Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-05
OUR PLATFORM.
REAFFiRMATION OF TlME-HON
ORED PRINCIPLES.


silver Equal lin Purchasing
Power with Gold.
The following is the text OF the
platform of the Democratic party of
the State of Washington, adopted at
North Yakima, Sept. 26. 1884.
The Democratic party of the State
OF Washington, in convention as
sembled, makes this declaration of
principles and pledges its candidates
thereto:
Resolved, That the Democratic
party of Washington reaffirms its I'M
swerving allegiance and devotion to
the principles declared and adopted
by the Democratic party in national
convention assembled in Chicago in
1892.
We heartily approve Of and indorse
the administration of Grover Cieve-
land, and declare again our confidence
in his judgment and patriotism, and
we congratulate the Democratic party
and the people of the United States
on the fact that, notwithstanding the
opposition of the Republican party,
the protected trusts and other combi-
nations, a substantial measure of
tariff reform has been accomplished,
and we point with pride to the fact
that President Cleveland has demon
strated his ability to safely guide the
republic through the difficulties
created by and inherited from the Re-
publican party.
Resolued-That we earnestly and
cordially indorse the efforts of the
present Democratic administration to
refOim the enormities of the Republi-
can tariff system as embodied in the
late Mckinley bill, and we heartily
commend the bill recently passed by
Congress as an intelligent and patri-
otic steps in the direction of an en-
lightened international policy which
is approved by the highest statesman
ship of the world-a policy which
shall throw open the seaports OF the
United States, and particularly the
seaports OF our own State to the raw
staple products, such as wool, fax,
hemp. jute and other staples which
experience has proved must ever be
the basis of q sound manufacturing
system. That by the importation into
our own ports OF these staples we shall
at one and the same time encourage
the building up of local and State
manufacturing system, which shall
free our people from the exactions of
manufacturing trusts 5000 miles dis
tant. and by encouraging the importa-
ton of such staples, stimulate sys-
tenn of international exchange and
thus directly foster aud encourage the
export of our manufactured products,
those products in which we excel the
nations of the earth.
We cordially indorse the earnest
and patriotic efforts of the last Demo-
cratic Congress to relieve the Ameri-
can people from corrupt and demoral-
izing influences of gigantic combina-
tions of trusts, which are conceded to
be the necessary outgrowth of thirty
years of class privileges given to or.
ganized capital by the Republican
party, and we denounce the disloyslty
Of these so-called Democratic Senators
who have observed their reform pledges
less fully than the policy of the Dem.
ocratic party intended, and we also
most heartily approve of the policy of
the Democratic party which seeks by
q reasonable income tax to compel
the gigantic fortunes accumulated by
the beneficiaries of Republican class
legislation to contribute and pay their
fair share of the tax burdens of the
government, and thus, in some meas
ure, tighten the impositions which the
tax policy of the Republican party for
thirty years has loaded upon the daily
consumption Of the people.
We call attention of the voters OF
this State to the hypocritical and va
cillating action, wherein it first de-
clared against the use of silver as
money, and then, 1t the dictation of
its Office seekers and nominees for
Congress, reluctantly gave silver an
equivocal Endorsement. We point to
this as a conspicuous example OF Re-
publican duplicity, and we demand
the free and unlimited coinage of both
silver and gold in the ratio OF 16 to l,
and demand the passage OF such laws
as will make silver receivable for all
debts, public and private and equal in
purchasing power with gold.
The Democrats of Washington IA
yor the establishment Of State Board
of Arbitration by which there may be
secured q peaceful settlement of all
disputes between employees and en-
ployers.
We are in favor of the passage by
the legislature of law providing that.
npon the entry Of judgment OF fore
closure OF q mortgage on real estate,
no execution or order of sale shall be
issued until one year subsequent 10
the entry of such judgment, and that
the sale shall then be made with no
period for redemption.
We point with pride to the settle
ment of the vexed lieu land question
in favor of the settlers, against the
Northern Pacific Railroad, by Demo
cratic Secretary of the INTERIOR
through the efforts Of the Democrats
of the State of Washington.
! We favor the assessment OF real es