Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-15
National Democratic Platform
,dou,ea ny the National D, morratic
ca yentlon at fhirago, June
2lsI, 1892.

c..o,iop /. The represent tives Of the
,o',o,.r,iic party of the United States, in
ic,c,.',.,sl t,anven ion sembl-d, do reatirm
Ha..'sI I,,,anca to the principles of the par
lh'', ,,-n,,late hv Jefferson aud exempii-
by long aal illustrious line OF his sue
nel in Democratic leadership from Mad
cessV 20 cleveland We believe that the pub
ison fare demands that these principles he
Ho It'll 10 tho conduct OF the Federal Gov
Appnoo1t through the accession to power of
etnu a.rtv that advocates them; and we 81.
llo ~ declare that the need of return TO
e Sln fundamental principles of a free pop
w.. ,royernment based on home rule and
u i.; liberty WAS never more than now
H. H. the tendency to cen.ralize all power
VIZ ,Iio Federal Capital has becomr menace
a. t tbo reserved rights ofthc States that strike
W No very roots of our Government under
~ w Constitution as framed by the Republic.
81 20 THE FORCE BILL.
Go We warn The people Of our COM
country. Jealous for the preservation OF
M free institutions, that the policy OF Fed
Ino 'I control of elections, TO which the Re-
ei@ h,;can marty has committed itself, is
pub. ubt with the gravest dangers, scarcely
i naa soomentous that would result from
les %oIution. practically establishing monar-
l rev. en- the ruins of the Republic.
on Il strikes at the North us well as the South
"a iniures tn, colored citizens even more
an nm the whites. 1t means a horde of dep
' 10, r,arshals at every polling place, armed
I,i}b Federal power, returning boards ap-
'o;ntad and controlled by Federal author
r.! P Tho outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
W., in the several Stat s, the subjugation
y he colored people to toe control of the
" -, in mower and the reviving of race an.
tp,oon,sm, now happily abated, fthe utmost
nS1il to the safety and happiness of all; a
pp,ossnre deliberately and Justly described by
leading Republican Senator "as the most
famous bill that ever crossed the thresh
nid Of the Senate" such policy, if sane
toned tl BY law, would mean the dominance
Of sell perpetuating oligarchy of office
holders. and the party first entrusted with
ito machinery could be dlslodged from pow
or only by an appeal to the reserved right
of tha people to resist oppression which is
inherent in all selt-govcrning communities.
Two wears ago this revolutionary power
wa. emphatieally cordemed by the people
at the polls; but IN contempt OF that verdict
tbe Republican party has doGanty declared
IN its latest authoritative utteiance that its
sncce IN the coming election will mean
the enactment of the force bill and the usur-
nation OF des potic control over elections in
all the States.
Believing that tne preSer atljn of repub-
ean government in the United States is
dependent upon the defeat OF this policy OF
ledalized force AMI fraud, We invite the
snnnort of IL CIT zsns who desire to see the
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country hundred years of unexampled
prosperity; and W. pledge the Democratic
party, il il be init listed with power, not
only TO the defeat OF the force bill, but also
to reseutless opposition TO tho Republican
policy of profigate expenditure, which In
the short space OF two y airs has squAndered
an enormous surp us and emptled an over
flowing troasu y after piling now bun dens OF
taxation upon the already oyertaxed labor
Of the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec 3. We denounce 4 publican pro-
lection as u fraud. The robbery of the great
majority OF the American people for the
benefit of The few We declare it to be
fundamental principle of the Democratic par
ty that the Federal Government has no con-
stutional power TO impo;e and collect tariff
duties, excep. tor the purposes OF revenue
only, and we demand that the collection Of
such taxes shall be limited to the necessities
Il Of tho Government wben honestly and econ
omcally administt red.
We denounee the Mckinley tariff law en-.
acted by the Fiity-frst Congress as tho cul
miDuting atrocity of class legislation; we in
do:se the efforts made by the Democrats OF
the present Congress TO modify its most OPP
presslve features in the direction of free raw
materials and cheaper m nufactured goods
that enter into general consumption, and we
promise It's repeal as one Of the benehcent
results that will follow the action Of the
people in lntrusting power to the Democrat
icpsrty. Since the Mckinley tariff went
into operat on there have been ten ieduc-
tons Of the wages OF laborng men 10 one
increase. We deny that there has been any
Increase of property to the country since
that tariff went into operation we point to
the dullness and distress which wage reduce
tons and strikes in the iron trade as the
best possible evidence that no such pros
perty has resulted from the Mckinley act.
We call the attention of thoughtful Amer
leans to the fact that after thirty years of
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
iereign wealth in exchange for our sgrlcul-
tural surplus tho homes and farms of the
country have become burdened with real
estate mortgage debt of over $2 800, 100000
exclusive Of all other forms Of indebted
ness; that in one of the chief agricultural
otates OF the West there appears real es-
tate mortgage debt averaging Sl65 per cap
liza OF the total populations; and that similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown to exist
IN The other agricultural exporting States.
we denounce policy when fosters no in
duatry 80 much as 1t does that of the sheriff.
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec A. Trade exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages TO tho countries par
ucpating Is a tmr-honored doctrine OF the
Democratic faith but we denounce the sham
reciprocity which jugglcs with the peoples
desire for enlar, cd foreign markets and
ITeer exchange by pretending to establish
closer trade relations with a country whose
articles Of export are almost exclusively ag-
rcultural products with other countries that
are also agricultural, while erecting a Gus
TOM house barrier ofprohibitive tariff taxes
against the richest o. untr,es of tho world
mat stand ready to take our entire surplus
OF products and to exchange therefor COM
modltles vince are necessarics and comforts
Vi nie among our own people.
A0AINeT TRUSTS.
sec. 3. We recognize in the trusts and
combinations which are designed TO enable
capital to secure more than It's just share OF
Ihe loipt product Of capital and labor and
natural consequence of the prohibitlve taxes
winch prevent the Tree competition, which
y lhe lie of honest trade; but wo believe
thclr worst evils can BIO abated by law, and
we demand the rigid enforcement of tho laws
made n,,a to control and prevent Thorn, together