South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-07
PLATFOaH on PplsupLH
OF the pemoerstie farsy. Adspssc sy IA.
NAsioa-i censsasioA ~ ohis.<s. June


aAAAEshNA-foN o. rExNcrr1Es
Srcrsox l. The representative OF the Demo
cratic party OF the GATED States. In national
ScHNonttOu assembled. do re.sffrrn th~fr sll.-
sssscs 10 sss principles OF the psrsy as forrnS-
49, ~ senerson and exemplife1 By the long
and iiestsioos lac OF his successors IN BEN =
erano leadsrship from NAeison 70 Cleveland:
these priaoipsss 81 applied 40 TIE coaaaes OF
sae reasrat eovernrnent through accession 10
.nnly DECLARE ihs. sss re:v, ~ We 49, So
sni based home isIs and fss s p iiSsr
~, was never mcre urgent than BOW when the
tendsney 10 centrailss al power a. the F-dsrni
Saltai has become q menace 10 The reserves
roots OF our government uncer the Conssi,utloa
- irAfnea oy the fathers OF tho II public.
FEDERAL cosrnor or SELECTIONS.
SIC 2 We warn the people OF our common
sounuy, Jealous for the Preservation 81 thsfs
Tree institutions that the policy OF FEDERAL ,,n-
sroi OF elections to which the KepuAlicsn p.rtr
has cemmttted itsslf, Is frsugAt Win the grsrcss
dangers. scarcely lsss merentsus tnsn would
result fretn rsvolrtion practically establish
Ia SHon.,sey ca the ruins OF the rspHb,ic.
fn1nres the colorsd citizen even mora mar az
wniss; y mean, horde 81 dePa,y masssAls Al
rretSrnin 8 boards appointed and controlled BY
fsaeral Authority: the outrage Of the electoral
ub1ss,ioa Of Ire coiorsS ps.s. 70 ~. ,ss
OF the party In powst: the revival OF race ant.e-
Sn i,,, new happily absted, md the utmost
peru 70 the safety and happiness Of all: q meas
nre aenbeistely ana justly described By q lead
ling Republican senator as the meat Infamous
would mean she doRinAncs OF = seif-psrpeta.
sting oligarchy OF efncc-holisrs. aud t6s party
nrst entrusted with It's machinery could De ala
loosea ron power emily by an appeal TO the re-
sssssd right OF tn. people 70 resist oppression.
niles. Two years age this revolatisnsfy policy
VA, rss emyhs,ieally Condemned by ths people al
Republican party has donantly dsciarsd in TIA
latest authoritative utieranoe that its success
snens Of the Force bill and the usarpation of
aespotic control over elections in all the Siates
THE YoncE BILL
believing that the preservation of Republi-
pendent upon the defeat OF this policy o, legal
lied force aud fraud. we inyits the support OF
o., G,,Tsns The desire to see ths Constitution
suant thereto. which have given our country A
hundred years OF nnexsmPlsd prosperity. and
trasted with power. not only TO the defeat OF
The Force bill but also TO rsle ntlsss Opposition
ture, which, in Tire short space OF two years has
squandered m enormous surplus and emptied
aens OF taxation upon the already oYertaxed
labor OF the country.
TnK rAnrrr.
$50. 8. We deuounce Republican protection
ss trSSd; robbery OF the great majority OF
we declare IL 10 ba n fundamental principle of
the Democratic party that the Federal govern
and collect tariff duties except for the pnreose
lof revenue only. and We demand that the col.
necessities OF the government when honestly
AM economically administered.
we denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-
acted by the Fifty first Congress as the culmin.
ating atrocity of class legislation; we endorse
the enorts made by the Democrats OF the pres.
ent Congress to modify its most oppressive
features in The direction OF free raw materials
and cheaper manufactured goods that enter
Into home consumption. and we propose its re
peal as one Of the beuencsnt results that will
follow tho action OF the people in entfuatinR
( power 70 the Democratic party Since the Nc.
kinley tArin went into operation there have
been ten reductions OF wages OF lAboring men
to one increase: We deny that there has been
| any Increase OF prosperity to the country since
that tariff went into operation, and we point 20
the duliness and distress. the wage reductions
and strikes In tho iron trade as the best posi-
BILE evidences that no such prosperity has re-.
