Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-23
THE PLATFORM.
Dcmocracy's Claims for the Votes of
the People I'm November.

Dcmocracy's Claims for the Votes of
the People i'm November.
The representatives of the Democratic party
of the United States. In national convention
assembled, do rca.ilrm their allegiance TO the
principles of the party as formulated by JEFF
ferson and exemplified by the long and illustri
Gus line of his SUCCESSORS In Democratic leader
ship, from Madison Co Cleveland. We believe
tho public welfare demands that these princi
pies be- applied to the conduct of federal gov.
ernmcnt through accession to power of the
party that votes them, and we solemnly de
clare that the need of n return to these funda-
mental principles OF free popular government
based on home rule and individual liberty.
was never more urgent than now, when the
tendency TO oentralize all power at the federal
capital has become n menace to the reserved
rights of tho states that strikes at the very
roots of our government and under the con-
stitution. as framed by the fathers of the re-
public.
We warn the people OF our common country,
Jealous of the preservation Of their free In
situations, that the policy of the federal con-
troll of elections to which the Republican
party has committed itself il fraught with the
gravcst dangers, scarcely less momentous
than would result from revolution. practi-
cally establishing monarchy on the ruins of
the republic, IL strikes at tho north as well as
the south. and Injuries the colored citizen even
moro than the white; IL means horde Of
deputy marshals at every polling place, armed
with Aederal power. returning boards APP
pointed aud controlled by federal authority,
the outrage OF the electoral right of the people
In the several states. the suhjugation of col
ored, people 10 the control of the party In
power and the reviving OF race antagonisms.
now happily ahated. OF the utmost peril 70
the safety and happiness of all, il is n measure
deliberately and justly described by a leading
Republican senator 1.-THE most infamous
hill that ever crossed the threshold of the SEN
alta" Such policy, IL sanctioned by law,
would mean the'doininanoe of a self perpetu-
ating oligarchy OF office holders, and the
party first intrusted with its machinery could
be dislodged from power only by an appeal to
the reserved right of the people to resist OPP
preston which is inherent in all self govern
ing communities. Two years ago this revoiu-
tionary policy was emphatically condemned
by the people at the polls. but in contempt of
that verdict tho Republican party has de-
family declared i'm les latest authoritative ut
torrance that its suceess In the coming election
would mean the enactment Of the force hill
and the usurpation OF despotic control over
the elections in all the states
Believing that the preservation OF republi-
can government in the United States Is de-
pendent upon the defeat OF this policy of legal
iRed force and fraud. we invite the assistance
of All citizens who desire TO see the constitu-
tuition maintained in its integrity. with the
laws pursuant thereto. which have given us
a hundred years Of uncxampled prosperity
and We pledge the Democratic party, IL il be
entrusted with power. not only TO the defeat
~ the force bill, but also to relentless opposi-
ton to the Republican policy of profiigNte ex-
penditure, which in the short space OF two
wears has sQuapdcred an enormous surplus
and emptiesi an overlooking treasury, piling
new burdens OF taxation upon the already
overtaxed labor of the country.
We reiterate the on repeated doctrines OF
the Democratic party that the necessity OF the
gnvcrnment Is the only Justification Tor taxa
ton. and whenever a tax Is unnecessary Il Is
uniustiflahles that when custom house taxa
ton is levied on articles OF any kind produced
i'm this country the difference between the
cost OF labor here and laber abroad, and when
such difference exists. fully measures any
possahle heneflts TO labor. and the cnormnns
MudataonA irnpositiens OF the existing tariff
1AAA wath crushing force upon our farmers and
worAhnRsnan. and for the mere azlvAntage OF
the lev whom IL enriches exact from labor n
9ressH unjust share Of the expenses Of the
KeySrnMenxs and We demand nach = revtsion
- sns ts.s1 sa~S q win neEnoVe their inkauisr
80 A&h4eA thoiR oeDeemaen and