Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-25
National Democratic Platform
,aop.eu ny the National Democratic
Convention at Chicago, June
21st, 1892.

,hair allegiance 10 the princlpios Oh the par
W .n' % formulate by Jefferson and ezempli-
"a nv long and illustrious line of his sue
oassors 10 Democratic leadership from Mad
;son TO Cleveland. We believe that the pub
i ,; welfare demands that these principles be
nnnled TO the conduct OF the Federal Gov
Eminent through the accession to power OF
tha marty that advocates them; and we sol.
ar,nIy declare that the need OF return to
these fundamental principles of free pop
liar government based on home rule and
;ndividual liberty was never more than now,
when the tendency to cen.ralize all power
at the Federal Capital has become menace
20 The reserved rights ofthe States that strike
at the very roots of our Government under
tSo Oonstitution as framed by the Republic.
Az 70 THE FORCE BILL.
Soc 2. We warn the people of our COM
mon country, jealous tor the preservation OF
their free institutions, thatthe pollcy OF Fed
vi control of elections, to which the Re-
nubiican party has committed Itself, Is
fraught with the grsvest dangers, scarcely
less momentous that would result from
revolution, practically ESTABLISHING monar-
Inv en- the ruins of the Republic.
II strikes at the North as well as the South
and injuries the colored citizens even more
than the whites. 1t means horde OF dep
utv marshals at every polling place, armed
with Federal power, returning boards ap-
nointed and controlled by Federal author
ity. the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
neople in the several States, the subjugation
II the cclored people to toe control OF the
marty in power and the revivlng OF race an
taeonism, now happily abated, OF the utmost
neril to the safety and happiness OF all; a
MEASURE deliberately and Justly described by
leading Republican Senator "ss the most
infamous bill that ever crossed the thresh
old of the Senate" such policy, if sane
toned by law, would mean the dominance
of sell perpetuating oligsrchy OF office
holders, and the party first entrusted with
its machinery could be dlslodged from pow
er only by an appeal to the reserved right
of the people to resist oppression which is
inherent in all seli-governng communities.
Two years ago this revolutionary power
was emphaticaly condemed by the people
at the polls; but in contempt of that verdict
the Republican party has de6antly declared
in its latest authoritative utterance that its
succe 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-
licap government in the United States Is
dependent upon the jetoat Of this policy Of
leealized force ami fraud, W. lnvilo the
support of Il citizens who desire to soc the
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which havt given
our country hundred Years OF unexampled
prosperity; and W pledge tho Democratic
party, il it be inttu ted with power, not
only to the defeat OF the torcr bill, bur also
to resembles opposition 10 ths Republican
policy of prohigate expen'hture, which in
the short space ot two ars has squthdered
an enormous surp us aud emptie1 an over
flowing trelsu y after pi'iug new bui dens oil
taxation upon the alreaiy oyertaxed labor
OF the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. g. We denouncc publican pro-
lection us q fraud The robbery of the great
maiority OF the American people for tho
benefit Of The lew We declare it to be n
fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
ty that the FEDERAL Government has no con
stitutional power to impose aud collect tariff
duties, except Tor the purposes OF revenue
only, and we demand that the collection CT
SUCH III cS Silhll Dt lltbibNu w WV itN'esiNiNe
Of the Government " Oh honestly and econ.
omically adnninst red
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law tn
acted by the Filty-drst Congress as til cul
minating atrocity Of class legs tor; We IN
dorse the efforts made b, the Deno, rats Of
the present jorg is % mpdhv its IN 'st ep-
pressive features in the direction ut free raw
materials and cheaper IN nuia turod goods
that enter into general coa' un plon, and we
promise It's repeal as Qua of the benehcat
results that will follow the action OF the
people in lntrustng p5werto the Democrat
cparty. Since the Mckinley taliH went
into operat on tncrc buve been ten lo1uc-
tons Of the wages OF aborlng men 10 one
increase. VS. deny that tbvle has been any
increase Of property to tie country since
that tariff went into operation; we point to
the dullness and distress which wage reduc-
tions and strikes in the iron trade us Inc
best possible evidence that no such pros
perty has r,sulted from tho Mckinley act.
We call the attention OF thoughtful Amer
leans to the tact thai after thirty years of
restrictive taxes against the importation oil
tereign wealth in exchange for our agroul-
tural surplus the homes and farms OF the
country have become burdened With real
estate mortgage debt Of over So SOC, 00O0o0
exclusive of all other forms Of indebted
ness; that in one of the chief agricultural
States Of the West there appears real es-
tate mortgage debt averaging $50 per cap
TIA OF the total populations; and that similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown to e,lst
IN the other agricultural exporting States.
we denounco apolicy when fosters no in
iustry so much us IL does that OF the sheriff.
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec 4. Trade exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages to the countries par
tcipating is a time-honored doctrine OF The
Democratic faith, but we denouncy the sham
reciprocity which jugges with the peoples
desire for enlarge cd foreign markets and
treer exchange by pretending 10 establish
closer trade relations with Il country whose
articles ofexport are almost exclusively as
rlcultural products with other countries that
are also agricultural, while erecting \ Gus
tom'house barrier ofprohibtivo tariff taxes
against the richest * untrics of tho world
that stand ready to take our entire surplus
OF products and TO exchange therefor CON-
modllies who's are Deces arIs aad com orts
OF l'icamopg our own peoplc.
AGAINST TRUST.
Sec. 8. We recoguze in tho trusts aud
combinations which are desi sned TO enable
capita OBSCURE more than It's just share oil
the Joint product of capital and l,bor and
natural consequence Of the prohibitlve taxes
which prevent tho Tree composition, which
IS The lilo Of honest trade; out wo believe
Their worst evils can bo abatcd by law, and
we demand the rigid enforcement Of the laws
made TO control and prevent them, together
with such further legislation in restraint OF
sheir abuses as experience may chow to be
necessary. fN fNNkf
Na REPUBLICAN LAND STEALS.
Sec, @, Tho RepublIcan Marty. whio pro.