The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-02
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
by the State Convention,
May 26tb, 1898.

The Democratic party of North
Carolina, in convention assembled ,
IN Raleigh, N. c, on this Cay, May
26, 1898, do hereby approve, en- I
dorse and ratify the last Democratic
National and State platform, and
pledge our earnest support of the
principles therein expressed.
We denoTnce the Republican party
tor the passage of the Dingley tariff
bill, which has increased the burdens
OF taxation upon the consumers and
given the trusts and .monopolists
power to rob the people.
Believing that under. our present
methods of Federal taxation that
more than threc-quarters of our
National revenues are paid by people
owning less than OnC-quarter of the
property of the country, we protest |
against such inequality and injustice,
and In order to remedy to some |
extern thls great wrong, we favor an !
| income tax, and favor all constitu |
tlonal methods to sustain it.
| We denouDce the Republican party !
| for the defeat of the Teller resolu-
lions declaring our National bonds
payable IN silver as well as gold, and
denounce it for it's determined pur-
pose of more thoroughly fastening
the single gold standard upon our
people, and for it's avowed hostility
to the free end unlimited coinage OF
silver. AS we'll as gold. at the ratio of
l6 to 1, into full legal tender money.
We denounce the Republican party
for its determination to issue bonds
at this time, and we denounce the
republican war tax bill which lately
passed the House OF Representatives
as unjust and un. lal in it's burdens,
unnecessary and vexatious, and we
demand that the silver seignorage
be coined; that an income tex be
levied, and that the Secretary of the
: Treasury he authorized to issue the
necessary amount of full legal tender
greenbacks, or United States Treas
ury notes, in order to meet the ex-
penses of the war with Spain and TO
l supply the revenue deficit under the
Dingley bill.
t While we deplore the war with
Spain, We pledge our earnest support
! to the Government in all honorable
! ways to effect speedy and success
3 ful conclusion OF hostilities.
r We depo ounce the scandal, extrava
: gance, incompetency and corruption
f of the present Republican State ad
= ministretion.
We denounce all enactments OF the
= last two Legislatures by which cities
! and towns in the State have beer
# turned oyer to negro domination
5 and We pledge ourselves TO enact
o such laws as will give security anc
o protection to the property and PEG
$ pie OF every town and community il
d the State
We denounce the placing o
!, negroes on committees to supervis
:, white schools, aud We pledge our
e selves, if restored to power, to enac
lie | such legislation as will make thi
lie Impossible.
:. We denounce all legislation enacted
e by the Legislatures OF 1895 and 1S9
- !or carrying out the base and partl
~ san designs OF the Republican, party
!. We denounce the placing of ignoI
IS ant, irresponsible and corrupt me-
t. in office.
We oppose the removal by corp y
atiODs of suits or cases from on
:, State to the Federal courts, an
favor legislation to prevent it.
We favor fair ana just electio
laws
We favor government of the pee
T. pie, by the people and for the poop
economy i'll expenditure, til
abolition OF unne cessary offices
decency in admioist: ton, constaE
n Improvement of our educationf
IN system charity to the unfortunat
Mt and rule by the white men of tt
IS, State.
| n hn 0f RI
powers of the Railroad Commission
of and close scrutiny into affairs
en- order to ascertain, establish an
main tain such rates as shall be ia
and Just to the people and to tt
co transportation and transmissio
es corporations.
u We condemn free passes.
Id We fayor the election of Unite
&c | States Senators and Railroad Con
missioners by the people.
We favor the enactment of sue
legislation as will encourage capit
n to make investments within OF
State, and guarantee that the san
shall be justly protected.
We favor d union OF the hiiv
p forces of the country in the Coz
he gressional elections, and cordial
oh invite all voters, without regard
en- past political affiliations, to uni
with us in supporting our candidate
for Congress who favor the fir
on coinage of silver, thus giving pract
le- cal force and effect 20 the recon-
" mendation- of our Democrat
ne. ne National chairman, Hon. james
-, Jones, and to the GoDgression
he committee
mt We admire and recommend wi h
as out stint the great and gallnr
fight made by Hon. William
Bryan i'm the last National campaig
for the success OF our party and IL
n principles of our platform.
lee We call attention to the wis
,n economical, honest and honorat
no administration Of the affairs of OF
,r, State for twenty years prior to tt
er present Republican administrator
a and promise the people return {
1t wise, honest, economical and homo
ok able administration under Demt
al cratic success We call upon ever
p believer in honor, honesty an
economy. upon every advocate (
he equal and just taxation, upon ever
he ady ocate Of the income tax an
1t, opponent of plundering tariff taxa
to ton, upon every advocate of til
p restoration of silver, and opponeI
OF OF the single gold stand 'rd, and tn
gs p esent issue of bonds, as threatene
~. | nv tho Ropublicou Marty uDoD GU N