Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-06-23
THE PLATFORM.
Adopted in the Convention Yes
terday at Chicago.

terday at Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 23.--Following
a synopsis of the platform: The T
presentatives of the Democratic part
cf the United States,in national col
vention assembled, do reaffirm the
allegiance to the principles of ii
party as formulated by Jefferson an
exemplified by long and illustrior
line of successors In democratic leaC
ership from Madison to Cleveland
, We warn the people Of our commo
country, Jealous for the preservatio
of their free institutions, that tn
; policy of federal control of election
to which the republican party ha
committed itself, is fraught with tb
gravest danger. 1t strikes at tn
North as well as the South, and in
lures the colored citizen more thai
the white; it means hordes of deputy
narshals at every polling place, al rn
ed with federal power; returning
boards appointed and controlled by
federal authorities, outrage of elector-
81 rights of the people in the states.
subjugation of the colored people
tu the control of the political
party in power, and reviving race
antagonisms, now happily abated, o.
utmost peri! to the safety and hap
piness of all; measure deliberately
and justly described by leadiDgrepub-
leans as the most infamous bill
that ever crossed the threshold ofthe
senate. We pledge the democratic
party not only to defeat force bill, but
also to offer relentless opposition TO
the republican policy of profiigate
expenditure, which in the short
space of two years has squandered
an enormous surplus and emptied
All overlooking treasury, after piling
new burdens of taxation upon the
already over-taxed labor of the coun
try.
We reiterate the oft-repeated doc
trines of the democratic party thai
the necessity of government is the
only justification for taxation, and |
whenever tax is unnecessary it is
or that when custom
house taxation Is levied upon articles |
If another kind produced in this
the difference between the
cost of labor here and labor abroad,
when such difference exists, it fully
any possible benefits to
abor, and the enormous additional
Of the existing tariff fall
With crushing force upon our farm
RS and working men and for the
mere advantage of the few whom it
exact from labor a grossly
Unjust share of the expenses of the
and we demand such
evision of tariff laws as well remove
heir iniquitous inequalities, tighten
and put them on cons
itutional and equitable basis. But
n making q reduction of taxes it is
lot proposed to injure any domestic
but rather to promote
heir healthy growth. From the
oundation of the government taxes
at custom houses have
,een the chief source of federal rev.
nue., and they must continue to be.
Moreover, many industries have
.ome to rely upon legislation fer sue
essful continuance, so that any
.hange of the law must be at every
tep regardful of the labor and
,apital thus involved. We denounce
he Mckinley tariff law, enacted as
he eliminating atrocity Of class
egislation; we endorse the effects of
democrats in the present congress to
Modify its most oppressive features
II the direction of free raw material |
md cheaper manufactured goods
hat enter into consumption, and !
We promise its repeal as one of the
results that will follow |
he action of the people in entrusting
power to the democratic party. We
leny the increased prosperity of the
since the tariff operation, we
point to the dullness and distress of
wage reduction and strikes in the
ron trade as the best evidence that
40 such prosperity resulted from the
act. We call the attention
)f thoughtful Americans to the fact
that after thirty years of restrictive
taxes against the importation of
ioreign wealth, in exchange for agri
surplus, the homes and farms
IF the country have become burden
ed with real estate mortgages of oyer
Two thousand five hundred million
dollars exclusively of all other forms
lf Indebtedness, that In one of the
chief agricultural states of the West
there appears real estate mortgages
averaging Sl65 per capita of the total
and that similar condi-
tions are shown existing in other
agricultural export states. We de-
nounce the sham reciprocity which
iupgles with the peoples desire for