Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-23
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
The m'KInLrY TARIFF LAW
hssAiLGo.
Reforms Promised. - Immigration. -
Foreign polloy.-Pen,Ions. Worlds
fair.-Olher Planks.
Principle. TO bc roush, TOR sy the
democracy.

Principles TO bc rouEht Tor ~ the
democracy.
CHICAGO, June 22.-Thc Democratic
platform as uuRnimously adopted ~
the convention Ia rs follows
The pr,sentatives Of the Demo
cratic party Of the United Slates, IN
National convention assembled, do re-
affirm their allegiance 10 the prin CT,
pies OF the party ~ formulated hy Jof
ierson and exemplified by n long, VI.
luHtrlOus line OF sucCpssofs In the Dem
Ocfatic leadership from Madison 10
Cleveland. We believe the puzzle
welfare demands that these principles
he applied to the conduct Of the fed
eral government through the accession
10 power u the party that advocates
them, and we solemnly declare TINT
the need Of the return 10 these funds.
mental principles Of free popular gov.
eminent, based ON home rule and indi.
vidunl liberty, was never more urgent
than now, when tendency to cen
tralire oil the power AT the federal cap.
ital has become menace to the re.
served rights Of States, that strikes M
the roots Of our government under the
Constitution AZ framed by the fathers
Of the republic
A wARNiSu.
We warn the people Of the common
chuutry Jealous for the preservation Of
their free Institutions, that the policy
Of tho Federal control OF elections 10
which the Republican party has com
mitted itself Il frnught with the grnycst
dangers scarcely less momentous than
would result from revelation pfAc.
ticslly establishing monarchy on the
ruins Of the Republic. IL strikes nj
the North rs well Rs Mt the South and
Injuries the colofcd citizen more than
tho vhites. ltmeaus hordes Of deputy
marshals az every polling place, armed
with Federal power; returning boards
appointed and controlled by Federal
authority; the outrage Of the electoral
rights Of the people In the Statet, sub.
Jugation ~ the colOred people 10 The
control OF the party In power and re-
wing the races aniaponism, now
happily AbAted; tho utmost peril 10 The
safety aud happiness 10 all. The meas.
ure was Deliberately AMI Justly de.
soribed by the Republican senator NJ
the most Infamous bill that ever crossed
the threshold OF the Senate. Such n
policy u sanctioned by law would
mean the domination Of n self.pcrpetu.
atiug oligafchy Of ofiiceholdors, ami
the party frat entrusted with the ma
chinory could be dislodgrd from power
only by nm appeal TO the reserved right
OF the people To resist oppression which
N Inherent In all seif-govcring COM
munities.
Two years ago this revolutionary
policy wa emphatlcally Condemned
by the people ut the polls, but Ia con.
tempt OF that verdict the Republican
party has denantly declared In It's
latest authoritative utterances that IT.
success In the coming elections will
mean the enactment " force bill and
this usurpstion OF despotlc control over
the elections Of all States. Believing
that the preservation Of n Republican
government IL dependent upon the de-
iogt Of a policy OF legnlised force aud
fraud, we invite the support Of all
citizens who desire 10 ~. the Constilu.
ton maintained In lite integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which have
given our country 100 years OF uucx.
Ampled prosperity, and we pledge that
the Democratic party will not only de-
feat the Force bill, but also the Repub-
lican policy Of protligato expenditure
which In the short epAce Of two Yeas
has tquAudered an enormous surplus
ahh ANf ANhNFhNN
after piling new burdens Of taxation
upon the already oyortaNed labor Of the
country.
THE TARIFF.
WereitorHte the oit.repcatcd doctrine
OF the Democratic party that tnu neces.
sity " the government In the only
Justification for taxation, and when.
ever the tax ~ unnecessary II sun.
lustitablc. The imposiIions Of tho
existing tariff fall with crushing iotce
upon our farmers anu workingmen, nd
for the mere advantage of a Few whom n
enriches they exact from labor grossly
unjust shares OF the expenses Of the
government, aud W. demand such re-
vision OF the tariff laws hs win remove
their Ubiquitous inequalities, tighten
the expressions and put them on con.
rltutiOnal ana equitable basis. hut In
making n reduction In taxes II IN not
proposed to lnJute any domestic indus.
tries, buh rather promote their healthy
growth. From the foundation OF the
government the taxes collected Mt the
custom house have been their chiei
source OF Federal revenue. Such
they must continue TO be-. Moreover,
many industries have come 10 rely on
legislation for successful continuance,
w III INV uluhk NC nv
every step regsfuful Of tho labor and
capital thus involved, The. process Of
reform must he the subject In execu.
tion. II Ia tho plain dictates OF jus.
tice.
We denounoe the Mckinley tari1
law enacted as a Gu lminating atrOcity
Of class legislation. We endorse III,
efforts OF the Democrats OF the Tecen
Congress to modify It's most oppresslv,
features In the direction OF Tree TsA
materi " and cheaper manufacture
goods than enter into consumI ton
and We promise its repeal IN one Of tn,
beuencent Tcsults that viii follow IN,
action OF the people In eutTustiul
power 10 the Democratic party. Suui
tue Mckinley tariti went into Opera
lion there have been ten reductions 10
the wages OF lab0fing mon TO QUE In
crease. VIZ point 10 the failures iu ia,
country since the tntitl wen
iuto operation, uud point to IL,
dullne's anu distress, wage reduction
aud sltikes In the iron trade na tn,
beet evidence that no such prosperlt,
resulted from the Mckinley act. WI
call the attention OF thuughiiul Amer
leans 10 the fact that alter thirty year
OF restrictive taxes against the I'm
lottntion Offoreign wealth In oxchang
huT the agricultural surplus, the home
pnh farms Of the country have be
come
ENoumnERED ny MoRruAuEs.