Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-07-07
Observation-Disclosures.
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES.
Adopted by the Democratic National
Convention June re, Ie03.


tIon assembled do reafirm their allegiance 20
the principles OF the party - formulated by
jefferson aud exempli1cd by the long and
fllustrious line OF his successors In Democratic
leadership from Madison 10 Cleveland. We
believe the public welfare demands that these
principles be applied to tho conduct Of the fed
eral government through accession to power
OF the party that advocates them; and we sol
emily declare that the need Of q return to
these fundamental principles Of free popular
government, based on home rule and individ-
ual liberty, was never more urgent than now,
when the tendency 10 centralize all power at
the federal capital has become a menace 10 the
reserved rights Of the states that strikes at the
very roots Of our government and under the
constitution as framed by the fathers Of the
republic.
Sec, 2. We warn the people Of our common
country Jealous for the preservation Of their
free institutions that the policy OF the federal
control OF elections, TO which the Republican
party has committed itself, Is frauRht with the
pravest dangers. scarcely less momentous than
would result from a revolution practically es-
tablishing monarchy on the ruins Of the re-
public. II strikes at the north as well as at the
south, and Injuries tho colored citizen even
more than the white; Il means horde Of depu-
II marshals at every polling place, armed with
federal power, returning boards appointed and
controlled by federal authority, the outrage Of
the electoral rights Of the people In the several
states, the subjugation Of the colored people to
the control Of the party In power, and the re-
viving Of race antagonisms now happily abat-
ed Of the utmost peril to the safety and hap
piness of all; a measure deliberately and Justly
described by a leading Republican senator as
.the most infamous bill that ever crossed the
threshold OF the senate"
Such policy, If sanctioned by law. would
mean the dominance Of a self perpetuating oil
garchy Of oflceholders, and the party first in
trusted with its machinery could be dislodged
from power only by an appeal to the reserved
right of the people to resist oppression which Is
inherent In all self governing communities.
Two years ago this revolutionary policy was
emphatically condemned by the people at the
polls, but in contempt of that verdict the Re-
publican party has deflantly declared In its
latest authoritative utterance that its success
in the coming elections will mean the enact
ment of the force bill and the usurpation Of
despotic control over elections in all the states.
Believing that the preservation Of Republican
government in the United States ia dependent
upon the defeat of this policy Of legalized force
and fraud, we invite the assistance OF all citi-
zens who desire to see the constitution main-
tained IN ,ts integrity with the laws pursuant
s ,neieIo wnion nav siteS our eounuy nun l-
u,eu years Oi dlI uheAa.npieu prosperiSy; anu we
pouse 'no pai W, - !. W aseeo S
,I pow1r, aot ohiy ~ .ne ueLeas VI Ile iopce
pl' pus asu " " 'ne i.e-
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n .ne snoas spaoe ~ wv yes.,s hsS squanueleu
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us aAyol taA4ns "" y. 800
Iion upon 'no "iio"us oFe''A-Aou iADoi VI 'no
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o', w IonVSG ,S 1,S.'s sno o'us '.a s.sfin ~
.s law ,i.s,G,s tno t,.. 80, oonHloss 1Ia %
ti. ~. a inSn, ,h a' ; - M easS h,s a. Hsra
ora,s We ~ tba ,rosant Sne " en1 oS;1,,
its most oppressive Features IN the the direction of
free raw material and oheaner manufoetnred
goods that enter into home consumption, and
wO promise its repeal as one Of the benedoent
results that will follow the The action e pe people
Since the Mckinley tariff went into operatiou
there have been ten reductions Of wages Of Ia
boring men to one increase. We deny that
there has been any increase of prosperity to
the country since that tariff went into opera
tion, and we point to the dullness and distress,
the wage reductions and strikes In the iron
trade as the best possible evidence that no
syeh prosperity has resulted from the McKin-
ley act.
Y. Wer,ji the ette,,tion Of thoughtful Ameri-
cans to tho fact that after thirty years OF re-
ctrictiva tavation against imnortations Of
Sorsign nrodI,cts In exchange for our aoricul-
tnral snrnlus, ,be homes and faryos Of the
country have become burdened With n real
estota mortoaoc deht of over two thousand fivo
hnrdrad roillion dollars avclrsiva ~ iii nther
forms of Indebtedness: that in one of the chief
agricnltnraI states Of The west there annears a
real estate mortgage debt averaging sl05 per
capita. and that similar conditions are shown
to exist in other aoricultural exporting states.
rUa darorrca a noi;cv yvhjnb fostars M indnu-
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Jenonraa TSaryhi lcan yrrotact,on rs \ frond. a
oI,ho.., - iii sassss w .nrti- ~ tha American
TSsi - - 4t ny So - 'Na1. -'nre
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tsa9 su..tutlonai poFer p enforce anu So.,Ssy
taIin outies except ior tne puttPoSyg sSiehue
only, anu aeinanu that tHe coiIeoeion VI s9Sn
taxes shall be limited TO the necesslues OF tne
government and honestiy ana economcah!
admin mustered.
sec. I, Trade interchange on tne OASIS OF re
-Aciprocal advantage to the countries partlci
pating Isl time honored doctrine OF the Dem
ocratic faith, but we denounce the sham reel
procity which 1uggles with the peoples desire
for enlarged foreign markets ana freer ex
changes by pretending to establish trade reia
tions for country whose articles OF expo,
are almost exclusively agricultural, whil
VAccetnS I" ooSeoA.A ASesS SIa -ANA - f,N
tariff taxes against the richest countries o
the world that stand ready to take our entir
surplus OF products and to exchange thererol
commodities which are necessary and ar
comforts of life among our own people.
Sec. 8. We recognize In trusts and monopo
lies which are designed by capital to secur
more than their just share OF the joint prof.
uct Of capital and labor a natural consequenc
Of prohibitive taxes, which prevent the IRE
competition which is the life OF honest trade
but we believe their worst evils can be aoate
by law, and we demand the rigid enforcement
Of laws made to prevent and control them, W
gether with such further legislation In re
straint Of their abuses as experience may shoN
to be necessary.
Sec 8. The Republican party, while profess
ing policy of reserving the public lands 10
small holdings by actual settlers has give
away the peoples heritage, until now fey