The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-21
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF INDIANA.
thieves to the Line and is Demo-
cratic Through and Through.

we ANT III Oui OppOSAtiOu w tbO VI
cious system of class legislation mis-
called protection and pledge ourselves
to continue the battle against it until
every species of extortion and robbery
fostered by the Mckinley act shall be
obIiterated from our revenue system
and people eujoy all the blessings OF
commercial liberty. The protective
system has built up the great monop-
olies and tru ats which control absolut-
ely so many industries and have done
so much to debauch the politics of the
country and corrupt the Legislative
department of the Government. We
denounce tariff protection of every
kind as a fraud and a ROBBERY OF the
great majority of the American peo-
pie for the benefit of the few. We
maintain that no tariff taxes should be
levied except for purposes of revenue
only; and that such taxes should be
limited to the necessities of the Gov
eminent, honestly and economically
administered.
1--WE denounce the Mckinley law en-
acted by the Fifty-first Congress as
the eliminating atrocity of class leg
islation.
ave approve the efforts of President
Cleveland and his Administration and
of the Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives and large majority of the
Democratic Senators, and particularly
of our distinguished Senators from
Indiana. Hon. d. w. Voorhees, and
Hon. David Turpie, and our entire
Democratic delegation in Congress, to
redeem the pledges made to the coun-
try by the last Democratic convention
and to execute the will of the Ameri-
can people, as expressed so emphatic
ally at the ballot-box in November
1892.
"We condemn the Republican party
for its persistent effort to prevent the
execution of this Enthusiastically popu-
lar verdict, and we especially condemn
the small coterie of Senator'S, who
masquerading as Democrats, by
threats to defeat all tariff legislation
have temporarily prevented the Dem
ocratic party from carrying out all its
pledges to the people for tariff reform
as announced in the In the Democrat
ic platform of 1892.
1--WE congratulate the Democratic
party upon the fact that, notwith-
standing the open opposition of the
Republican party and the conduct of
few pretended Democrats, a substan-
tial measure of reform has been effect
ed that many important raw mater
iAls have been placed on the free list
that material reduction has been
made in the duties on iron ore and
coal, and the tariff tax in nearly all
cases of manufactured goods, includ-
ing wooens, and of the necessities of
daily life, have been very largely re-
duced.
"We especially indorse the income
tax asa wise and equitable measure
designed to place fair share of the
b Irdens of the Government are SO
largely incurred.
1--WE indorse the law passed by
Democratic Congress authorizing the
taxation of greenbacks as other money
is taxed as a great measure of reform,
and we take pride in the fact that the
demand for such reform was first for
mulated by the Democracy of Indiana
and it is due to the persistent and in
telligent efforts of a Democratic rep
resentative from Indiana that this re-
form has been carried out.
We favor the prompt enactment
of a law by our next Legislature for
the taxationiot that class of money.
We also most heartily indorse the
action of the Democratic Congress in
repeating the odious election law.
We are in favor of a constitutional
amendmentsproviding for the election
of United States Senators by the direct
vote of the people; we are also in
favor of constitution and other chang
es as may be necessary in order that
Congress may assemble as soon after
its election as practicable, and to the
end that the will of the people as ex-
pressed at the polls may receive
prompt and full legislative express
sions.
Cyclone.