The state capital., 1892-06-25
THE PLATFORM
Of the Democratic Party Of the
United States
AS lit was Adopted in the National Com
Vention in Chicago-It viii be
Read with Interest by Men
of Ali Parties.

Following is the platform of the demo-
cratic party of the United States as
adopted, after slight amendment, from
the report of the committee on resolu-
tions:
SECTION /: She representatives of the demo-
SlatIo ,h tahty ooShe United States. in national
fopsfh0 Iesiahte to the DO reafirm their al
oi mulated by ahd ol eh9 Rsr5y bv
ong anu tlaessdepshp his successors id
land We believe the puA SNd{dison to Cleve:
that these prnciples be apr Ire ueShaf sanSnf
Sion TO rower Of the party ,thatS = the acces:
and we solemnly declare that tlle3 2tes them!
turn to these fundamental pr1ncln S%oI re
YOpular government oased ON hofE $ree;
individual liberty was never more urk2 r-and
now, N hen the tendency to centfaize ah m
at the federal capital has become menaser
the reserved rights of the states that st'ses sA
the very roots of our government unds at Y
constitution AS framed by the republic le
THE FAIR ELECTIONS BILL FORCE BILL. ,
Sec 2 We warn the people of our commons
country Jealous for the preserVstfo oa tlT c,'n
troll of elections to which the republican party
has committed itself is fraught with the gTaEeSi
dangers, scarcely less momentouS than W9uLo
result from revolution practically estaphsh
| ing monarchy on the ruins Of the republic ,
it strikes at the north as we'll as the soutn
and niures the folored citizens & even f nlutv
marshaIs at every polling place armed with
| federal POWER, returning boards appointed and
| controlled by federal authority, the outrage OF
the electoral rights of the people in the several
reope rtsSSs o0 to tse centroi Of the party ii
now bappily abated, of the utmost peril to
| the safety and happiness of all, measure de-
hberately and Justly described by leading re-
| nubiican senator "as the most infamous Dlii
that ever crossed the threshold of the senate: .
| Such rolicy if sanctioned by law, would mean
the dominance of self perpetuatlng oiigarchy
of office holders and the party rso fot
| power only by an appeal to the reserved rlEh'
| of the people to resist oppression whicn Is , ~
herent in all self governing communities. wv
wears ago this revolutionary policy was EN-
phatically condemned by the people &C th'
polls; but in contempt of that verdict tne re
publican party has defiantly declared IN III
| latest authoritative utterance that It's success
in the coming elections will mean the enact
ment of the force bill and the usurpatl0n OF
despotic control over elections in all the states
| Relieving that the preservation or republican
| government in the United States is dependeh
upon the defeat of this policy of legal1zed iorc
and fraud. invite the support OF an ci1lAeH e i
who desire to see the constitution maintained i
it's integrity with the laws pursuant thefett
which have given our country a hundred year II
of unexampled prespel1ty ana we vte eeoge poa1 ,n
not only to the defeat of the force bill, but ais
to relentless opposition to the republican pohc
of profgate expenditure, which IN the shol
surplus and emptied an overt1ow1ng treasuf
after piling new burdens of taxation upon IL
already oyertayed labor of the country.
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. g. We reiterate the oft-repeated doc
trines of the democratic party that the necess
ty of the government is the only !ustNcatlc
for taxation, and whenever tax is unnecc:
earv il is unjustifiahle; that when custom
house taxation IS levied rpon articles 6 OF @ a.
! kind produced in this country the dlfereh
between the cost of labor here and abroa
when such difference exist, fully measures al
nossible benefits TO labor, and the enormous a.
r ditional impositions of the existing tallff II
+ with crushing force upon our farmers al
h workingmen and for the mere advantage
n the few whom it enriches exact from laoq1 u
, grossly unjust share of the expenses OF u
l. poyarnn ent and we demand such REVISION
X the tariff laws as will remove their inlqulto
d inequalities, tighten their oppressions and
It them on a constitutional and equitable basls.
n But in making reduction in taxes 1t IS n
', proposed to injure any domestic industries; o
) rather to promote their healthy growth Ffc
the foundation of this government taxes &C
lected at the custom houses have been the en-
source of federal revenue. Such they mi
IS ! continue to be. Moreover. many 1ndustrl
.clmens | ,fi+ahan upon Legislation for succef