Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-16
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
Adopted by the Democratic >taie Con-
IentI0n AT Little Rock,
June 18th, 1892.
TIE PLATFORM.

TIE PLATFORM
7 We, the delegates Of thu mocut'c pert,
of the State of Arkansas, assembled in con
-eltion at Lt,tls Rock, d clare that the su
prcme issut OF the day IS tle re- Orm of ti'
administra ion oi the Governme mt; aud tia
the people can safely trust the parry iOun eC
by Jeffrso 4, and whose principles wen ELI
phnsized in the ;pl ndid, patriotic and non
sectional administration ct Grover G exc
land.
We denounce the Republican patty fol
it, tlagrnnt nbus. and prostitution Of power
durn. the lat four years. Com ny into full
control Of all branc es Of the oyernmcnt
in 1888 BY the u-e Of unprecedcnt c"rrup-
ton fund; largely vhd upon Government
faYorites by those before aud i"cr, close,
personally and ofiicI,lly, to he chi"l 6rhc-
iciary, that party Immediately en!e" Il upo
4 crusade OF ryran', fraud ind prehigsIc
extravaganza new be'o venture" up n ly
any party IN times of peace.
1t found the treasury With large and
daily increasing surplus, aid in tiucs of
great depression. accompanied by the uni
versal demand for relief from the burd Ne
of taxation, it dissipated the surplus by
making annual appropriations f S500,000,-
600, largely for unnecessary and utterly m
feLsiblc pur, Oses, and thereby failed to
meet and discharge the maturing bonded in
dcbted 9ss of the Government, and now finds
itself confronted with an imminent Gehcisn-
cy. Moreover, it made Tany of its appro-
priations permanent, for other purpos,,
than to preveit the people from correcting
the evils done, 20 long MS the Republican
party retained control Of either the Senate
or Chief Nagstracy OF the nation.
1t transcended all presidents in vicious
class legislation. in the eaactm' NJ of the Nc
Kin cy bill, and finally, lrigh ened ty the
e1tremilies to which it had gone, sought to
arpoase the pub ic discomfort by rccipiOt iil
fraud, tho adoption OF which was II cones-
sion Of the iniquity it had perprtIa;cd
| 1t deprived States OF their Just representa-
ton by u fa Sc cen. us.
it deprived, in the most insol nj and ar-
btraiy manner, and practically without an
opportunity to be heard, representatives ci
the people Of their seats in the lower IlUuse
of Congress.
And, finally drunk with its own excesses,
it Dug o pcrpetuatG the wrongs it bad
done BY depriving the people OF the right to
hold their own e eclions AID choose their
own servants by the eruct uent Of the in
famous and ext ciablc force bill.
| 1t treated with utter contempt all iG,ss Of
economy and hoi esty, both in it pension
| legislation and in is administration of that
| bureau
1t rejected ncmocr tic territories all ad-
mittcd Republican territories in order TO re-
! tain party supremacy.
This regime OF tyraany, extravaganza and
wrong doing, contrasted with the can,
honest, prudent md VIE administration of
Grow Cleveland, brought upon the Rel ub-
lican party The most stupend0us defeat that
ever befell sny party in this COUNTRY, and
Inspired anew with confidence and hope all
the eop.e in the possibility If preserving
tree gov rnment Tor mankind.
We declare our abiding fidelity to the
Constitution of the United 5 ates in its let
ter and spi it.
We declare our faith in the tapacit, of
the people for sclt-govern ncnt. and in their
inherent right 10 enjoy it, free from all Fed
erpl interference,
We denounce the Republican party be-
cause it turned its back upon The interests
of the great mas es Of socI'ty, and sound,
stable government for all, and led its for
tune; With corporate lib, sQuand,r ug
millions If the public domaia u on raj roads
fostering Legislation, the legitimate offspring
o. which has been combinations and trusts,
expressing the labor it professea 10 protect
and tastenng e,er increasing burdens on
agrlcultur until the homes OF the people in
great sections of The country are covered
With mortgages, aud the markets Of the
world closed to the fruits OF honest toll.
We denoui &C tho Mckinley tariff as a
crime against honest government and fee
pc pie, rot ,nly because it leves an unncc-
essary tux and thereby imposes wantoD and
cruel irdens on the people, but because it
destroys the markets Tor their Surplus pro-
ducts.
We denouD o it because it Is class eglsla-
ton, e,acted in the interest of the favored
tcw who are wealthy, aud at the expense
and tor the oppression OF the gre mass OF
the people.
| We denounce IL b cause il does not in
crease W gcs, but suIrenders the taxing pow
or o, the Government to The manufacture RS,
and leave, it TO the employers to ctcrmine
whether they will divide the Immense boun.
ty it yields With those they employ.
and per ersion Of the taxing power of the
Constitution, which was intended TO be
used to raise necessary feyenue for the sup
port of tn Government, into the meals Of
plunde il Z all for the bel eft Of class.
We denounce it because 1t lnaugurated
for tie fist time in free Government, the
practice Of taking from tho public treasury
the oney collected for public purposes
from all the people, aud with 1t, pay boun-
ties to select Industries.
We deDounce it because it destroys the in
dependence and selfrclance of the people,
which is u National Characteristic, and
and teaches them to ely upon government
tai favoritsm.
We denounce it because the inevitable
tendency OF this system is the destruction Of
popular government, in the dcbauchment OF
the ballot, by tribute extorted from favored
clssses, whose enormous boupties depend
upon the continuance Of tho system self
We declare that the mission Vf tho Demo-
cratic party is so reform the Ia i'll by a
rcduc ion { taxation rs TO limit the revenues
OF tho Government TO its absolute necessi.
ties when economically administered, and to
SO frame its tariff schedules as to place the
burdens OF government upon the luIuries
and not npon tho necessrries of Ito.
We favor u sato aud sufficient currency,
composed OF gold and silver and legal tender
paper, convertible into coin dem nd, and
maintained at par with each oth,r.
We declare II to be the duty Oft The Demo-
cratic purity to preserve the parity liz value
of gold and silver, and TO provide the means
by tho equal and fair treatment of both met
ais.
We denounce the Sherman Silver bill ms
an obstruction to the fair treatment of silver
and rs sham AMI n prelense, intended to
postpone honest honest legislation and to
appeaso the silver producers while giving no
relief TO the people.
We declare our purpose to continue to
maintain, support and develop our public
school. in the interest Of general ellgence
| nd aound and stubl, poyornmont.