Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-23
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
ADOPTED by the Democratic tate Com
YentIon at little R0ck,ft
J'ne 18th, 1892. rs
I'll P.ArFoRM

w. .llOii ~ Ut Tie NOOK. a ~: r. ih Nitc :
p'eme ISSUE Of the DAY is tae re- urm Pt tie
administration of the Government;aud that
the people can safely trust the parry tounoed
hy jeff r." AMI whose principles were Ell
!, hss ze il he splendid, patrinti,. r9d non
,ii"nal ADMINISTRATION Il III " Ce.'
D I'd.
Ne drnouite The Ecprhlicu J lTtl
+ Il grant ..buse md prn: GuIi n VI pa
1, Ir., the la f. ur eaIs. Con In:s TO iuiI
tr,l It ~ branches of the .l"verat.ci
in lSSS hrrte Il e of unpre''e EIDE ltsd corlup-
{" Irt d; str Levied upo. q, vein mt
i,yuritcs BY those before and sl'tce, close,
! lsonmly and officially. to he chiNf Il, t.
! cmry, that party nrmedlntel. en,ertd Gpo'
= usndr OF lyIm}, fraud and c, Hgstr
extravaganza ncv + he'Uie venture up 10y
;ny party IN tim, ot peace.
1t found the treasury with II large and
lily in reasinS ,uplGs, srd "a q o's 81
eat depression. mcU;up miyd l. IN UNI
N,'isal dc mlnd Tor reliut from Ine 'Urd"n,
t4xation, il dlssipated the sllrrlus b.
III king n ,ral appropriations If $500 0OO,-
OIG, lar Sely Tor unnecessary and utterly IN
d feLsble purposes, and thereby tailed to
Icet ana dl; charge the maturing sonded in
deitedr ess ofthe Government, andnOw finds
itself confronted with an imminent defcsn-
cy. Moreover, it made many of its appro-
priations permanent, for 10 other purpose,
t!an to prevent the people from corrrcilng
tie evils done, so long as the Republican
party retained control of either the SENATE
or Chief Magistracy of the nation.
1t transcribed all presidents IN vicious
class legislation, in the enactment of the Nc
Kiney bill, and finally, frightened by the
extremities to which it had gone, sought to
appease the pubic discomfort by reciprocity
iraud, the adoption of which was a comics
sion of the iniquty it had perpetrated.
1t deprived States of their just representa-
ton by ia Sc census.
1t deprived, in the most insolent and ar
bitrary manner, and practically without an
opportunity to be- heard, representatives OF
the people of their seats in the lower House
of Congress.
And, finally drunk with its own excessts,
it ought 10 perpetuate the wrongs it had
done by depriving the people Of tho right to
hold their own e ections and choose then
own servants by the enactment OF the IN
lannon's and execrable force bill.
1t treated with utter contempt all ideas oil
economy and honesty, both in it, pension
legislation and in its administration OF that
bureau.
1t rejected democratic territories and ad
mitted Republican territories Ill order TO re-
tain party supremacy. Az
This regime Of tyranny, extravaganza and
wrong. doing, contrasted with the clean
honest, prudent and wise administration d
tirovel Cleveland, brought upon The il pub
3 Ia l,tn he.
ever bete any party in this COS nti,, ana
inspired anew with condolences ;,ad hopn AL
the eople in the possibility Il preserving
tree government for mankind.
We declare our abiding fidelity to the
Constitution OF the United States in It's let
ter and spirit.
We declare our faith in the capacit of
the people for selt-govemment, and ia tier
inherent right to enjoy it, free from all Fed
ersl interference,
We denouuce the Republican party be-
cquse it turned its back upon the interests
Of the great mass s Of society. and sound,
stable government for all, and allied It's for
tunes with corporate We It'll, squand NJ
millions OF the public domai upon raj roads
fostering legislation, the legitimate offspring
which has been combinations ana trusts
expressing the labor it protessed 70 prote'
and fastening ecer increasing burdens on
agrlcultur, until the homes OF the people In
great sections of the country are covered
with mortgages, and the markets OF the
world closed to the fruits of honest toll.
We denoul,ce tho Mckinley Tariff as d
crime against honest government and fet
pc pie, rot only because it levies an unncc'
essary tax and thereby imposes wanton anu
cruel blrdens on the people, but because II
destroys the markets 1or their Surplus pro-
ducts
We denounce it because it is class legsls-
ton, enacted in the interest of the favored
lew. who are wealthy, and at the expense
and tor the oppression OF the gre t mass o.
the people. s34
We Jenounce it because it does not ir'
crease wages, bat surrenders The taxing pow
er OF the Government TO The manuthctur re-
and leaves il TO the employers to determine
whether they will divide tie lmmt nsc boui.
w it yields With those they employ.
We denouuce it because it is an shus'
and perv ersion Of the taxing power ol he
Constitution, which was intended 10 b.
used to raise necessary revenue for the sup
port of th5 Government, into the means O
plundeing nil for the benefit of class.
We deDounce IL because it lnauguratec
for the fist time in free Government, tn,
practice OF taking from the public treasury
the rooney collected for public purpose
from all the people, and with IT, pay boun
ties to select industries
We denounce it because it destroys The in
dependence and sef,reliance Of the people
which is National characteristic, ahc
and teaches them to iely upon government
tai tavorltsm. WIZ
We denounce it because The inevitable
tendency OF this system is the destruction I"
popular government, in the debauchinenC o.
The ballot, by tribute extorted from favored
Glasses, whose enormous bountes depend
upon the continuance OF the system Itself.
We jecla;e that the mission vf the Demo
cratic party is so reform tatitl by y
reduction { taxation as to hnlt the revenues
OF the Government TO its absolute necessl'
lies when economically adminsteredASbd tc
SO frame its tariff schedules as to ppHf the
burdens OF government upon the NiHu les
and not npon the necessities of Ito
We favor II sato and sufficient Hrl noy
composed OF gold and silver and - ndei
paper convertible into coin n IL I'd, and
maintained at par with each otIe,
We declare 1t TO be the duty of q 'emo
cratic party TO preserve the parity n 'aut
OF gold and silver, und 70 provide ..le; .eani
by the equal and fair treatment OF botn met
als. MA
We lenounce the Sherman Silver bill M
an obstruction to the fair treatment of silver
and as a sham an. pretensc, intended tC
postpone honest honest legislation sand tC
appease the silver producers wnllo giving nc
relief to the people. M
We declare our purpose to G ntinue tc
maintain support and develop our public
schools in the interest of general INTEL gencC
and sound and stabl government.
We declare it to be the sense OF this cen
voution that tho Penetontiary lease syster
sbould DO abolished, ard system adopted