The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-24
THE PLATFORM
Frank and Spirited Presen-
tation Of the Demo-
cratic Doctrine
on National
Issues.
TILDEN ON THE TARIFF.
Reiteration of the Great Rev.
enue Reform Plank of 1876
-MeKinleyism De-
nouneed.
RESISTING IMPERIALISM.
The Force Bill aud Similar Meas
ures a Danger 10 Liberty
Solid for an Hon.
est Dollar.
RESISTING IMPERIALISM.

est Dollar.
Following is the full text Of the
Democratic platform as finally
adopted by the National Conven-
ton at Chicago yesterday
SECTION 1. The representatives of the
Democratic party Of the United States,
In National Convention assembled, do
reafjrm their allegiance 10 Jne principles
of ths party as formulated by Jefferson
and exemplified by the long and illustri-
Gus line of hts successors In Democratic
leadership from Madison to Cleveland.
We believe the public welfare demands
conduct of the Federal government
through accession to power Of the party
that votes thea: and we solemuly de-
clare that the need of a return to these
Fundamental principles OF free popnlar
government. based on home rule and In
dividual liberty. was never more urgent
than now when tue tendency to cenLral-
ize all power ut the Federal capital Inns
become ~ menace to the reserved rights Of
the Stat s hat strikes at the very roots OF
our Government md the Constitution az
framed by the fathers of the republic.
FREEDOM AND FEDERATION.
SEC. q. We warn the people OF our
common country, jealous for the prserva-
tion of their free institutions, that the
policy of the Federal control of elections
to which The Republican party has coin.
mitted Itself is frnught with gravest dan
gers, scarcely less moHentouo than would
result from a revolution practically estab-
lisning monarchy on the ruins of the
~repnhiic. 1t str1kes at the North as well
as The South, and Injuries the colored
citizen even more than the white. II
means a horde of deputy marshals at
every polling place, armed with Federal
power, returning BOARD appointed and
controlled y Federal author ty, the ont
rage of the electoral rights Of the people
in the several STATES, The subjugation of
the colOred people to the control OF the
party in power ard the ievivlna OF race
nntagonisms, now happily abated, of the
utmost peril to the safety and happiness
of all. "a measure deliberately and justly
described by IL leading Republican Sena-
tor as tine most Infamous bill that ever
crossed the threshold of the Senate"
Srch a motley, if sanctioned by law.
would mean the dominance of a self-per-
~uetrating oligarchy OF oflceholders, and
the pait y first intrusted with it's nlachin-
cry could b. dislodged from power only
by an az paal 10 the reserved right of the
people 10 resist oppression. which Is In
Aerent In all ~seif-gov.rning communities.
Two years ago this Revolutionary policy
was emphatically condemned by the
pGOUl6 al luC lpIiCs II IA va
that verdict the Republican party has de-
family declared in its lntest authoritative
utterance that Its success In the coming
elections will mean the enactment OF the
Force Bill and the usurpation of despotic
control over eIeclions in all the States.
Believing thai The preservation OF Re
publican government in the United Suites
Is dependent pon the defeat OF this
policy Of legaliZed force and fraud, we in
yite The assistsn nee of all citizens who de-
sire to see the Constitution maintained In
its integrity with the laws pursuant
thereto which have given our country u
hundred years Vt ~unexampled prosperity;
and we pledge the Democratic party. II IT
be instructed with power, not only to the
defeat OF the Force bill. but also to re-
l~entless opposition to the Republican
policr of prOhipate expenditure which In
the shors space of Two years has squan-
dered an enormous surplus aud empIie 1
an overlooking treasury. after piling new
burdens Of taxation upon the already
overtaxed labor of the country.
TILDEN n H TARIFF.
SEC 5. We ieiterBte the o~ft-repeated
doctrines of The Democratic party. that
the necessity of the Government is the
only justification for taxation. aud when
ever u TAX is unnecessary it is uni ssih-
able; that when Custom House taxation
Is levied upon articles of Any kind pro-
duced ia this country, the difference be-
tween the cost of labor here and labor
abroad. when such differences exists,
FULLY measures any possible benefits to
labor, and the enormous additional i'm
posi- ions of the existing tariff fall with
crushing force upon our farmers n
W, rkingmen, and for the mere advantage
Of The few whom it euriches, exacts from
labor u grossly unjust share of the ex-
penses Of the Government: and We de-
mand such q revision OF the tariff laws as
will remove their iniquitous inequalities,
Tighten their expressions. aud put them
QUA constitutional aud equitable basis.
But in making reductions IN taxes, IL is
not proposed 10 iujure any domestic in
dustries, but rather to promote their
healthy growth. From the foundation OF
this Government The taxes collected at
| the Custom House hnve been the chief
| source of Federhl rev, Such they
must continue TO be. Moreover, many
industries have come to rely upon legisla-
| ton for successful continuance, so that
any change OF law must be at every step
reQardful of the labor M capital thus
involved. The process OF reform mast be
subject In the execution Of this plan to
the dictates of justice.
We denounce the present tariff, levied
upon nearly four thousand articles, as a
masterpiece OF injustice, inequality and
false pretence. which yields u ~dwindlinR
and not q yearly rising revenue. aud has
Impoverished many Industries TO sub
sidiZe u few. 1t prohipits import that
might purchase the products Of American
labor. IL has degraded American COM
merce from the first TO an inferior rank
upon the high seas. 1t has cut down the
values Of American manufactures at
home and abroad. 1t has depleted the
returns OF American agriculture and in
dustry followed by half our people. 1t
costs the people i've times more than it
| produces to the Treasury. obstrQcts the
process OF production, aud wastes the
fruits of labor 1t promotes fraud, fos-
tiers smuggling, enriches dishonest
officials, and b%ankrupts honest mer-
chants. We demand that all Custom
House taxation shall be only for rev.
enue.
SEC, A Trade interchange on the basis
o. T. cipiotal advantage to the countries
participating IL q time bonored doctrine
OF tbe Democratic faith, but we ~deaounce
the sham reciprocity which jnggles with
The peoples desire for enlarged foreign
markets ana treer exchanges by pretend
lug to establish trade relations for a
c ,unlry whose articles OF export are al
most exclusively agricultural, while
erecting a Custom House barrier of pro-
hib'tive Ia III taxes against the richest
countries Of the world that stand ready
10 lake our entire surplus VI products aud