| Show PLATFORM OF principles adopted by tho ali democratic kallon Nat jona convention june 22 1802 sm sec 1 the the democratic party of tile alio united sri stales ates in national conven den do their alle allegiance glanco tt tc the of thu party nn as formulated by Jeff and by the abo long and ami illustrious Ilustr Ious lino line of his successors I 1 lu a democrat to ic from MILd Ml dibon IbOa to clevel clerland Cler dand it we W believe tho the public welfare demands il abat h int thes principles bo be applied to tb the conduct of 0 ahe federal all to pow of the party that advocates them and WO we solemnly declare that tile tired c of f a return to aboe fundamental principles of tree free popular government tin bujwid ou cill loine home rule and ual liberty was re neier er intire urgent than now when tie hie tendency to centra centralize liLo all tit the federal capital ling hai become a menace reserved rights of the jalcs that striker fit at the very roots of our government and under the oa as trained framed by the fathers of the republic sec 2 wo warn I 1 lie ibo people of our common country jealous for alio of their free institute lous that I 1 ibo he policy of I 1 ibo lie federal control or of to ii aich the republican republic an party has committed committal itself is fraught I 1 ith the gra traveil veiL dangers danger arc rear arcely coly ick lc i momen momentous tou than llian would result fronia practically es tin on ilia ibo ruing niini of tile republic aswell at tile bouth and injuries lD Jari tile colored citizen een moro alio llio it means of I 1 marshals at it every ciary pilling place armed with federal power returning appointed nud and controlled by bcd rill ral authority tho outage of the iha electoral of tile the lu in the so era b beaten t ap t ile ibe it oa of the lie entered colored people to i of jbv clr party in homr anil melt alic ic vi ing of I 1 aco ant now happily abet abat adof it of tho the utu st irell 1 teril to the rely end and happiness of all a 11 measure dc liberat els limit and justly jusdy by it a leading republican as aa the ihu hobt lufa moui bi bill I 1 I 1 that cro d tha L of if thes the pilate such a policy li if ann honed by law would loan ilia doutis etive of a self perpetuating oll oil farchy of aud and the party girnt in trusted I 1 M lib its machinery could ile bo f from r 0 in power only by an act appeal to thu re served r ig lit of the people 0 to o i chist oppression aich at inherent in all ul bif governing communities two years icara ag aso 0 o this revolutionary policy utis us emphatically condemned by the people at the polls poll but in cobitt fript of that tile republican baity has bus del bellanti lanti declared in lla its latest authoritative irume timit iti success ili the coming elections wilt will arucan the enactment of tho forca bill and the hie usurpation of despotic control over elections in kit all be states slates believing that the iho preservation of republican in the united slates Is 1 dependent upon the defeat of this lisul ind forte force and fraud wo we invite thu the of nil all litt zons I 1 lie desire to see the iho constitution lit in Us its integrity with willi the laus lm i pur nant thereto bich havo have given our country a hun hue tired years of unexampled it us und and wo we pledge the iho democratic party it if it ho bo in trusted wila power riot not only to lo the lie defeat of tho force bill but also to relentless opposition to lu the republican policy of expenditure bich in the hort spice space of livo iwu yeara rear lias bis squandered un an enormous surplus and emptied no an over flow ing ine treasury after piling new burdt burdina ns of lathi I 1 ion iloa upon the almady ON labor of the country sec 3 ave 0 denon the mckinley lariff law enacted by tho arty n diat zt coughi na As the culminating atrocity of class aig II 11 kia IIA tion lion MC e hi indorse dorie like efforts maie by the democrats ocra t of the present conried con sied giess to its most op pressie 0 features lit in tho of free raw and cb caier man goods that cater into lome homo cou ion and wo promise its one of aliu littna binl that will follow lle action af tile people in mer to tile iho democratic party since the mckinley tariff went anlu tilt operatic i there hai haio 0 been ten rt of it nawi arc of of lu li boring men to ono one increase wo we deny that there las bos been any increase of pra erity to be country sinco since that tariff nent A ent into nicra tion ion end and vo ve point to the dulane s nii anil I di milreis dil tres reis the iho wage inductions andi in tho fioti trade as 03 tho the bett lios sible cIble uce that no such prosperity lies has resulted from the iho mckinley act wo we call the attention of arnoll I 1 cans to ill abo 0 tact fact that after thirty ienn car or of re taxation against importations of foreign products product in exchange for our crI cural bur burrhus burr plus lus the iho boutes aul and farms farma of tin the country have bare become burdened with wilt A real estate laate mortgage debt of 01 arni ert 0 thousand flo alio hundred million dollars doll drs of all ot clr forms of indebted nosh that in outi buo of the thief chief suites of ibo be west there appears akyi ara it 11 real estate mortgage debt ILI craning aliz per capiti capita and that