Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-09
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
Adopted by the Democratic Stote Con.
YCnilOn at LItlle Rock,
Jlue l4th, 1892.
THE PLATFORM.

iASiiiS leoi'u VI Nlt NdN - k'it 10 urn VI ti-t
administration of tue Government; aud that
the people can safely trust the party foun ed
by JEFF r;ot, and whose principles wert eir
lphaszed in the spl ndii, patriotic and non
sectional administration ut Grover G eve
land
We denounce the Republican party for
its fragrant abuse and prostitution Of power
during the last four Yeas. Coming into iull
control of all branc es Of the government
in 1888 by the use of unprecedent' ccrrup-
tion tuud; largely vlrd upon Govern "'cnt
faYoritcs by those before aud since, close,
personally and officially, to he chel benc-
tclary, that party Immediately enter upo
crusade of tyrunS, fraud and preiligste
extTaTagance never before yerture up uy
any party IN times Of peace
found the treasury with a large ard
daily increasing surplus, nd in times of
great depression, accompanied BY the uni
yersal demand tor relief from the burdens
of taxation, it dlssi pated the surplus by
making annual appropriations f $500 000,-
900, largely for unnecessary and utterly m
defeLsible purposes, and thereby failed to
meet and discharge the maturing bonded in
dehted 2ss of the Government, and now fnds
itself confronted with an imminent Geticign-
cy. Moreover, it made many of its appro-
prlatlons permanent, for o other purpose,
than to prevent the people from correcting
the evils done, so long as the R"pu blican
! party retained control oil either the Senate
or Clnot Alagistracy OF the nation
1t transcribed all preuedents in vicious
class legislation in the enactment Of the Nc
Kin ey bill, and finally, lrgb' ened by the
extremites to which it had gone, sought to
app"ase the pubic discomfort by reciprocity
lIaud, the adoption OF which was coufes-
SIGN of the iniqulty it had perpetfated
1t deprived States of their just representa-
ton by ia Sc census.
1t deprived, in the most insol.nt and ar
bitra,y manner, and practically without an
opportunity to be heard, representatives OF
the people of their seats in the lover House
| Of Congress.
And finally drunk with its own excuses,
it oug 0 perpetuaLe the wrongs it had
done BY depriving the people of the right to
hold their own ections and choose their
own servants BY the enactment of the in
famous and exccrabo force bill.
! It treated With a..or contempt all ideas Of
coLOnly and honesty, both in it. pension
legislation aud in It's administration of that
bureau.
1t rejected Dcmocr tic territories ard adj
mittod Republican territories in order to re-
tain party supremacy.
| This regime OF Tyranny, extravaganza and
wrong doing, conlrasted with the C esn,
honest, prudent and wre administration of
drov Cleveland, brought upon the Rel ub-
lcan party The most stupend0us defeat that
ever bcfel any party in this country, and
inspired uncw with confidence and hope all
the scope in the possibility If preserving
! tree government for mankind.
We declare our abiding fidelity to the
| Constitution the United S ates in its let
Ter and spi it.
We declare cur faith in the capacit' of
the people for self'government and in their
inherent right to enjoy it, free from all Fed
erHl interference,
We denounce the Republican party be-
cause it turned It's back upon the Interests
Of the great mas es Of socl ty, and sound,
table government for all, and allied It's for
tunes witt corporate We ith, squand NC
millions Of the public domain ON raj roads
fostering legislation, the legitimate offspring
0 which has been combinations ana trusts,
expressing the labor it professea 10 protect
agriculture Until the homes Of the people in
great sections OF The country are covered
with mortgages, aud the markets Of the
world closed to the fruits OF honest toll.
We denouace the Mckinley tariff MS a
crime rgaiGst honest government AMI a fee
pc pie, Lot only because it lrvies an unncc-
e;sary tax and thereby imposes wantoD and
cruel burdens on the people, but because it
destroys the markets lCr their Surplus pro-
ducts.
We denoun it because it is class leglsla-
lion, eEacted in the interest Of the favored
tew who are wealthy, aad at the expense
and Tor the oppression OF the gro't mass Of
the people.
We denounce it because it does not in
crease W ges, but surrender3 the taxing pow
er Of the Government to the manutac;ur RS,
and leavea it to the employers to cetermine
whether they will divide tie immense boun-
" it J fields with those they employ.
We denopnce it because it is an sbuse
and perversion of the taxing power Of the
Constitution, which was intended to be
used to raise necessary roYenue for the sup
port OF tn Government, into the means Of
pundelng all for the beneft of a class.
We denounce il because 1t lnaugurated
for tie fist time in free Government, the
practice OF taking from the public treasury
the II oney collected for public purpose,
from ali the people, aud with 1t, pay boun-
ties to select industries
We denounco it because it destroys the in
dependence and sefTeiance Of the people,
which is National characteristic, aud
and teaches them to ely upon government
tai tayor,tsm.
We dopounce it because the inevitable
tendency OF this system is the destruction of
popular government, in the dobauchment OF
the ballot, by tribute eXtoHed from favored
classes, whose enormous 5ouuties depend
upon the continqSIce OF the system self.
We decla g that tho mission Vf the Demo-
cratic party is o SO reform tae tariti by ii
reJuc ion Of taxation rs to limit the revenues
of the Government to its absolute necessi
ties when economically administered, and to
so frame its tariff schedules rs to place tle
burdens OF government upon the luXuries
and not npOn the necossrries of litc
We favor u sato and sufficient currency,
composed OF gold and silver and legal tender
paper, convertible into coin IN dem nd, and
maintained at par with each Other.
We declare II to be the duty of the Demo-
cratic party TO preserve the parity r value
OF god and silver, and 70 provide the means
by the equal and fair treatment OF both met
ais.
We denounce the Sherman Silver bill as
an obstruction to the fair treatment Of silver
and as sham AM preiense, intended to
postpone honest honest legislation and to
sppeaso the silver producers while giving no
relioi to the people.
We declare our purpose TO continue to
maintain. support and develop our public
schools in the interest Of general intelligence
and sound and stlb,9 government.
We declare it to be the sense OF this cen
We on that the Penetentinry lease system
should be abolished, ard u Rystm adopted
for the treatment OF GouyiGts more CONSISTENT