allied from the Mckinley sot
sNesi 4io.rsAsrs
we call the attention. OF thoughtful Ameri
S . 20 the TACT hat after thirty yesra OF rs.
stsictIve tAxation agaiast importafions OF for
eign products In exchange for our arricri,,,Ss,
snrP'as tho homes and farms OF tbe coartrv
nave become busdened with q real e,tato r,o,i
gaze debt OF over two thousand i've npnJ,ns
milton dollars exclusive OF oil other FORMS af
trsI thHt "a one Of the csiof asricuI
estats mortgage debt averAzinV llA5 per rontta
,io me to'ai popuiatton, and tAa; similar oond
ions Ne sAown TO exist in other Agriourt,,r.,t
exporting States. We denounce a noiiry ,Shi.h
,SSs'e s hS industry so much IL does thai 81
| RrcrrRocrrr
| "sEc. 4. Trade inheritance on tho hal. =.
reciprocal advantages to the countries 70 &C.
pAtng Is umo-honorcd doctriEe Of the Dan,o
S.e nc lAItn. out We denornce the sham rect
Preclty which Juggles with the peoples desirs
LOT ENLARGED foreign markets and freer er
SIs1ses ny pretecding 20 establish closer trade
Lelatl9hs TOT coantFy whose articles OF expori
are almost exclusively aEricuitutnl nrod,ic,s
| WIN other countries that are also AtricaltuTaI
waiis erecting a custom houss barrier OF orc.
1
I tries OF the world that stand ready Ia tsks ~,
tbsresor clp.I Q, products and to exchanges
qua are comforts OF life among our own peouis
TRUSTS.
SIC. D. We recognize IN tFuStg ana y,anorc.
,, W nc. are de,iERsd ~ capital TO secure
OF CAPITAL ana labor a natural cohssauence of
s4int,olIe takcs which prevent that Tree com.
We beheve their worst evils eau BE- sbStsd Nv
law and We demand the rigid endorsements II
gether with such further legislator ia restTsn,
% their abuses Es experisnoO may show to DO
PJBLIc Lands
$50 G. The Republican party. while mo-.
ffessing policy OF reserviua the public lads
Ior smHH holdings BY actual settlers, has siysn
railroads and non-retident aliens. indtvt5n,I
saa eorperAte, possess larger area thaa that
o. Aii cur farms between the two seas TIE
ihsb OsmocrAtio administration reversed the
lmpiovieent and unwlSe policy OF the Repobli-
Gan party touching the public domain ana ne.
CANNED from corporations end syHdicekoa
allen and domestic, aud restored % Che peouls
nearly one hundred million acres of valuable
land 20 be sacrediy held as homesseads for our
citl1ent, and We pledge ourselves ~ co ntiRus
thls poIicy until every acre OF lAnd so uplaw-I
lily held SHAH be reclaimed and festorod 10
the people.
SILVER.
SIC. We denonnoe the Republican iscie.
latou know the sherman act OF $50 ~ a
lcowArQly makeahift. ffhuEht VITA possi bilitlea
Of danger IN the future Witch Should make All
OF It's supporters, hs we'll ss fts author nnriausI
iof its speedy tspsaL We hold - the 49, ~
both gold aud silver as che standard uasuev 81
the country. and 70 the seihero 81 beth soid
ana silver without discrimination arsirst
either metal or charge FOR mintaKe but ia aoi-
iaf ualt 81 coinage OF both metals must be Of
e4uai intrinsic and sxchahrsabia value on IL
aaJuste9 by int9rnatioHhi agreement OF he
eucn Enfcguerdss.rf iegislatica a. shall tnsurs
tte maintenance u he parity Of tks Two nat
as ah4 nc equal power OF every dollar al All
uinaa ma thu ruarket, and In ths paynsnt IN
dohtsi and Ne defasnd that All paper cnrrsroy
snhil oe kept ~ par with and red.stnsbis In
stch coin. " e insist anon this policy a. esbe.
cially necesssry for the protection OF The farm.
crs aud labofiug clsstss the Graf aad most d.
Ifnseicfs victims 81 unstable money aud hao-
tJafluE curFency.
SIC. 8. Wo recommeud that the probibitgv.
~ Ror cent taE on State banks BE- repealed
CIVIL sEHvfcs REFoKn
'sEc 2. Public Office is q public trust We
reemrm tke declaration OF she Uso1rrrstie Ws
uouai Convention on 1870 FOR The reform of the