Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-07-30
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
Adopted by the Democratic St1te Con-
YtHtOn ut LJt;!e Rock,
Jane 14th, 1892.
THIS PLATFORM.

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We tho delegates Of the Dcmocrrt'c party
of the State CT Arkans,ts, assembled in con
vention at Little Rock, clare that the sU-
preme issue of the day is tho re'orm Of the
administration OF the Government; aud tuut
the people can safely trust the party Ioua ed
by Jcif.rsoa. and whose principles wors Gu
phsszea in the spi ndi3, patriotic ard non-
I sectional adinil iStra:ion of Grover Ceye-
land.
We denounce the Republican party for
its fragrant abuse and prostitution Of power
! during the la7ttour years. Coming into full
control Of all brsnc e5 Of the government
in 1888 BY the use Of unprecedented ccrrUp-
tio!t fund; largely yiCd upon Govern cent
| fuyorites 10y those before and since, close,
personally aud officially, TO the chief benc-
! ticlary, that party Immediately entered upo
crusade of tyrany, fraud and TF.Higa'e
extyaTGgance never bc!o'e veltured up by
any party III times OF peace.
1t found the treasury with a large ard
daily increasing surplus, and in times Of
! great depression, accompanied By the uni
vcTsal demand for relief from the burdens
Of taxation, it dIsaipated the surplus by
msking annual appropriations # 9500OO0,
! 000, largely for unnecessary and utterly IN
| d. feLsiblc purI oscs, and thereby failed to
meet and discharge the maturing HOnded in
iented 9ss OF the Government, and now finds
| itself confronted with an imminent deticigE-
cy. MogeyGr, it made many Of its appro-
priations permanent, for o other purpose,
than to prevent the people from corr citing
the evils done, so long as the hep"bicau
party retained control Of either the senate
/ ~ 'b;oF .frie4 20 ayr nj ti,a tf..f
It transcribed all prccoieuts in vicious
class legislation, i'll the enactment Of the Mc
Kin cv hill, ana finally, iriuh' ened by the
extremities to which it hal gone, sought to
app ase tho pubic discomfort by reciprocity
.JIraud, the adoption Of which was Il COMES
sion Of tic iniGuity it had perpetfatod
1t deprived States OF theic just representa-
lion bY II ia Sc nfus.
|. 1t deprived, in the most insol4nt and ar
b:trary manner, and practically without IA
opportunity tG be heard, representatives Of
The people Of tHoir seats In the lower House
81 Congress.
And, finally drunk with its own excuses,
it ,oug. o pcrpctuate the wrongs it had
done By deprying the people OF the right to
hold their own ectiOns and choose their
own servants by the enactment of thc in
famous and eXLcIabl0 force bill.
IL treated with utter contempt all iIaeS Of
economy aud horcsty, both in it, pension
legislation and 10 is administration Of that
! bureau
Itreiectad NemCcr ii. territories aGd adj
NIT q hepHOIgan territories IN order 10 re-
tain party supremacy.
Ihls regime OF tyranny extravaganza ana
wrong dong, con rested Win tAe G can.
honest prudent "nl we administration. OF
TroYl Cleveland o'on=ht upon th' ""! uo-
lcNl parry 'Ae moss s'nHcneous doleAI IAAJ
ever Gel Shy parry IN ms country, ana
inspired oncW WIN cohId9nc' aEd nope al
tie eop!e IN the POSSIBILITY q preserving
trse government Tor MANKIND.
we decMo our 90luinG HdciHJ to the
oohStiNtl!A OIL Tue OhlVTo . "'e' III lis ret
ter ana sPl IT,
We declare orr i~th IN the c2Eclt OF
tne people Ior seI-goEeFh lphC ana ~ t,er
inherent nghL 70 IiJOF H. Tree from all fea-
eli eiIcfohco,
we dehouhce Jh9 hepuDHcan party DC
cause II turned lis DanK upon Inc lntCreS's
| oI Ihe great mas es Oh sorl'IN' ana sooil''
,taOio government iof AL and all cd lis Tor
tunes VIE corporate We :th, sq'".a'r hg
all,Hoh9 OF inc pHOHc uoihai u, o"ial ro&a'
IosC'!iHS iegisIa'!ol, the IeEtlhlEt1 oHspllhE
o. "hicn mas pee, coinoiAaQoAs ana russ,
/ pressing '"' I"o"l IL Prol'sseu 70 PIoO''
A'C IoSyc"i'H or increasing puIe'Es ON
u''ur ; 1'i1H '"9 Lo'l's oI 'h2 people W,
@.'' Soe1Io"S o. INC country af9 c1roi"u
WI !" ,I'sH%1F' "a tiIo iila'ho1S Of INC
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