Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-08

/ exchanGeable value or be adjusted throug
international agreement or by such SAFE
guards of legislation Ms shall insure tb
ma,nt nance Of the parity of the two metal
and the equal power OF every dollar ut a
TIN es in the markets and in the payment {
cebts, and we demand thst all paper currer
cy shall be kept at par with and rcdeemab,
IN such coin. We insist upon this policy a
especially necessary Tor the protection of tn
farmers and laboring Glasses, the fl st an
most dctenseless victims OF unstable none
ard iCctuatiDg currency.
BANK TAXATION.
Sec. 8. We recommend that the prohibi
tory 10 per cent tax on State bank issues b
repealed.
CIVIL SERVICE.
Sec, 9. Public office is public trust. w
Teatfirm the declaration OF the Demo rati
Convention OF 1876 tor the reform of III
CIVIL service, and we call for the honest en-
iorcement for oil laws regulating the same
The nomination of President MS in the re
cent Republican Convention BY delegation
composed argely of sppointees holding oflic
at his pleasure, is scandalous satire upoI
fee popular institutions, and startling il
lustralion Of the methods by which a Fresi
dent may satisfy his ambition. We de
nOunce policy under which Federal office
holders usurp control Of party convention
in the states, and we pledge the Democrats
party TO the reform OF these and all othe
abuses which threaten individual liberty ant
selt-gOvernment
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Sec. 10. The Democratic party is the onl,
party that has ever given the country for
eign policy, CONSTANT and vigorous, com
EelliEg respect abroad and inspiring conf
dence at home. While avoiding ertangins
alliances, it has aimed to cultivate friend,
relations with other nations, and especially
with cur neigh5ors on the American Cont
nent, whose destiny is closely linked witt
our own, and we view with alarm the ten
dency to policy of irritation and bluste
which is liable to confront us withthe alter
native OF bumillatCn or war at shy time
We favor the maintenance of nav,
strong enough foc all purposes of nationa
defense IND TO properly MAINTAIN the homo
and dignity OF the country abroad.
REMoHSTRANCE WITH RUSSIA.
Sec. II. This country has always beel
the refuge of the oppressed from every LAM
-exiles for conscience sake-and the spiri
of the founders of our Government, we con
Gemn the oppression practiced by the Rus
sian Government upon It's Lutheran an(
Jewish subjects, and we Ii upon our Ma
tional Government, in the interest OF iustlc
and humanity by all just and proper mean
to use lis prompt ana best efforts to brin
about cessation of these cruel persecution
in the common Of the Gar and to secure tt
the oppressed equal rights.
We tender our profound and earnest sym
pathy to those lovers Of fire. dom VINO ar
struggling for home rule and the great caus
of self government in Ireland,
IMMIGRATION.
Sec, II. We heartily approve all leciti
mate efforts to prevent the United State
from being used as the dumping ground 70
the known criminals and paupers Of Europe
and we demand the rigid enforcement Of th
laws against Chinese mml ration and to
imp rtstion Of foreign workman under con
tract to degrade American labor md les g
its Wages, but we condemn and denounc
any and ali att mpts TO restrict the immi
grafton Of the indu trIous and worthy c
foreign lands
PENSIONS.
Sec 3. This C invention hereby renew
the expression of a preclaton of the atri
otism OF the sol1i RS and sailors tf the Un
ion in the war of its prsservat on, ind W
favor ju.t and liberal pension, to ali disc
bled Union soldiers, their widows and dc
pendents but we demand that the wo
Of tbs Fer 81 office shall be done industr
ously, impart.ally and honestly, We dc
nounce the PIE ent adminitr ton Of thu
office rs incompetent, corrupt, diigracefu
and dishonest.
WATERWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
Sec Ii. The Federal Government shout
care for and improve the Mississippi Rive
nd other great waterways Ct the Repubti
SO as to secure Tor the interior State. cas-
and chesp transportation to t'dewa e.
When any waterway of the Repu lie Is
sufficient importance to demand aid OF tn
Government, such aid should be extende
upon II definite plan OF continuous work un
til permanent improvement is secured.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
Sec, Is. For purposes of national dc
fetso and the promotion OF commerce be
tween the 5 ates, we recognize the earl
constr ct on of the Nicaragua Canal and il
protect on against foreign control as {
great importance to the United States.
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Sec. IL. Recognizing the Worlds Co
umbisn kxpositi, as II national undertas
ing of vast Importance in which the genera
government has invited the corporation {
all the powers of the wor /, and apprecia'
ing the a. ceptance by many OF such power
of The invita- ION 20 extended and the Uroa
md liberal efforts being made by them
contribute to the grandeur of the undertai
ing, we are Of the opinion that CongreS
should make such necessary financial pre-
vision as shall be requisite 20 the mainter
ance of the national honor and public faitl
THE SCHOOL QUESTION.
Sec. II. Popular education being the or
ly safe basis OF popular suffrage, we recon
mend to the several States most liberal ~
preparation for the public schools, Fire
common schools are the nursery Of goo
government, and they have always receive
The fostering care OF the Democratic party
which favors every means of increasing in
teligence. Freedom of education being a
essential of civil and religious liberty as we
as n necessity for the development OF lntel
ligence, must not be nterlered with unde
any pretext whatever. We are opposed +
State interference with parental rights o
rights OF conscience in the education c
children us an infringement of the fundS
mental Democratic doctrine that the larges
individual liberty consistent with the right
IF others insures the highest type Of Amer
can citizenship and the best government
ADMISSION OF THE TERRITORIES.
Sec. 10. Weapprove the action of til
present House of Representatives in psssln