The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-04
Platform Of tho Pocatsllo Convention

The Democratic State Convention
held at Pocatello May 25th adopted
the following platform:
We, the democracy Of Idaho IN dele.
gate convention assembled, avow our de-
votion to the Jeffersonian principles first
declared by the men who founded our fre<
institutions and established our party
with the sacred trusts to preserve and
maintain them.
The national Democratic platforms Of
1884 and 1888, endorsed by the vote in
those yeals, and 70 heartily sustained BY
the popular vote in the congressional cleo.
lions Of 1890, have our hearty approval
Wecommend the organization Of the in
dustrial classes for elf-protection against
trusts, combines and monopolles, and We
call the attention of the farmers and lab
oress to the fact that everything they com.
plain of il the result of thirty five years
Of Republican legislation in the interests
Of corporate wealth, Capitalization Of
class legislation, wanton squandering Of
the public domain, ultra protection, sill
yer demonstration and unrestricted i'm
migration of pauper labor-all are Re-
publican iniquities.
Resolced, That the delegations to the
Democratic convention ut Chicago be in
structed to demand of that body a. mat
ter Of right and Justice the adoption of a
plank advocating the free and unlimited
coinage Of both gold and silver as full
legal tender money at the present ratio,
and the full and unqualified recognition
of this idea As . cardinal principle Of
democracy.
The Democratic party pledges itself to
remedy a. far as possible the evils grow
ing out of such class legislation by ad
ministering the government upon tn G
democratic principles Of exact and equal
justice to al aud special privileges to
none.
The convention expresses its apprecia-
ton of tho patriotism Of those who fought
for the preservation of the Union apd we
favor just and liberal pensions for all dis
abled soldiers, their widows and depend
ents, but we denounce the Inauguration
of q special pension system for partisan
purposes and the squandering of public
funds under the pretext of bounties to
veterans.
We also favor = prompt settlement of
the long deferred claims of that other
large and patriotic body of veteran pio-
neers, who in making homes in the far
west have suffered property and other
losses from Indian depredations and
spoliations.
We demand a constitutional amend
ment making United States Senators
elective by direct vote Of the people.
We demand the strictest enforcement
of the laws excluding the Chinese from
and prohibiting the importation of for
eign labor into the United States.
The mineral and all other public lands
of the United States are the poor mans
heritage, and we pledge the Democratic
party to preserve them from the aggres-
sions of the greedy railroad land grant
corporations, which are fraudulently, in
violation of the express terms of their
contract, trying to secure them.
The public interests demand the i'm
mediate survey Of the public domain
within this state.
We pledge the Democracy of Idaho to
act in unison with the Democratic party
of the country in the cause o. tariff re-
form, and we deny the right of the gov
ernment to levy protective tariff except
so far as required for the purpose of rev.
enue, and we denounce the tariff and
other class legislation that the Republic
can party has inflicted upon the country
as subversive OF the interests of the peO-
pie aud in conflict with the fundamental
laws of the country.