Owingsville outlook., 1896-09-10

the convention take recess until ESQ Not
seconded
,MessEs,, Lehman OF Missouri, and Bynum,
OF lhdiana, hllhd In the time by short
speeches.
Senator Villas, chairman of the committee
on resolutions, then took the stand and read
the platform as follows:
IT . PLATFORM g..
l1's convention has assembled 70 upheld
the principles upon which depend the honor
and the welfare OF the American people, In
order that democrats throughout the union
may unite their patriotic efforts to avert dis
aster from their country and ruin from their
party.
Tho democratic party is pledged to equal
and exact Justice 20 all men of every creed
avn ctrditlon: TO the largest frced ON of the
individual consistent with good government;
to the preservation OF the federal government
in its constitutional vigor and to the support
OF the states In all their lust rights: 20 econ
omy In the public Expenditure. to the main
,ensnra uf the prb,lc faith aud sound mon, :;
and 1t is opposed to paternalism and all class
legislation
The declarations of the Chicago convention
attack individual freedom, the right of pri-
vate contract, the Independence of the judici-
airy, and the authority Of the president to
enforce federal laws They advocate rcck-
less attempt TO increase the price Of silver bS
| legislation to 'hs debb,en,en' OF our mon
e'htt s'nndaic, and threaten unlimited issues
Of paper money by the government They
abandon for republican allies the democratic
cause Of tarin reform to court the favor Of tho
\ Projections 10 ,heir fiscal hercsy.
In view OF these and other grave departures
from democratic principles we can not sup
| port the candidates Of that convention nor he
| bound by It's action. The democratic party
has survived many dctc - hut CuulA not STIR
| VIZ, victory won in behalf OF the doctrine
and policy proclaimed in its name at Chicago
, The conditions, however. which make pos
| sihle such uttcranccs from national conyen-
tion are the direct result of class legislation
| bv the republican party. II still proclaims, as
| It has for years, the power ard duty OF gov
crnmeut to raise and maintain prices ny law
and u proposes NO remedy Tor existing avils
except oppressive and uni Just taxation
The national democracy here rcconycncd
'hcrcforr rcnews 'tS declaration NJ faith in
| !cih'crlfic principles, Especially as hpplVa-
| bic to the conditions Of the times
Taxation. tarin. excise or direct. IL right
| fully imposed only for public purposes, and
not for private gain Its amount is justly
measured by lubliC expenditures, which
should be limited by scrupulous economy.
| The sum derived nv the treasury from tariff
and excise levies is affected nv the state Of
| trade and volume of consumption. The aniOtilt
| required 10y the tire sury Is determined by the
appropriations made by congress The demand
| taxation has its preteNt in the deficiency Of
| revenue, which has its causes in the stlgna-
| tion of trade and reduces consumption, due
entirely to the loss OF confidence that has fol-
| lowed the populIst threat OF tree coinage and
depreciation OF our money and the republican
| practice OF eXtravagant appropriations be-
yond the needs OF good government We
arraign and condemn the ropulistic con-
Ventions OF Chicago and IT Louis for
| their cooperation with the republican
| party Ia creating these conditions which ere
pleaded IN justification of a heavy increase Of
| the burdens Of the people by further resort
| to protection. We therefore dcnounce pro-
lection and its ally, free coinage of silver, as
schemes for the personal profit of few at the
| expense o, the masses, and oppose the two
parties which stand for these schemes as hos
| tie to the people Of the rcpublic whose focd
| and shelter, comfort and prosperity are AT
tackled by higher taxes and deprecated
| monty.
| In fine, we rel1irm the historic democrati
| doctrine OF turn for revenue only.
| We demand that heLccfnrth modern and Ii.
| eral policies towards American shipping shall
| take the place Of our imitation Of the re-
! stricted statutes OF the eighteenth century,
which were long ago abandoned by every
maritime power but the United States. and
which, To the nations humiliation, have drive
| American capital and enterprise to the use
alien flags and alien crews: have made Il
stars and stripes, al almost unknown cmb,ei
| in foreign ports, and have virtually extih
| Euishri the race CT American scainen. We
| oppose the pretenSe that discriminating duties
will promote shipping. thst scheme is an in
| vitation to commercitl rtarg Upon ~
Unusl States un-Ame~5Csr l- tue light.
our great commerciaI '.--'.s 90. ring
| gain whatever to ~ .... -H Hs.Et'N Will
| greatly increasing Q" ~ 'r' hfs o. agri
| cultural and manu- -.r "- ..,oduct~ -