Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-23
National Democratic Platform
Adopted ny the National Democratic
Co ventIm at hicago, June
21st, 1899.

Section Tm~ ar scot 'vas of tha
D.,..,,..rp,i.. u RI, - ms lie; slal,s. in
V,t,,, Al G.nven'iou y sembird. do reatfirm
,b.i- s.,r .,Aur- 4. tln principles of the par.
:, -. .arn,l sle bv Jefferson and eAeuipli.
fol hy a long snI illu>trious line of his sue
,..s.ors IN Democratic leadership from Mad.
,.,n to Gle, pland. We believe that the pub
lilo welfare demands that these princlples be
applied TO the conduct OF the Federal Gov
.rnment through the accession to power OF
the party that advocates them; md we sol.
amnIy declare that the need of a return 10
these fundamental principles of n free pop
Mar government based on Tome rule aud
Individual liberty was never NOR" thsn now,
when the tendency to 'en.ralize all mower
;. tie Federal Capital has becom H mrnac..
Ia The reserved right, nfthe States TINT strike
al the very roots OF or Government under
tbe Constitution Ms framed BY thu Republic.
a. 20 THE FORCE BILL.
Sec. 2. We warn bn people Of our GEM
m m country, Jealous for the preservation Of
their free institutions, that the policy ot Fed
ar,l 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 u
revolution, practically establishing monar-
chy on the ruins OF the Republic
II strikes at the North as well as the South
and Injuries tho colored citizens even more
than the whites. 1t means horde OF dep
uty marshals at every polling place, armed
with Federal power, returning boards ap-
nointed and controlled by Federal author
ity. the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
people in the several States, the suljugation
Of the colored people to the control of the
parry in power and the reviving of race an
taeonlsm, now happily abated, Of the utmost
pcril to the safety and happiness OF all; a
measure deliberately and Justly described by
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 self perpetuating oligsrchy OF office
holders, and the party first ntrustnd with
its machinery could be dislodged from pow
er only by an appeal to the reserved right
OF the people to resist oppression which is
inherent in all selt-governing communities.
Two years ago this revolutionary power
was alphabetically CONDEMNED by the people
at the polls; but III contempt OF that verdict
the Republican party has defantly declared
in its latest authoritative utterance that its
succe IN the coming election will mean
the enactment of the force bill and the usur-
patton of despotic control over elections in
all the States.
Believing that the preser alton OF repub-
lican government in the United States is
dependent upon the defeat OF this policy Of
legalized force and fraud, We invite the
support of II citizens who desire to see the
Constitution maintained In its integrity with
the laws pursuant Shereto which hav gwen
our country n hundred years OF nurXanpled
prospority;and " pledge the Democratic
party, il il Or int usted with pu"cr, not
only to the defeat o. the force bill, hut also
to resembles opposition TO the R"pubrican
policy of prohigate expenditure, which in
the short space ot two y ar' has SOU 'adered
an enormous surp us ana enpLlei al over
flowing treAsu y alter piing new bul dens Vi
taxation upon the already overtaxed LABOR
OF the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. ). We denounce publican pro.
lection as a fraud. The robbery OF The great
majority OF The American people Tor the
benefit of the few We declare it to be
fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
W that the Federal Government has M con-
stitutional power to impose and collect tariff
duties, except for the purposes oil revenue
only, and we demand that the collection Of
such taxes shall be limited to the necessities
OF the Government when honestly and econ
omlcally administt red.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted by the Fitty-irst Congress as the cul
minating atrocity of class legislation; we in
dorse the efforts made by the Democrats Of
the present Congress TO modify its most OPP
presslve features in the direction OF free raw
materials and cheaper IN nutacturod goods
that enter into general cont ptiOn, and we
promise It's repeal us one OF the benefcent
results that will follow the action OF the
peoplt in lntrustng power to the Delnocrat-
ic party. Since the Mckinney taLtf went
into operation there have been ten oduc-
tions Of the wages OF laboring men 10 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 dullness 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
fereign wealth in exchange for our agrlcul-
tural surplus the homes and farms OF the
country have become burdened with a real
estate mortgage debt OF over S2 800 ,0O0,0 900
exclusive OF all other forms Of indebted--
ness; that in one of the chief agricultural
States of the West there appears real es-
tate mortgage debt averaging Sl55 per cap
ita OF the total population; and that similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown to o Isl
In the other agricultural exporting States.
We denounce policy when lostert no in
justry 80 much MS It does that OF the sh irlii.
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec. 4. Trade exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages to the countries par
ticipating is time -honored do,trne OF the
Democratic iaith but W. denounce the sham
reciprocity which jugglos with the peoples
desire tor enler cd reign markets and
treer exchange by pretending 10 establish
closer trade relations with country whose
articles ofexport are almost exclusively ag-
rlcutural products with other countries that
are also agricultural, while erecting Gus
tom house barrier of prohibltlve tariff taxes
against the richest countries Of the world
that stand ready to take our entire surplus
OF products and to exchange therefor COM
modities whlce are necessar!ys and comforts
OF life among our own peppie.
AGAINST TRUSTS.
Sec. 8. We recognize in the trusts and
combinations which are designed TO enable
capital to secure more than It's just share OF
the Joint product of capital and lhbor and
natural consequences of the prohibitive taxes
which prevent the free competition, which
is the lite of honest trade; but we believe
their worst evils can be abated by Iaw, and