Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-22
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
adopted by the Democratic STATE Con-
rrntIOn at Little Rock,
June 14lh, 1892.
THE PLATFORM.

THE PLATFORM.
We, The delegates of tn Dcmocnt,c part
of the State Of Arkansas, assembled IN con
, "eltiun M 1t Tie Rock, clare that the su
preme Issue OF the day IS tae re Orm of tht
adminis.ra ion OF tho Government; and ths
the people can safely trust the party foun 'eC
by Jeff.rin and whose principles were cir
phasize in the sp ndid, patriotic and non
sectional administration of Grover @ eve
land.
We denounce the Republican party FL
its flagnut nbus ard prostituti-n Of power
durin. the last four years. Coming into iul
control of all branc es of the Overament
in 1888 BY the use Of uuprecedent corrup-
ton iund; largely | wed upon Govern rent
fayorites by those before and siHca, close,
personally and officially, to he chief bene-
iciary, that party immediately eute-' d upo
crusade of tyTany, fraud snd prstiigato
extravaganza new, be!U e venture" up 10y
any party In times Of peace.
1t found the treasury With large and
daily increasing surplus, ard in times of
great depression, accompanied by the uni
versal dcmsnd for relief from the burdens
Of taxation, it dissipated tho surplus by
making annual appropriations f $500, 000,-
000, largely for unnecessary and utterly IN
d,feI sible purl oses, and thereby failed to
meet and discharge the maturing bonded in
deited 9ss of the Government and now finds
itself confronted with an imminent defci9n-
cy. Moreover, it made Tany of its appro-
priations permanent, for 10 other purpose,
than to prevent the people from correcting
the evils done, 30 long as the Republican
party retained control OF either the Senate
or Chief Magstracy of the nation.
1t transcribed all prece5ents in vicious
class legislation, in the enactment Of the Nc.
kinney bill, and finally, irigh ened by the
extremities to which it bad gone, sought to
appcase the pubic discomfort by reciprocity
fraud, the adoption OF which WIS a COMES
sion of the iniquity it had perpetratcd
1t deprived States Of their just representa-
ton by ia Sc GENIUS.
1t deprived, in the most insolrnt and ar
bitra'y manner, and practically without an
opportunity to be heard, representatives OF
the people of their seats in the lower House
of Congress.
And, finally drunk with its own excuses,
it ought 70 perpetuate tn" wrongs it had
done by depriving the people of the right to
hold their own e ections AID choose their
own servants by the enactment Of the in
lannon's and excciable force bill.
1t treated with utter contempt all ideas OF
economy and honesty, boCh in it, pension
legislation and in its administration Of that
bureau.
1t rejected Democr tic territories ard ad.
mitted Republican territories in order to re-
tain party supremacy.
| This regime OF tyranny, extravaganza and
wrong doing, contrasted with the c'eon,
honest, prudent and wise administration of
4rovel Cleveland, brought upon the Rel ub-
lican party .he most stupendous defeat that
ever befel my party in this country, and
inspired anew with confidence and hope all
the people in the possibility Of preserving
tree government for mankind.
We declare our abiding fidelity to the
Constitution of the United ates in its let
ter and spi it.
We declare our faith in the capacit, of
the people for sell-governnent, and in their
inherent right to enjoy it, free from all Fed
ersl interference,
We denounce the Republican party be-
cause it turned its back upon the interests
of the great mas es of society. and sound,
stable government for all, and allied its for
tunes witt: corporate pe It'll, sQuandcr ng
millions Of the public domail u, on raj roads
fostering legislation, the legitimate offspring
o. which has been combinations and trusts,
expressing the labor it professeo 10 protect
and fastening e;er increasing burdens on
agrlcultur', until the homes Of the people in
great sections of the country are covered
with mortgages, and the markets Of the
world closed to the fruits OF honest toll.
We denouDce the Mckinley tariff as q
crime against honest government and a flee
people, not only because it lnvies an unnoc-
essary tax and thereby imposes wantoD and
cruel blrdens on the people, but because it
destroys the markets fer their Surplus pro-
ducts.
We denoun it because it is class leglsla-
ton, enacted in the interest of the favored
few, who are wealthy, and at the expense
and Tor the oppression OF the gre mass OF
the people.
We denounce it because it does not in
crease wsges, but Surrenders the taxing pow
er Of the Government to the manufactur, RS,
and leaves it TO the employers to Cetcrmine
whether they will divide the immense boun-
ty it yields with those they employ.
We denounce it because it is an abuse
and perverson Of the taxing power of the
Constitution, which was intended to be
used to raise necessary revenue for the sup
port Of tn, Government, into the means of
punderirg all for the be eft Of class.
We denounce it because it naugurated
for the first time in a free Government, the
practice OF taking from the public treasury
the n oney collected for public purposes
from ali the people, and with 1t, pay boun-
ties to SCI ct industries.
We denounce it because it destroys the in
dependence and selfreliGnce Of the people,
which is National characteristic, and
and teaches them to ely upon government
tai favortsm.
We denounce it because the inevitable
tendency OF this system is the destruction OF
popular government, in the debauchment OF
the ballot, by tribute extorted from favored
cMsses, whose enormous 5ounties depend
upon the continuatce OF the system self.
We declare that the mission Of tho Demo-
cratic party is 20 so reform the taitl by u
reduction tf taxation as to limit the revenues
of the Government to its absolute necessi'
ties when economically administered, and to
so frame its tariff schedules as to place the
burdens OF government upon the luxuries
and not npon the necessrres of Ito.
We favor safe and sufficient currency,
composed OF gold and silver and legal tender
paper, convertible into coin TN dem nd and
maintained at par with each other.
We declare II to be the duty Of the Demo-
cratic party to preserve the parity iE value
of gold and silver, and 10 provide the means
by the equal and fair treatment of both met
ais.
We lenounce the Sherman Silver bill as
an obstruction to the fair treatment Of silver
and as sham AMI pretense, intended to
postpone honest honest legislation and to
appease the silver producers while giving no
relief to the people.
We declare our purpose TO continue TO
maintain, support and develop our public
schools in the interest Of general intelligence