Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-08
National Democratic Platform
Adopted ny the National Democratic
Convention at Chicago, June
21St, 1892.

,bsir allegiance to the principles of the par
w. os formulate by Jefferson and ezempli-
"a hv a long and illustrious line of his sue
nossor. in Democratic leadership from Mad
;Non 10 Cleveland. We believe that the pub
i;c welfare demands that these principles ba
n,Iied TO the conduct OF the Federal Gov.
Eminent through the accession to power of
tbo marty that advocates them; and we sol.
al,rIv declare that the need of a return TO
tboso fundamental principles of free pop
',Isr Government based on home rule and
;nd,vidusl liberty was never more than now,
when the tendency to cen.ralize all power
" tba Federal Capital has become menace
90 The reserved rights ofthe States that strike
W The very roots of our Government under
tho Constitution as framed by the Republic.
As 10 THE FORCE Bill.
Soc 3. We warn the people of our COM
,rn country, Jealous for the preservation Of
tno;r free institutions, that the policy of Fed
val control of elections, to which the Re-
,",,b,ican PARTY has committed itself, is
fraTobt with the gravest dangers, scarcely
iass momentous that would result from a
Nv practically establishing monar-
INV en- the ruins Of the Republic.
# strikes at the North as we'll as the South
ond INJURIES the colored citizens even more
tben the whites. 1t means horde of dep
rtv marshals ut every polling place, armed
With Federal power, returning boards ap-
nointcd and controlled by Federal author
itv, the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
,oonIe in the several States, the subiugation
ri the coIored people to the control Of the
nar.y in power and the reviving of race an.
tooonlsm, now happily abated, of the utmost
nePil to the safety and happiness OF all; a
measure deliberately and Justly described by
a leading Republican Senator "as the most
infamous bill that ever crossed the thresh
did of the Senate" Such policy, if sane
toned BY law, would mean the dominance
Of a self perpetuating oligsrchy of office
holders, and the party first entrusted with
It's machinery could be dlslodged from pow
or only by an appeal to the reserved right
oftbe people to resist oppression which is
inherent in all Safeguarding communities
Two wears ago this revolutionary power
was emphatically condemned by the people
al the POLLS; but III contempt of that verdict
the Republican party has defantly declared
in its latest authoritative utterauce that its
sncce IN the coming election will mean
the enactment Of the force bill and the usur-
patton of despotic control over elections in
all the states.
Believing that the preser alton OF repub-
Iican government in the United States is
dependent upon the defeat OF this policy OF
legalized force and fraud, We invite the
support Of Il citizens who desire to see the
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country a hundred years OF uneXamped
prosperity; and we pledge the Democratic
party, if it be init listed with power, not
only to the defeat Of the torce bill, but also
to resembles opposition to the Republican
policy of prohigate expenditure, which in
the short space OF two years has squandered
an enormous surp us and emphed an over
flowing treasury after piling new burdens OF
taxation upon the already oyertaxed labor
OF the country
TARIFF TAX tTIoN.
Sec. 3. We donounce Republican pro-
lection AS a fraud. The robbery of the great
majority OF the American people for the
benefit of the few. We declare it to be a
fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
ty that the Federal Government has no con-
stitutiona power to impose and collect tariff
duties, except tor the purposes of revenue
oHly' anu We uG'uauo Uu"v 'no o;.; "
sucn taxes sna'l DC IIl"'Veu W vue hooessi'ies
OF Inc GoY9rnnent won poueS''y anu 'oo'
oI,Ga'iy suin'u'sIeleu' .;a,o.
we uenVunGo Iiie s nlcHluiey v'iin Ia" rii
acVou oY tle NY -tl'sV Oyn6i9s9 as W., ~,
mIha'lh5 "lroclIy Vi c'ass iG8 ,0'SSlon, wo ~,
dorse the SHORTS ulaoe ny we DeiiIoN "'0 VI
Vne present congress W Iioal'y Tvs tu r1 w.
proasly9 IeSCureS III JUG u'l1Cs".. u iio5 i"%
n"terIalS ana cnoapor ma'u."ovGlou SJou nv
nron,,.c ,ts renesI &c one of the benefcent
results that will follow the action OF the
people in ntrusting p0werto the Democrat
ic party. Since the Mckinley tariff went
into operation there have been ten Ieduc-
tions Of tho wages OF labonng men TO one
increase. We deny that tbele has been any
increase Of properly TO the country since
that tariff went into operation; we point to
the dulness and distress which wage reduC-
tions and strikes in the iron trade as the
best possible evidence that no such pros
perity has resulted from the Mex inley ret.
We call the attention OF thoughtful Amer
leans to the fact that after thirty years OF
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
feregn wealth in exchange for our agricul-
tural surplus the homes and farms of tho
country have become Durdened WIN u rea
exclusive Of all other forms Of indebted
ness; that in one Of the chief agricultural
States Of the West there annaars n real es-
tate MORTGAGE debit ayoraglng Sls5 per cap
ita o, the to1al nonulation. And that similar
conditions md Tenderness are shown to eNst
in lho othor ngricnItnrol nynorting States.
Wa donoTnc@ = nobcv wb,cn fosters no in.
justrv az n,1cb ps IL 3oes lint Of Tho sheriff,
~ 1'',N.' 90 y WV" 'aS O,u =, '
ALLTGED RECIPROCITY
Sec A. Trade exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages TO tho countries par
tclpating is a tmt-honored doctrine OF the
democratic latin, but We denounce the snali