Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-07-29
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
Adopted by the Democratic State Con.
YCntIOn at Little Rock,
jane 18th, 1892.
THE PLATFORM,

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I We, the delegates of the Democrrtic party
of the State OF Arkansas, assembled in con
veltion at Little Rock, d, clare that the SUI
preme issue OF the day is tic reform of the
administration OF tie Government; and that
the people can safely trust the party foun ed
by Jefferson, and whose principles were en-
phaszed in the splendid, patriotic and non
sectional administration Of Grover Q eve
land.
We donounce the Republican party for
its fragrant abuse and prostitution Of power
during the last four years Coming into full
control of all branc .es of the Government
in 1888 by the use of unprecedented eorrup-
ton fund; largely / We'd upon Government
fayorites by those before and since, close,
personally and officially, to The chief benc
tciary, that party Immediately entered upo
a crusade of tyranv, fraud and prrhgete
extravaganza never befU'e ventureh up n by
any party IN times of peace.
1t found the treasury with a large and
daily increasing surplus, and in times of
great depression, accompanied by the uni
versal demand for relief from the burdens
of taxation, it dlssipated the surplus by
making annual appropriations f S6O0,OOO,-
600, largely for unnecessary and utterly IN
defeLsible purposes, and thereby failed to
meet and discharge the maturing bonded in
dehted ,9ss Of the Government, and now finds
| itself confronted with an imminent detcisn-
cy. Moreover it made many of its appro-
nriations permanent. forro other prrnosc.
than to prevent the people from correcting
the evils done, so long as the Republican
party retained control Of either the Senate
or Chief Mogistracv of the nation
II transcribed all preceJents in yicious
class Legislation. in the enactment of the Nc.
Kin ,ev hin. and finally. frightened kv the
pxtremities to which it bad cone. sonrbt to
annnase the nub;ic discomfort by recirrociIv
Gaud, the sdoption Of which WIS a contes-
sion nr tbe ininpitv il had nernetra,od
II derived States of tbrir inst representa-
ton bv - "a So crn,us.
II deprived, in The most inso,nt and ar
b;trorv manner, and nractically without an
onnofinnitv to he heard. REPRESENTATIVES Of
the peop!c of their seats in the lower House
Of Gongres.
And finally drunk with lis own excuses
if sought TO ncrpetuate the wrongs it had
done by deriving the ncople of the RIGHT to
hold their own ections nrd choose their
own servants by tho enactment of the in
hmous and OK, crable force bill.
II trcsted with inter coutcmnt all i,iras of
aconomv and Honesty bo,b in it, rension
leo,slsti1n and in it's administration of that
hnreau
II reiactod Oemocr .t;r torr;,ori,s ard nd.
roitt ,d Rennhlicon torritorioe in order tn RI
tain marty snnre,nscv
ms rcg;mn of tvra,,nv ov,ravaganco and
honest nrndsnt and w,.o administration I'll
Grow fIIovclond b~onght nnnn the Re, nh
lican marty The most sturendous defeat that
evpr befeIj any marty in This rn,,rtr>. and
Insured anew with confidence and hone all
tbn ,'eo,Io in thn nossib;litv rf ,,roerrv;no
frpe Government for mankind.
we declare our abiding fidelity 70 the
Constitution of the United s ates in its let
ter and spi il.
We declare orr faith in the canocit, of
the neonle for self.rovernrent ard i1 tbor
inberorf rioht To crinv if froc from all pod-
er,I intprfercnce
We denounce the RenubIicon marty he
cause If turned its bacL, mon tho interests
of the GREAT masses of society. and sound
stable Government for ALL and nil ed it's for.
times With corporate We ltb, souandrr no
millions of the nublic domai ! u ,on r,i road
fostering legislation. the lepitlmate offsprinc
al which has been rombin9tiors ono trusts
expressing the labor it professed TO protert
and fastening e err increasing burdens on
acrlcultura. until the homes Of the neonle in
great sections of the country are covered
With mortgages, and the markets of the
world closed to the fruits of honest toll.
| Ma damon, On tbo MoK,rlo,, t,.;H A., n
crime against honest government and a flee
people. not only because it levios an unnec-
essary tax and thereby imnoses wsnton and
cruel burdens on the people. but because il
DESTROYS the markets Tor their s1rnlus pro-
ducts.
We denounce il because il is c,ass lcp,sla-
ton, enacted in the interest of tue favored
few. who are wealthy. and Mt the exnense
and for the opprcssiCn O. the GRO mass of
the people.
We denounce II /; causo il does not in
crease wages, but surrenders the taxing now
er of the 3overnment to The manufac'rr re
and leaves Il to the EMPLOYERS to determine
whether thew will divide the immense boun-
tv il Yields with those they emnlov.
| We denounce il because if ia an sbuse
and perversjon of the taxing mower of the
Constitution. which was intended IN he
used to raise necessary revenue for tbe sun
port of tn, Government. into the means IF
nlunde,iry all for the beme6t Of a class,
We denouncc il because # ,nauouratrd
for the first time in n free Government tho
nractice Of taking Tram tho nvhIic treasury
the money collected for nnblic nurnoses
from, ali tbo noonIo and u,;th y nov bour-
ties to select Industries r'
I'VE denounce it because it DESTROYS The IN
dependence and self.reiance of the people,
which is a National characteristic and
and teaches them to ely upon government
tai favoritsm.
We denounce it because the inevitable
tendency OF this system is the destruction of
popular government, in the dcbauchment OF
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