Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-23
The Platform.

We, your committee on resolutions,
beg leave to submit the following reso-
buttons:
We. the representatives of the democratic
party of Missouri. in state convention assem-
bled. do hereby reaffirm our allegiance to the
1ime-honored principles OF the democratic
party as formulated by Jefferson and exempli-
fed by Madison. Jackson and other great and
fnuStrlous men, and we believe that the inter-
ests CT the people demand that these principles
: should be applied to the conduct of the federal
government and express our conviction that
fhc prosperity OF the people and the perpetuity
of representative government depends upon
the liz continued supremacy; declare in favor
Of equal rights to all and Specials privi-
leges to none, local {self-government the
highest degree Of personal liberty consistent
With public good and strict construction OF
che federal constitution. and condemn the use
OF federal troops in the states by the federal
government for the Suppressing of domestic
riot no call being made for such troops by the
regularly constituted state authority. and are
junction by the federal courts; that we favor
che imposition OF an income tax. whereby the
wealth of the country may be made to bear its
Just proportion of the public burden. We de-
a1Ounce as unamerican and undemocratic the
.System of taxation on consumption only. ad-
vocated by the republican party. We declare
Ii to be q fundamental principle OF the demo-
cratic party that the federal government has
no cOnStltEtlOQ3i power 10 tulpOSe auu COiAtCI
tariff duties. except for the purpose of revenue.
and demand that the collection of such taxes
ssh all be limited to the necessities of the gov
erument when honestly and economically adj
nninistered.
We further hold that the paramount issue
now before the people Of the United States re-
Rates to the monetary system to be adopted by
This country, and upon that issue we declare
That the federal constitution names silver and
gold together as the money metals OF the
United States The first coinage law passed
by congress under the constitution MADE the
silver dollar the unit OF value and admitted
gold to free coinage at a ratio measured by the
silver dollar unit.
From the beginning of the government. fol-
lowing policy formulated by Thomas Jener-
: son and firmly established by Jackson, the
: democratic party has been the party OF BIZ
rnesailism. favoring the free coinage of both
: silver and gold at the national mints. and op-
ptEed TO farming out to banking corporations
1ne governments sovereign power of issuing
and controlling the money of the people. The
zact OF 1858. demouetizing silver, was sur
rcpttoasly passed, without the approval or
knowledge of the American people and from
she tisae when the effects of this act in fasten-
sH- upon this country the siag!e gold standard
4sScie understood. the democratic party has
consistently and persistentiy urged that the
.Ersevous wrong be righted.
The characterization of silver resulted in the
steady appreciation of gold and a correspond
zng fall in the price OF commodities produced
.oy the people q heavy increase in the burden
sof All debts public and private, the enrich
nneateof the money-lending class. paralysis of
industry and Impeachment OF the neonle
and unexampled distress IN all gold standard
countries Experience has shown that while
nnsier the single gold standard there may be an
ccasioaal revival of business activity. ac-
companied by inhanced advances of q limited
0nmber or commodities, @fuch revival is due to
artificial and temporary causes, and can not
permanently alleviate the sunerinzs due to