similar conditions rondi condit lioni ioni lire are bbown irown to c eliat in other agricultural exporting stated lul cs rv ce we i 0 denounce nourice a policy which foster no industry 60 macli cs it durs 8 thal of alio llio we denounce leno utice I 1 republican protection as a fraud a robbery of tho the great creat majority of tile american iline rican people for the if f the row we vo declare it to bo be a fundamental prin Jille of the iho democratic party that the federal government liis ivas no power to enforce reeann and collict collet marij duties except for the purpose of re revinue verine only arid abid demand that the collection collet lion of s taxes rhall bo be limited to the iho necessities 01 ol tile be and n honestly attly and economically administered sec 4 trade interchange on the basis of I 1 10 c cipro ilir ocal cal adan advantage lul vantage tage to the countries participating is a time honored doctrine of the acm faith but we denounce the abam reciprocity which juggles with the ibe pe peoples desiro desire for enlarged foreign markets unit freer ax x changes by pretending to establish h acla tlona for a country choso whoso articles of export aro are almost exclusively agricultural while v laile erecting clicc tt a custom house barrier of lit tariff laric taxes magninat the richest I of tile the world that stand hhand ready to take falo our entire surplus of pr products and to exchange commodities which bich are necessary and are comforts coin forts of life chonk our own people deec teec cc 5 we nye recognize niu tit in trusts and lies are designed byea hy pital to secure more than their just blikre of tile tho joint product of capital and labor IL 11 natural matoral nce 0 f taxes ta iea lite fw om petition which is alio life of coneal but bul wo we believe their wort v e IN ili can be abated by law nud and is ne a demand the rigid enforcement at f liwa laws made to prevent and control tavin together with such further iw littion in r rc of their abasca as may mai ajo ahon to lie bo iary see sec fi 6 the republican party while I 1 ing a policy of reserving tile the public lands tor for ag mall friall holdings by actual kettles sctt kettl lem els hn boa a civell peoples heritage until now a rew few railroads aliens individual aind corp corporate possess a larger at ai ca I 1 luin han that of I 1 fill L ilou our r farms farm a between the hoseas two seas therit the it 1 democratic hemoc batic administration reversed reler Sed cd tho im pro liroi ident and unwise policy of the republican party touching the public domain ani and e claimed from corporations compoi aliens aud and syn sandica dica a cp allen lien and domestic aud and restored to tho the people nearly henrly lf acres of valuable land to be Bic L held as tor for our citi citizens zein lar and ic d wo we pledge ourselves 1 I to continue this policy antil it aery aro acre of land BO be unlawfully held ell dball bit I 1 I 1 be re reclaimed claimed and restored to tire the 11 COPIO see sec 7 we denounce the pe republican publican legislation t knot knon n na as the sherman net of levu as it a co cowardly maLes hitt braueht iab possibilities or danger ill tho ilia future which should mareall make all of its supporters us its well m ell as its author anxious for far its repeal we hold hod to the use ilse of both gold arid and silver as the ibo standard too money ney of the country and to the coinage of but both it guld cold and silver without discrimination against agalli bt either metal or charge tor for mintage ill but atho ibo dollar unit of coi coinage nall of both be of requal equal exchangeable or bo adjusted by international agreement 0 or by 0 cucil sucil Rare guards of legislation As a shall insero lie ilie to maintenance ft of the ibo parity of the two met ali au nud 1 l the ibo equal puller of any dollar at au all tin limes in the markci and in the ot debts and wo we demand that all paper paiit currency shall hall bo be kept at par n with ith anil and redeemable in suc such holu wo we insist upon this policy as especially ally nece tenry tor for the protection of tile tho farmers arniere ar and laboring flosses classes tb abo albil cirit rs t a and n it oos inott t victims of e m money 0 n air and a il actuating currency sec 8 we aye recommend that the prohibit bro 10 per cent tax on bank issues be repeated repealed sec 9 I public omco emco is a public trust we V e reaffirm the declaration of the national convention 0 of for the ilia reform of the ilia c service and we can call tor for tho the honest enforcement of all laws regarding a anne amo the of 0 a president prea aa 03 in tho the lut IMI ro ito publican publia ly by delegate dc leRat largely of 0 ilia lit appointees holding unite at 1 l his li pl etsuro Is a i i aist ire upon free hopr lor institutions and it rl pi the methods by which it president may ti lia bit ambition wo dent denounce punco a policy entler itrich aleh federal officeholders officeholder usurp vi ol patty pal ty conventions in the lie states arid no lie pledge tho t li 0 democratic D e m 0 e ra t lo 10 1 it arty to the if hut i k n 1 I ul all t 0 other t L r a bu s 0 which little liberty and local self government fc cc 10 the party Is 13 tho the only party that his haa ever nen the count country rys a fort igil policy consistent