Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-10-31
National Democratic Platform
.,.,,oa ny the National Democratic
,oayentlon at chlfago, June
21si, 1882.

thsr a, n bv Jefferson and ezempli.
y LONG and ilustrious line OF his sue
ied " 10 Democraiic leadership from Mad
edsolo cleveland. We belieFe that the pub
son "a demands that these principles he
hc ~ r.s N the conduct OF the Federal Gov
ippn., through the accession to power OF
srrty that advocate them; and we sol.
Ipe ieclare that the need OF return TO
ryG ndsmental principles of free pop
VIZ" ovo-nment based on ZONE rule and
uT sjuaI liberty WAS never mora than now,
IT,, tbe tendency to en.ralize all power
Vs. Ss% Federal Capital has becom' menace
~. ,eaerycd right oitho States that strike
70 49,. - ycrv roots of or Government under
-. Eop,titutIon as framed BY the Republic.
A. 10 THE FORCE BILL.
SD We warn he people Of our con-
-, country, Jealous for the preservation Of
~, free institutions, that the policy OF Fed
vi control of elections, 70 which the Re-
.h,ir,n marty has committed itself, is
.,nht with the gravest dangers, scarcely
~ rsomenLous that would result from a
oIrtion. practically establishing monar-
H. On the ruins Of the Renublic.
u arikes at the North as well as the South
"a ;riures tn, colored citizens even more
-, the whites. 1t means horde of dep
uty raarshals ut every polling place, armed
IN Foderal power, returning boards ap-
nointed and controlled by Federal author
hy. the outrage OF the electoral rights OF the
nsople in the several States, the subjugation
II the colored people 10 toe control of the
marry in power and the raviving of race an
tnoonlsm, now happily abated, oftbe utmost
neril 10 the safety and happiness OF all;
niaf1re deliberately and Justly described by
a leading Republican Senator 'as the most
Infamous bill that ever crossed the thresh
Aid Of the Senate" ruch policy, if sane
t;oncd by law, would mean the dominance
Of sli.perpetuating oligarchy of office
holders, and the party first entrusted with
he machinery could be dIslodged from pow
ar only by an appeal to the reserved right
NJ the people to resist oppression which is
Inherent in all Safeguarding communities
Two years ago this revolutionary power
was enphatically CONDEMNED by the people
At the polls; but in contempt OF that verdict
N. Republican party has deiantly declared
IN lis latest authoritative utterance that its
,ucce SIN the coming election will mean
che enactment of the force bill and the usur-
nation Of des ootic control over elections in
Ill the States.
Believing that the praser alton of repub-
iiean government in the United States is
dependent upon the defeat OF this policy Of
lesslzed force and fraud, We invite the
support OF IL citizens who desire to soc the
Constitution maintained IN its integrity with
the laws pursuant thereto which have given
our country hundred years of unexampled
prosperity; and we pledge the Democratic
party, if il be int listed with power, not
only 10 the defeat OF the force bill, hut also
10 resembles opposition TO the Republican
policy of protligate cXnondlture, which in
The short space OF two ar5 .squsndered
an enormous surp US and emptled an over
Gowiag treasury after piIing new burdens OF
taxation upon the already oVertaxed labor
OF the country
TARIFF TAXATION.
Sec. 3. We denounce republican pro-
lection as a fraud. The robbery of the great
majority OF the Amercan people for the
beneat of the few We declare it to be q
fundamental principle oil the Democratic par
" that the Federal Government has no con-
stitutional power to iynpo.e and collect tariff
dutis, except for the purposes of revenue
only, and we demand that the collection Of
such taxes shall be limited to the necessities
OF the Government Waea honestly and econ
omcally administered.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted BY the Fitty-irst Congress as the cul
mnating atrocty of class legislation; we in.
do1s the efforts made by the Democrats OF
the present Congress to modify its most OPP
pressve features in the direction of free raw
materiMls and cheaper Manufactured goods
that enter into general consumption, md we
promlse It's repeal as one Of the benefcent
results that will follow the action Of the
people In intrusting power 10 the Democrat !
ic party. Since the Mckinley talilf went
into operation there have been ten 1educ-
tons Of the wages OF laboring men TO one
incraue vs. deny that there has been any
increms OF property to the country since
that tariff went into operation; we point to
the dulness and Distress which wage reduc-
tons and strikes in the iron trade as the
best possible evidence that no such pros
perity has resulted from the Mckinley act.
We call the attention ot- thoughtful Amer
loans to the fact thai alter thirty years OF
restrictive taxes against the importation OF
fereign wealth in exchange for our agrcul-
turAl surplus the homes and farms OF the
o.,sto Hoort,,oc,o M Lsssf npnr so 200 600 900
exclusive OF all other forms OIL indepteu,
ness; thai i'll one 81 ,tlf@ chiet agrlculSurai
States OF the West tli&rd appeals real es-
tate mortgage debt Averaging Sl5o per cap
w q the toth popu Iatph; ana that similar
cnndltions and Tenderness are SHOWN 10 e.N'
70 the other agricultural exporting STATES
We denounce policy when fosters no IN
iultry SO much as IL does that oil Inc sherin
ALLEGED RECIPROCITY.
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sec T. fiaae e&cuange On Sno H"''S 0 ~
reciprocal advaneNsas. 70 Ine counsr,os Par;
uclpaIlpg Is tlnle-E"V2Ie,tuo,eCi'n " Wy
Boino5S ad';l, ~" as Win the neonlals
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