Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-10-17
WHAT'S PLATFoRNs
Roy Wakes Up and W ants to Know Abou
 These Things.

On4 you won De interested m lt. I've been reading about the plat form, Z. What platform, paf Why, the Democratic platform, of course.
 Are you Democrat, pat E. Yes, sir.
 What kind of Democrat are youi Why-a- why, just a democrat, you run of now, I'm busy. What Is a platform, pa. Why, its a-a-declaration of principles.
 What do you mean by thatg Why-ah-it means, or tells rather what we are in favor of doing. Doing, when paG
 When we get % congress. Are you going to congress, pai No, no, ! mean when our repre- sehtatives get there.
 What does the platform say, pa. Oh, it reaffirms the platform of 1892.
 What was the platform of 1892, pa.
 Come, run of and play now, I'm busvf
 But, want to know what you re- affirm. - We'll, let me see. we demand the free coinage of silver, the abolition of a high protective tariff, the re- peal of the ten per cent tax on State banks, rigid economy in pub lie expenditures.
 Aren't the democrats in power now, pa.
 Yes.
 And your platform is gong to be the same again this year as it was two years agol
 Yes.
 If you demanded and affirmed that all those things should be done, why, when you got in did you not do them3
 Oh, we'll you see it was this way couldn't do it for
 It is a fact, pa, sure enough, that you didn't do any of these things you promised to doi
 Well-a-no, not many. There, run of now, my head aches.
 Did they vote to repeal the ten per cent tax on State banksl No.
 Did they vote on it at alli
 Yes.
 And voted it down after promis- ing the people to repeal iti
 Yes.
 How did the vote stand, pai One hundred and two in the house voted to repeal the tax and one hundred and seventy-two voted against 1t.
 Yet the house was democratic by S6 majority over alli
 Yes.
 Had the people changed their minds since the election and decided they didn't want the tax repealed No. And you say, ps, that these dele gates in congress that were elected to repeal the ten per cent tax, and that promised faithfully to do so, actually voted not to do it when the time came by seventy majority! Yes.
 When congress adjourns these men will go of and hide and never dare look m the faces of the con stituents they have betrayed, wont they3
 Why; ahem-a-see here. if you don't hush up I'll give you thresh ing. There now,
 Boo. hoo, hoo! Twas trying to fnc out about platforms.
 We'll, you shouldn't ask such fool ish questions.
 You are out of humor, pa; what We'll to tell the truth, Bynum from this district, voted against tho repeal of the tax.
 We'll. what of it? He'll never dar, come back 10 Indianapolis agail will he, pa3
 Yes; and that isn't the worst of it He will be asked to return to con gress again.
 He won't get any votes, will he, i he dOesl Why yes. he will.
 On what grounds, pai Does b. -- claim that voting right squarel. against the platform he stood ol entities him to a re-electioni
 No-I-
 He won't get many votes will he pal Why yes, 1 guess he will.
 Shall you vote for him, pai
 Why, ah see here, I'll raise welt on your
 IwOn't say anything more abou Bynum, ps.
 We'll, see that you don't.
 Didn't you say pa, that the coun try needed more money, and tha stoping the coinage of silver mad money th~t much scarceri
 Yes. it was a foolish thing to do { stop the making of money right i the midst of panic that was driy ing men to the wall by the thous ands.
 Did the democrats vote to stol the coinage of the silver dollarf Yes, Bynum among the rest.
 Have tbe democrats reduced el Penses, paf
 No. not much. Have they anY2 No, not a cent.
 Did they increase them any7
 Yes, they had to issue S50,OOO.OO of bonds.
 It was against the law, too, wasn' it?
 Yes, I guess 1t was. They reduced the tariff, didn theYl
 No, not yet.
 Are they going to.
 Yes, if they can.
 What is to hinder a majority dc ing what they want to doi
 Why the Republicans and ie Democrats in the senate are d, termined to keep protective tarl on coal, iron, sugar, collars an cuffs,