Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-11-01

49,, Vi uosH gold and silver without
user mlnatng agail st either metal or charge
lor llihtage, but the dollar unit of COINAGE
Oh 0oth metals must be OF equal intrinsic and
eScnahgea5le value or he adjusted through
lhIefnaticnal agreement or by such safe
suafus OF legislation rs shall insure the
ll",uI nance OF the parityof the two metals.
ana lne eqns! power OF every dollar at all
GlmeS In the markets and in the payment of
eeotS, and we demand thst al paper curren-
~ shs'l be kept at par with and redeemable
IN such coin. We insist upon this policy as
especially necessary iorthe protection fthe
farmers and laboriDg classes. the fl st and
most deiensele.s victims OF unstable money
and a hucmating currency.
BANK TAXATION.
Sec. s. We recommend that the rrobibi.
tory 10 per cent tax on State bank issues be
repealed.
CIVIL SERVICE.
sec, 9. Publ. office is a publctrust. We
resihrm The declaration OF the Demo raj,
Convention OF 1876 tor the reform of The
clYll service, and we call for the honest en-
lorcement for all laws regulating the same
Inc nomination OF a President as in the re-
cent Republican Convention by delegations
composed argely Of appoinlees holding Office
AT his pleasure, is a scandalous satire unon
tree popular Institutions, and startling IL
'usIrauoh OF the methods by which Presi-
dent may satisfy his ambition. We de-
nounce policy under which Federal Office
holders usurp control Of party conventions
IN the states, aud we pledge the Democratic
party to the reform OF these and all other
abuses which threaten Individual liberty and
selt-government.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
See. 10. The Democratic party is the only
party that has ever given the country for
cign policy, CONSTANT and vigorous, COM
pelling respec, abroad and inspiring conf
ience at home. While avoiding ertangling
alliances, it has aimed TO cultivate friendly
relations with other nations, and especially
with cur neigh50rs on the American Cont
nent, whose destiny is closely linked with
our own, and we view with alarm the ten
Iency to policy Of irritation and buster
which is liable to confront us with the alter
native OF humiliation or war at any time.
We favor the maintenance of a navy
strong enough fog all purposes of national
defense "nd TO properly maintain the honor
and dignity OF the country abroad.
RESIoYsTRANCE WITH RUSSIA.
Sec. II. This country has always been
the refuge of the oppressed from every land
-exiles for conscience saAe-and the spirit
OF the founders Of our Government, we con-
demn the oppression pracdced by the Rus
sian Government upon It's Lutheran and
Jewish subjects and we Il upon our Ma
tional Government, in the interest OF justice
and humanity by all just and prCE er means
to use its prompt and best efforts to bring
abouta cessation Of these cruel prosecutions
in the common Of the Gar and to secure to
the oppressed equal nights.
We tender our pr oiouLd and earnest SYM
pathy to those lovers of fe dom VINO are
strugghn for home rule and the great cause
of self government in Ireland.
IMMIGRATION.
Sec, II. We heartily approve all legiti-
mate efforts to prevent the United States
rom being used as The dumping ground for
The known criminals and paupers of Europe;
md VIC demand the rigid enforcement Of the
avs against Chinase Gml ration and the
imp rt4tiol oitor ign workmen under con-
tract to degrade American labor and les en-
its wages, but we gonI3ma and denounce
,ny and ali att mpt5 TO restrict the immi-
grafton Of the industrious and worthy OF
foreign lands
PENSIONS.
Sec 10. This convention hereby renews
the expression of & precmton of the atri-
otis u OF the sol rs and sailors cf the I'm
ion in the war OF its pr se"vat on, and we
favor iu-t and liberal pension to all disa-
bled Union soldiers, their widows and de-
pendents but we demand thac the wo
of tbs Pension office shall be done industrl-
ously, imparJially and honestly. We de-
nounce the pce.enJ administration Of that
Office incompetent, corrupt, dlsgraoeful
and dishonest.
WATERWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
Sec II. The Federal Government should
caro- for and improve the Mississippi River,
md oth.r great waterways of the Republic,
so as to secure Tor the interior States easy
and chesp transportation to tdewaer
When any waterway of the Republic Is OF
sufficient importance to demand aid of the
Government, such aid should be extended
upon definite plan Of continuous work uD-
til permanent improvement is secured.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
Sec. Is. For purposes Of national de-
feuso and the promotion of commerce be-
tween the States, we recognize the early
constr ct on Of the Nicaragua Canal and its
protect on against foreign control as Of
great importance to the United States.