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The DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

The following platform was adopted
by the Democratic State Convention
in session here last May.
The Democratic party Of North Car
oline, in convention assembled in Raj
eigh, N. @, on this day, May 26, 1898,
do hereby approve, endorse anu raUIfY
the last Democratic National and State
platforms, and pledge our earnest sup
port to the principles therein
expressed.
We denounce the Republican party
for the passage Of the DIugly tariff
ill, which has increased the burdens
of taxation upon the consumers and
given the trusts and monopolists
greater power to rob the people.
Believing that under our present
methods of Federal taxation more than
three quarters of our national reve
nues are paid by people owning less
than one quarter Of the property of
the country, we protest against such
inequality and injustice, and in order
to remedy to some extent this great
wrong, we favor Al income tax, and
favor all constitutional methods to
sustain it.
We denounce the Republican party
for the defeat Of the Teller resolutions
declaring our national bonds payable
in silver as well as gold, and denounce
it for its determined purpose Of more
thoroughly fastening the single gold
standard upon our people, and for its
avOwed hostility to the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver as well as
gold, at the ratio OF 16 to /, 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 unequal in it's burdens.
unnecessary and vexRtious; and we
demand the silver seignorage be
coined; that ar income tax be levied,
and that the Secretary Of the Treasury
be authorized to issue the necessary
amount Of full legal tender greenbacks,
or United States Treasury notes, in
order TO meet the expenses of the war
with Spain and to supply the revenue
deficit under the Dingley bill.
While we deplore the war with
Spain, we pledge our earnest support
to the Government in all honorable
ways to effect a speedy and successful
conclusion of hostilities.
We denounce the scandal, extrave
gance, incompetency and corruption
of the present Republican State ad-
ministration.
We denounce all enactments of the
last two legislatures by which cities
and towns in the State have been
turned yer to negro domination, and
we pledge ourselves to enact such laws
as will give security and protection to
the property and people OF every town
and community in the State.
We denouuce the placing Of negroes
on committees to supervise white
schools, and we pledge ourselves, if
restored to power, to enact such legis-
latlon as will make this impossible.
We denounce all legislation enacted
by the legislature of 1895 and 1897 for
carry ing out the base and partisan de
signs OF the Republican party.
we denounce the placing Of ignor
Office.
we oppose the removal by corpor
atlons OF suits or cases from our State
TO the Federal courts, and favor legis
laTion 70 prevent it.
We favor fair and just election laws.
We favor a government of the PEG
ple' oy the people and for the people
economy IN expenditure, the abolition
OF unnecessary Offices, decency in ad
mlnlstratlon, constant improvement
OF u educational syst m, charity to
the unfortunate, and rule by the white
men OF the State.
We favor the extension Of the pow
ers of the railroad commission, and a