Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-10-04

Section THE Represent. tivcs O, Al,
Democra'ic FvrJy OF the Uuitcd sts.r-. IN
National Convention semtlcd, do rear ~.
their allegiance 70 the p,iGcirics of Lhc I.sr
ty os formulate by Jefferson VA ezeingii-
lied by long sa5 illustriou- li,. If bis sue
ces>oTs in democratic lesdtrsllu lr,., lisd-
ison to Cleveland. We hclicyc IL u tao pub-
he welfare demands tnui tle>e priaai ,gs be-
applied to the conduct OF tie Fetc-sl CIV
eminent through the accession e. pur rr of
the party that advocates then and WEI 7.
piuly declare that the need of rtulri, 10
these fundamental principles of fr,c pom
ular government based on lone rgie arl
individual liberty was neyrr more then now,
when the tendency to ccn.ralze all power
at Tie Federal Capital has becom ~ mrpnc.
o the reserved rights ofthc States hat s.rlk,-
at the very roots Of or Government under
the Constitution as framed by the Republic
as 20 THE FORCE BILL.
Sec 2, We warn he people of our ccn-
MN country, jealous for the preservation Of
their free institutions, that the policy OF Fed
eral control OF elections, to which the Re
prhican party bas committed itself, is
fraught with the gravest dangers, scarcely
less momentous that would result from a
revolution, practically establishing monar-
ely On the ruins OF the Republic.
1t strikes at the North US well ss the Soutl
md injureS tn colored citizens even more
han the whites. 1t means a horde OF dep
Ily narshals ut every polling place, armed
Glth Federal power, returning boards sp-
ocln,ud ami controlled by Federal suttoy-
ity, the outrage CT the electoral rights q the
people IL the several States, the sutiugution
d the colored people to toe coDtroi OF the
JArsy il power Al d tie revjving OF race an
meonEm, row happily shated, OF tie utmost
orril to the safely snd happiness CT all; Il
measure deliberately and Justly described Uy
A leading Republican Senator "as the most
infamous bill that ever crossed the thresh
Did of the Senate" such policy, if sane
iored by law, would mean the dominance
Of self perpetua0ng oligarchy of office
holders, and the party first entrusted with
its machinery could be dlslodged from pow
n only by an appeal to the reserved right
OF the people to resist oppression which is
Inherent in al sell-governing communities
Two years ago this revolutionary power
was emphatjcally cordemed by the people
At the polls; butm contempt Of that verdict
lie Republican patty has deGantly declared
in its latest authoritative uttgtance that its
succe 81 the coming election will mean
the enac ment Of the force bin and theusur-
patton Of les potc control over elections in
all the States.
Believing that the preser alton OF Iepub-
Iican government in the United States is
dependent upon the defeat Of this policy q
,ecalized force and fraud, We invite lbe
support Of Il citizens who desire to see the
Constitution maintained N its integrity With
he laws pursuant thereto which have given
1ul country hundred years Of uueXamped
orosperity;aod " pledge the Democratic
.,arty, it il De int listed with power, net
pnly to the defeat oi the force BID, hut also
% rcseniicss ogpositionto the Republican
Joicy CT plollgate expenditure, which in
he short space Of Two y.urs has squ4rdcfod
lneenoImuns sugp u ana empued az over.
lowing treasury after piling new mdens 81
,ax,,t.or ppon the already o}enaHcd labor
II Tie country