Show democratic PLATFORM we the democrats of the united stole in national convention led do reaffirm our allegiance to those essential principles of justice and liberty upon which our institutions as founded and which the democratic party advocated from jeffersons time to our own freedom of speech freedom of the preas freedom ol 01 conscience the preservation of personal rights the quality of all citizens before the law and the faithful observance of constitutional during all these years the democratic party has resisted the tendency of selfish interests to the centralization of govern mental power and steadfastly main bained the integrity of the dual scheme of the government established by the founders of this republic of republics under its guidance and teachings alie great principle of local self government bag found its best expression in the maintenance of the rights of the states and in its of the necessity of confining on fining the general government to the exercise ixer cise of power granted by the con of the united states MONEY MAIN ISSUE recognizing that the money question n paramount to all others at this time invite attention to the fact that the cheral constitution names silver and old together ther as the money metals of ht eted states and that the first law awil by congress under the biot made the silver dollar the anit and admitted gold to free coinage it ratio based upon the silver dollar ienir wo declare that the act of 1873 silver without the or approval of the american eople rt in taft appreciation of old aul n tall in the arices 01 produced by the keople atean increase in creast in the burden taxation and nil debts public and enrichment of the money classes at lr inn and abroad the rosl ration of industry and impoverish lent of the people we are unalterably opposed to mono which has locked fast atio an industrial peonie in the ir alysia of bard times gold idono leta lliam ia a british policy and its loptien baa brought other into lancial servitude in london it is not aly american un but anti american id it can be fastened on the united alee only by the stifling of that spirit id love of liberty which proclaimed ir political io dependence in 1776 and on it in the war of the revolution THE PLANK we demand the free and unlimited linage of both cold and silver at the chent legal ratio of 16 to 1 without ailing for the aid or consent ut any her nation we demand that the aldard andard silver dollar shall be a full ie il tender equally with gold for all abts public and private and we favor ich legislation as will prevent in the ture the of any kind legal tender money by private con act we are opposed to the policy and of surrendering to the holders the obligations of the united states e options reserved by law to alie gov of redeeming euch obligations either silver coin or gold coin SO BONDS IS TIME we are opposed to the issuing of in rest bearing bonds of the united atee in time ri peace and condemn ie trafficking with banking syndicates ith and in exchange tor bonds at an profit to themselves to sup the federal treasury tr eaury with gold to maintain the policy oi gold im CONGRESS TO ISSUE MONEY congress alone haa the power to issue oney and president jackcon declared at abi power could not be delegated corporations or individuals we demand that the power to issue 1 to circulate ae money be taken the national banks and that fill per money shall be issued directly by e treasury department and be re amable in coin and tor all abts public and private TUB TARIFF AND INCOME TAX we hold that the tariff duties should levied for purposes of revenue euch ties to be adjusted as to operate cooperate co bally the country and not incriminate between class or ejection d that taxation should be limited by e needs of the government honestly d economically administered wede ance as disturbing to business bus icess the publican threat to restore tho mc nley law which has been twice con ened by alio people in national elec ins and which enacted under the falee a ct protection to home industry oved a prolific breeder of trusts and ino enriching at the pense of alie many restricted trade d deprived the producers of the great merican staples of necess to their na ral markets until the money n is settled we opposed to any citation for further changes in our iff laws except such as aro necessary meet the deficit in revenue caused by adverse decision by the on the income tax but for this dision by the supreme court there uld be no deficit in the revenue in i law passed by a democratic conea in strict pursuance of the uniform inions of that court lor nearly irs that court has in that decision constitutional objections to enactment which had previously overruled by the best judges who ve ever eel on that bench ive declare that it is the duty of con sa to use all the constitutional power ich remans after that decision or ich may come of ite re verial dy the as it hereafter be constituted that the burdens of taxation may bo lally and impartially laid to the end it wealth may tear ite due proportion ahe expense of the government we d that the most efficient way of pro ting american interests Is to prevent i importation of foreign pauper lar to complete with it iu the me market and that the value of alie me market to farmers and artisans ia atly reduced bv alio monetary easten ilch depresses alie prices of their pro acta below the cost of production and is deprives de orives them of the meane of pur ising the products of our hom emanu jurers the absorption of wealth by few the consolidation of our leading items and the formation of our trusts 1 pools require a stricter control ly the federal government of these arteries of commerce cp we demand jentof the powers of the interstate commerce commission and euch restrictions and guarantees fn the control of railroads as will protect the people from robbery and oppression WASTE OF MONEY we denounce the profligate waste of the money wrung from the people by oppressive and the favish appropriation of recent republican congresses gr esses which leavo kept taxes high while the laborer that pays them ia unemployed ardithe products of the peoples toil are depressed in price till they no longer repay the cost of production we demand a return to that simplicity and economy which befits a democratic government and reduction in the number of useless offices the salaries of which draw the substance of the country NATION BL IS LOCAL attains AlT AinS we denounce arbitrary interference by federal authorities in local abaire as violation of the constitution of the united and a crime free institutions and we respectfully respect tully object to government by injunction as a new and highly form of oppression by federal bud getsin contempt of the laws of tho states and the rights of citizens become at once legislators judges and we approve the bill passed at the last session of the united states senate and now pending in alie house ol 01 representatives relative to contempt in federal courts and pro for trials by jury in certain cases of contempt PACIFIC ROADS AND FUNDING BILLS no discrimination should be indulged by the government ortho united states in favor of any of ilg debtors we approve of the refusal of the fifty third congress to pae the pacific railroad funding bill and denounce the efforts of the present republican congress to enact a similar measure LAWS recognizing the just claims of deserving union soldiers we heartily in borso the rule of the commissioner of pensions that nd names shall be arbitrarily dropped from the pension rolls ai d the fact of enlistment and service should be deemed conclusive evidence disease and disability before ADMISSION territories we favor the admission of the territories of new mexico and arizoca into the union aa states and we favor the early it all the territories leaving the necessary population and resources to entitle them to statehood and while they remain territories we hold that the appointed to administer the of any teni tory the ground with the district of columbia and should be bona fide residents of the territory or district in which the duties are to be performed the democratic party believes in home rule and that all public lands of alie united states be appropriated to the establishment of free homes for american uti zens we recommend that alaska be granted a delegate in coneless con eress and that the general land and timber laws of the united states be extended to eaid territory SYMPATHY FOR CUBA we extend our sympathy to the people of cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and independence CIVIL NO THIRD TERM we are opposed to life tenure in the public service we favor appointments based upon merit filea terms of office and such an of the civil laws will afford equal opportunities tuni ties to all citizens of ascertained fit nese wo declare it to bo the unwritten law of this republic established by custom and usage of one hundred years and sanctioned by the examples of the great state and the wisest of those who founded it that no man ehwald bo eligible tor a third term WATERWAY the federal government ehwald care for and improve tho mississippi river and other areat waterways of thu republic so as to secure for the interior state easy and clieaf transportation to tide water when any waterway of abo republic is of sufficient importance to demand aid of the government euch aid should be extended won a ie unito plan of continuous work cotil permanent improvement pro is secured confiding in the justice of our cause and the necessity of its success at the polls we submit the foree declaration of principles anil purpose 10 alio considerable judgment of the american people we invite the support tf all citizens who approve them riu who de 1 to have them made effective through legislation legi elation for the relief 0 the people and the restoration of the prosperity |