Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-07-18
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
Adopted by the Democratic STATE Cen.
NCntIOn at Little Rock,
Jane 14th, 1892.
THE PLATFORM.

THE PLATFORM.
f We, shC delegates of the Democrrtic party
of the State Of Arkansas, assembled in con
} vention at Little Rock, d clare that the sp.
! preHIe issue OF the day is tle reform of the
, administration OF the Government; and that
the people can safely trust the party founded
by jefferson, and whose principles were e,r
phasized in the splendid, patriotic and non.
sectional administration Of Grover G eve.
land.
We denounce the Republican party fol
its fragrant abuse and prostitution Of power
during the last four years. Coming into full
control of all branches of the Government
, in 1888 by the use of unprecedented corrup
, ton fund; largely levied upon Government
, faYOrites by those before and since, close
personally and officially, to the chief bene,
iciary, that party Immediately entered upOl
a crusade Of tyranv, fraud and prohigatC
extravaganza never before yentured upon by
/, any party In times Of peace.
1t found the treasury with large and
daily increasing surplus, and in times Of
great depression, accompanied by the uni
versal demand for relief from the burdens
of taxation, it dIssipated the surplus by
making annual appropriations Of S5OOOOO,-
900, largely for unnecessary and utterly in
dcfeLsible purposes, and thereby failed to
meet and discharge the maturing bonded in
debtedp9ss of the Government, and now finds
itself confronted with an imminent dehcien-
cy. Morever it made many Of its appro-
priations permanent, for no other purpose,
than to prevelt the people from correcting
the evils done, so long us the Republican
party retained control Of either the Senate
or Chief Magistracy Of the nation.
1t transcribed all precedents in vicious
class legislation, in the enactment Of the Ne,
kinney bill, and finally, frightened by The
extremties 20 which it had gone, sought to
appcase the pubic discomfort by reciprocity
fraud, the adoption of which was a cones-
sion Of the iniquity it had porpetraled.
1t deprived States OF their just representa-
ton by ia Sc census,
1t deprived, in The most insolont and ar
bitra;y manner, and practically without an
opportunity to be heard, representatives Of
the people Of their seats in the lower House
OF Congress.
And, finally drunk with its own exeesses,
it Ougttto perpetuate the wrongs it had
done by deprving the people Of the right to
| hold their own ections and choose their
own servants by the enactment Of the in
| famous and eXccrable force bill.
| 1t treated VITA utter contempt all ideas Of
economy and honesty, both in it, pension
| legislation and ia It's administration Of that
! bureau.
1t rejected Democrs tic territories AID ad.
NIT ID Republican territories in order to re-
tain party supremacy.
This regime Of tyranny, extravaganza and
wrong doing, ContTasted with the cean,
| honest, prudent and wise administration Of
Grov,I Cleveland, brought upon the Rel ub-
! ljcan party The most stupcndOus defeat that
ever beloIl my party in this country, and
inspired ancw with confidence and hope all
the oop!a in the possibility Of preserving
free gov, Tnmcut for mankind.
We declare our abiding fidelity to the
! Constitution ofthe United States in its et-
ter and spi it.
We declare our faith i'll the capacity of
the people for sell-goyernment and in their
inherent right to enjoy it, free from Ill Fed
eral interference:
We denounce the Republican party be-
cause it turned its back upon the interests
Of the great mas, es Of society, and sound,
stable government for all, and allied its for
tunes vito corporate We It'll, squander Nc
millions Of the public domaia upon raj roads
fostering legislation, the legitimate ofspring
OF which has been combinations ana trusts,
expressing the labor it protessed 10 protect
and fastening ever increasing burdens on
agriculture, Until the homes Of the people in
great sections Of the country are covered
with mortgages, and the markets of the
world closed to the fruits OF honest toll.
We denouuce the Mckinley tariff as q
crime against honest government and free
people, not only because it levos an unncc-
essary tax and thereby imposes wantoD and
cruel burdens on the people, but because it
destroys the markets Ter their Surplus pro-
ducts.
We denounce it because it is class lcglsa-
ton, enacted in the interest Of tue faycred
few, who are wealthy, and at the expense
and tor the oppression Of the gre t mass Of
the people.
We denounoe it because it does not in
crease wages, but surrendcrs the taxing pow
er Of the Government to the manulaclur, rs
and leaves it to the employers to etcrmne
whether they will divide Tue Immense boun-
| ty it yields With those they employ.
| We denounce it because it is an abuse
and perverson Of the taxing power Of the
| Constitution, which was intended to b,
used to raise necessary revenue for the sup
| port of th9 Government, into the meaus {
pundoring all for the benefit of class
We denounce it because it maugur4 ID
for the first time in a free Government, ;'9
practice OF taking from the public treasu Y
the rooney collected for public purposo.
from ali the people, and with it, pay bouu-
ties to select Industries.
I'VE denounce it because it destroys the in
dependence and selfreiance Of the people,
which is a National Characteristic, and
and teaches them to rely upon government
tai taVortsm.
We denounce it because the inevitable
tendency OF this system is the destruction Of
popular government, in the drbauchmont OF
the ballot, by tribute oXtorted from favored
classes, whose enormous 5ounties depend
upon tho contnuatc &c OF tho system isoI
We declare that the mission Of the Demo-
cratic party is 20 SO reform The tail by Il
reduc ion taxation rs TO limit the revenues
Of the Government ~ its absolute necessi.
ties when economically administered and to
so frame its tariff schedules as to place the
| burdens OF government upon the luXuries
and not np0n the Eocossrries Of lilo.
We favor o suio and sufficient currency,
composed OF gold and silver and legal tender
paper, convertible into coin on dem nd, and
maintained at par with each other.
We declare 1t to be the duty oftbe Demo.
cratic party to preserve the parity ir value
OF gold and silver, and 10 provide the means
by the equal and fair treatment Of both met
ais.
We denouncc the Sherman Silver bill as
IN obstruction TO the fair treatment Of silver
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