Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-10-27
0ht qolrehln Argns.
DEMOCRATIC

The following i The Safe Dem~
ocratic platform AS ennnciated by
the Stat,. Convention n assembly
MAJ, 18Th:
Rcs0fu. d. l That the Democ-
lacy "i n .r,h Carolina res firm the
principles # The Democratic
patty, both State and National,
and particularly favor the free
coinage Of silver and an increase
OF thu. curr.ncv, ard tie repeal OF
the internal revenue ays'etn. And
we denounce the Mckinley tariff
bill as unjust to the consumers OF
the c~onnify, and leading to the
to1 matiun of trusts, combines and
monopolies which have oppressed
the people; the unnecessary and
burdensrme increase in the tax on
cotton ties and on tin, go largely
ned by the poorer portion OF the
PEOPLE. We likewise d. nounce
tie Ubiquitous Force bill, which is
not We, abandoned by the Republi-
can party, but is being used as a
measure t.. be adopted as soon as
they gain control of the House OF
Representatives, the purpose and
effect OF which measure Will be to
establish a second period of recon
structiun in the Sonih"rn States, t"
>nbvert the liberties o! our people
and inAs'r sa race antagonlsm
anC : ~;tlonal auim-sitirt.
9. That VIC demand financial re-
fJrm, and the enactment ct laws
lnat will remove the burdens of the
people relative tn the existing agr
riculiural depression, AID do full
and ample Justice to the artners
and .horere ct our %conntrv.
3. That we demand tie abolition
OF national banks, and he substi>
tuting of legal tender TreastIy
notes, issued in sufficient volume
to d., The business 0: the country
on a cash system, regulating the
amount needed on a per capita bae
sis as the bueiness interests of the
rountr, expand. and that all mons
ey ;s+nrd b. he government shall
be legal tender in payment OF
debts, both public and private.
4. Tha: we demand that Con-
gress shall pass such laws IS shall
cticctuatly ,'rcven: tic dealing in
futures Ut al agricultural aad me
chaEical productions, profile such
a stringent system of procedure in
trials as shall secure prompt con
victirn and imposing tnch pcnal~
ties rs ehail secure moS' perfect
compliance with the law,
5. That we demand the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
6. That we demand the passage
of laws prohibiting the alien owns
ership OF land, and that Congress
take early steis . d"v;sc some
plan to obtain all lands now owned
by alien and foreign s~v"dicates;
and that all lands nov held by
railroads and other c":p"t atoms,
III excess of such as * actually
needed by them, be reclaimed by
the government and held Tor act
ual settlers only.
z. Believing in the doctrine OF
equal rights to all and special
privileges to ncne," we demand
that taxation, National or State,
shall not be used to build mp one
interest or class at the expense OF
mother. We believe nat the
money of the country shon!d be
kept as much as possible in the
hands Of the people, and hence we
demand that ali revenues Nation
a., Safe Oh Z. lnty, shall be limited
to the necessary expenses OF the
government, economically and hon
estlv administered
s. That Congress ifeue a suH-
Circuit amount OF fractional paper
currency to facilitate the exchange
through the medium Of the United
States mail.
9. That the General As: emily
pass such laws as viii make the
public school system more effec
tive that the blessing % education
may be extended to ali the people
OF the State alike.
10. That we favor q graduated
tax incomes.