The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28
Democratic Platform
Adopted in Nebraska
Iull Text Of Dooument...Iu.
come Tax and Free Coin.
age Of Silver Named.

age OF silver Named.
TIE platform adopted by the Ne
. ososks Dsnocrstic convention was %
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We, the Democrats of Nebrasks,
ID convention assembled. do hereby
& yoonsm cad endorse. in whole. and
\ - peFs. II letter aud 10 spirit, the
p)a5losm adopted BY the Democratic
\ Nosioual ooaveatiou held 10 Chicago.
1855.
We favor amsndmeuts to the Fed
\ 90 oosssisssioa specially authorising
k<ob ioeooe tax ssd oviding for the
\ o0oo@ioa of United Stasss senators BY
~ 1iseos vote Of the people. We
E GDDoes gossvanent BY injunction and
~ b)ockIiea. and favor arbitration q
D oesss Of settling disputes between
oogposssioss ssd their snplyees.
I've Observe with approval the sup.
Dose givss By Democrats throughout
y ~ ooussry 20 che movement looking
' ooWssds the musioipsl ownership OF
B uosioipsl frspohises
Y We favor the principle of the ini.
oIoiive snd referendum whenever il
go b applied
We are IL favor of liberal pensions
% deserving soldiers and to their
depsndauts |; We believe that names
upon the pension rolls should not be
arbitrarily dropped. and We believe.
. stated In the lest national platform,
hat the fact Of enlistment end ser
vice should be deemed conclusive
ovidsace against disease and dissbil.
/, Nv before enlistment
We ere ia favor Of the immediate
eosslruosion and fcrii6cation Of the
NissssGuso canal By the United
0ooees
We oosdsnn tho Dingley tariff
Nv - trust breeding and extortion
Inviting uessuse. skillfully devised
~ the purpose Of giving to . few
M tsvoss which they do not deserve
end oil plscing upon the many bur.
dsss which they should not bear.
We welcome the opportunity offer
Cd THE year 70 take the Federal
govsrumsns out Of the hands Of the
Rspobliesa party. which hss sbsn.
dossd American idess aud American
jdssis end. ss the command Of cor.
poss.s wealth. hss plotted sgsinst
She tinsncisl independence of the in.
diviiusI ssd nov contemplates the
nulli6cation Of the declaration Of the
Aoericsn Independence
We pledge ourselves to wage IN
usosssipg warfare sgaiost oil the
ssusls--shs money trust. the Undue
trial trust and ths international land.
grabbing trust.
Ipstesd Of . system which would
chain our nation TO the gold standard
sad compel Il 10 participate In oil the
Disturbances which come to Euro
pssn ussioos. We demand an
Ansricsn fnascial system. made BY
The American people for themselves
20 bs secured By the immediate res
torasion Of the free end unlimited
coinage Of gold and silver ct the
present legal ratio Of l6 to without
WsisiDg for lbe cid or consent of any
other nation
The Republican administration has
admitted che gold s.audsrd to be IN.
Satisfactory BY spPoioting . commls
siou 10 solici, foreign aid 10 restoring
she double STANDARD. and Republican
congress, even while trying to make
the god STANDARD permanent. hss
confessed judgment against the
standard by attempting TO revive the
dslusivs hope Of International bimet.
sllism
Instead Of the system favored by
the Republican party. under which
national banks are To be permitted
so issue aud contro, ,ne volume OF
paper money for their own profit, we
Tsiteraie our deu and for that 6nsn-
cisl system which recognizes the
governments sovereign right to issue
eli money We demand the retention
Of the greeubscks ss they now exist
aud the retirement Of national bank
notes 40 rapidly - greenbscks can be
substituted for them
We believe the, privste monopolies
ere indefsnsibls. are iotoiersble. aud
We cosdsmn the national admin;stis
tiou TO- iis failure To euforce the pres
ent law sgsiot the trusts or to recon.
mend Q more effective law
We favor . State constitution
which will prohibit the organization
of q monopoly within the state and
slso prevent . monopoly organized
elsewhere from doing business with
In the state /; bu, we further believe
shs, congress should supplement the
efforts Of the state by Legislation