Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-26
National Democratic Platform
,dop,cu ny tie National l'emncra'ie
to.yentlan at Chicago, June
2lst. 1892.

,,..,;on /. The represent .tives Of the
o'o,,r,,ic party Of the United States, in
Dle.'.i t,a;,veniion a-ecmbled, do reatfirrl
Na va. sIIes,sncs to the principles of the par
tnen tormula,a bv Jshcrson aad szempli-
W a. a long and illrstrious line Of his sue
neu =, il Democratic leadership from Mad
cessV 20 Cleveland. We believe that the pub
liz c welfare demands that these principles hn
nnrlied TO the conduct OF The Federal Gov
Eminent arpt through the accession to power Of
he marty that advocates them; and we sol
s nOnIy declare that the need OF return to
, T fundamental principles of free pop
lar Government based on home rule and
;nd;vidual liberty was never more thon now,
.uhan the tendency to cen.rslize all power
" " The Federal Capital has become menace
:" The reserved rights ofthe States that strike
70 w.. .ho vary roots of orr Government under
a. ronstitution as framed by the Republic.
As TO THE FORCE Bull.
Coo Q. We warn.the people Of our COM
:, N country, jealous for the preservation Of
.So;r FREQ institutions, thstthe policy OF Fed
s.sl control OF elections, to which the Re-
oe,'h,c.n party has committed itself, is
t.aught with the grevest dangers, scarcely
,ass nomentous that would result from a
,nasoIution, practically establishing monsr-
Inv en- tie ruins Of the Republic.
u" Il str;kes mt the North as well as TIE South
i ;r;,,, es tho colored citizens even more
a .ssr The whites. It means horde of dep
',.n marshals ut every polling place, armed
u u,,b Federal power, returning boards APP
".',n,od and controlled By Federal author
IT, tho outrage ct the electoral rights OF the
noonle in the several States the subiugation
# tbe eoIored people to the control of the
nsr.v in power ard tie reviving of race an
tooon,sm. now happily ahated. OF the utmost
nasil TO the safety and happiness OF all; a
a paM deliberately and Justly described by
= Leading Republican Senator "as the most
;nfsmons bill that ever crossed the thresh
aid of the Senate such policy, if sane
,;oned nv law, would mean the dominance
Of a selt.perpetuating oligarchy Of office
holders. and the party first entrusted with
its machinery could be dislodged from pow
or only by an appeal to the reserved right
Of the people to resist oppression which is
inherent in all Safeguarding communities.
Two wears ago this revolutionary power
wa. cmphatically condemned by the people
Of the polls: but in contempt of that verdict
tbe Republican patty has defantly declared
in rs latest authoritative uttsrance that its
succe SIN the coming election will mean
the enactment of the force bill and theusur-
patton OF despotic control over elections in
all the States.
Relieving that the praScr alton of Iepnb-
iican government in the United States is
dependent upon The ieteat Of this policy OF
leeslized force aud fraud, wo inyile the
support of Ill citizens who desire to soc the
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country n hundred years of uneXalnpled
prosperity; and ~, pledge the Democratic
party, if il be int listed with power, not
only to the defeat of the force bid, hut also
to rosentless opposition 10 the Republican
policy of profigste expenditure, which in
the short space ut two y airs has squanoered
An enormous surp lis and emphed 81 over
flowing treasury after piling new bun dsnsot
taxation upon the already oYertaXed labor
Of the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. 3. We deDounce republican pro-
toction az fraud. The robbery OF tho great
majority OF the Ainerlcan 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 DO con-
slitutional power to impose and collect tariff
duties, except tor tho purposes OF revenue
only, and we demand that the collection Of
such taxes shall be linited to the necessities
Of the Government when honestly and econ
omcslly administ. red.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted by tn, Fitty-irst Congress rs thu cul
minating atrocity of class legislation; we in
dorse the efforts made BY the Demot rats OF
the present Congress to modify It's most op
presslve features in the direction OF free raw
materials and cheaper manufactured goods
that enter into general consumption, and we
promise its repeal as one of the benefcent
results that will follow the action of the
people in intrusting power TO the Democrat
icparty. Since the Mckinley taIif went
into operation there have been ten feduc-
tions Of the wages OF laboring men TO one
increase. We deny that there has been any
increase Of property to the country since
that tariff went into operation: we point to
the dizziness and distress which wage reduc-
tons and strikes in the iron trade as the
best possible evidence that no such pros
perity has resulted from the Mckinley act.
We call the attention OF thoughtful Amer
leans to the fact that after thirty years Of
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
foreign wealth in exchange for our agricul-
tural surplus the homes and farms of tho
country have become burdened with real
estate mortgage debt Of over So 500, 000,0 900
exclusive OF all other forms Of indebted
ness; that in one of tho chief agricultural
States of the West there appears real es-
tate mortgage debt averaging $l85 per cap
TIA o. the total populations; and that similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown to exist
lnthe other agricultural exporting States
we denounce policy when fosters no IN
iustry so much as IL does that Of the sheriff.
B7 ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec, A. Trade exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages to the countries par
ncipating is time-honored doctrine Of the
Democratic faith, but we denounce the sham
reciprocity which juggles with tho peoples
desire for enlarged foreign markets and
treer exchange by pretending to establish
closer trade relations with country whose
articles OF export are almost exclusively az
ricutural products with other countries that
are also agricultural, while erecting q Gus
"oueo purrier VI proutpiSiVo vain way,
against tho richest countries of the world
Iaat stand ready TO take our entire surplus
o. products and TO exchange therefor COM
modilies whlceare necessaries and comforts
Oh life among our own people.
AGAINST TRUSTS.
Sec o.. We recognize in the trusts and
combinations which are designed to enable
capital to secure more than its just share OF
the loipt product of capital und labor and
natural consequences Of tho prohibinve taxes
which prevent the free competition, which
y the life Of honest trade; but we believe
their worst evils can DO abatcd by law. and
we demand the rigid enforcement of the laws
made to control and prevent them, together