Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-24
National 9sr0eratIc Platform
Adopiea oy tie National Democratic
Convention at Chicago, June
21st, 1899.

Convention at Chicago, June
21st, 1899.
Section l. The representatives of the
Democratic party Of the United States. in
National Convention assembled, do reaffirn
their allegiance to the principles of the bar.
I ty IS formulated by Jefferson and exempli-
ned by long and illustrious line of his sue
eessors IN Democratic leadership from Mad
lson to Cleveland. We believe that thepub-
he welfare demands that these principles be
/ applied to the conduct OF the Federal Gov
eminent through the accession to power of
the party that advocates them; and we sol.
EMMY declare that the need of a return 10
these fundamental principles of a free pom
ulsr government based on home rule and
individual liberty was never more than now.
when the tendency to centralize all power
at the Federal Capital has become a menace
to the reserved rights ofthe States that strike
at the very roots Of our Government under
the Constitution as framed by the Republic.
AS 10 THE FORCE BILL.
Sec. 2, We warn the people of our com
mon country, jealous for the preservation OF
their free institutions, that the policy of Fed
eral control Of elections, to which the Re-
publican party has committed itself, is
fraught with the gravest dangers, scarcely
less momentous that would result from a
revolution, practically establishing monar-
chy Gu the ruins Of the Republic.
1t strikes at the North as well as the South
and injuries the oolored citizens even more
than the whites. 1t means horde of dep
uty Dlarshals at every polling place, armed
with Federal power, returning boards ap-
pointed end controlled by Federal author
itY, the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
people in the several States, the subiugation
OF the eolored people to the control Of the
parry in power and the reviving of race an
tagomsm, now happily abated, of the utmost
peril to the safety and happiness of all;
measure deliberately and Justly described by
a leading Republican Senator "as 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 a seh-perpetuating olgarchy 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 al self-goVerning communities.
Two years ago this revolutionary power
was emphadcally CONDEMNED by the people
At the polls; but N contempt Of that verdict
tbe Republican party has defantly declared
IN its latest authoritative utterance that its
succe the coming election will mean
the enau nent Of the force bill and theusur-
oetio., of jesrotic control over ejoctions in
III 10 etstee
Belioy;,,o tbot the nreser, at,on of rennb.
l;con oovsrnn,eot in the Tinted States is
9enendent mon tbe deteyt of this nohcy Of
lfol;aoJ forro on.i frond W.. invite ,ba
,,,s,,ort IF Il cit,zans Who 5es;ra n 500 fbo
i,tstit,t;,, ,1ainta;od -, its ;ntogr;fy, with
tl I.,os ,,,rs,,ant tboroto which beve oiven
.,'0 aon,ir, bnrdrad Years. Of ,neysr7nlen
r,,..srJ MA ,1aJoe ths Ilernorrati1
p,rsi it,, NJ irf,,.tod VIII 1,o,.,ar r,oi
eeri,t ~ t5a dofoat If tba forop biIl Int algo
y yasen,Is.s o,,nosit,ou IA The Renrhtican
rf gi!stn avoend,t,ro ,1b;ob II,
r. &ort s,,soo NJ iva v,.ars has son. ndarad
~, ,,,nr,',os s,r,,I,s syd annfInd an over.
NJ ,rs,,. tfor ,,Iing nov burdens ~
80. ., 49,, II, sIroaG,, o,.ortovad Inbor
af t.I tx ao,,ptrg '''
- '''N $500 a. prrp rAvArroN
Sec. 8. We denounce Republican pro-
tection rs q fraud. The robbery OF the great
majority OF the American 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 no con-
stitutional power to impose and collect tariff
duties, except for the purposes Of revenue
only, and we demand that the collection o.
auch taxes snail be limited to the necessities
of the Government when honestly and econ
omcaly administered,
We denounco the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted by the Filty-irst Congress rs the cul
mnating atrocity Of class legislation; we in
dorse the efforts made by the Democrats Of
the present Congress TO modify It's most OPP
presstye 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 penencenI
results Una. wi loi,o% ,o az no,,o,r '
peope Ia iil. oa' WoiIinyotr +s,iff wont
10 pAly' ;, ~, ,h Si baTa hon ten rod,,n.
nto operaSon sle' - H iabor Go0" 80 20 ono
.lolls u 'iiy NJ I" on,, tbat thaTo hoe boon o.v
increase " IVY 'a,'' ny 49, oamr+rv ainoe
ncteass 10 o. ploPH,y w T,o ,;o;yt 70
.laV .er mg and AK d.tclss ~bcb wage reduc.
the uul'lioss a'lu u'I ,Io rnn troJo 90 Tho
tlons au Eiley ,d Iu y9 9bat An no smcb nros
oest possible eyiagn f., sn ~ oi1ioiov
perlty haS loAI.lVst l.oua y tL - 10y
we eau Co e'.sl ,So AK ,"G tbi5tv 1oars of
leans Y tpe LUCY @ az t5o 'nn Of
resJflcIye VGei "sa,s. wy ~, p,y '' oor,cu
lerelg Weel' ~ INOi'.ufo a. rnls Of tho
su.u, su' aro bncoma bnrdenod with a real