Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-10
National Democratic Platform
,doptea ny the National Democratic
convention at Chicago, June
21st, 1892.

Dyee,,oral Convention assembled, do reafirm
w. sllerlance to the principles of the par
.uV formulate by Jefferson and e1empli-
bv a long and illusLrious line of his sue
lea in Democratic leadership from Mad
$50 20 cleveland. We bclieye that the pub
~ l,o,fare demands that these principles be
Nv ,;od 10 the conduct OF the Federal Gov
APP,,ert through the accession to power of
- 1,artv that advocates them; and we sol.
w III, declare that the need of return 10
, T fundamental principles of free pop
u Government based on home rule and
.nJ;yidual liberty was never more than now,
i.ban the tendency to cen.ralize all power
n.tba Federal Capital has become menace
% ,bo reserved rights ofthe States that strike
W ,bo very roots of our Government under
sSo Constitution as framed by the Republic.
AS TO THE FORCE BILL.
Soc 9. We warn the people of our COM
an country, jealous for the preservation Of
tSoir free institutions, that the policy OF Fed
w wi control of elections, TO which the Re-
",,b,ican party has committed itself, is
toaugbt with the grsvest dangers, scarcely
i 10 6,omenLous that would result from a
rHo S1 practically establishing monar-
Inv en- the ruins of the Republic.
Il strikes at the North as well as the South
ID iniures thu colored citizens even more
'hon the whites 1t means horde of dep
Wv marshals ut every polling place, armed
l,;}b Federal power, returning boards APP
mointed and controlled by Federal author
H. the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
W. no1nIe in the several States, the subjugation
p tpe colored people to the control of the
ID Z IF
iP"oonIsm, now happily sbated, of the utmost
peTil to the safety and happiness OF all;
MEASURE deliberately and justly described by
a leading 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 A sell -perpetuating oligarchy OF office
holders, and the party first entrusted with
its machinery could be dlslodged from pow
or only by M appeal to the reserved right
Of the people to resist oppression which is
inherent in all seli-governing communities.
Two wears ago this revolutionary power
WA. emphatically condemed by the people
Of the polls; but IN contempt of that verdict
the Republican party has defantly declared
in It's latest authoritative utterance that its
sueee SIN the coming election will mean
tha enactment of the force bill and the usur-
nation of despotic control over elections in
all the States.
Believing that the preser alton of repub-
Iic.n Government in the United States is
dependent upon the defeat of this policy Of
legalzed force and fraud, We invite the
support of II citizens who desire TO see the
Constitution maintained In its integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country n hundred years OF uneXampleG
prosperity and W. pledge the Democratic
party, if IL be int listed with power, moi
only to the defeat OF the force bill, but also
to resembles opposition to the Republlcah
policy of protigate expenditure, which III
the short space OF two y airs has squandereo
an enormous surp US and emptled an over.
flowing treasury after piling new burdens OF
taxation upon the already overtaxed labor
Of the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. g. We denounce Republican pre-
4 lection us a fraud. The robbery of the great
majority OF the American people for the
4 benefit of The few. We declare it to be
fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
A ty that the Federal Government has no con-
stitutional power to impose ard collect tari1
4 duties, except tor the purposes OF revenue
only, and we demand that the collection OF
such taxes shall be liuiJed TO the necessities
Of the Government Wnen honestly and econ
Omlcsly administered.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted by the Fitty-hrst Congress as thu crl
minating atrocity Of class legeintion; we IN
dorse the efforts made by the Democrats OF
the present Congress to modify lis most OPP
presslv5 features in the direction OF free raw
materials and cheaper Manufactured good
that enter into general consumption, md we
promise It's repeal as one of the benehcent
results that will follow the action OF The
people in lntrusting power to the Democrat
ic party. Since the Mckinley tariff went
into operat on there have been ten reduc.
tons Of the wages Of laborng men TO one
increase We deny that there has been any
increase of properly to the country since
that tariff went into operation; we point TO
the dizziness and distress which wage reduc-
tons and strikes in the iron trade us the
best possible evidence that no such pros
perity has resulted from the Mckinley act.
We call the attention OF thoughtful Amer
leans TO the fact that after thirty years OF
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
tereign wealth in exchange for our agrcul-
tural surplus the homes and farms OF the
country have become burdened with real
estate mortgage debt of over So, SOC, 0OO,OOO
exclusive of all other forms Of indebted
ness; that in one Of the chief agricultural
States Of the West there appears real es-
tate mortgage debt averaging Sls5 per cap
lta Of the total population; and that slmiial
conditions and Tenderness are shown to east
IN the other agricultural exporting States
We denounce policy when fosters no in
Iustry so much as it does that of the sheriff.
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec, 4, Trade exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages to the countries par
ucpatng is a tme-honored doctrine OF the
4 Democratic faith, but we denounce the sham
reciprocity which juggles with the peoples
desire for enlarl cd foreign markets ano
lTeer exchange by pretending to establish
closer trade relations with country whose
articles OF Export are almost exclusively ag-
ncuItural products with other countries thai
are also agricultural, while erecting GUS
courthouse barrier ofprohibitive tarifi taxes
against the richest cluntries OF TIE worlo
That stand ready to take our entire surplu'
oil prod cts and to exchange therefor com
modllies vince are necessaries and comlorh
Oh lie among our own people.
AGAINST TRUSTS.
sec, b. We recognize in the trusts ard
combinations which are designed to enable
capital to secure more than its just share OF
The joint product of capital and labor and
natural consequence OF the prohibitive taxes
winch prevent the free competition, which
ls the life Of honest trade; but we believe
Their worst evils can be abated by law, ano
we demand the rigid enforcement of the lawt
made TO control and prevent them, togethe
WITH such further legislation in restraint OF
Ihelr abuses as experience may show to be
necessary.
REPUBLICAN LAND STEALS.