The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-06-30
qHE nHIHCRAYIC PLATFORM
4 naSlslly Document, Embracing tho
n. ElllS a s'ilIiRlHiH II
EaTifH ana Rinancial reform ana
shs RsFss nm Anong ths PSla-
cIpnl FeasuFss-nspubll.
can PaEsy scored.

party q the United slaEss, il national
convention assembled. DO afirm their al
lagiancs to the principles q the party a.
formulated BY jefferson and exempliaed
By long, illustrious line Of successors In
the democratic leadership, from Madison
to Cleveland; W believe that the public
welfare demands that these principles be
applied 70 the conduct Of the federal gov
eminent through secession to power Of
the party that advocates themt and We
solomnIy declare that the. need iof 70
turn 10 these fundamental principles Of
. free popular government, based on
home rule and individual liberty, was
never more urgent than now, when the
tendency to renlraliss all power at the
federal capital has become q menace 10
the reserved rights Of the states that
strikes q the roofs Of our gOssInment
under the constitution - framed By the
fathers Of the republic. We warn the
people Of common country, jealous for
the preservation q their Tree institutions,
that the policy II federal control d elee-
lions, 10 which the republican party has
committed itself, Is iraIRht with the gra-
VET dangers. scarcely les usopentous
than would result from . revolution pFac-
tieally establishing . monarchy on the
ruins Of the republic. 1t strikes q the
north - well a. the south, and Injuries
the colorod citizen mon than the white;
Il means lords Of deputy United Statea
maEshals II every polling place, armed
with the power Of Feturning boards aP-
pointed and controlled BY the federal
authorizes, outrage Of the electoral rights
Of the people in states; the subiugation
Of the coloFed people 10 the control Of the
parry In power and the reviying Of race
antagonism now happily Sbated; Of the
utmost peril to the safety and happiness
Of all, measure deliberately and justly
described BY leading republicans as the
most infamous bill that ever crossed the
threshold Of the senate. This policy, b
sanctioned BY law. would mean The dom.
nance Of seli-perpetuating oligarcby OF
oHicsholders, and the party first intrust-
cd with the machinery conld be dis
lodged from power only BY an appeal to
the reserved rights Of the people to Tesisi
oppression, which Is Inherent in oil self.
governing communities.
Two years ago thia revolutionary pol
icy vas emphatieaIly condemned BY tie
people 1t the polls. but in cOntennpt q
that verdict the republican party has de
family declared In Its latest authoritative
uiternnces that its success at the coming
election will mean the enactment Of a
furee bill and the usurpation Of despoiis
control over the elections Of I'll states.
Believing thSt preservation q ! repub
lean government Is .depehdeht upon he
defeat Of policy Of ltgsli1ed- force and
fraud, We invite the support Of all ciii
sens who desire to zee the constitution
maintained in its Integrity with the Lawn
pursuant thereto, which have given ouI
country one hundred years u OnsEam'
pied prosperity, and we pledge the demo
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