Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-07-26
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLA TORN
Adopted by the Democratic State Con-
YtniIOn at Little Rock,
Jane 18th, 1892.
THE PLATFORM.

preme issue OF the day is tae re orm OF TIE
| administration OF the Government; and thst
the people can safely trust the parry foun ed
by JEFF r;or, and whose principles were Ell =
phssized in the spl- ndid, patriotic and nom
sectional administration of Grover Q eve
land.
We denounce the Republican party for
its fsgrant abus and prostitution of power
during the lat four years. Coming into !ull
roltrol Of all branc. es Of the government
in 1888 by the use of unprecedent corrGp-
ton fund.- largely WED upon Govern mcnt
fayortes by those before aud since, close,
personally and officially, TO The chief beIe-
| iciaty, that party Immediately en;e7' upp
4 crusade of tyranv, fraud gnd rTetligste
extravaganza new, before venture" up by
any party IN times ot peace
1t found the treasury with a large and
daily increasing surplus, ard in times of
great depression, accompanied BY the uni
versal demand for relief from the burdens
If taxation, it Glssipated the surplus by
king annual appropriations f S500,O00,-
900. largely for unnecessary and utterly m
fersiblo puri oscs, and thereby failed to
meet and discharge the maturing hnnded in
deted US OF the Government, and now finds
itself confronted with an imminent cCtici9h-
CIV. Moreover, it made many of its appro-
pratt ms permanent, for o other prrposr,
| than to prevent the people from correcting
the evils ne, 20 long rs the Il publican
party retained control OF either the senate
or Clict Nagistracy oil the nation
1t transcribed all precodents in vicious
class legislation. in the enactmt nj Of the Nc
Kin ev bill, and finally, frightened ~ the
extremities to which it had gone, so"-ht 10
app use the pubic discomfort 10y reciprocity
fraud, the adoption Of which WAS II conics-
sion of tic iniquity it had pcrpetra;cd
! 1t deprived States OF thri just rprscnta-
ton BY fa Sc census.
1t deprived, in the most insol.nt and ar
bitrary manner, and practically without an
opportunity to be heard, representatives Of
! the people Of their seats in the lower House
| 1T IUngrrs.
And, final y drunk with its own excuses,
it soug t 20 Pcrprtuate tn" wrongs it had
done by deprivng the people of the right to
hold their own ections ard choose their
own servants by tn" enactment of the in
famous and cxcciabi" Iorcn bill.
! 1t Ireated with utter contempt all ideas OF
economy and honesty, both in it pension
| Legislation and in lis administration Of that
| bureau.
1t rejected Oemocr tic territories and ad-
NIT ID Republican territories in order to re-
tain party supremacy.
This regime of tyranny, extravaganza and
wrong doing, CONTESTED with the c can,
honest, prudent nnd WI @ administration Of
tirov Cleveland, brought upon the Rel ub
lcan purity the most slupcndOus defeat tnat
ever bcieIl ANY party in this rourtN, and
Inspired anew with condolences AID hope all
the eopIe in the possibility # preserving
! tree government for mankind.
/ We declare our abiding fidelity to the
Constitution Of the United ) atcs in its let
ter and sp it.
We declare our iaith in the tapacit of
the people tor sell-govern n"nt. ard i tier
inherent right to enjoy it, free from all Fed
ernl interference,
We denounce the Republican party be-
cause it turned its back upon the int rests
of tho great mas cs Of society. and sound,
stable government for all, and ali ed lis fol-
tunes wit'i corporate ' e lth, sGua"d ug
millions of the public dornuia on raj roads
fostering Legislation, the legitimate offspring
0 when has been combinations ana russ,
expressing the labor it professeo TO prote, t
aud fastening @ er increasing burdens IN
aSrcultur', until the homes Of the people in
great sections of the country ar1 covered
will mortgages, u ! the markets Of the
void closed to the !ruit' OF honest toll.
We denou"ce the Mckinley tariff as 4
crime against honest gorcIhmrit AMI II fec
pc Pile, rot only because it lrvies an unneC-
essary tax ard thereby imposes wenton and
cruel burdens on the people, but because IL
destroys the markets Ter tn ir Surplus pro-
duct.
Mcd1nonn it because it is lass legisla-
ton, eI acted in the interest of tie f,vcred
lew. who are wealthy, d at the expense
and Tor the oppressi, n o the gre mass OF
the people.
We uenounce it cause it does not in
crease ges. but surrendprs the taxing pow.
or o. the CIV rnment to he manutac ur' RS,
and leave, it to the employers to ctcrmine
whether they will divide the immense boun.
ty it } fields With those they employ.
We denounce it because it is an sbuse
and perversion of tho taxing power of the
Constitution, which was intended TO be
used to raise necessary r'y"nue for the sup
port of tn Government, int the means IF
plundei e all for the be eft Of ~ class,
We dcnounce il b cause 1t lnaugurat,d
for t q first time in free government, the
practice Of taking from tho public treasu y
the onty collected for public purposes
from al, the people. and with It, pay boun'
ties To select Industries
We denounce it because it destroys the in.
dependence and self reliance of the people
which is National characteristic, aud
and teacfes them to ie)y upon government
tai tav0rltsm.
We denounce il because the incvitahl,
'endnn"y OF this system is the destruction o.
popular government, in The d"bauchmcnt o.
: the bllot, by tribute extorted from tavor"c
clHsscs, VIII 50 enormous SOu ties dcpc:C
= upon the continual CO ol the systom set.
G We decia tina tie mission { tbs Demo
! cratic party is o so reform Ia lit by /
/ ro iuc ion taxation ~ t, limit the rev nue.,
, of the Governm mt TO its absolute necessi
4. ties when economically administered, and t.
a so frame its tariff schedules Nc to place TIC
| burdens of government apon tbs luXu'ie
!. and not np0n tn necessrries of Tito.
r " G favor sais aud sufficient currency
0 composed Of gold and silver and legal tcndc
r paper, convertible into coin dem nd, nm,
t maintained at par with each othr
, We decm Q II to b. the duty of the d mo
t cratic party to preserve the parity iE valu'
s of god and silver, and 10 provide the mean
: by tn equal and f,!, treatment OF bJth met
als.
We denounce the Shrtmnn Silver bill y
an bstruc.on to the tar treatment OF silve
q and rs IA sham and Il pretease, intended b
70 postpone honest honest legislation and I
d appease the silver producers while giving n
= relief to the people.
=, Wo dprlurn our plIrngsa to continue (