The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-06-30

the present house Representatives in
nassing bills for the admission in the
United States of the territories of New
Mexico and Arizona. We favor the
early admission of all territories that
have the necessary population and re-
sources emitting them to statehood
and, while they remain territories, we
hold that the officials appointed to adj
minister the government of any ter
ritory, together with the Districts of
Columbia and Alaska, should be bona
fide residents of the territory or dis
tricts in which their duties are to be
performed. The Democratic party be-
fieves in home rule and the control of
their own affairs by the people OF the
jurisdiction to be controlled.
Sec. 10. We favor legislation
by congress and state legislatures
to protect the lives and limbs of rail-
way employees and those of the haz-
ardous transportation companies and
denounce the inactivity of tie Repub-
lican party for causing the defeat of
measures beneficial and protective to
this class of wage workers.
Sec. 20. We are in favor of the en-
actment by states of laws for abolish
ing the notorious sweating system and
for abolishing contract and convict
labor and prohibiting the employ
ment in factories of children under Is
years of age.
Sec. 81. We are opposed to all
sumptuary laws in interference with
individual rights of citizens.
Sec. %. Upon this statement of
principles of the policies, the Demo
cratic party asks the intelligent judg-
ment of the American people. 1t asks
a change of administration and a
change of parties in order that there
may be change of system and a
change of methods, thus assuring the
maintenance unimpaired of the insti-
tutions under which the republic has
grown great and powerful.
Jones of Missouri, the committees
chairman, Immediately moved the
adoption of the platform as read.
Mel of Ohio gained the floor and,
moving to strike cut of the section per-
tanning to tariff all the words preced-
ing the denunciatiun of the Mckinley
dCV, dnu oholOu oAO ioiioWihS S"oSti-
tute:
ave denounce Republican protec-
tion as fraud upon the great MAORI
ty of the American people for the ben
eft of few. We declare it to be
a fundamental principle of the
Democratic party that federal
government has no constitutional
power to impose and collect tariff o
duties except for the purposes of reve-
nue. only, and we demand that the
collection of such taxes shall be
limited to the necessities of the gov
eminent when honestly and econom.
cally administered"
The substitute having been read,
Neal made proper motion to strike
out the words from 1--WE reiterate the
oft repeated doctrines" down to "dic-
tates of justice" and proceeded to
make tariff for revenue only argu-
ment. Scarcely had he closed when
there were cries for "Wattersonp'
He came forward, but be-
fore speaking had the clerk
read the tariff plank of the 1876 plat
form, and he then compared this
plank with the one just offered by
the resolutions committee, denounc.
ing the latter as a monstrosity and
urging the adoption of the lucid
agreement offered by Mr.. Neal. Villas
next stepped on the platform amid
cries for Mills, and waiting for quiet
to come declared the resolution as
presented by the committee Identical