Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-05-14
IOWA'S DEMOCRATIC PLAT
FORM.


Democracy has given him a promi-
nent place among the presidential
candidates. The platform adopted
by the Hawkeye Democrats can not
fail to interest all classes of people.
We give it in full as follows:
We reiterate our devotion to the
principle that all are born free and
equal. We assert that this does not
mean necessarily the physical, social
or moral equality of all men, but it
does mean equal right for all men be-
fore the law and social privileges for
none. It means the right of every
man to put into his own mouth the
bread that he earns with his own
hands, and all of it, without having
it tolled or taxedsfor the private bene-
fit Of any of his fellow mon, and we
denounce all such tolling and taxation
as it exists under the so-called pro-
tective tariff system.
We declare that the citizen is best
protected when insured in the abso-
lutte control and disposition of his own
wages aDd substance, but he is most
certainly robbed when deprived of
this disposition and control, and when
others exercise it for him, not for his
benefit but for Their own selfish ends.
All Limitations upon the liberties of
the citizen not required in the
interests of good morals and good
government are odious and tyrann icai.
We hold it to be self-evident that
limits imposed by law which compel
one citizen to his own certain loss to
trade with designated classes of citi-
zens for the certain gain of such
classes is Of this odious and tyrannical
character and we assert our conf
dence that free people cannot be
permanently deluded into supporting
such legislation upon the pretense
that they are thus being protected,
while having their rights invaded and
denied for the benefit of monopolies,
trusts and combinations. The condi-
tions that have been brought about
by this falsely called protection must
be reniedied or we must have, instead
OF pure Democracy, where the voice
and liberties and interests OF the peo-
pie are supreme, a government Of the
classes, by the classes and for the
classes, in which the masses will be
servitors ard subordinutes equally
trampled upon and despised.
We declare that this is the para
mount issue in the Presidential cam
paign. The Republican policy of
spoliation OF the treasury to pay
bounties for the favored few was re-
pudiated by the people at the polls of
1890 and will be rejected IN 1892.
With free ships and the markets OF
the world open to our farmers, our
wage workers and our mechanics, we
will have that larger field of COM
MERGE and that genuine reciprocity
for which Democrats have ALWAYS
commended, and our industrial and
commercial supremacy is assured.
Trusts and monopoies tn their i'm
ported foreign labor are entitled to no
favor over our mechanics, wage work
ers and farmers.
We demand such free raw material
for our factories, shops and FORCES as
shall secure emancipation from indus
trial bondage,
We demand free list made up of
many articles OF necessity and CON-
fort to the people and reduction of
import duties all along the line, fixing
the limit at basis which shall give
no greater revenue than is requIsi q
to the needs OF The government, hon.
estIy and economically Administered.
The Democratic parry o. Iowa
recognizing the nat 'olal obligation to
ina'otain a sound and honest Gu rreucy
OF equal value in all lis forms and of
suitable volume 70 preserve u Just