The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-01
- PLATFORM.
: IR&ores the Silver Question.and
Objects to HIGH TartfR

OBJECTS to High TarIfR
The Prohibition party, in national conven-
y hon assembled, acknowledging Almighty God
slhe source of all truo government and his
INV the standard 30 which all business enact
jnspt must conform to secure the blessings Of
pence and prosperity, presents the following
declaration of principles:
The liquor traffic is foe to civilization, the
hreh enemy Of popular government and pub
10 nuisance. 1t is the citadel of tho forcca
hst corrupt politics, promote poverty and
trfIne degrade the nations home life, thwart
lhh will of the people and deliver our country
eio tho hands of rapacious class interests.
" laws that under the guise of regulation Ie-
fnltze and protect this traffic or make tho
5uvernment share In its Ill Igotten gains are
1rious In principle and powerless as a rem
ny. we declare anew for the entire SUM-
PRESTON of the manufacture, sale importa-
ron, exportation and transportation of alco-
lniic liquors as n beverage by federal and
: hatc legislation, and the full powers of gov
lrnInent should be exerted TO secure this ro-
nlt. No party that fails to recognize tho ma
lure Of this Issue In American politics is de-
hEving of the support of the people.
No citizen should be denied the right to vote
bn account of sex, and equal labor should re-
teiye equal wages without regard to sex.
Tho money of tho country should bo issued
by the general government only, and in sufi-
rient quantity TO meet the demands of busi-
aces, and give full opportunity for the employ
volnme of money ia demanded. No individual
N corporation should be allowed To make any
profit through its Issue II should be made a
Legal tender for the payment Of all debts pub
lilo and private. It's volume should be fixed at
definite sum per capita and made to increase
with population, and should consist of gold, sill
var ami paper.
Tariff should be levied only as a defense
against foreign governments, which levy tar
!. Ia upon or bar out our products from their
= 1rxlnr rlpfu hot fTntA ANn1
due OF means necessary to an economical ad-
ministration of the government should be
raised by leyying the burden on what the pc o.
pic possess instead of upon what we consume.
Railroads, telegraphs and other public cor
porations should be controlled by the govern
nsnt In the interests of the people, and no
atgher charges allowed than is necessary to
eve fair interest on the capital actually in
vested.
, As foreign immigration has become bur-
esn upon INDUSTRY, one of the factors in de-
pressing waI snd causing discomfort, there
fore our imm alton laws should be revised
and strictly enforced. The time of residence
Cor naturalization should be extended and no
naturalized person should be allowed to vote
nntil one year after he becomes citizen. No
resident aliens should be allowed to acquire
land in this country, aud we favor the limita-
Hon OF individual and corporate ownership
Of land. All unearned Rrants Of land to rail-
road companies or other corporations should
be reclaimed.
Ysars Of inaction and treachery on the part
Of the Republican and Democratic parties
have resulted In the present reigns of mob
law, and we demand that every citizen be pro-
!ssted u the right of trial by constitutional
All mon should be protected by law In their
right Of one days rest In seven.
Arbitration is tho wisest and most economi-
ealend humane method of settling pst'eaal
4iGerencss
< aecnlations In margins, the coruering o.
p, money and products, and the formation
lols, trusts and combinations for the ar
ary advancement of pi Ices should be sup
sed.
les as false to the standards reared BY
founders; as faithless TO the principles
lie illustrious leaders of tho past, to whom
they do homage with the lips; as recreRnt te
the higher law, which Is as infiexible in politt
pal affairs as in personal life, and as no longeI
embodying the aspirations of the American
ypeople, or inviting the confidence Of enlight
ened progressive patriotism. Their protest
against the admission of moral issues" intC
politics is q confession Of their own moral de
seperacy.
Each accuses the other OF extravaganza IL
congressional appropriations, and both ART
alike guilty. Each proteets, when out Of power
against iDfTaotion OF the civil service laws
and eech, when In power, violates thosc law
In letter and in spirit. lAch processes fealtJ
to the interests OF the toiling masses but both
9pvertly JuQkls to the mopey power In the
Admipistfati6n Of public Affairs. Even tht
gsEiH issue, as Represented In the pefnoorptic
Aills BILL and tho Republican Mckinley bill
u no longer treated by them as tue isspe be.
ssesn great and divergent Princiklss of Coy;