The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-08
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a Ticket at Indianapolis ohm M
Palmer, of Illinois, for President
Simon B. Buckner, of Kentucky, for
Vice-President.
The new edition of Democrats, COM
posed of Clevelandites and Sherman
ties, met at Indianapolis last Wednes-
day and completed the job Thursday.
Ex-C congressman Breckenridge, otKen-
lucky, he of Madeline Pollard fame
but who cannot or will not pay the
damages due Madeline, even in SO cent
dollars, c~haperoned the new party, SO
we presume that it was a highly moral
circus.
Senator John M. Palmer, of Illinois,
was nominated for President. Elk
Governor Buckner, of Kentucky, rep
resents the Whisky Trust as Vice Pres
idential candidate.
The Platform of the National Democratic
Party.
This convention has assembled to
uphold the principle upon which de-
pend the honor and welfare of the
American people, in order that the
Democrats throughout the Union may
unite their patriotic efforts to avert
disaster from their country and ruin
from their party.
The Democratic party is pledged to
equal and exact justice to all men Of
every creed and condition; to the lar
gest freedom of individual consistent
with good government; to the preser.
walton of the Federal Government in
it's Constitutional vigor and to the sup
port of the States in all their Just
rights; to economy in the public expen
ditures; to the maintenance of the pub
lie faith and sound money; and it is op-
posed to paternalism and all class leg
islation.
The declaration OF the Chicago Con
right of private contract, the indepen
dence of the judiciary, and the author
lty of the President to enforce Federal
laws. They advocate a reckless at
tempt to increase the price of silver
by legislation, to the debasement of
our monetary standard, and threaten
unlimited issues of paper money by the
Government. They abandon for Re-
publican allies the Democratic cause Of
tariff reform to court the favor of pro
tectionists to the fiscal heresy.
In view Of these and other grave de
partures from Democratic principles,
we cannot SUP p 2rt the candidates of
that convention nor be bound by it's
acts. TIE Democratic Party has sur
vived many defeats, but could not III
vive a victory won in behalf Of the
doctrine and policy proclaimed in it's
name at Chicago.
The conditions, however, which
make possible such utterances from a
National Convention are the direct re,
suit of class legislation, by the Repub
licaps. 1t still proclaims, as it has for
years the power and duty of Govern
ment to raise and maintain prices by
aw, and it proposes 10 remedy for ex
listing evils except oppressive and I'M
just TexatlOn.
TAXATION o REVENUE ONLY.
The National Democracy here con-
vened therefore renew it's declara alton
of faith in Democratic principles, espe
cially as applicable to the conditions of
the times. Taxation tariff, excise or
direct, is rightfully imposed only for
public purposes and not for private
gain. Its amount is justly measured
by public expenditures, which should
be limited by sCrupulous economy. The
sum derived by the Treasury from
tariff and excise levies is affected by
the state of trade and volume of con
sumption. The amount required by
the Treasury is determined by the ap-
preparations made by Congress.
The demand of the Republican party
for an increase in tariff taxation has
it's pretext in the deficiency Of revenue,
which has it's causes in the stagnation
of trade and reduced consumption, due
entirely to the loss of confidence that
has followed the POpulist threat of free
coinage and depreciation of our money
and the Republican practice of extrav
agant appropriations beyond the needs
of good government.
We arraign and condemn the Popu-
listic conventions of Chicago and Sc.
Louis for their co operation with the
Republican party in creating these
conditions, which are pleaded in justi
fcation of a heavy increase of the bur