The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-08-22

INDIANoPoLIs, Aug. 15.-After Gov
Matthews, the permanent Chairman
finished his address before the Demo
cratic State Convention the platform was
read and adopted.
1t indorses the record of the Demo
cratic party in Indiana. particularly
praising it for the passage of the fee and
salary law; the law forbidding the inn
portation of Pinkerton detectives, and
the law against the importation Of alien
or foreign laborers, and the school-book
law The platform then continues:
ave affirm our opposition to the vi
cious system OF class legislation miscalled
protection and pledge ourselves to con-
tinue the battle against it until every
species of extortion and robbery fostered
by the Mckinley act shall be obliterated
from our revenue system and people en-
joy all the blessings of commercial liber-
ty. The protective system has built up
the great monopolies and trusts which
control absolutely so many industries
and haye done so much to debauch the
politics OF the country and corrupt the
legislative department of the Govern
ment. We denounce tariff protection of
every kind as fraud and robbery of
the great majority of the American peo-
pie for the benefit of the few. We main
tain that no tariff taxes should be levied
except for purposes of revenue only and
tthat such taxes should be limited to the
necessities OF the Government, honestly
and economically administered.
"We denounce the Mckinley law
enacted by the Fifty-frst Congress as the |
eliminating atrocity of class legislation.
1--WE approve the efforts of President |
Cleveland and his Administration and of |
the Democratic House of Representa-
tives and a large majority OF the Demo
cratic Senators, and particularly of our
distinguished Senators from Indiana,
Hon. d. w. Voorhees, and Hon. David
Turpie, and our entire Democratic dele
CATION in Congress, to redeem the pledges
made to the country by the last Demo-
cratic convention and to execute the
will OF the American people, as express
ed SC emphaticaly at the ballot-box in
November, 1892.
"we condemn the Republican party
for its persistent effort TO prevent the ex-
ecution OF this Enthusiastically popular
verdict, and We especially condemn the
small coterie of Senators who, masquer-
aiding as Democrats, by threats to defeat
all tariff legislation, have temporarily
prevented the Democratic party from
carrying out all of its pledges to the peo-
pie for tariff reform, as announced in the
Democratic platform OF 1892.
1--WE congratulate the Democratic
party upon the fact that, notwithstand-
ing the open opposition OF the Republi-
can party and the conduct OF few pre-
tended Democrats, a substantial measure
of reform has been effected that many
raw materials have been c
placed on the free list that a material
has been made in the duties q
IN iron ore and coal, and the tariff tax /
n nearly all cases Of manufactured goods, l
including woolens, and of the necessities +
II daily life, have been very largely re- C
luced. Il
"We approve the action OF the House
Il Representatives in following the en- a
ctment OF this law with the passage OF [
eparate acts placing sugar, coal, iron ore II
nd barbed wire on the free list, and we
emand that the Senate shall concur in =
hese righteous measures at the earliest
ossible moment.
Owe especially indorse the income tax
: wise and equitable measure, design
d TO place fair share OF the burdens
I the Government upon the property of
he country for the benefit OF which the 4
expenses OF the Government are SO :
lrgely incurred. ii
ave indorse the law passed by Dem u
cratic Congress authorizing the taxation p
greenbacks as other money is taxed as ii
great measure OF reform, and we take 4,
ride in the fact that the demand for d
lch reform was first formulated by the n
emocracy OF Indiana and that II is due Ia
the persistent and intelligent efforts o.
Democratic representative from In N
ana that this reform has been carried =
n.
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