Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-16
Rational Democratic Platform
aeoa'e9 iy ihe National l,emnera,i,
50 N,"'''a et i'l,uao, June
21si, 1892.

session lie representatives OF the
! ileAlcrrr'lc party a. the United States, in
/ Natonu Cslvln;ion ii sUmbled. do reafiirfn
i6eig e.legmEco to the pdncipos Of the par
" formulate ly jeterSon end ezempli-
lad by long and iilustrious line Of his sue
cesS0t 10 Democratic lesiersbp from Mad
ison tie Cleveland We believe that the pub
lie weiafo demands iaat tnssr principles be
applied 81 'hc conduct OF the Federal Gov
eminent through the accession to power of
the party that advocates them; and wo sol.
araiY decluIe that the need OF return to
these fundamehtol principles Of free pop
I ular government based on Ecme rule and
individual liberty was neyer mora than now,
when The tendency to centraiize all power
atthe Fedora Capital has becom menace
p ihc reserved rights oftbe States that strike
"a th9 very roots of Our Government under
tie Constitution as framed by the Republic.
as 70 THE FORCE BILL.
SEE 2 " Q warn the people Of our COM
IA 1n country, jealous for the preservation OF
lher free institutions, that the policy OF Fed
sJsi control Of elections, TO which the Re-
Hr iGn party has committed itself, is
flaught With the grayest dangers, scarcely
less ncn'enJous that would result from Il
ugolution, practically establishing monar-
lty ca the ruins Of the Republic.
il strikes ct the North as well as the South
acd INJURIES the colored citizens even more
uhs1 the whites. 1t means q horde of dep
uty lnarshals at every polling place, armed
g15 Federal power, returning boards APP
aoe.,d iHd controlled by Federal author
tq, BE outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
pgople in the several States, the subjUgation
Toe oolored people to toe control Of the
5af,y ia power and The reviying OF race an
@4omEm, row happily abated, OF tie utmost
oori 10 the safety ana happiness OF all;
measure deliberately and justly described by
a eading Republican Senator ''as the most
Infamous bin that ever crossed the thresh
old eff tha Senate" such policy, il sane
oued b. law, would mean the dominance
5f 3, set aerpetuating oligarehy Of Office
holders, and the party first entrusted with
its machinery could be dlslodged from pow
ar only by an appeal to the reserved right
81 the people to resist oppression which is
inherent in ali selt-goyerning communities
Two years ago this revolutionary power
Ras emphatically CONDEMNED by the people
Che polls; but in contempt OF thet verdict
Republican party has defantly declared
Ia it's latest authoritative utterance that its
succe al1 TIE coming election will mean
the enac Llent Of the force bill and thqusur-
patton Of despotic control over elections in
al The Ststes.
Believing that the preserr alton OF repub
csn government in the United States is
apandent upon the defeat Of this policy Of
ga,izad force and fraud We invite the
upport Of Il citizens who desire to see the
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with
he lsws pursuant thereto which have given
luI country a hundred years of unexampleo
srosperitrapd we pledge The Democratic
arty, il IL be mt usted with power, not
nly totho deicat Of the force bill, hut also
losen,le.s opposition to the Republican
icy q pTohigate expenditure, which in
.h0 holt space OF two y ars has squandered
an enormous surp Us and empue1 an over.
iowiag treasury after piing new Burdens OF
Amtion upon the already oyertaxed labor
Of the country