Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-18
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
Adopted by the Democratic state Con
rrmtIOn ut Little Rock,
Jane 1ftb, 1892.
TIE PLATFORM.

TIE PLATFORM.
n We, .hL delegates of tn D,mocrIt'c p rrt,
of the State Of Arkansas, assembled in con
rentiun u. Little Rock, d clare III t the sC
preme issue OF the day is the re orm of IT,,
administra ion OF the Government; and tbs
the people can safely trust the parry foun eC
by jeff rsn and whose principles were en-
phasizei in the splendid, patriotic and non
sectional administration Of Grover G ev"
land.
We denounce the Republican patty fol
its fagraut abus and prostitution of power
durin- the last four yeats. Coming into iul
control of all branc es Of the government
in 1888 by the use Of unprecedent d couup-
ton fund; largely wed upon Government
! fayortes by those before and lea, close,
personally and officially. to he chict benc-
feisry, that party arm dlntr'y enc upo
crusade of lyran', If, I'D and pretiigste
extravaganza new be'U venture" up IN by
any party IN times OF peace.
1t found the treasury With Il large ard
! daily Increasing surplus, nj d in tiuoS of
great depression, accompanied BY the uni
versal demand for relief from the burdens
of taxation, it dissipated the surplus by
making annual appropriations S50000O,-
900. hT,relv for unnecessary and utterly n.
d, fer siblo nur, osps. and thereby failed Ia
meet and discharge the maturing bonded in.
dehted ,9ss of the Government. and now finds
itself confronted with an imminent defcign-
cy. Norever if made MANY of its apnro.
nriatons permanent, for other prrnose.
than to prevent the people from correcting
the evils done, SO long as the Republican
] l
| or Chief Maoistracv of the nation
II transcribed I'll nrecejents in vicous
class IegislatIon, in the enactn. nj of the Nc.
Kinney bill, and finally, trigh cned by the
pytremilips to which it lad zone son"m ia
appcase the pubie discomfort by reciprocity
fraud, the adoption OF which was a COMES
/ sion of tbe iniGuitv il had pcrprtro,cd
II derived States of their lust representa-
lion by IA SO census.
II deprived in the most insol NJ and mr.
btrarv manner. and practically without An
onportunity to be heard. REPRESENTATIVES OF
! the people Of their seats in the lower House
| of Conorps..
And finally drunk with IFS own excuses,
it ourbt 20 pernetnate the Urongs it had
done Nv deriving the neonIe of the rigbt TO
hold their own e ections and choose their
own servants bv the enactment of the in
lannon's and ext c1abln force bin
II treated with utter contempt NIL iaeps of
.cono,nv and honesty. bolb in il, nension
LEGISLATION and in its administration of that
bureau,
II rejected Oemocr fiji. territorias ard cd.
mittpd Renpblican territories in order to re-
tain marty sunremacv
This regime If tvrsnnv extravooanco and
wronr. doinr rontrnsteJ with The c'oon
honest nrudpnt md wise administration Of
t4rov. (Ueyeland BROUGHT mon the Rel nh.
Iicun marty Tho most stunenddus defeat that
ever hcfelI ,nv marty in This country. and
irsnired anew with confidence and hone ali
tba neonIo in the nossibilitv IF nreserving
free oovf rnmont for mankind
we decjare orr abiding fidelity 70 the
Constitution ofthe limited I. otes in it's Iet.
ter and spi it,
We declare our faith in the capacit, Of
tba neonlo far self.wovorn and in thar
inberent rigbt to eSinv it. FREQ from all Fed.
orI intorforo, 20
We denounce tnn Republican marty ha-
canso II turned lie hack mon Tho Interests
Of the great masses of sorirtv. and sound,
.t,hIe Government for oil and allied its for.
mnos WITH cnrnorato We In. souondrr no
million, # tho nnbLc domoio y On raj ,ro,de
fostering LEGISLATION the leyit,notc offsnrino
a which has hoon combin9tiors md trusts
cnnrossing The labor if nrofnssao 60 nrotort
sr6 foste9ing ever Increasing nprdrns on
ogrirIIItnr., Emil the homes Of the neonle in
g2eat ssgtious Of ,he country nre c5yeed
With mortonoes, md the markets cf tbr
world closed to The fruits of honest toll
We denoprco fine MCKINLEY tariff us a
crime eg,inst honest coverrme9t and y free
ne1nla rot only hocSIse If lavies an unncc.
assorv tox and therehv imnoses wsnton and
cruJ burdens on tbe nnonIe but bacanse il
DESTROYS the markets icr their s1rnlus pro-
5ncts ~ ''','
We donoun,o it beconse if is GLASS lnc,sla-
lion oroctad in the interost IF tho fvcrod
taw who aro wealthy nnd ot thn oynense
and for The onnr.ssiCn Of The ora mss -,
the neonlp,
We denonnco il bacause If docs not in.
crease wyros but surronders the TAXING now.
az ~ mo &5ynrnmont 10 tho ,n,nnfuctnr, pc
md Ienyes Il to thn emnlovers 10 totcrmine
whether thew will divide he immense boun.
tv it Yields with those they emplov.
Wa denounce il because if il an sbuse
md noryersion of the t.vinr nowor of tho
Itonlt;tntYon which WINS infondod n ho
nsod to rniso nccaesarv cswonne for tha SIM.
n CT of III ,Govcrnncnt into thc mans ri
ppInrJo,irr ali for Tho bo"oGt. az cIoss
WI W. donSoT IN, Il boconsa II ,non@nrot.d
far ii q fl 81 limo in a free Government the
ac o,iC Of topin fronn Tho WHINE treasnry
r" oney coiieo,od for npblin nnrnose,
from al tbe noonlo and with Il nav bonn-
tio ui o., ,l1 po dpstr;o %"0 WIN ~ pay ''''
wy W. Jeponnce il because it DESTROYS the in.
dependence and self.reliance of the people,
which is National characteristic, and
and teaches them to civ upon government
tai favortsm.
We denounco it because the inevitable
tendency of this system is the destruction of
nopul,r Government. in the debaucbment OF
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