Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-19
National Democratic Platform
,dan'ra ny the National Democratic
Convention at Chicago, Jane
21St, 1892.

soc,ion |. The represent ,tives OF tn
Da,Socrstic party of the United States, u
DDoos,onsl Convention assembled, do rea.iIn
~ alleglance to the principles of the par
Us formulate by Jefferson and ezempli
hv a long and ilustrious line of his sue
~ ia Democratic leadership from Mad
20 ~ Cleveland. We believe that the pub
i;o weifate demands that these principles hi
nnrIied TO the conduct OF the Federal Gov
aaIpIpn,ent through the accession to power 0
,ha narty that advocates them; and We sci.
rorjv declare that the need Of return Il
tbasc fundamental principles Of free pop
- Government based on home rule arc
;ndividual liberty was never more thsu now
r-bon the tendency to aen,railza all powe
The Federal Capital has becom a menace
90 tbe reserved rights otthe States that sjriI,
=, tbo very roots of our Government undeI
tbo constitution as framed by the Republic
AZ 70 THE FORCE BILL.
Soc .. We warn the people of our com
IN country, Jealous for the preservation O
tboir free institutions, thatthe policy OF Fed
s .noi control of elections, to which the Re
n,,b,icen party BIAS committed itself, /:
fraught with the gravest dangers, scarcely
la ia" T2lomentous that would result from i
evolution, practically establishing monar'
INV en- the ruins of the Eepublc.
Il strikes at the North as well Us the South
Nd ;niures ths colored citizens even more
hon the whites. 1t means horde OF dep
,,tv marshals at every polling place, armed
,,{b Federal power, re.urDlng boards APP
vented and controlled by Federal author
ity the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
,ooonIn in the several States, the subjugation
n he colored people to toe control OF tn
nor,v in power and the reviving Of race an
f"oonIsm, now happily abated, OF the utmost
nGT2iI to the safety and happiness of ali; 3
r,oasure deliberately and justly described by
leading Republican Senator "as the most
;nfamous bill that ever crossed the thresh
old of the Senate" such policy. if sane
tionad nv law. would mean the dominance
Of a self.perpetuating oligerehy of office
6oIders. and the party FIRST Entrusted with
its machinery could be dIslodged from pow
er only by an appeal to tue reserved rlgn'
ottbe ne0ple to resist oppression which is
inherent in all seli-governing communities.
Two years ago this revolutionary power
was emphatically coademed by the people
at the polls; butln contempt OF that verdict
the Republican party has detiaatly declared
in its latest authoritative utt9Wnce that It's
succe In the coming election will mean
the enactment of the force bill and the usur-
nation of despotic control over elections in
all the States.
Believing that the pro:er alton Of Tepub-
Iican Government in the United States is
depeDdent upon the defeat Il this policy OF
leGalized force AMI fraud, w invite the
support of ell cltz3ns who desire to see the
Constitution maintained IN It's integrity With
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country a hundred years OF uneXaUpleG
prosperity; and W. pledge the Democratic
party. if il be inhusted with power, rot
only to the defeat Of the force bill, but also
to resembles opposition TO the Republican
policy Of prohigate expenditure, which ~
Che short space OF two y ars has squaudered
an enormous surp us and empuod an over
lowing treasury after piIing new Burdens OF
taxation upon the already oyertazed labor
of the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. 3. We denounce republican pro-
faction as a fraud. The robbery OF the great
majority OF the American people for the
benefit of the few. We declare it to be a
fundamental principle of the Democratic par
ty that the Federal Government hes no con-
stitutional power to impose and collect tarill
duties, except tor the purposes OF revenue
only, and we demand that the collection oi
such taxes shall be limited to tho necessities
of the Government wGel honestly and econ
0mlcally administered.
we denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted by the Fitty-irat Congress us thu cul
minaang atrocity Of class legislation; We in
dorse the efforts made by the DEMO- rats OF
the present Congress TO modify It's most OPP
presslve features in the direction OF free raw
materials and cheaper Manufactured goods
that enter into general consumption, "nd we
promise It's repeal as one of the benelcent
results that will follow the action OF the
people in lntrustng p0Werto the Democrat
ic party. since the Mckinley tariff went
into operation there have been ten leduc-
tons Of the wages Of aborng men 10 one
increase. We deny that theJ e has been any
increase Of property to tho country since
that tariff went into operation; we point to
the dullness and distress which wage reduc-
tions and strikes ia the iron trade as the
best possible evidence that no such pros
periy has resulted ON the Mckinley oct.
We call the attention of thoughtful Amer
leans to the Tact thai after thirty years OF
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
lereign wealth in exchange for our agrCul-
aurlI Surplus the homes aud farms OF the
country have become burdcne| With a real
estate mortgage debt OF over ~ 500, 100000
exclusive OF I'LL other forms Ct indebted
ne,s; that in one OF tho chiui agricultural
States Of the West ,hore appears real oS'
tate mortgage debt Averaging SLED per cap
ita o. the total popglaLiJnj and that similar
conditions aud teldeaces arc shown 10 @ isI
IN the other agrcu tn al exporting States
we denounce policy ~hlcn fosters 10 IN
ju3try 50 much as i. docs that Of the sheriff
ALLEGED REcuR1CIrY.
Sec 4, Tfude oxoNGnge on the basis Of
reciprocal adyautAg' TO tn c1uutres PAR
tclpating is tml-hon0red DO, t1ne OF the
Dmocratic faith bus we dououHcj tn sham
reciprocity which j5ggeg WIN the people,
desire for onlsr, ed freign m'rhet, and
treer exchange by pretending 10 establish
closer trad9 relations with country WEose
articles OF export WN H'HOet eNcIueHGiy og-
rlou.turaI pr, duct, v 10 ether countuus tn II
are also agricultural While erecting Gus
tom house barrier Of oru,ibtiVo @Ul taxes
against the richest G. unlres OF tie wlrld
InRC stand ready TO tAk0 our cntlr9 sarP'u'
oil products and to exchange therei u M
m9dties vince are neccs ar. md com ,rls
OIL lie among our own people.
AGAINST TRUSTS
Sec. 5. We recognize in tho trusts and
combinations which are designed to enable
capital TO secure moe than It's Just shave Of
the lout product Of capital and l,bcr and
na.ural con'o}uenco Of the prohibilye taxes
which p',yo1t Tho Tree composition, which
Is the lite e honest tmdc; but we believe
Their worst evils can.b3 abstej by aw and
we demand the rigid enforcement Of he laws
made to coatrol aod ,rNolth.w, together