Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-19
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLA TORN
Adopted ly the 0emocrauc Sl.te ton.
1tmiiOa I'lle Rock,
J-pc lash, 1892
THr PLATFORM.

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+ Nc :hL DELEGATES Of IL. O,mocut'c part
of the St,te ,t ArSans5.. assembled in con
-el.t i.na. 1t tie Rock, j clare ti.t the So
prcme i,su, of the day j. tle r, urm of a.
aLminis,ra- ion of tic Government; and tn
1.-The peoplc Gan ,aie.vtr-ist tie party foun c,
by jeff'r;a and whose principles wen cir
phaszel in the spl ndil. ratriuti. AID ron
sectional adininistra ION ( tirN-r Ce-r
land.
W. lenounee the Republican ga9y fl
its fagrn;.t abus. and pro. Gtuti- n Of puoe
durin3 the last four yea,s. Com ng into iul
control OF all branc es ui the government
in 1888 BY the ne of urproae,ent corrup
ton fund; largely wed upon Govern cent
faYorites by those before aid / c., close
personally and Officially, to he cuinl byrc
hciary, that party INN, dlat4y an'e Upo
sclusade of tyruny, fraud and prsflgstt
extraYagance nov he-O Vel tGrp up Il ny
any party IN times OF peace.
1t found the treasury With a large and
! daily increasing surplus, ~ in times Of
great depression, accompari,d by the Uni
versal demand for relief from the burden,
of taxation, it dlssipated the surplus by
making arnual appropriations 5000, O00,-
00O, largely for unnecessary and utterly IN.
defeLsible purl Oses, and thereby failed to
meet and discharge the maturing londcd in
dehted oss Of the government, and now inds
itself confronted with an imminent Gefcisn-
| cy. Moreover, il made Wany of its appro-
priations permanent, for o other purpose,
than to prevent the people from correcting
the evils done, 20 long as the Republican
] marty retained control of plIbur the NFnptp
or Chief Nagistracy OF the nation
1t transcribed all preccients in vicious
| class legislation. in the enactment Of the Nc
eGtremities to which it had gone, sought 10
app ase the pubic discomfort by RECIPROCITY
fraud the adoption Of which Was u COMES
sion Of tie iniquity it had perpetrutcd
| 1t deprived States Of their just rtprcscntG-
! ton by fa SO c,nsus.
! 1t deprived, in the most insont and al
btra:y manner, and practically without al
opportunity to be heard, representatives CT
/ the people Of their seats in the lower house
| Of Congress
And, finally drunk with lis own excuses,
it Dug t 30 perpetuate the wrongs it bad
done by depriying the people of the right to
hold their own c ections n d choose their
own servants by the enactment Of the in
famous and exc cradle force bill.
1t treated with utter contempt all IDEAS OF
economy aud honesty, both in it pension
legislation and ia It's administration Of chat
bureau.
! it rejected Democr ,tly territories ard ad-
mitted Republican territories in order to re-
tain party supremacy.
This regime OF tyranny, extravaganza and
wrong doing, contrastcd with the c'esn,
honest, prudent and wle administration Of
(irovl Cleveland, brought upon the Rel ub-
lican party the most stupend0us defeat that
ever Lclell "ny party in this country, and
inspired anew with confidence aGd hope all
The cope in the possibility Cf preserving
tree government for mankind.
We declare our abiding fidelity to the
Constitution ofthe United ates in its let
ter and spi it.
We declare our faith in the Capacit Of
the people for seli-government, and il their
inherent right to enjoy it, free from all Fed
erpl interference,
We denounce the Republican party be-
cause it turned its back upon the interests
Of the great mas es of socl, ty, and sound,
stable government for ALL and allied its for
tunes wife corporate ye lth, sQumdcr ug
millions Of the public domai u on raj roads
fostering legislation, the legitimate offspring
o which has been combinations and trusts,
expressing the labor it professea 10 protect
aud fastening ever increasing burdens on
agrlcutur', until the homes Of the people in
great sections Of he country are covered
with mortgages, aid the markets Of the
world closed to the fruits of honest toll.
Ne denOuuce the Mckinley tariff as a
crime against honest government and fee
people, rot only because it laves an unnco-
essary tax and thereby imposes wanton and
cruel burdens on the people, but because it
! destroys the markets ter their Surplus pro-
ducts
We denounle it because it is class leglsa-
ton, eEacted in the interest Of the favored
few, who are wealthy, ard at the expense
and tor the oppression OF the gre mass OF
the people.
We denounce it because it does not in
crease W. ges, but surrenders the taxing pow
er OF the Government to the munutactur, rs,
and leave. il TO the employers to tctcrmine
whether they will divide the immense boun-
ty it yields with those they employ.
We dcnounce it because it is an abuse
and perycrsion Of the taxing power Of the
Constitution, which was intended to be
used to raise necessary rcyenue for the sup
port of tn Government, into the means Of
plunderihg all for the be eft Of q class.
We donounce it because it naugurated
for tie first time in free Government, the
practice Of taking from the public treasury
the u oncy collected for public purposes