The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-23

iowa delegation sat
The, stan Of the Cleveland banner broke; but
is bearers quickly splieed Il and started up
another led the storm Rsae % Cheers honSr
hsa rsnnsyi ;S delegate caught 4 from ts
danced s With a Sa1a hs room pen
sylvania seats. where he hoisted II high in the
air. Still the cheering. continued. II showed
Down al the eenre a BS.s
took heart again and started to meet it, They
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s brought his Gayel down for Hrderi The
to stop. Again tho banner started it's triumphal
tour while the Hill men. who could Just be
ponen.s. Missed loudly,
was wntX minutes tsr b1 the sh Ss b
even then It had to run brief competition
bst h Of the
times punctuated with applausse, but its ex-
Whom the silver plank was reached there
was stronger outbreak OF approval than at
s sRa! pe!HS% IL aS tss
SroSsst out ano!Rer bSt very SpisI eisyssna
spplauded the condemn alton o. the iieTTublican
msSe by the them
selves at any point. Not counting INTERRUPT
tions, the platform occupied thirty-hye min
ously Welcomed as relief. The platform as
read Is as follows:
THE PLATFORM AS REPORTED.
srcrIoS 1. The representatives. of the Democratic
party OF the United Sates IN National COM
ssmbled. do rearm their allegiance to the principles
OF the party formuiA cd by Jefferson and enempncd
by the long ad Industrious line u his successors in
Democratic leadership from Madison to Cleveland We
believe the public welfare demands that these prnci
pies be applied to tho conduct of the Federal Govern
ment through accession to power OF the party that
votes them and we soemny declare that tho need of
return TO these funda principles OF free popular
government. based on home rue and individual lib
erty never more urgent than now, when the ten.
dency to centrze all power at the Federal capital has
become menace 10 the reserved rights of she states
that strikes al the very roots OF Government and
the Constitution as framed by the fathers OF the
republic.
SEc. We the people OF our common country,
Jealous for the preservation OF their free institutions
that tho policy OF the Federal control Of elections TO
which the Republican party has committed itself is
fraught with grnvest dangers scarcely less momentous
than would result from revolution practically esab
lshinR monarchy on the ruins OF tho republic. II
strikes at the Nor'h we'll As the South and in.
jures the coiorei citizen even more than the
white II horde OF deputy narshals at
every polling place, armed with Federal power return
Ing boards, appointed and controlled by Federal Au
thory the outrage Of tho electoral rights OF the people
the several states ths subjugaion OF tue colored
people control Of the party power and the
vivine OF antagonsms happily abated OF the
utmost pe-l to the safety and happiness OF ALL meas
deliberately and justly described by leading Re-
publican Senator AS 1.-The most infamous bill that ever
crossed the threshold Of the Senate"
such policy. If sanctioned by law. would mean the
dominance OF self 7erpetuatlng oligarchy OF otfcs
holders and the party first itrusted with Its machn
cry could be dts edged from only by an appeal
the ed right Of the people to resist oppression
which Is inherent In all se!t.soverning communities
Two years ago this revolutionary policy was en-
rhatcaly condemned by the people at the polls but
contempt of that verdict tho Republican party has
dehantly declared IN its latest authoritative utterance
that its the coming elections will mean the
enactment If Force bill and the usurpaton OF des-
potic control over elections in all the states.
Believing that the preservati1u of Republican gov
eminent in the United states is dependent upon the
defeat OF this policy OF lecalzed force and fraud. We
invite the assistance Of all citizens who desire TO the
Constitution maintained in ats integrity with the laws
pursuant thereto which have given country hun
drei year, OF unexamp!ed prosperity: ard We pledge
the Democratic party II It be Entrusted with power
only he defeat OF tho Force bill brt also to
entless opposition to the Republican policy OF profit
expenditure which in the short space Of two years
has squandered an enormous surplus and emptied An
ovcrhowins treasury, after p,lpng burdens OF
taxation upon thu already overtaXed labor OF the
country.
SIC We reterate the oftrepeated doctrines Of tho
Democratic party that tho necessity of the Govern
.nt the only Justification Tor taxation. and when
tax unnecessary 1t is unustihabe: that when
Custom House taxGton Is levied upon articles OF any
Kind produced in this country the difference between
the cost OF ,abor here and labor abroad when such
exists fully measures any possible benefits
to labor and tho enormous additional impos'ions Of
the existing tariff fall with crushing force
farmers orkingnen. and for the mere advantage
the few whom it enriches exact from labor grossly
Just share OF the expenses Of the Government and
demand such revision OF the tariff laws rs vii! re-
move their inQuitous inequalities tighten their OBJ
rressions and put them ON constitutional and eQui-
table basis.
Blu. in making reductions In taxes Is not proposed
injure domestic industries but rather TO pro.
mote their healthy growth. From the foundation of
this Government the taxes collected at the Custom
House been the chief of Fede al revenue
Such they must continue to be Moreover. many in
duStres have come to rely upon legislation for sue
cessfu con tnuance so that any change OF law must
every step regsrdu OF the labor and capital thus
involved The process Of reform must bs subject in
the execution OF this plan 10 the dictates Of justice
We lenounce the Mckinley tarin law enacted by the
Fttyrt Congress IS the eliminating atrocity OF class
lsgislation we endorse the efforts made by the Demo.
Gratis of the present Congress to modify Its most OPP
pressive the direction of free material
and cheaper manufactured goods that into homo
ana We propose its repeal ms one OF the
results that will follow the action OF the
people intrusting power to the Democratic party.
Since tho Mckinley tarit went into operation there
been reductions of wages OF laboFing men TO
one Increase. We deny that there has been any in.
crease prosperity to the country since that tarin
went INTO operation, AMI we point 10 the duness and
DISTRESS the reductions and strikes in the iron
trade the best possible evidence that such pros
psrity has resulted from the Mckinley act.
We call lie attention of thoughtful Americans TO tho
fact that after thirty years OF restrictive taxation
against iirpora ions OF foreign product in exchange