Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-06-30
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
tits Long, But VIII Repay uni
VersaI Study.
The Convention Changed Platform
Committees RepOrt-As Reported
the Tariff Plank Was the Same as
Voted Down in SS4.

cratic party of the United States, in national
convention assembled. do reaffirm their anegi-
ance 10 the principles of the party formu-
lated by Jefferson and exemplihed by long
and nlustrious line of his successors in the DEM
ocratic leadership from Madison to Cleveland;
VIC believe the public welfare demands that
these principles be applied to the conduct Of the
federal government through the accession TO
power of the party that advocates them; and
we sOlemnly declare that the need of a return TO
these fundamental principles of free popular
government, based on home rule and individual
liberty, was never more urgent than now when
the tendency to eentralize all power at the fed
eral capital has become menace to the re-
served rights of states that strike at the very
roots of our government under the constitution
Is famed by the republic.
Section 2. We wan the people of our common
country, jealous for the preservation OF their
free institutions, that the policy of federal con-
troll of elections, to which the republican party
has committed itself Is tTanght with the grAyes5
dangers, scarcely less momentOus than would
result from a revolution practically establishing
strikes at the north as well the south and IN
Jures colored citizens even more than white AZ
means nofoe OF deputy Inarshals at every pom
ing place, wild with federal power, returning
boards appointed and controlled by federal al.
the people in several states; the subiugation of
the eolored people 70 the control OF the party IN
power, ana thS reE1Flng OF race hhtaSon
| tnow happily abated) OF the utmost peril 70 the
safety and happiness 70 all; measure dehbes-
| ately and justly described BY leading repuoli-
can senator as 1.-The most infamous bill that ever
crossed the Threshold Of the senate" such a
/ policy, if sanctioned by law, would mean the
dominance of ELECTROMAGNETIC oligarehy OF Of
hcehOlders, and the party first entrusted with its
machinery could be dislOdged from power only by
an appeal TO the reserved right OF the people 70
resist oppression which Is inherent In an SELF
/ governing communities. Two years ago TINS
IeYo4lntion5Eary Eohey was eR mp 7aiiiy
6ae IN the az Yer h Dict th
republican party has denanuy declared
In us lAtest authorltatiFe utterAnSes tnaI its
success IN the coming elections WILL mean the
/ enactment of force bill and the usurpatlon OF
aespotic control over elections in all the states
/ Believing that the preservation Of republican
government in tho United States is dependent
upon the defeat Of this policy of legalized force
and fraud, we invite the support OF al cltiZens
/ who desire TO see the constitution maintained
/ IN rs integrity, with laws pursuant theieto,
whlch haye given our country a hundred years
OF unexampled prosperity and We pledge the
not only 70 the defeat OF the force DILL but etso
to relentless opposition TO the republican policy
OF pronlgate expenditure, winch, IN Lhe snort
space OF Two years mas sQuahuS5eo an enormous
surplus and emptied overlooking treasury
i after putting new burdens of taxation upon the
/ already oYertaxed labor of the country.
| Section 3, las adopted, being a substitute Tor
| the seeI3n Ieported oy me plauoth coIhLilG
| teeJ; we denounce republican protectlon as a
/ fraud upon the labor of the great majority OF
| the American people for the benefit of the few.
