Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-28
OF NEW YORK DEMOCRACY ADOPTED AT
 SARATOGA.

OF NEW YORK DEMOCRACY ADOPTED AT
 SARATOGA.
 The platform adopted is as follows:
 The democratic party of New York con- graduates the people of the state upon the restoration of business confidence and the improvement of industrial conditions, which are following the repeal by demo- cratic congress of the laws of it's republi- can predecessors; unsouEd financial iegis- lation, driving out our gold and threaten ing single silver standard; worse than war tariff, unnecessarily adding to the cost of living, diminishing federal revenues and over stimulating favored industries at the general public's expense; protigate ex- penditures, converting an assuring treas- ury surplus into an alarming def1cit-these were the ill-conceived and ill fated pro- ducts of republican partisanship, which brought the country to the verge of hnan- cial and industrial ruin; which wiped out private fortunes, reduced incomes, turned tens of thousands of men out of work, closed factories, destroyed business, brought thousands of deserving poor face to face with starvation and inflicted general dis grace upon the American people.
 The complete transfer of the government to the democratic party was too late to avert these terrible evils; it could only G. move their uses and repair the injury.
 We, therefore, rejoice that by the repeal of the Sherman law for the purchase and storage of silver bullion, all fear of de- preciated currency has been allayed and faith has been restored in the ability of the government to maintain a constant parity between It's gold and silver coinage; that by the repea. of the Mckinley tariff law the inordinate taxation of the many for the benefit of the few has been notably dimin. ished and the plane of negotiable and monstrous customs dues, which have starved some industries and overfed others, in that tariff schedules have been adjusted so that, while affording ample safeguards for American labor, they reduce the pric @ to the people of the necessities of life and encourage the promotion of industry by cheapening the cost of many raw materials used in manufactures; and that by reduc- ing expenditures wherever po5si ble, and by provision for the additional revenues, the legitimate demands upon the federal treas- ury will no longer exceed the governments income and necessitate an increase in the public debt.
 isThe beneficial effects of the adoption Of these salutary measures Of public policy are already plainly apparent. Each day gives evidence or returning prosperity. Mills closed by the effects of republican legislation are reopening and their opera: ives are returning to work. Merchants report largely increasing vol ume of business, and manufacturers are preparing for the period of prosperity which the readjustment of the tariff and cheaper raw materials certainly assure. We concur with President Cleveland that the new tariff law does not em body the full issue of tariff reform, but with him also we indorse it's provisions for cheaper anu sreer raw materials and lower taxes as suostap' tial recognition of democratic principles, and we bespeak for the law an impartial trial, con fident that its successful opera tion will convince the people of the wis-