Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-09-05
National Democratic PIalfOra
.doutca Dy ihr National Democratic
60 yentIon at rh.raao, jane
2isi. 1892.

o,o,;on 7. The represent tiyes Of tia
,ocrs,ic party OF the United States, il
yye,'onal Canven'ion assembled, do reaiHru
SN;. alee,anco to the principles of the pas
.non tormulate' nv Jeffe-son sad ezempii
~ II bv a long AMI illustrious line Of his sue
neu :, ~ io Democratic leadership from Mad
cess 70 cleveland We belieye that the pub
i;c wallace demands that these prin'a; los ho
annlied 10 the conduct OF tho Federal Grv
arrnment through the accession to power oi
,ho marty that advocates tnem; and wa sci.
onnly declare that the need OF return tc
those fundamental principles OF free pop
liar goyarnment based on home rule nnd
;ndvidual liberty was never mora Than now
when the tendency to ,en.ralIse all power
', he Federsl Capitsl has becom' q Inenacs
~ Tho reserved rights ofthe States lbst strike
" Tho yaty roots of orr Government under
a.. a. I,ons.,.utlon Ms framed BY the Republic
A. 10 THE FORCE BILL.
800 . We .v:rn he people OF our COM
>, m country. jeslous for the preservation OF
.'o;r frp irst'tnli Iis, th'.. the an!icy OF Fed
sr.l control u elections, to Which the Re
,,I.;csn par,v has committed itSeli, is
t,angbt with the grsvest dangers, scarcely
i,.s rnomentous that would result from u
royoluticn, practically establishing monar-
obv en- the ruins of the Republic.
Il strikes at the North as we'll as TIE South
~ ;niures tho colored ciizens even more
,hsn the whites. 1t means horde Of dep
rtv marshals ut every polling place, armed
Nth Federal power, returning boards ap-
rointed and controlled by Federal author
;.v the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
roonle in the several States, the subjugaton
II tbe colored people to toe control Of the
nv in power and TIE revivng Of race an
i"oonlsm, now happily abated. Of the utmost
ne1il to the safety and happiness oil all; a
measure deliberately and justly described by
a leading Republican Senator 'as the most
;rfsmous bill that ever crossed the thresh
old of the Senate" such policy. if sane
toned by law, would mean the dominance
Of N self perpetuating uligarchy OF Office
holders. and the party FIRST entrusted with
i. machinery could be dlslodged from pow
or only by an appeal to tue reserved right
nj the people 10 resist oppression which is
iph, rent in all Safeguarding communities.
Two wears ago this revolutionary power
WA. emphatieally coedemed by the people
at the polls; but IN contempt Of that verdict
tho Repubii,un party has defiantly declared
Ia is latest authoritative utte ance that its
.ucce S In the coming election will mean
tho enac.ment OF the force bill and the usur-
nation of des otic control over elections in
all the States.
Believing that the preser alton OF repub-
lican government in the United States is
dependent upon the defeat OF this policy OF
legslized force and fraud, VIZ invite the
support of IL citizens who desire to soc the
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country hundred years OF unexampled
prosperity; and W. pledge the Democratic
party, il il be init u.ted with power, not
only to the defeat of the force Bill, but also
to rcsentless opposition TO the Eepubncan
policy of prohigste expenditure, which in
The short space OF two y'ars has squtndered
An enormous surp US and empued an over
flowing tre,sury utter pilng new burdens OF
taxation upon the already oyertaxed labor
OF the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec 3. We denounce Republican pro-
lection rs fraud. The robbery of the great
majority OF the American people for the
benefit of the few We declare il to be a
fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
ty that the Federal Government has no con-
stitutions power to impose and collect tariff
duties, except ior 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
omcally administered.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-.
acted by the Fifty-frst Congress as tbs cul
minating atrocity of class legislation; wo in
dorse the efforts made by the Democrats OF
the present Congress to modify its most OPP
pressive features in the direction Of free raw
materials and cheaper manufactured goods
that enter into general consumption, and we
promise Its repeal as one Of the beneicent
results that will follow the action Of the
people in ntrusting poworto the Democrat
cparty. Since the Mckinley taIif went
into operation there have been ten ieduc-
tions Of the wages Of laboring men TO one
increase. We deny that there has been any
increase of property to the country since
that tariff went into operation; we point TO
the dullness and distress which wage reduc-
tions and strikes in the iron trade as the
best possible evidence that no such pros
perity has resulted from tho Mckinley act.
We call the attention of thoughtful Amer
leans to the fact that after thirty years of
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
ieroign wealth in exchange for our agrcul-
tural surplus the homes aud farms of the
country have become burd4ncG With real
estate mortgage debt OF over So 500, 100000
exclusive of all other forms Of indebted
ness; that in ono of the chief agricultural
States of the West there appears real es-
tate mortgage debt averaging SlS5 per cap
ts o. the total populations; aud that similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown to eIst
IN the other agricultural exporting States.
We denounce policy whlcn fosters no in
Iustry so much as IL does that OF the sheriff.
ALLEoEp RECIPROCITY.
Sec. A. Trade exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages to tho countries par
tlcipating Is u time-honored doctrine Of the
Democratic faith, but we denounce the sham
reciprocity which juggles with the peoples
desire for ENLARGED foreign markets and
treer exchange by pretending to establish
closer trade relations with country whose
articles ofexport are almost exclusively ag-
rcultural products with other countries that
are also agricultural, while erecting GUS
W., "Vueo pNllVr VI propiulV'Fo Vu''n V"N,,
against tho richest countries OF tho world
That stand ready to take our entire surplus
OF products and 10 exchange therefor COM
modties whice are necessaries and comforts
Oh lie among our own people.
AGAINST TRUSTS.
Sec, 8. We recognize in the trusts and
combinations which arc designed TO enable
capital TO secure more than Us just share OF
The Joint product Of capital and labor and
natural consequence of tho prohibtlyc taxes
which prevent the tree competition, which
ls the lilo Of honest trado; but we believe
their worst evils can be abatcd by law, and
we demand the rigid enforcement Of the laws
made 10 control and oreyett them, together