Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-20
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
Adopted by the iiemncrahc >t'tr Con-
rrntIOn al little Rock,
Jane 1fih, 1882.
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We, The delegates Of the Democrit'c prtl
OF the State Of Arkansas, assembled in con
veutiun ut 1t tie Rock, d clare thst the sG
preme issue OF the day Is tle re orm OF IT,,
administra' ion OF the Government; and tina
the people can safely trust the party foun eC
by Jeif,rsn and whose principles were Ell,
phas;zed in the spl ndid, patriotic and non
sectional administration uf Grover G eve
land.
We denounce the Republican party frl
its tsgrH abus' md prostitution Of power
durinl the last four ears, Coming into iul
control of all branc es OF the Uyernmcni
in 1888 by the Use Of unprecedent ccrrup-
ton fund; largely | Wed upon Government
fayorites by those before and ice, close,
personally and officially, to be chief bcnc-
ticiary, that party Immediately enic" d upo
Il crusade of tyralN, fraud and pre- flgste
extravaganza new beo.e venture up n 10y
any party IN times of peace
1t found the treasury with large ard
daily increasing surplus, Grd in times of
great depression, accompanied BY the uni
versal demand for reliet from the burdens
of taxation, it dlssipated the surplus by
making annual appropriations f S5OO,OOO,-
900, largely for unnecessary and utterly m
defersible puri oscs, and thereby tailed to
meet and discharge the maturing p0nded in
detted 9ss of the Government, and now finds
itself confronted With an imminent defcisr-
cy. Moreover it made Tauy OF its appro-
priations permanent, for other plrpose,
than to prevent the people from correcting
the evils done, so long as the Republican
party retained control OF either the Senate
or Chief Magistracy OF the nation.
1t transcribed all precejents in vicious
class legislation. in the eaacLm-nt of the Me
Kin ey bill, and finally, lrgh encG ty the
extremities to which it had gone, sought to
appcase the pubic discomfort by reciprocity
fraud, the adoption Of which was conies-
sion of the iniqulty it had perputIatcd
1t deprived States OF their just representa-
ton BY ia Sc census.
1t deprived, in the most insolrnt and ar
bitraiy manner, and practically without an
opportunity to be heard, representatives OF
the people of their seats in the lower House
! Of Congress.
And, finally drunk with lis own excuses,
it Dug 10 perpetuate the grongs it had
done by depriving the people Of the right TO
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own servants by the eractTenL Of the in
lannon's and exc cradle force bill.
! 1t treated with utter contempt all Ideas OF
economy and honesty, both in it pension
legislation and in its administration of that
bureau
1t rejected Gemocr tic territories ard ad-
mitted Republican territories in order to re-
tain party supremacy.
! This regime of Tyranny, cxtravaganca and
wrong doing, contrnsted with the eon,
| honest, prudent and wl.e administration of
! 4rov,l Cleveland, brought upon the Rel ub-
lcan party The most stupendous defeat that
ever befell nny party in this COUNTRY, and
inspired anew with confidence aad hope all
! tie cop!e in the possibility tf preserving
tree gov, rnment for mankind.
! We declare our abiding fidelity to the
Constitution of the United ates in its let
ter and spi it.
We declare our faith in the capact Of
the people for self-governncnt, and in their
inherent right to enjoy it, free from all Fed
ersl interference,
We denounce the Republican party be-
cause it turned its back upon the interests
of the great mas es of socicty, and sound,
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tunes witt corporate Y lth, squander ng
millions Ct the public domaii u, on raj roads
fostering legislation, the legitimate offspring
which has been combinations ana trusts,
expressing the labor it professeu TO protect
and fostering e err increasing burdens On
agrcultnr until the homes OF the people in
great sections of the country are covered
with mortgages, and the markets Of the
world closed to the fruit Of honest toll.
We denouLc &C tho Mckinley tariff as a
crime against honest government and flee
pc ,ple, not only because it lavies an unncc-
essarv tax and thereby imposes wantoD and
cruel b lrdens on the people, but because it
destroys the markets iCr their surplus pro-
ducts.
We denount it because it Is class leglsa-
ton, eIacted in the interest of the fvcred
few, who are wealthy, and at the expense
and for the oppression OF the gre mass Of
the people.
We denounce it because it does not in.
crease W, ges, but surrenderS the taxing pow.
er OF the Government to the manufac:ur, RS,
and leaves it TO the employers to cetermine
whether they will divide the immense boun-
ty it yields with those they employ.
We denounce it because it is an sbuse
and peryersion of the taxing power of the
Constitution, which was intended to be
used to raise necessary rcyenue for the sup
port of tn Government, into the means Of
plundeI ing all for the bol eft of class.
We denounce it because it lnauguratcd
for the fist time in free Government, the
practice of taking from the public treasury
the Il oncy collected for public purposes
from all the people, and with it, pay boun-
ties to Sc Get Industries.
We denounce it because it destroys the in
dependence and self.reance OF the people,
which is National characteristic, and
and teaches them to 'ely upon government
tai tayoritsm.
VIC dcnounce 1t because the inevitable
tenden.y OF this system is the destruction OF