Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-02
National anOGratIC~ Platform
Adopted Dy the National Democratic
Convention Mt Chi'TgO, June
siSl. 1892.


their allegiance to the principles of the par
ty as formulate by Jetle--on and pzenpli-
fed by long snd iilustrious line of his sue
cessors in Democratic leadership from Mad-
ison to Cleveland. We believe That the pub
lie welfare demands that these prinlrles ba
applied TO the conduct oil the Federal Gov
eminent through the accession to power OF
the party that advocates th9n aud we So !.
emnly declare that the need of return to
these fundamental principles Of free pop
ular government based on home rule ard
Individual liberty was never more than now,
when the tendency TO cen.ralza all power
at the Federal Capital has becon' Il menace
10 the reserved rights ofthe States that strike
Al the very roots of our Government under
the Constitution as framed by the Republic.
As 10 THE FORCE BILL.
Sec. 2. We warn the people Of our com-
mon country, jealous for the preservation o.
their free institutions, that the policy OF Fed
eral control OF elections, to which the Re
publican party bss committed itself, is
fraught with the graysst dangers, scarcely
lass momentous tha. would result from a
revolution, practically establishing monar-
civ On LQ6 ruins VI liiC AfNPQplAJs
II strikes at the North rs well rs the South
and INJURIES tia colored citizens even more
than the whites. 1t means horde of dep
uty marshsls st every polling place, armed
with Federal power, returning boards ap-
pointed and controlled by Federal author
ity, the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
neople in the several States, the subiug tion
Of the colored people to toe control of tia
party in power and tie reyiying ofsrace an
tleonlsm, now happily abated OF the utmost
peril to the safety and happiness OF all; a
measure deliberately ANA justly described by
a leading Republican Senator SOS the most
Infamous bill that ever crossed the throsh
old of the Senate" ouch policy. it sane
tioned by law, would mean the dominance
of sell perpetnating oligarchy Of Office
holders, and the party first entrusted with
its machinery could be dlslodgrd from pow
er only by an appeal to the reserved right
of the people to resist oppression which is
inherent in all Safeguarding communities.
Two years ago this revolutionary power
was emphatically coGdemed BY tue people
at the polls; but III contempt OF that verdict
the Republican party has defiantly declared
In its lntest authoritative utto ance that its
succe IN the coming election will mean
the enactment OF the force bin and Lhe u5ur-
patton OF des ,otic contFoi over elections in
all the States.
Believing that lac pre,er ail>n q Iepub-
lican government in the United States is
dependent upon toe jsfeat u This policy OF
legalized force ana fyaud, w invite the
support of II cltzens who desire to sec the
Constitution maintained 10 its integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country hundred years OF unexampled
prosperity; and We pledge the Democratic
party, if il be init usted with power, not
only TO the defeat OF tie force bill, but also
to resembles opposition to the Republican
policy Of profigato expenditure, which ia
the short space OF two vars has sQua1dere
an enormous surp US and empued an over
lowing treasu y after piliDg nov burdens OF
taxation upon tue already oyertaxed labor
OF the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. 3. We danounce republican pro-
lection rs fraud This robbery Of The great
naiority OF The A;nercan people for the
benefit of tho low We declare It TO be u
Fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
ty that the Fedora Government has no con-
sttutional power 10 npo-e and collect tariff
duties, except tor the purposes OF revenae
only, and we de'naa that tho collection Ct
such taxes shai be limited 20 the necessities
OF the Government wen honestly and econ
omically admnist red
we denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted by lh' FiIty-irst Congress rs tho cul
minating atrocty OF class legislation; We in
dorse the efforts made b, the Domo( rats Of
the present Congress 10 modify It's most OPP
pressive Gestures in the direction OF free raw
materials and cheaper manufactured goods
that enter into general corruption, md we
promise Its repeal IS un9 Of Inc benrheeitt
results that vii, follow toe action OF TIE
people in Intrusting poworio thu Deuocrat-
ic party. Since the Mckinley taIiH went
into operation there nave been ten EDUC
tions of the wages Of a1o~ng men 10 one
increase. We deny thst here has been any
increase of property to the country slnee
that tariff went into operation; NC point to
the dullness and tisrcss which wage rednr
tions and strikes ia tbs iron trade Us the
best possible evidence that no such pros
perity has resulted from the Mckinley yet.
we call the attention Of Thoughtful Amer
leans to the fact that after thirty years OF
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
fereign wealth in exchange for our agricul-
tural Surplus tho homes and farms OF the
country have become burdened with real
estate mortgage debt of over $2500,000,0O0
exclusive OF all other forms Of indebted
nese; that in one Of the chief agricultural
Statos of the West there appears real es-
tate mortgage debt averaging Sl55 per cap
ita OF the total population; and that similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown to exist
in the other agricultural exporting States.
We denounce policy whicn fosters no In
1ustry 50 much as it does that OF the sheriff.
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec 4. Trade exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages 10 thu countries par
Is a time-honored doctrine Of the
Democratic faith, but we donouncstneaham
reciprocity which jugges with tho peoples
desire for ENLARGED foreign markets and
freer exchange by pretending to establish
closer trade relations with country whose
articles Of export are almost exclusively ag-
ncultura products With otho' countries That
ure also agricultural, while erecting a Gus
tom house barrier ofprohib,tige tarll taxes
against the richest O un,ries of the world
that stand resdy to tke our ontIra surplus
OF products and TO exchange therefor com
modties vince are neces.arits md comforts
OF life among our owu peop'c.
,AaAiNsr TRUSTS
Sec. 8. We recognize in tho trusts and
combinations which are designed 10 enable
capital to secure more than Us ut share Of