Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-11-05
National Democratic Platform
,,,rteg py the National Democratic
olyentIOn at Chicago, June
21st, 1892.

2ISt, IcOAs
90, / The representatives Of The
1tC ,arst;c party Of the United States, il
Iai'oo.i Csnvention assembled, do reatirn
N"a' aTogIanea to the principles of the par
tnoE Sl,.,io1nIate7 by Jefferson and e4empli-
" aI lo long and illustrious line OF his sue.
HeI " q q democratic leadership from Mad
ces'oi9 CLEVELAND We believe that the pub
son Foo demands that these principles be
TIC H.ai "a the conduct OF the Federal Gov
aPp-,.-,t through the accession to power OF
- that advocates them; and we sol
lDs jool.re that the need of a return to
emu G,ndameptsl principles of free pop
'I..' ,..,,,arnn1ent based on home rule and
.uL,G;..;5ral liberty was never more than now,
~, tho tendency to aen.rslize all power
" ..ba Federal Capital has become menace
~ si Lo rasoryed rights ofthe States that strike
10 NV. .r,o yorv roots of our Government under
d. 'tT'onstifution as framed by the Republic.
As 70 THE FORCE BILL.
soc . We warn the people of our com
country. Jealous for the preservation OF
t n;r Free institutions, that the policy OF Fed
WI WI oontrol of elections, to which the Re-
sb,ioan marty has committed itself, is
a.,,,l,Tt with the gravest dangers, scarcely
iLADI 7,oynnntous that would result from a
Ie5 linton. practically establishing monar-
Inv en- the ruins Of the Republic.
Il strikes at the North as well as the South
and INJURIES the colored citizens even more
mon @DT tbe whites. 1t means horde of dep
', ..,, marshals at every polling place, armed
Nth Federal power, returning boards ap-
nointed and controlled by Federal author
~ fhe outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
W., in the several States, the subiugation
Fl he coIored people to the control of the
go in mower and the reviVing of race an
t y.C', now happily abated, of the utmost
,oriI to the safety and happiness of all; 8
r,oosure deliberately and justly described by
Leading Republican Senator "as the most
;,f,mous bill that ever crossed the thresh
Id oftha Senate" such policy, if sane
Goncd bv law, would mean the dominance
ar. seH-nerpetuating oligarchy of office
IoIdors and the party first entrusted with
ts machinery could be dIslodged from pow
nv only bv an appeal TO the reserved righ'
NJ the Deople to resist oppression which is
inherent in all selt-governing communities
Two wears ago this revolutionary power
rgs onpbatically condemed by the people
tho polls; butm contempt Of that verdict
tIa Republican party has defantly declared
in lie Intest authoritative utteranCe that its
.rcco SIN the coming election will mean
he enactment Of the force bill and theusur-
nation of desnotic control over elections in
all the States.
Believing that the preser alton of repub-
rc,n Government in the United States is
5ependent upon tho defeat Of this policy Of
'oIoIizad force and fraud We invite the
.rnnort Of Il citizens who desire to see the
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with
the lewe pursuant thereto which have given
our country hundred years OF uneXampled
DrcsnoritY;and We pledge the Democratic
na-ty, if il be intrusted with power not
6pIv TO the defeat Of the force bill, but also
TO reseUtless opposition to the Republican
poicy of prohigste expenditure, which in
the short space OF two years has squandered
an enormous surp us and empHed an over.
lowing treasury utJer piling new burdens Of
taxation upon the already oYertaXed labor
Of tho country
TARIFF TAXATION.
See B. We denounce Republican pro-
faction as g fraud. Tho robbery of the great
majority OF the American people for the
benefit Of the few We declare it to be a
fundamental principle OF the Democratic par
tg that the Federal Government has no con-
stitutional power to impose and collect tariff
duties, except for the purposes OF revenue
only, and we demand that the collection OF
such taxes shall be limited to the necessities
of the Government when honestly and econ
omcaIly administered.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-.
acted by the Filty-frst Congress rs the cul
minating atrocity of class legislation; we in
dorse 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 manufactured goods
that enter into general consumption, snd we
promise It's repeal as one Of the benefcent
results that will follow the action Of the
people in lntrusting power TO the Democrat
icparty. Since the Mckinley taH1f went
into operation there have been ten reduc-
tons Of the wages OF laboring men TO 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 dizziness and distress which wage reduC-
tons and strikes in the iron trade as the
best possible evidence that no such pros
peritv has resulted from tho Mex inley act.
We call the attention of thoughtful Amer
leans to the fact that after thirty years OF
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
foreign wealth in exchange for our agrIcul-
tura surplus the homes and farms Of the
country have become burdened with a real
estate mortgage debt Of over $2 500,000,0OO
exclusive Of all other forms Of indebted
ness; that in one Of the chief agricultural
States Of the West there appears a real es-
tate mortgage debt averaging Sl55 per cap
TIA OF the total populations; and that similar
conditions and Tenderness are shown to exist
1.-THE other agricultural exporting States
We denounce policy when fosters no in
jusJry SO much rs it does that Of the sheriff.
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
Sec. Z, Trade exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages to the countries par
ucipaJng is u Ume-honored doctrine OF the
Democratic faith, but we denounce the sham
reciprocity which jugglos with the peoples
desire for euara cd foreign markets and
lroor exchange by pretending to e9tab Iish
closer trade relations with u country whose
articles oIcXport are almost exclusively ag-
lVuILuVNi products Win other countries Ina'
are u so agricultural, while erecting n Gus
Iom'houso barrier ofprobibitivo tariff taxes
against the richest countries Of the world
mat stand ready to take our entire surplus
Oh products and TO exchange therefor com
modtles whceare necessaries and comforts
o. IIieamong our own people.
AGAINST TRUSTS
Sec, 5. We recognize in the trusts AND
combinations which are designed to enable
capital to secure more than its just share o.
tho Joint product Of capital and labor and
natural consequence Of the prohbitye taxes
Wvhch prevent the free competition, which
i the lie Of honest TRADE; but we believe
IhoIr worst evils can be abated by law, nnc
We demand the rigid enforcement Of the law
made to control and prevent them, together