The Forrest City times., 1892-06-24

arc necessaries and e IlT0rts Ot life among our own people.
 TRUSTS AND CoMBISATIcSS.
 5. We recognize in tLe trusts and combinations, which Tre designed to enable capital to secure more than its just share of the joint prodgct of capi- tai and labor iiie naturel consequence If the prohibitive taxes which prevent the free competition which is the life of honest trade. but Ee believe these worst evils can be abited by law, and We demand the rigid enforcement ot the laws made to prevent and conttol them, together with such further lesis- Iation in restraint of these abuses as experience may show to he necessary.
 PUBLIC LANDS.
 G. The Republican party. while pro- fessIng policy of reserying the public land for small holdings by actual set clement. has given away the people $ heritage to a few railroads and non resident alien individuals aatl curpura- lions. The last democratic administTa- tion reversed the improyideIt and un- wise policy of the Republican party touching ihe public domain. and re- claimed from corporations and syndi- cates, alien and domestic, aud restored to the people nearly one hundred uil- lion acres of valuable land to be saeretlly held as homesteads for our citizens, and We pledge ourselves to continue this policy until every acre of land so unlawfully held shall be re- claimed and restored to the people.
 THE SHERMAN ACT.
 : We lenounce the republican leg isIation known as the Sherman act of 1890 as a cowardly makeshift. fraught with possibilities of danger in the fu- ture, which should make all of its sup pOrters. as well as its author. anxious for its speedy repeal. We hold to the use both gold and silver as the standard money of the country and to the coin age of both gold and silver without discriminating against either metal or charge for mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value. or be adjusted through international agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as shall insure the mainten- ance of the parity of the two metals. and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in the payment of debts, and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par with and redepmable in such coin. We insist upon this policy as especially necessary for the protection of the farmers and laboring classes. the first and most defenseless victims of unsta- ble money and fiuctuatlng currency.
 BANK TAX.
 s. We recommend that the prohib- itory 10 per cent tax on state bank is- sues be repealed.
 PUBLIC OFFICE A PUBLIC TRUST.
 g. Public office is public trust. We reatfirm the declaration of the demo- cratic national convention of 1876, for the reform of the civil service, and we call for the honest enforcement of all laws regulating the same. The nomi- nation of a president, as in the recent republican convention, by delegates composed largely of lns appointees, holding office at his pleasure, IS sean dalous satire upon free popular insti- tutions and startling illustration of the methods by which d president may gratify his ambition. We denounce a policy under which federal oflicehold CTS usurp control of conventions in the states, and we pledge the Democratic party to the reform of these and all other abuses which threaten individual liberty and local eif-gOyernment.
 FOREIGN POLICY
 10. The Democratic party IS the only party that has ever given the country a foreign policy consistent and vigor- ous, compelling respect abroad and in- spring confidence at home. While avoiding entangling alliances. it has aimed to cultivate friendly relations with other nations, and especially with Our neighbors on the American conti- nent, whese destiny is closely linked with our own, and we view with alarm the tendency to a policy of irritation and bluster which is liable at any time to confront us with the alternative of humiliation or war. We favor the maintenance of navy strong enough for all purposes of national defense, and to properly maintain the honor and dignity of the country abroad.
 RUSSIAN OPPRESSION.
 II. this country has always been the refuge of the oppressed from every hand-eXiles for conscience sake-and in the spirit of the founders of our government we condeRn the oppress- ion practiced by the Russian govern ment upon its Lutheran and Jewish subjects, and we call upon our nation al government, in the interest of justice and humanity, by all just and proper means to use it's prompt and best eff forts to bring about a cessation of these cruel prosecutions in the dominion of the cZar and to secure to the oppressed equal rights. We tender our profound and earnest sympathy to those lovers of freedom are struggling for home rule and the great cause of local self government in Ireland.
 F. We heartily approve all legiti- mate effoits to prevent the United States from being used as a dumping ground for the known criminals and professional paupers of Europe, and we demand the rigid enforcement of the laws against Chinese immigration or the importation of foreign workmen under contract to degrade American labor and lessen the wages; but we condemn and denounce any and all attempts to restrict the immigration of the industrious and worthy of foreign lands.
 PENSIONS.
 13. This convention hereby renews the expression of appreciation of the patriotism of the soldiers and sailors of the union in the war for its preserva- tion and we favor just and liberal pen tions for all disabled union soldiers, their widows and dependents; but we demand that the work of the pension office shall be done impartially and honestly. We denounce the present administration of that office as incom- petent. corrupt and dishonest.
 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS.
 IA. The federal government should