Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-10-26
National Democratic Platform
adopted Dy the National Democratic
convention at Chicago, June
21st, 1892.

NaNn
.Hn;. oIIaqlance to the principles of the par.
W. o. formulate bv Jefferson and ezempli-
~ bv a long and illustrious line of his sue
oS.ors In Democratic leadership from Mad
20: 20 cleveland. We believe that the pub
i;o ,,olfac re- demands that these principles he
OnI;ed TO the conduct OF the Federal Gov
orrnr,ent through the accession to power of
H. ,,artv that advocates them; and we sell
onIv declare that the need of a return to
,hoso fundamental principles of q free pop
''Iar Government based on home rule and
;ndividual liberty was never more than now,
when the tendency to centralize all power
". Inc Federal Capital has become menace
"o tbe reserved rights oftbe States chat strike
ot the very roots of our Government under
tLo Constitution as framed by the Republic.
A. 70 THE FORCE BILL.
sec. Q. We warn tho people of our com
MN country, Jealous for the preservation Of
tbe;r free institutions, that the policy of Fed
orsJ control OF elections, to which the Re-
nub,ican party bas committed itself, is
fraught with the gravest dangers, scarcely
loss momentous that would result from q
rovolutiop, practically establishing monar-
cbv en- the ruins of the Republic.
II strikes at the North as well as the South
and iniures tho colored citizens even more
than the whites 1t means horde of dep
uty marshals at every polling place, armed
with Federal power, returning boards sp-
nointed and controlled by Federal author
itv. the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
neople in the several States, the subjugatioD
Of the coored people to the control OF the
par.y in power and the revivlng OF race an
taconsm, now happily abated, tthe utmost
neri to the safety and happiness of all; 8
measure deliberately and Justly described by
leading Republican Senator "as the most
Infamous bill that ever crossed the thresh
old of the Senate" Such policy, if sane
tioned by law, would mean the dominance
of d. seli.perpetuating oligarchy of office
holders. and the party first entrusted with
it's machinery could be dlslodged from pow
or only by an appeal to the reserved right |
of the people to resist oppression which is |
inherent in all sef-governing communities. |
Two wears ago this revolutionary power
wa. enphatically coEdemed by the people |
at the polls; but in contempt of that verdict |
tho Repu blican party has defantly declared |
in its latest authoritative utterance that its |
succe In the coming election will mean |
the enactment of the force bill and theusur-
nation of des ootic control over elections in |
all the States.
Believing that the preser alton OF repu6-
ican government in the United States is
dependent upon the defeat of this policy Of
egalized force and fraud, We invite the
sgrport of Il citizens who desire to see the |
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with |
the I,ws pursuant thereto which have given |
our country hundred years of unexamplec |
nrosperity; and wa pledge the Democratic |
marty. if il be init usted with power not |
only to the defeat of the force bill, hut also |
to reseutless opposition to the Republican |
policy of prohgate expenditure, which in |
the short space OF two years has squ4ndered |
an enormous surp us and emptled an over |
lowing treasury after piling new Burdens Of |
axation upon the already overtaxed labor
Of the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
sec g. We dcnounce Rlpubhcan pro
lection us u raud. The robbery of the grna
n.iorjty OF the Amcrcan people for th' |
benedt of The lew We declare it to be
Fundamental principle ot the Democratic par |
ty that the Federal Government has M con-
stitutional powgr 30 impose and collect tariff |
duties, except tor the purposes OF revenue |
only, md we demand that the collection O. |
such taxes snail be limited to the necessities |
of the Government W en honestly and econ !
omicallv administ rcd.
" den1unce the Mckinley tNrif law en- |
acted by tn Filty-6rst Congress ss thH cul
minnting atrocity of class egis,atioG; wo in
dorse the efforts madr b, tho Demo, rats OF |
the present ln4ress to modify It's most OPP |
preeslve feat"r,s in the direction OF free raw
materials und Cheaper manufactured goods
That enter into general consumption, snd we
promise lis repetl us one of the benefcent |
results that will follow tho action of th' |
people in ntrusting powerto the Democrat |
ic party. Since the McKinly taliif went
into operdt on there nave been ten leduc- |
tons OF the wares Of laborlng men to one
increase. VS. deny that here has been any |
increlsN ot properly to tho country since
that tariff went into operation; we point to
the dullne.s and distress which waae reduc-
Lons and strikes l.. Til" iron trade as the
best possible evidence that no such pros |
perity has r, suited from the MrKiGley act. |
We call the attention OF thoughtful Amer
leans to the tnct that after thirty years OF
restrictive tnxe, against the importation OF
ieregn wealth in oNchaHg0 for our Sgrcul- |
turgl Surplus the homes and farms OF the |
country havD iu"oue burdrneG with real I
estate iuo, tYAge debt OF over S2 500, 0,0O0OO0
exclusive oi al other forms cf Indebted
ness; tina in one OF tho chief agricultural
States Of the West there appears real es-
tate mortgage debt Averaging Sl55 per cap
ita ol the total population; and that similar
conditions and tendences arc shown to e'lsl
in the other agricultural exporting States
We denounce policy when fosters no in
jutry SO much as IL does that OF the sherll'
ALLEaED RECIPROCITY.
Sec. 1. TIad9 exchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages to the countries par
tjclpating is "A time-honored doctrine OF the
Democratic faith, but we denounce the sham
reciprocity which iuggles with the peoples
desire for enlare ed foreign markets and
ireer exchange by pretending TO establish
closer trade relations with u country whose
articles Of export are almost exclusively ag-
ricultural products With other countries that
are also agricultural, while erecting Gus
tom house barrier fprohbltive tariff taxes
against the richest countries OF the worlu
that stand ready to take our entire surplus
OF products and to exchange therefor com
modities vince are necessarics and comforts
Of life among our own people:
AGAINST TRUSTS.
Sec. g. We recognize in the trusts and
combinations which are designed TO enable
capital TO secure more than its Just share OF
the Joint product of capital and labor and
natural consequence of tho prohibitlve taxes
which prevent the free competition, which
is the lie Of honest trade; but we believe
their worst evils can be abated by law and
we demend the rigil enforcement OF the laws
made to control and prevent them, together
With such further legislation In restraint OF
their abuses rs exper ence may show to bo
necessary.
REPUBLICAN LAND STEALS.
Soc q I ho RpnnhlInan nartV while DrO