Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-01
National Democratic Platform
,aoptea ny lie SatIenel Democratic
Convention Mt rhlrago, Jane
2lst, 1882.

National Canveniol y souoleu' ~ 'euil III
~ ollecianca to the principles OF the par
suom formulate hv leae~snn aad ezcmp;-
~ hv a long and illustrions lae OF his scc-
no1 IN Democratic leadership irem h&d-
80 70 Cleveland. We ealieYo that the pab-
~; ;o ,velfafe demands that these pFin rlHles ha
o,I;ed TO the conduct OF the feocTal Gov
"tpnrment through the accession to power Of
10 Marty that advocates then; aud we 81.
",nnIv declare that the need OF return to
tbasc fundamental principles OF free pop
lar government based on Eomc rule and
;ndividual liberty was never more than now,
n,hon the tendency to 'sn;ratlzr al power
v. he Federal Cantal has 5ecom Il menace
to ,bc reserved right, THE States That strike
., the very roots Of or Government under
no a. constitution AS framed by The Republic
A. 70 fus FORCE Byr..
500 .. We warn he people d our COM
~ country. Jealous for the preservation Of
i ~ FREQ institutions, Chat the policy of Fed
s,,o 'i onn,roI OF elections. To which the Re
h,iran PARTY has committed Itself, is
publ euUr with the grsvest dangers, scarcely
ia. ,noneatous that Rould result from. Il
I o,' practically establishing rnonsr-
obv en- the ruins OF thu isepubic.
strikes Nv bJlG al ~ ot o. Wv -~S+SH
u iniures the colored citizens even more
n snNr The whites. 1t means horde of dep
'.tn ,nsrshals ut every polling place, armed
with Federal power, returning boards ap-
"o;uted and controlled by Federal author
ty. the outrage OF the electoral rights oil the
W. in the several States, the subjug.tion
Of the colored people to tne control OF the
- in mower and tic reyiving of race sn
P"f'J IL, huto1 If tbp pt r,1a
Ell IN the safety and happiness ot all;
maasure deliberately and justly described by
:, Ioudino Republican Senator 'as the most
jnfamcns bill that ever crossed the thresh
oid ~ The Senate" such policy, it sane
tiorcd by law, would mean the dominance
81, eo,t. perpetuating olig8Tchy of office
holders, and the party iirst entrusted with
&c machinery could be tlslodgod from pow
er only by an appeal to the reserved right
of the people to resist oppression which is
inherent in AL sel-governing communities.
G',go wars as0 this revolutionary power
VA. emphstie.ly c1demed by the people
At the pcls; but IN contempt Of that verdict
the Republican patty ha; delianJly declared
in lbs latest authoritative utterAnGe that Its
succe IN the coming election will mean
the enactment OF the force biz ard the usur-
nation of des Jotic conLToi over elections in
all the States.
Believing that tae pre.er atl3n G! repub-
lican government in the United states Is
dependent upon the dsfeat Of this policy OF
egalized force AMI fraud w invite the
support of Ii cltiz8ns who desire TO see the
Constitution maintained nltS integrity VITA
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country hundred years OF uneXaInpled
prosperity; and W. pledge the Democratic
party, if il be int u ted with power, not
only to the defeat Of the force blu, but also
to resembles oppoaiion 10 the Repubicaa
policy of prohigete ,xp9n hture, which in
the short SPACE ri two y ars has sou ,aGefed
an enormous sum Us aiii enpnol 9n over
aowng tressu ,ttar piinG nos huidens o;
taxation upon TIC alro4ly oyertaxed labor
Of the country
TARIFF TAX sa0T.
Sec. 3. We denolncc r publican pro-
lection rs caud. Til" robbery oil the great
majority OF The Ap,erlcaa people for the
benefit of tho taw We declare il 70 be Il
fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
ty that the Federal Government bas ~ con-
stitutional pow 70 impose and collect tariff
duties, except Tor the purposes OF revenue
only, and We depand TINT the collection OF
such taxes snail be limited 70 the necessities
of the Government w,ea honestly and econ
omlcaly adminst red.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted by thu Filty-irst Congress US til cul
minating atrocity Of class loglsstion; we in
dorse the efforts made b., the Ueinot rats Of
the present Uobgress TO modify It's most OPP
pressiveteatures in tho direction OF free raw
materials and cheaper manufactured goods
that enter into general consun ption, and we
promise Its repeal as one Of the benefcent
results that will follow the action of the
people in lntrustng power 10 the Democrat
ic party. Since the Mckinley tadiH went
into operation there nave been ten Teduc-
tions of the wages OF aborng men to one
increase Wo deny that there has been any
increase Of property to the country since
that tariff went into operation; we point to
the dullness and cisir,s which wage reduc-
tons and strikes IL Tie iron tmde as the
best possible evidence that 10 such pros
perily has resulted from tho Mckinley oct.
We call the attention Of thoughtful Amer
leans to the fact that after thirty years of
restrictive taxe: against the importation OF
tereign wealth in exchange for our agrloul-
tural surplus the homes aud farms Of the
SSVukl JlNO ubiOllp bulA'bSb WIN @ 49,
estate mortgage debt of over 100000
exclusive Of all ether forms Of indebted
ness; that in one Of Tho chief agricultural
States Of the West there appears real es-
tate mortgage debt a; craging S195 per cap
ita OF the total population; and that similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown to exist
in the other agricultural exporting States.
We denounce policy when fosters no IN
,1uetru ,ab IL hat nf tbp . Va Ari1
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec, 4. Trade exchange on tho basis OF
reciprocal advantages TO the countries par
tcipating is q tme-honored doctrine Of tho
Democratic faith, but we denounceth sham
reciprocity which jugges with the peoples
desire for enlarged Foreign markets and
ireer exchange by pretending TO establish
closer trade relations with country whose
articles Of export ara almost exclusively ag-
rcutural products with other countries that
are also agricultural, while erecting Gus
tom house barrier Of prohibltive tariif taxes
against the richest countries Of the world
that stand ready 10 take cue ontira surplus
OF products and to exchange therefor c5n-
modlties whice are neces.aries and comforts
Oh lie among our own people.
AGAINST TRUsr'
Sec. s. We recognize in the trusts and
combinations which are designed to enable
capital to aecare more thun ia just share OF
the joint product Of capital and lrbor md
natural consequence Of the pr1hibitYe taxes
which prevent the lreo competition, which
Is tho lie Of honest trade; but we believe
their worst evils cnn DO ubSted by Jaw, and
we demand the rigid enforcement Of the laws
made to control and prevent thom, together
with such further legislation In estraint OF
their abuses as experience may show TO be
necessary.
REPUBLICAN LAND STEALS.