Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-07-28
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
Adopted by tie Democratic State Con.
YcntIOa at Little Rock,
June 18th, 1892.
THE PLATFORM.

THE PLATFORM.
; We, tho delegates of the Democrrt'c party
of the State OF Arkansas, assembled in con
Vention at Little Rock, d clare that the SUI
preme issue OF the day is the re orm OF tie
administration OF the Government; and that
the people can safely trust the party foun ed
by Jefferson, and whose principles were en-
phssized in the splendid, patriotic and non
sectional administration Of Grover o eve
land.
We denounce the Republican party for
its fragrant abuS" and prostitution of power
during the last four years Coming into iull
control of all branc es of the government
in 1888 by the use of unprecedent crrrup-
ton tuld; largely | WED upon Govern"tnt
fayoritts by those before and since, close,
personally and officially, to The chief bcnc-
fcary, that party Immediately elerld upo
crusade of tyrany, fraud and prcfigate
extravaganza nev,r betue yGnture7 up n by
any party IN times of peace.
1t found the treasury with large and
daily increasing surplus, and in times Of
great depression, accompanied by the uni
versal demand for relief from the burdens
of taxation, it dissipated the surplus by
m"king annual appropriations # $500000,-
900, largely for unnecessary and utterly IN
d folsiblc purf oses, and thereby failed to
meet and discharge the ma uring bonded in
dehted SIS OF the Government, ard now iud9
itself confronted with an imminent Gefciau-
cy. Moreover, it made 4 any of its appro-
priati2ns permanent, for o other purpose,
than to prevent the people from correcting
the evils d2ne, so long as the Republican
party tanned control o! either the senate
or Chief Magistracy of the nation.
1t transcribed all preccderts in vicious
class legislation. in the enactment of the Nc
Kin ey bill, and finally, Frightened ~ the
extremities to which it bal gone, sought to
| fraud. the adoption OF which WIS y cnntes-
SION of tie iniquity it bad rerpetratcd
1t deprived States Of Their just representa-
| ton BY fa Sc c.nsus.
1t deprived, in the most insolnt ond ar
btrNy msnner, and practically without an
opportunity to be heard, representatives Of
the people Of TIER seats III tie lower House
! Of CuGgro.
Ard, final y drunk with its own eyccsscs,
| it Dug t % perp"tnato III" wrongs it had
done by deprivng the people of the right to
hold their own ections ard choose their
own servants by lhc oractTcrt Of the in
famous and cxecrabl~ lorce bill.
! 1T rcatcd with utter contempt all ideas OF
economy und honesty, both in it pension
| legislation and in its administration Of that
bureau.
1t rejected nemocr ii territories ard ad.
mtt9d Republican territories in order TO rG-
tain party supremacy.
This regime Of tyranny, extravaganza and
wrong doing, CONTESTED with the { can,
hoEe>t, prudent and WI administration Of
Grow l Cleveland. brought upon the Kcl ub-
| lran party the most sIupendOus defeat that
ever hctell nnY party in this touLtr, and
inspired anew with conhdenc; AID hope all
the cope in the possibility If preserving
! tree Government for mankind.
We declare our abiding fidelity TO the
| Constitution Of the United 5 ates in its let
ter and spi it.
We declare our faith in the capacit of
the people for seIl.governnnt, and their
Inherent right to Cujoy it, free from AL Fed
eril interference,
We denounce the Republican party be-
cpuse it turned It's back upon the interests
Of the greet mas es Of soc ", and sound,
stable government for all, and a. ed its for
/
millions Of the pubic dUImai u Oh raj roads
fostering legislation, the legitimate offspriny
o when has been combinatiOHs anQ rus 8,
expressing the labor it protpssea to protp
ar.u fastening e or increasing burdens IN
agrlcultnr', until the homes of the people in
great sections of :he country are covered
wit mortgages, i the markets Of the
Wo'id closed t. the !rut' o. honest toll.
Ne denou CO the mckinley a'itf us Il
crine~gaiASt honest goycrhmt 1T and fee
pc pie, Lot only because it l"v'es m unnec-
cssary tax ard thereby imposes wsnton and
cruel blrdons on the people, but because IL
destroys the markets Ter III ir surplus pro-
duets.
"ed1noun it because it is class leglsla-
ton, G! acted in the interest Of tie f4vt red
few who are wealthy, = at the expense
and tor the oppression the gre mass Of
the people.
We denpunce it b cause it does not in
crease W, gcS, but suIrondrrs the taxing pow
or . the government to he manuiacu r' RS,
AMI leave il to the employers to ctcraine
whether they will divide the lmnrnsc boun-
ty il Jieids @iib those they employ.
We denouncc it because it is an abuse
and pcrN ersiou Of the taxing power of the
20 .stitutlon, which was intended to be
used to raise necessary r,N"nue for the sup
port OF tn Government, into the meuns Of
plunde + G all for the be eft Of y class.
We donouncc IL because IT lnnugurattd
for tne first time in free Government, the
practice OF taking from the public treasury
the u oney collected for public purposes
from al. the peopl" AID with t, pay boun-
ties to SO ect industries
We denounce it berau it destroys the IN
dependence and selfieliance of the people,
which is National characteristics, AID
and tcactes them to iely upon governments
tai favor tsm.
We denOunce it because the inevitable
enden"y OF this system is the destruction Of
popular government, in tie d baucbment Of
the Hot, by tribute eXtorted from favor d
cmsscs VIII SO enormous 5Ou ties dnpoHd
upon tho continual CO Of the syst m set
We dpca q thu tie mission tho Demo-
cratic party is so reform g Ia i'll by Il
reGuc ion taxation as IT, limit the rev 'nuGs
Of the & vernn mt TO its absolute necessi.
ties %hen economically administered, and ia
80 frame its tariff schedules MS TO place TIE
burdens OF government upon lhn luXu'ies
and not np0n the necessrres Of lite
2 We favor Il sat- and sufficient currency
composed OF gold and silver and legal tender
paper, convertible into coin dem nd, and
maintrn ut par with each 9th r.
We decurcl 1t to b. the duty 9th D mo-
cratic party to preserve tho parity iE value
, OF 90 j and silver, and TO provide the means
; by the equal and fs, Treatment OF both met
Wis.
We dcnounce the Sherman Silver bill A.
an bstructon to the tar treatment OF sive
and us sham aud preiense, intended t
, postpone honest honest legislation and t
appGasc the silver producers while giving ne
reici TO the people
We declare our purpose to continue t
maintain. supp TT and develop our publ,
schools in the Interest Of general intelligence