMI fraud, w. invite the
support of Il CIT zsns who desire " soc the
Constitution maintained IN Us integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which havv given
our country u hundred years OF uucxawpled
prosperity;anI pledge The Democratic
party, if il be I'M u ted wh power, not
only to the defeat OF the torGo bill bur also
to resembles opposition To th9 RHpu6iican
policy of proaigate expcn'llture, which in
The short space OF two ar3 has SOU sndered
An enormous surp us ahd empuel an over
flowing troIsuy t'ter piipg nov Burdens OF
taxation upon the a.relGy oyertaNed Iator
Of the country
TARIFF AXtrGoN.
Sec. g. We denounce Z publican pro-
lection as d fraud. rh robbery OF the great
majority OF the A ueriGan pGUplo for the
benefit of The few We declare it 20 be
fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
ty that the Federal Government has NJ CON
stitutional power to nnpo.e and collect tariff
duties, except tor the purposes OF revenue
only, and we demand that the collection oil
such taxes snail be lin tod to the necessities
of the Government " on honestly and econ
omlcally administ, red
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted by the Filty-irst Congress as thu cul
minating atrocity of class egisatiol; we in
dorse the efforts made BY the Demo- rats OF
the present Congress to modify It's most OPP
presslve features in the dir cton OF free raw
materials and cheaper IN nutaJtur9d goods
that enter into general com unption, And we
promise Its repeal us one of the beneiicent
results that will follow the action OF the
people in mtrusling power to the DEMOCRAT
ic party. Since the Mckinley taIitf Went
into operation there have been ten ieduc-
lions Of the wa yes Of laborDg men TO 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 distr'Se which wage reduc-
tons and strikes in the iron trade us the
best possible evidence that no such pros
perity has resulted from the Mckinley act.
We call the attention OF thoughtful Amer
leans to the Tact thai after thirty years OF
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
foreign wealth in exchange for our agroul-
tura surplus the homes and farms oil the
country have become burd, ned With real
estate mortgage debt OF over ~ Don, 00o
exclusive OF all other forms ,f indebted
ness; that in one of the chief agricultural
States of the West lhere appears real es-
tatc mortgage debt averaging $50 per cap
lJa Of the total population; and that slml,W
conditions and Tenderness are shown to ISL
IN The other agricultural exporting States
We dcnounce policy when fosters no IN
dustry 50 much Ms IL does that Of the sheriff.
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec, 4. Tado exchange on tho basis OF
reciprocal advantages TO tn countries PAR
tc}ating is u TIM -DonOred do, trine OF the
Democratic faith, bus we denOuEcjtlr sham
reciprocity which jIgges with the peoples
d"spe for onlar oil reign m"rkcLs and
Iroer oGcluage by pretending 10 establish
closer trade relations with coantry whose
ARTICLES If export arr almost exclusively ag-
rcutuwi priduci, with Other countries that
aro also ~ ricutural. VIII lie erecting Gus
tom house barrier Of prombltve tariff taxes
against tho richest . unlres Of % world
That stand ready to take our entire sarplus
OF products and TO exchange therefor M
mldities vince are neces aries and com orls
OF eamong 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 OF
tho Joint product Of capital and dor and
natural consequence Of the prohibitvo taxes
which prevent the FREQ competition, which
is tho lie If honest trade; but We believe
their worst evils eau DO abated by Idw. and
we dcmSnd the rigid enforcement Of the laws
made to control aud prevent them, together
with such further legislation in restraint OF
Their abuses rs experience may show TO be
necessary.
REPUBLICAN LAND STEALS.
Sec G. Tho Republican party, while pro.