and re mulct abroad anil tint inspiring confide at homos homo abile bolding entangling allin occia it il hiu timid friendly relations with ollic I 1 nations and especially with our neighbors on oil tho the A ahmoi met lea it con continent whose destiny Is close ly linked with our own and we view ilow witt win alarm the lb tendency to a policy of arri irritation 11 ul anil and bluster which 14 L liable at any time botio lo 10 confront uv nf with the iho alternative of liu humiliation milb 11 1 or 7 war ar wo nye amor the iho maintenance of a nav 11 I 1 strong enough for all purposes of national defense and to properly maintain the lonor hobor ard dignity of the iho abroad sec 11 this country lias has always been 06 ll 11 refuge of the oppressed from every land exile for conscience aake and in this it ot of alii to founder our g 0 ve rut n wo corl dlinn ilia oppression oppi ossion practiced bythe russian gocan upon uon lla its lutheran and jell is h sit b JP ct arid and MO a call uron our national government in tho interest anten st of justice and humanity liy by ill all just and proper uie iua to uso lt prompt abil bent beat efforts to bring about A cessation reHi atlon of these cruel persecutions tn in the th dominions of lite czar and to secure to tin the oppi bcd sed equal rights we tender our profound and earnet a aripa thy illy to those lovers of freedom who aro are urns gling bling for homo home rule and the iho great can caffo 0 of self in ireland see M 1 we heartily approve all legitimate legi limati efforts to prevent tho the united states staffs from being usell its as tho the dumping ground of the criminals crimi and professional paupers haupers of europa and ile c demand tho the rigid right enforcement of tho the I 1 IAH ts a ast ilia lh importation imp of foreia wor workmen kinen under contrail contract to degrade our labor and lesson lessen les sen its ita ages buque condemn and denounce all attempts to lo i ril brict the immigration of the antl and worthy of foreign lands see sec aj U ahn convention conTe ution hereby renews the iho elpi capi ebion of appreciation of tile patriotism of 0 thu the soldier Aoi diers sand and sailors BallorA of ilia union irk in the it ar tor for its pi reservation eser lon and e favor just juht and lib trai cral for all disabled union soldiers their widow and dependents but we demand that the iho work of the pension omo llull IK be dono impartially and bon bo bondly nestly lly y ve thu h administration of n that office its as incompetent corrupt disgrace ful and see bee IL I 1 ile federal should care tor for and river r great ereal waterways of I 1 ahe he republic be 0 o as to tor for the interior states rasy easy arid cheap transports tran lion to lo tile iho tidewater when any vi waterway of abo republic lj of sufficient itu put poi tanco to demand the aid of ilia alzo ti emerit that such buch all aid should he be tin nil a plan of continuous ft ork until ini provement pro neilt Is secured see sec 13 15 for purposes of national defense and the pramot promotion ion of commerce bet between c cn the jalcs states MU u recognize rec barly construction of the be nicaragua count canal arid and its Is protea krosec lion foreign control KS as of great import ancil to the ibe united stately Sta sec the worlds exposition f as a notional last aaa importance in ia which lite iho general arral nr ral tco baa una invited checo theco tho operation cooperation co of alie elial th horld orld and app recial log the iho acceptance by many such powers of if the loi 10 id i d and the aroid and liberal elferts blink enado by them to contribute to the grandoit gran doir of the uri I 1 we e tire are of 0 the opinion that con gross should esary financial provision as shall ashall be requisite to lo iho lie of national lionor honor and faith SLI 17 popular education b rafe basis of popular suffrage IKC age we recommend to the states most liberal appropriations fur for the public schools scho ohi I 1 bro are iho nursery of good gond government arid and they have alwa 9 received I 1 llie he fostering aterine fo rare care ot of the democratic party nelch abich favors every meant 0 1 of education bling bine b ine au all essential lancil of civil and religious i li aei ly as M ell us its a for the develop of intelligence not ho he interfered ith lindar any pretext halover ha tover wo etro ot posed with parental p rights rit hm and rights of in the education of 0 rement of the at 1 democratic doctrine that he ha largest imal individual liberty consistent A w nil ith tho the outer ollier ers insures the highest type of american citizenship and the bo government see sec 1 ii wo appi ove tile action of the present house of ct berreen tilt 1 ves in passing lilli bill for ahe into tile union as leitert lit ert of tho the of nt new rw mexico and we favor the early aduth sion ot of all the iho territories ri harini the necessary popular population ion pid p id resources to culitis them ta to statehood und and while they remain territories we hold that tho the oili cers appointed to alie government ot of any territory together her with the district of Colum columbia lia and bo be bona aona lido fide residents of tile the territory or district ill ili which their duties tire nrc to bo be performed the democratic party believes |
