Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24

A., az formulate DN JenetsoA anu eAehipii-
y ~ by long and il!ustrious line OF his sue
hou in Democratic leadership from Mad
ce 10 Cleveland. We believe that the pub
,:on n,o!fs,e demands that these principles be
III n,;od TO tho conduct OF the Federal Gov
S!pIpment through the accession to power Of
en- gLiI Marty that adyoeates them; and we sell
Ino p declare that the need of return to
' eh,n,' fundamental principles of free pop
u W.. Government based on home rule and
:un'SS;yidual liberty was never more than now,
i lliu, the tendency to aensralize all power
WIZ ,hs Federal Capital has become a menace
az ~ ,be reserved rights otthe States tbatstrike
" " The very roots Of OR Government under
80 constitution as framed by the Republic.
AS 10 THE FORCE BILL.
Soc q We warn be people OF our Gem
country. Jealous for the preservation OF
. mo% FREE institutions, that tho policy of Fed
t'lo I control OF elections, TO which the Re-
ol ,ah,ican party bas committed itself, is
f pun with the gravest dangers, scarcely
Ia. momentous that would result from
les' ' practically establishing mOnar-
zen aIv en- the ruins Of the Republic
Guy strikes at the North as well as the South
"A ;niures tho colored citizens even more
a ann the whites. 1t means horde of dep
VIZ, ',.nT marshals at every polling place, armed
u u;yb Federal power, returning boards APP
wSn WIN and controlled by Federal author
T., the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
w, o,nie in the several States, The subjugation
~ II he colored people to the control of the
Dar,y in power and tie reyiylng OF race an
ip"oo1,sm, now happily absted. oftbe utmost
na1il to the safety and happiness OF all;
,Pnoasure deliberately and justly described by
leading Republican Senator ''ss the most
;'Csrors bill that ever crossed the thresh
aid Of the Senate" such policy if sane
mod nv law, would mean the dominance
of cell perpetuating oliggrchy OF office
Hoiders and the party first entrusted with
~ machinery could be dIslOdged from pow
or only by an appeal to the reserved right
VI tbe people to resist oppression which is
;nberent in all Safeguarding communities
Two years ago THIS revolutionary power
wss emphaticslly condemed BY the people
At the polls; but in contempt oil that verdict
the Republican party has detaoty declared
in It's latest authoritative utteFanee that It's
succe IN the coming election will mean
the enactment of the force BID and the usur-
nation of des potic control over elections in
all the States.
Relieving that the preser alton of repub-
lic,n government in the United States is
denendent upon the defeat Of this policy of
leqalized force and fraud, We invite the
support of Ill cltzsns who desire TO see the
Constitution maintained IN Us integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country II hundred years OF uneXanpted
prosperity, and w. pledge the Democratic
narty, if it be iut,u ted with power not
only to the defeat OF tie force biA, hut also
70 Tcsentless opposition TO The Republican
policy OF prohigate expenditure, wh&h IN
the short space OF two y4ars has squtnd9r9d
an enormous surp lis and emplled an over
lowing treasury after piIing new burdens CT
taxation upon the aireaCy oYertaXed LABOR
Of the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. 3. We denounce Il publican pro-
lection rs fraud. The robbery OF the great
msior;ty OF The American people for the
benefit of the few We declare il to be
fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
ty that the Federal Government has no con-
stitutonal power to impose and collect tariff
duties, except for 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
omlcally administered.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted by the Fitty-6rst Congress MS thu cul
minating atrocity Of class legislation; we in
dorse the efforts madc by the Democrats OF
the present Congress to modify It's most cp-
presslve features in the direction Of free raw
materials and cheaper Manufactured goods
that enter into general consumption, and we
promise It's repeal as one of the beneticent
results that will follow the action Of the
people in lntrusting p0werto the Democrat
ic party. Since the Mckinney tsIjff went
into operation there have been ten leduc-
tons Of the wages Of aborng men 10 one
increase. W. deny that there has been any
increase of properly to the country since
that tariff went into operation; we point to
the dulness and diatress which wage reduc-
tons and strikes in The iron trade as the
best possible evidence that no such pros
pcrity has resulted from the Mckinley act.
We call the attention oi thoughtful Amer
leans to the fact tha after thirty years OF
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
tereign wealth in exchange for our agrlcul-
tura surplus the homes aud farms of the
country have become burdened With real
estate mortgage debt Of over So 50O,0O0,0O0
exclusive Of all other forms Ct indebted
ness; that in one of the chiM agricultural
States of the West there appears q real es-
tate mortgage debt Averaging SlG5 per cap
lta OF the total population; and that similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown to exist
IN the other agricultural exporting States
we denounce Il policy when fosters no ~
dustry SO much as il does that Of the Sheriff
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY. 4
Sec. A. Trade exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages TO the countries par
tlclpating is atmc&honored doctrine Of the
Democratic faith, but we denounce the sham
reciprocity which jugges with the peoples
desire for enlarl ed foreign markets and
lreer exchange by pretending TO establish
closer trade relations with a country whose
ARTICLES Of export are almost exclusively ag-
ncultural products with other countries that
are also agricultural, while erecting q Gus
TOM house barrier Of prohibltlve tariff taxes
against the richest countries of tho world
mat stand ready to take our entire surplus
OF products and to exchange therefor com
nodllles whlce are neuessarles and comforts
Vi lie among our own people.
AGAINST TRUSTS.
Sec. 8. We recognize III the trusts and
combinations which are designed TO enable
capital to secure more than its just share OF
the JOINT product of capital and labor and
natural consequences Of the prohibitVe taxes
winch prevent the free competition, which
Is lhe lie of honest trade; but we believe
Inolr worst evils can be abated by law, and
we demand the rigid enforcement Of tho laws
made TO control and prevent thcm, together
WIN such further legislation in restraint oil
snelr abuses as experience may show to be
necessary.
REPUBLICAN, LAND STEALS.
sec o, The Republican party, while pro-
los Ing policy of rnsorvino thn nuhNo land