| We declare it to be the fundamental principle
| of the democratic party that the federal govern,
ment has no constitutional power to impose and
! collect tarln duties except ior purposes OF reVes
nue. only and we demand that the collection OF
| such taxes shall be limited to the necessities of
! government, when honestly and economically
/ 6GCElOn 4 TRADE interchange, on the DaSlB OF
| reciprocal advantage TO the country Is a time
| honored doctrine of the democratic faith, but
| we denOunce the sham reciprocity which luggies
| with the peoples desires for enlarged foreign
| markets and freer exchange, by pretending to
establish closer trade relations for country
whose articles OF export are almost exclusively
agricultural products, with other countries that
are also agricultural, while erecting custom
house barrier of prohibitiye tariff taxes against
the richest countries of the world that stand
| ready to take our entire surplus of products and
| to exchange therefor commodities which are
necessaries and comforts of life among our own
! Section 5. We recognize no trusts and combi-
| nations, which are designed TO enable capital
10 secure more lhth US Just snare VI Inc iOLiiI
| product OF capital ana labor a natural
| consequence of prohlbitiYe taxes which prevent
| trade but we believe their worst evils can be
| abated by law, and we demand rigid enforce
ment of the laws made to prevent and control
them, together with such further legislation in
restraint of their abuses as experience may
Section 6.-The republican party, while pro-
Tossing policy of reserving public lands for
away the peoples heritage till now a few rail,
roads and nonresident aliens, individual and
our farms between the two seas The last dem
ocratic administration reversed the IMPROVE
touching the public domain and reclaimedfrOm
| corporations and syndicates, alien and domes-
acres of valuable land, to be sacredly held
! homesteads for our citizens; and we pledge
ourselves to continue this policy until every
| of land so unlawfully held shall be reclaimed
and restored to the people.
Section 2. We denounce the republican legis-
lation known as the Sherman act of 1890 as
cowardly makeshift, fraught with possibilities
| of danger in the future which should make all
of its supporters, well as its author, anxious
for its speedy repeal; we hold to the use of both
/ gold and silver the standard money of the
Country, and to the coinage of both gold and
silver without discriminating against either
metal or charge for mintage, but the dollar
unit of the coinage of both metals must be of
equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, or be
by such safeguards of legislation as shall in
sure the maintenance of the parity of the two
aNa nal nj nj "a at
all times in the market and IN payments of
debts; and we demand that all paper currency
shall be kept at par with and redeemable in
such coin we insist upon this policy as especial
ly necessary for the protection OF farmers and
less victims of unstable money and huctuating
Section eight demands that the prohibitory
10 per cent tax on state bank issues be repealed.
Section nine declares public office to be a
the civil service law.
Section ten views with alarm the tendency of the
| present administration to policy of irritation
| and bluster, liable TO confront US with the
alternative of humiliation or war. 1t faYors
| consistent, vigorous foreign policy and tavors
| the maintenance of an efficient navy.
Section eleven condemns oppression by the
| Russian government of its Jewish and Austrian
| subjects, and tenders profound sympathy to
those struggling for home rule and self govern
| Section twelve approves the rigid enforcement
| of immigration laws, but invites immigration of
| the industrious and worthy of all foreign lands
| Section thirteen favors just and liberal pen
| sions and denounces the present administration
I
| dishonest.
| Section fourteen declares IN favor of the per-
| manent improvement of the Mississippi and
| other great waterways.
! Section fifteen favors the early construction of
| the Nicaragua canal and its protection against
| foreign control. -
| make sncb necessary financial provisions as
| should be requisite to the maintenance of the
| national honor and public faith.
| Section seventeen favOrs liberal approprla-
tons by the various states IN support of public
schools, and declares the opposition of the party
| to state interference with parental rights and
the rights of conscience IN the education OF
children.
Section eighteen approves the passage by the
present house of representatives OF bills for the
| admission into the union of the territories OF
| Arizona and New Mexico.
| Section nineteen favors the legislation by con-
| zrees and state legislatures 70 protect the lives
| and limbs of railway employees.
Section twenty favors the abolishment of the
| Sweating" system, convict labor and the en-
ployment in factories of children under 10 years
| of age.
| Section tvgenty-one opposes ali sumptuary
| laws, as interference with the individual
| rights of the citizen.
| Section twenty-five asks a change OF admins
| tration and a change OF party, IN order that
| there may be change in system and change of
| methods, thus assuring the maintenance unim-
/ paired of the constitution under which the re-
| public has grown great and powerful.
PennOyer Looming Up.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 24.-The sudden
and lamented death of Colonel L L. Polk,
president of the Farmers' Alliance and In
| dustriaI union, has considerably disaFranged