The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-06
miscellaneous.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Adopted on Wednesday, July asth,by
the State Democratic Convention.

Adopted on Wednesday, July 2Sfh,by
the State Democratic Convention.
The representatives of the Demo
cratic party of Maryland, in State Con-
vention assembled, do hereby reatlirm
their allegiance to the principles of
the party, AS formulated by jefferson
and exemplified by Madison and Jack
son. AS the nation advances and
| develops new ISIS ues are presented and
old issues disappear, but the tunda
mental principles of Democracy born
| of human needs aud Graded in events.
The preservation of personal liber
| ty,
The equality of all citizens before
| the law,
Freedom of speech,
Freedom of the press,
Freedom of conscience,
| The reserved rights of the States,
And the supremacy of the Federal
| Government within the limits of the
| Constitution
These remain untouched by the vicis-
STUDIES of time and eVolutions, and
will ever stand as the best and only
| guarantee of the perpetuation of free
institutions.
The Democracy of Maryland, in
common with the Democracy of the
| Union, believe now as they always
always have believed in honest
money, the gold and silver money of
| the Constitution and the coinage of
both metals without discrimination
against either into standard dollars of
final payment and redemption.
We note with satisfaction that the
demand of more than six and one halt
millions of Democratic voters express
ed at the polls last November has com
PEELED President Mckinley and Il Re
publican Congress to urge upon the
| European powers, through the
medium of a duly appointed commits
| sion, the necessity for an international
conference to arrange the terms OF Il
bimetalic system under the operation
of which both gold and silver shall be
used and recognized as money OF final
redemption.
The suffering of the masses, the
honest toilers, the bone and sinew, the
| brain and courage and manhood of
the land, have met with the sympathy
of the Democracy, and the protest of
our great party, so eloquently voiced
in last years elections, has forced the
Republican party, despite its AFRO
gance and recklessness, to recognize
the needs of an aroused and patriotic
people. And while many Democrats
have not approved all the expressions
of their party in national convention,
bimetallism will surely come. 1t may
come through the instrumentalities
set in motion by the present admins
tration, though in truth inspired by
the intrepid action of the Democratic
| = a
prosperity and happiness that follow
in its train will be due TO the courage,
the undaunted fidelity and the intelli-
gent patriotism of the Democracy.
In all respects other than this re
luctant performance the Republican
party has been false to the pledges
and professions upon the strength OF
which, last November, it secured the
SURFACES of the American people.
Triumphing upon an issue of tinan-
cial reform, it was bound by every OBJ
legation of good faith to redeem its
promises to tine country. Every ex-
isting act relating to the currency is
the work of the Republican party.
That party is responsible for every
one of the defects in system now
universally regarded as being vicious
and unwholesome,. That party is,
therefore, responsible for their cor
rection.
Yet President Mckinley convened
the Congress in extra session within
the fortnight following his Inaugural
ton, and now, after more than four
months of deliberation, which the
Democrats have had no power to in
terrupt or influence, the Congress has
adjourned without giving the people
the smallest measure of financial re
lief and with the sole result of impos
ing upon them a tarilf law more OPP
pressive and Ubiquitous than has ever
disgraced our statute bOoks--a law
, which taxes the masses for the bene
fit of the classes, which narrows the
field of individual opportunity, which
forbids the expansion OF our commerce
and which has not even the merit oil
providing a sufficient revenue for the
. proper conduct of the Government
1t is in all respects more odious anC
] ahhorrent measure than the Mckin
lev act of 1890 That act was over
whelIningly repudiated and rebukeo
by the people in 1892. The DingleN
act will be still more signalIy con
: demned in 1898.
l. The Democratic party, i'll the inter
est of the whole people, will continue
! TO wage war against the lniquities o