The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-09-24
Denouhces, as usual. The present

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back money by saying. ave believe in
| honest money, the gold aud SILVER coin
a2r of the Constitution, and circulatin-
meiium, convertible into such none V
without loss.
N"cld es for equality before the law.
regardless of color.
Declares for a tree ballot and a fair
count.
| Opposes sumptuary laws.
The platform of 1855 adopts that Of 81
Cieveldnd's tariff reform message ac-
! cepted as The true tariff doctrine, and
hosts that Cieveiand'S administration
has paid out more money for pensions
and bGuutlts to the soldiers and sailors of
J the Republic, than was ever paid before
! during an equal period
With 3ll caudur and honesty ask the
read"r 10 compare the platforms OF 1Ss4
and 1873 with those of 1874 aud 1856; then
| you Wiil be able To measure the distance
/ the Democratic party to-day is from It's
| ancient lana marks. Ancient Democracy
| had IFS origin witt sucn men rs JtifeI'-
| son, Madison, Jackson and others of that
| class OF hout ST patriots, While modern
| Democracy is formulated 5y tine Bel
mont family OF New York, VINO are nu-
| tiOnai bankers.
Calvin Brlce, chairman of the National
| Democratic Executive Com mittee, a mil
| lIOnaIre, Il Wall street stock operator 81
rGlirUad king and an ally of Jay GOulu
! III corporate combines.
Senator German, OF MARYLAND, a mil
| liOnaire, vOied to rechartrr national
| banks III 1852. Opposed 10 free coinage
OF silver, faFOrs the protective system,
and many more / could mention Inal
| hold their modern Democratic party III
their vest poe ketS.
From such fountain head, how can
the people eN pc IA pure stream of gov
ernnent. No wonder the wealth pro-
| ducers OF America have reyolted agaiust
cIAsS legislation tavOriug these party
managers, railroad kings, Standard Oil
maSnates. whisky rlngsters and Tam
many boodlers.
The Peoples party platform is set
forth by the adoption of the st. Louis de-
Inants IN lSc9, aud at Omaha in 1880, as
follows:
I'VE demand the abolition of national
banks as banks OF issue, and as II substi-
tute for natio nj banks notes, We de-
Inand that the legal tender treasury
notes be ISSUED i'll sufficient volume 10
transact the business OF The country on
Il cash basis, without damage or special
advantage 70 any Class or call ng; such
notes 10 be legal tender i'll payment OF all
debts, public and private; aud such notes,
when demanded by the people, shall be
loaned To them at not more than two per
cent per annum upon nOn-perishable
products, as is indicated in the sub
treasury plan: and also upon real estate,
with proper limitations upon the guam
tity of land and amount OF money
We demand Il free and unlimited COIN
age of silver.
We demand that the amount of circu-
lating medium be speedily increased to
not less than $50 per capita.
We demand the passage of laws pro-
Ia st.ssa la.aNa Ia
that Congress take prompt act Oh To de-
wise some plan to obtain all lands now
owned by aliens and foreign sybdicates,
and that all lands held by railroads anu
other corporations in excess of such as is
actually used aud needed by them, he re-
claimed by the goyei nnent aud held for
actual settlers only.
Believing i'll the doctrine of equal rights
to all and SPECIAL privileges to none, We
demani that iaxatlOn-Natioual, State
or municipal-shail not be used to build
up one interest or class at the expense of
another.
We demand that all revenues-Nation-
al, State or couuty-shall be limited To
the necessary EXPENSES of the govern
ment, economically and honestly admin
isuered.
We demand just and equitable sys-
TEN of graduated tax on incomes.
We nemand the most rigid, houest and
just National control and supervision of
the means of public coID Dmunication
and transportation. and if this con-
troll aud Supervision does not re-
move the abuse now existing, we de-
Dand the government ownership of such
means of communication and transpor-
tation.
We demand the election of president.
and United States sena-
tUI by direct vote of the people"
This platform Is the pure and undefied
Democracy of our fathers. The princi-
plies imbedded within its demands are
those upon which jefferson built the
Democratic party.
The platforms of 1910 and 1856 are al
most identical with that of the Peoples
party, aud still the farmers and laborers
are urfided, as fools and fanatics, TOP
making All effort 10 retrace their steps
and get back to the principles of thomas
Jefferson AID Andrew Jackson.
The farmers refuie with Indignation
the charges of. the present Democratic
politicians, of advocating a platform of
principles that is not Democratic. The
fal mers have never fl the Democratic
patty, but the Democratic party has left
the farmers.
The Peoples party is now the only
party in existence on this continent that
IS fcuDdeo-,tpon and advocates the old