Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-11-04
National Democratic Platform
,donted Dy the National Democratic
convention Mt Chicago, June
21sI, 1892.

g,o,ior I. The Representatives Of the
r.,,oarstic marty Of the United States, in
LDJSstt,oral Convention assembled, do reatfirm
y .IIegIance to the principles Of the par
tuoll L torr9ulatel by Jefferson and ezempli-
al bI, a long and illusLrious line of his sue
Aeu ~ IN Democratic leadership from Mad
c5sso - cleveland. We believe that the pub
i En- L,olfare demands that these principles be
nv I'LL 10 the conduct OF the Federal Gov
"sr,oTt through the accession to power Of
-lorfv that advocates them; and we sol
.-o declare that the need Of a return to
t g.i,. fundamental principles of free pop
',Ior government based on home rule and
ss,.'4i,-idual liberty was never more than now,
ll,Lo, Inc tendency to centralize all power
~ Federal Capital has become menace
a. tbo raserved rights ofthe States that strike
W tTa vary roots of our Government under
az Constitution as framed by the Republic,
AS 10 THE FORCE BILL.
Sec, ., We warn the people Of our COM
nm country, Jealous for the preservation OF
tbair free institutions, that the policy OF Fed
oroi control of elections, to which the Re-
.,,,b1ican marty has committed itself, is
E,aTr,ht with the gravest dangers, scarcely
- I2,onentous that would result from
r,volufion. practically establishing monar-
a5v On the ruins Of the Republic.
Il strikes at the North as well as the South
,,5 iniureg the colored citizens even more
,Lon tbe whites. 1t means a horde of dep
,,fv narshals at every polling place, armed
Iii, Federal power, returning boards ap-
rointad and controlled by Federal author
ifv +he outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
,,, in the several States, the subjugation
Fl The colOred people to the control Of the
Oor,v in power and the reviving of race an
tooonlsm, now happily abated, ofthe utmost
naril to the safety and happiness of all; q
measure deliberately and justly described by
loading Republican Senator "as the most
infamous bill that ever crossed the thresh
did of the Senate." Such policy, If sane
Toned by law, would mean the dominance
of q sell-perpetuating oligarchy OF Office
holders, and the party tlrst entrusted with
ito machinery could be dlslodged from pow
er only by an appeal to the reserved right
ofthe people to resist oppression which is
Inherent in all self-governing communities.
Two wears ago this revolutionary power
was emphatically condemned by the people
et The POLLS; but in contempt Of that verdict
the Republican party has defantly declared
in its latest authoritative utterance that its
srcce SIN the coming election will mean
lhe enactment of the force bill and theusur-
nation of despotic control over elections in
all the States.
Believing that the preserr alton Of repub-
rcsn Government in the United States is
dependent upon the defeat Of this policy Of
IaGalized force and fraud, We invite the
sunport Of oil citizens who desire to see the
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country hundred years Of uneXampled
prosperity;and we pledge the Democratic
party. if il be int1usted with power, not
61lV to the defeat of the force bill, but also
to foseutless opposition to the Republican
poIicv Of proaigate expenditure, which in
the short space OF two years has squandered
an enormous surp us and emptlei an over
flowing treasury after piling new burdens OF
taxation upon the already oYertaEed labor
Of the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. 3, We denounce Republican pro-
faction as fraud. The robbery Of the great
majority OF the American people for the
bana8t of the few We declare it to be
fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
tv that the Federal Government has no con-
s,itutional power to impose and collect tariff
duties, except for the purposes of revenue
only, and we demand that the collection Of
such taxes shall be limited to the necessities
of the Government when honestly and econ
omcaIly administered.
ooi,Tois; wy }st Cn[,goss &c tba cni
49, ~ S~ n nIoss IoS2isIa4ion. we in.
II',,o'', ~ ~ n,ado h ne Oon1ocrots ot
Go'so ,lto ~ go ~ div it's most on.
.-o p.9s9lS 9ho djrootion Of froo raw
press, toagl - ,,,' ,,,,faatnr,d Goods
I",',.. ~ t 0 ,on6roI ammunition and we
oromIso NE repeal as one of the benefcent
results that |ll follow Sno & sI oI n Sie
Pgop, III iuvE us'ls W O''9 4
parry 2lilco vuo -''ClN'i,loy v%,N IUid'
mo operation Ihere nave oeoli Yen leouo,
IONS OF 'n9 waves ol laVVt'iS iioit W olIU
increase we ueIy Vila' Iuole uaS oo0ia l any
increase 0I properly W suo Coul''ry St''t W
,n"' urn "oHo nv oPoiayI.GtIi, w. po,.ai
Iue GUINNESS 4uo u's,'ooS Lio" VIZ ,o''I ~
Hons ana sIllkes IN IHe IRON 'l"uT ae 'ilo
oes. PosslDIe evidence InaS no SGcI pLoS'
peIy IaS r'sulVeu rom yIo -ASLt inioJ "U''
we caII inc aOVenGioh o. IuouSuuul |niiiol
Ic"lS 10 Ine IacI lhe' aL.Gl U!!inS J9"lo "
restrictive tsSes against Inc llnpot'aslom 81
,''e'SN "esiVn Ill exchange Iol oul "st ~
y'o surplus Gile llonlgs a.'a Ia, ,,I ""T
o.,oio s,ort,,o,to doht Of over SO bOO 600 OO0
exclusive OF all other forms oil lnuGoteu1
ness that IN ono OF the cnleI asrlcu'IGolaI
States OF the West there appears real es-
tt@'omortgage, debt Averaging SI2}o per cap
Ia Of the total population; ana That similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown 10 exist
mthe other agriculture exporting States
We denounco policy when fosters no IN IN
luatry so much as it does that OF the sheriff.
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
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