Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-06
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
Adopted by the Democratic State Con-
TcntlOn at Little Rock,
June 14th, 1892.
THE PLATFORM.

THE PLATFORM.
We, Inc delegates of the Dcmocrrt'c party
OF The State OF Arkansas, assembled in con
yention at Little Rock, d clare that the su.
preme issue OF the day is the re orm OF the
administration OF the Government; and that
the people can safely trust the party foun'ed
by Jefferson, and whose principles were elr
phasized in the splendid, patriotic and non
sectional administration of Grover G eve
land.
We denounce the Republican party for
its fragrant abuse and prostitution of power
during the last four years. Coming into iull
control of all branches Of the q government
in 1888 by the use of unprecedentl d corrup-
ton fund; largely LIVED upon Government
fayorites by those before and since, close,
personally and officially, TO the chief bene-
fcary, that party Immediately entered upo
crusade of tyrany, fraud and pretligate
extravaganza never before ventured upon by
any party IN times Of peace.
1t found the treasury with a large and
daily increasing surplus, and in times of
great depression, accompanied by the uni
versal demand for relief from the burdens
of taxation, it dlssipated the surplus by
making annual appropriations IF S500,0O0,-
600, largely for unnecessary and utterly IN
defeLsible purposes, and thereby failed to
meet and discharge the maturing bonded in
debted, oss of the Government, and now finds
itself confronted with an imminent deficien-
cy. Moreover, it made many of its appro-
priations permanent, for 10 other purpose,
thnn to prevent the people from correcting
the evils done, go long as the Republican
party retained control OF either the Senate
or Chief Magistracy of the nation.
1t transcribed all precedents in vicious
class legislation, in the enactment of the Nc.
kinney bill, and finally, frightened by the
extremities to which it had gone, sought to
appease the pubic discomfort by reciprocity
fraud, the adoption of which was COMES
sion of the iniquity it had perpetrated.
1t deprived States of their Just representa-
ton by ia Sc census.
1t deprived, in the most insolcnt 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 excuses,
it sought 10 perpetuate the wrongs it had
done BY depriving the people of the right to
hold their own ections and choose their
own servants by tho enactment of the in
lannon's and exccrabo force bill.
1t treated with utter contempt all ideas Of
economy and honesty, both in its pension
legislation and in its administration of that
bureau.
1t rejected Democratic territories ard ad.
mitted Republican territories in order to re-
tYin marty sunrpmNcy
This regime OF tyranny, extravaganza and
wrong doing, contrasted with the c'eon,
honest, prudent and wire administration of
Grovei Cleveland, brought upon the Rel ub-
lican party the most stupendOus defeat that
ever betell any party in this country, and
inspired anew with confidence and hope all
the people in the possibility OF preserving
tree government for mankind.
We declare our abiding fidelity TO the
Constitution Of the United States in its let
ter and split.
We declare our faith in the capacity of
the people for t-government, and in their
inherent right to enjoy it, free from all Fed
errl interference,
We denounce the Republican party be-
cause it turned its back upon the interests
Of the great masses Of society, and sound,
stable government for all, and allied its for
tunes with corporate We ;ith, squander ng
millions of the public domaia upon raj roads
fostering Legislation, the legitimate offspring
OF which has been combinations and trusts,
expressing the labor it professed 70 protect
and fastening ever increasing burdens on
agriculture, 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 denounce tho Mckinley tariff as a
crime against honest government and Il free
people, not only because it levies an unneC-
essary tax and thereby imposes wanton and
cruel burdens on the people, but because it
destroys the markets for their Surplus pro-
ducts.
We denounce it because it is class leglsla-
ton, enacted in the interest of tue favored
few, who are wealthy, and at the expense
and Tor the oppression of the gre mass OF
the people.
We denounce it because it does not in
crease wages, but surrenders the taxing pow
or Of the Government to the manufacture rs,
and leaves it TO the employers to Letormne
whether they will divide the immense boun-
ty it yields with those they employ.
We denounce it because it is an sbuse
Constitution, which was intended to be
used to raise necessary revenue for the sup
port of thJ Government, into the means Of
plundeling all for the benefit Of a class.
We denounce it because 1t Inaugurated
for the fist time in free Government, the
practice OF taking from the public treasury
the II oney collected for public purposes
from ali the people, and with 1t, pay boun-
ties to select industries.
We denounce it because it destroys the in
dependence and selfreliance Of the people,
which is National Characteristic, and
and teaches them to ely upon government
tai tavoritsm.
We denounce it because the inevitable
tendency OF this system is the destruction of
popular government, in the debauchment OF
the ballot, by tribute eXtorted from favored
Glasses, whose enormous 5ountes depend
upon the continuance of the system self
We declare that the mission Of tho Demo-
cratic party is % so reform the tariff by a
reduc ion Of taxation as to limit the revenues
of the Government 10 It's absolute necessi.
ties when economically administered, and to
so frame its tariff schedules as to place the
burdens OF government upon the luXuries
and not npon the necessrries Of lite.
We favor u sato and sufficient currency,
composed OF gold and silver and legal tender
paper, convertible into coin IN dem nd, and
maintained at par with each other.
v o declare 1t to be the duty fthe Demo
cratic pnrty to preserve the parity iE value
OF gold and silver, and 10 provide the means
by the equal and fair treatment of both met
ale.
We denounce the Sherman Silver bill as
an obstruction to the fair treatment Of silver
and as sham AM pretense, intended to
postpone honest honest legislation and to
sppease the silver producers while giving no
relief to the people.
We declare our purpose to continue to
maintain, support md develop our public
schooIs In the interest of general intel lipen co