Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-26

local Jurisdiction and control over local affairs; no legislative meddling.
 9 Economy in public expense-No pub lie money for private purposes or political jobs strict audit of official expenditures; a low tax rate.
 3. Honesty in public office-No tainted legislature; no corrupt traffic in legisla- tion; clean men and free agents; no hypo- crts.
 4. Equal and honest enforcement of all laws-a proper observance of day of rest and an orderly Sunday; modification or repeal of laws; supported by public opinions; no unjust sumptuary laws; no blue laws; recognition of the fundamen- tai American principle of freedom of con science; home rule in excise as well a S in other matters within reasonable limita- tions established to protect the interests of temperance and morality, and an amendment of the excise and other laws by the legislatu of the state which shall permit each municipality expressing it's sentiments by popular vote by major lty Of it's citizens to determine what prop CT legislative restrictions best suits the special necessities and conditions of the people.
 ,. The attempts of prominent republi- can politicians in the large cities of the |. state to repudiate their own platform are renewed evidence of their hypocracy and dishonesty on the excise question: and Of their desire to deceive the people.
 6. Equal taxation: no unjust discrimi- nation; no favored interests; no partial legislation.
 [ Individual liberty; the right of all citizens to equal opportunities before the law; equal and exact justice to all men.
 8. Honest elections; compulsory official accounting of expenditures by political committees as well as candidates; pos sible registration of voters as safe guard against fraud. 9. Practical and honest reforms in the civil service.
 10. Intelligent and liberal promotion of agriculture.
 II. Approved highways of travel throughout the state in the interest Of our citizesns, and particularly of the farmers and bicycle riders.
 12. Beneficial and needed legislation in the interest of labor.
 13. Federal taxation for revenne only; no government partnership with pro- tected mOnopoeS; no meddling with the present reformed tariff to the injury and unsettling of business and indus tries
 14. Sound money; gold and silver the only legal tender; no currency inconvert- ible with coin; gradual retirement and extinction of the greenback currency; no free and unlimited coinage of silver
 Ia. Strict construction of the federal constitution; rigid maintenance of the re- served rights of the states; no force bills.
 1G. No entangllng alliances with for eign nations; the vigorous enforcement of the Monroe doctrine; no jngoism.
 We reaffirm the democratic national platform of 1892 and congratulate the people that democratic legislation and the democratic administration have successfully brought the country out of the disastrous financial and industrial condition into which it was plunged by the ill-conceived acts of the republican party.
 We indorse the administration of Presi dent Cleveland
 The Republican Record.
 We invite the attention of electors to the humiliating record made by the re- publican party in it's recent restoration to power fin this state. In full control of all branches of the state government equipped with complete power to accom- plsh promised reforms, it has prodigally wasted the peoples money and forfeited public confidence by it's defiance of the popular will and its scandalous disre- gard of the public welfare.
 As result of their less than one year of power, state taxation has been in creased over $4,500,0 000; the tax rate has been raised from 218 to 3.24 many new and expensive state commissions have been created hundreds of thousands of dollars have been fruitlessly and unnac- essarly expended by legislative commit tees in searching through the state de- partments for democratic iniquities, which were not found because they did not exist. The principle of home rule has been deliberately and continually violated; the civil service reform laws have been flagrantly disregarded, espec- tally in reference to the deserving Vefnr- ans, and the entire legislative record has been one of scandal incompetence and eXtravagance.
 Upon such record of faithlessness to public trust the republican party de- serves the condemnat tion of the people at the polls. and the democratic party in vites the co-operation of all citizens in restoring good government to the em- pre state