Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-25
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
Adopted by the Democratic State Con.
YcntI0n at Little Rock,
June 14th, 1892.
THE PLATFORM.

, THE PLATFORM.
We The delegates of the Democrrtic part,
of the State OF Arkansas, assembled in con
, 'ention at Lt'tla Rock, clare that the su
; preme issue OF the day is tae 'orm OF til,
, administration of the Government; and tina
the people can safely trust the party founded
: by jefferson, and whose principles were en-
phasized in the splendid, patriotic and non
sectional administration of Grover G eve
land. .1
We denounce the Republican party fol
its fragrant abusa and prostitution of power
during the last four years. Coming into iul
control of all branches of the & government
in 1888 by the Use of unprecedented corrup-
ton fund; largely WED upon Government
faYorites by those before and since, close
personally and officially, to the chief bene.
fciary, that party Immediately enter,d upo
crusade of tyrany, fraud and prchgate
extravaganza never before ventured upon by
any party In times of peace.
ltfound the treasury with a large and
daily increasing surplus, and in times OF
great depression, accompanied by the uni
versal demand for relief from the burdens
of taxation,pit dissipated the surplus by
making annual appropriations # S500,000,-
900, lar yely for unnecessary and utterly in
defeLsble purposes, and thereby failed to
meet and discharge the maturing bonded in
debtednoss of the Government, and now finds
itself confronted with an imminent defcien-
cy. Moreover, it made many of its appro-
priations permanent, for 10 other purpose,
than to prevent the people from correcting
the evils done, so long as 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 Nc,
Kinley bill, and finally, frightened by the
extremities to which it had gone, sought to
appease the pubic discomfort by reciprocity
fraud, the adoption OF which was comics.
sion of the iniquity it had perpetrated
1t deprived States of their just representa-
ton by ia Sc census.
1t deprived in the most insolent and ar
bitrary 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 excuses,
it fought to perpetuate the wrongs it had
done by depriving the people of the right TO
hold their own e ections and choose their
own servants by the enactment of the in
lannon's and execrable force bill.
1t treated with utter contempt all ideas OF
economy and honesty, both in its pension
legislation and in its administration of that
bureau.
1t rejected Democratic territories ard ad-
mitted Republican territories in order to re-
tain party supremacy.
This regime of tyranny, extravaganza and
dnin tod with ha or
honest, prudent and wise administration Of
Grover cleveland, brought upon the Rel ub-
lican party The most stupendOus defeat that
ever befel any party in this country, and
inspired anew with confidence and hope all
the people in the possibility of preserving
tree government for mankind.
| We declare our abiding fidelity to the
Constitution oft United States in its let
ter and spi it.
We declare our faith in the capacit, of
the people for self-government and in their
inherent right to enjoy it, free from all Fed
ersl 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 with corporate We ,ith, squander ng
millions Of the public domaia u pom raj roads
fostering legislation, the legitimate offspring
o which has been combinations and trusts,
expressing the labor it professed 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 denouLce the Mckinley tariff as q
crime against honest government and a free
people, not only because it levies an unnec-
essary tax and thereby imposes wantoD and
cruel burdens on the people, but because it
destroys tho markets Tor their Surplus pro-
ducts.
We denounoe it because it is class leglsla-
ton, enacted in the interest of the favored
few who are wealthy, and at the expense
and tor the oppression OF the greet mass OF
the people.
We denounce it because it does not in
crease wages, but surrenders the taxing pow
er of the Government to the manufacture RS,
and leaves 1t TO the employers to determine
whether they will divide the immense boun-
ty it yields With those they employ.
We denounce it because it is an abuse
and perversion of the taxing power of the
Constitution, which was intended to be
used to raise necessary revenue for the sup
port of tn, Government, into the means Of
plundeing all for the benefit of y class.
We denounce it because it lnaugurated
for tie first time in free Government, the
practice OF taking from the public treasury
the n oney collected for public purposes
from all the people, and with it, pay boun-
ties to select industries
We denounce it because it destroys the in
dependence and self.reliance of the people,
which is a National characteristic, and
and teaches them to jely upon government
tai favoritsm.
We denounce it because the inevitable
tendency OF this system is the destruction Of
popular government, in the debauchment OF
the ballot, by tribute extorted from favored
classes, whose enormous bounties depend
upon the continuance of the system itself
We declare that the mission Of tho Demo-
cratic party is 10 so reform the tariff by a
reduction Of taxation as to limit the revenues
of the Government to its absolute necessi.
ties when economically administered, and to
so frame its tariff schedules rs to place the
burdens OF government upon the luxurles
and not npon the necessities of lte
] We favor u safe and sufficient currency,
composed OF gold and silver and legal tender
paper, convertible into coin on demand, and
maintained at par with each other.
We declare 1t to be the duty ofthe Demo-
cratic party to preserve the parity in value
of gold and silver, and 10 provide The means
by the equal and fair treatment of both met
ais.
We lenounce the Sherman Silver bill as
an obstruction to the fair treatment of silver
and as q sham anu a pretense, intended to
postpone honest honest legislation and to
appease the silver producers while giving no
relief to the people.
We declare our purpose to continue TO
maintain, support and develop our public
schoolsin the interest of general intelligence