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2 the m mm Democratic and Republican Platforms. ■ — READ AND DIGEST IFYOUCAN fc—s— After July 4th Will Give You the Winning Platform of the People. Section 1. The representatives of the democratic party of the United States, in national convention assembled, do reaffirm their allegiance to the princi ples of the party as formulated by Jef ferson and exemplified- by a long and illustrious lino of his successors in democratic leadership from Madison to Cleveland. We believe the public wel fare demands that these principles be applied to the conduct of the federal government, through the accession of power of the. party that advocates them, and we solemnly .declare that the need of a return to these fundamental principles of free and popular govern ment, based on home rule and individ ual liberty, was never more urgent than now when the tendency to cen tralize all the power at the federal cap ital has become a menace to the re served rights of states, th strikes at the very root of our government’s con stitution as framed by the fathers of the republic. Sec. 2. We warn the weople of a common country, jealous for the pre servation of their free Institutions, that the policy of federal control of elections, to which the republican party has committed itself, is fraught with the greatest dangers, scarcely less momentous than would result from a revolution practically establishing mon archy on the ruins of the republic. It strikes at the north as well as at the south, and injures the colored citizens even more than the whites. It means a horde of deputy marshals at every polling place, armed with federal pow er; returning boards appointed and controlled by federal authority; out rage of the electoral rights of the peo ple in the several stales; the subjuga tion of the colored people to the control of the party in power, and the reviving of the race antagonisms, now happily abated, of the utmost peril to the safety and happiness of all; a measure delib erately and justly described by a lead ing republican senator as “the most infamous bill that ever crossed the threshold of the senate.” Such a pol icy, if sanctioned by law, weuld mean the dominance of a self-perpetuating oligarchy of office holders, and the party first entrusted with its machin ery could be dislodged from power only by ar a ’peal to the reserved rights of the jM>pie to resist oppress ion, erning communities. Two years ago this revolutionary policy was emphati cally condemned by the people at the polls, but in contempt of that verdict the republican party has defiantly de clared, in its authoritative utterance, that its success in the coming elections will mean the enactment of a force bill and the usurpation of despotic con trol over elections in all the states. Believing that the preservation of republican government in the United States is dependent opon the defeat of this policy of legalized force and fraud, we invite tho support of all citizens who desire to see the constitution maintained in its integrity, with the laws pursuant thereto, which have given our country' a hundred years of unexampled prosperity. We pledge the democratic party, if it be entrusted with the power, not only to defeat the force bill, but also the relentless oppo sition to the republican policy of profli gate expenditure which, in the short space as two years, has squandered an enormous surplus—emptied an over flowing treasury after piling new bur dens of taxation upon the already over taxed labor of tho country. Sec. 3. We denounce republican pro tection as a fraud on the labor of the great majority of American people for the benefit of a few. We declare it to be a fundamental principle of the dem ocratic party that the federal govern ment has no constitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties except for the purpose of revenues only (ap plause and cheers) and we demand that the collection of such taxes shall be limited to the necessaries of govern ment when honestly and economically administered. We denounce the McKinley tariff law enacted by the fifty-first congress as the culminating atrocity of class legislation; we endorse tho efforts made by the democrats of the present congress to modify its most oppressive features in the direction of free raw materials and cheaper manufactured goods that enter into general consumption; and we promise its repeal as one of the benefi cent results that will follow tho action of the people in entrusting power to the democratic party. Since the Mc- Kinley tariff went into operation there have been ten reductions of wages of laboring men to one increase of pros perity to the country since that tariff went into opperation and we point to the dullness and distress, wage reduc tions and strikes in the iron trade, as the best possible evidence that no such prosperity has resulted from the McKin ley act. We call the attention of thoughtful Americans to the fact that after thirty years of restrictive taxes against the importation of foreign wealth, in exchange for our agricultur al surplus, the homes and farms of the country have become burdened with a real estate mortgage debt of over two thousand five hundred million dollars, exclusive of all other forms of indebt edness; that in one of the chief agri cultural states of the west there appears a real estate mortgage debt averaging $165 per capita of the total population, and that'similar conditions and tenden cies are shown to exist in other agri cultural exporting states. We denounce a policy which fosters no industry so much as it does that of the sheriff. Sec. 4. Trade interchange on a basis of reciprocal advantage to countries participating is a time-honored doctrine of democratic faith, but we denounce the sham reciprocity which juggles with the people’s desire for enlarged foreign markets and freer exchanges by pretending to establish closer trade relations for the country whose articles of export are almost exclusively agri cultural products, with other countries that are also agricultural, while erect ing the custom house barrier of prohi bitive tariff taxes against- the richest countries of the world, that stands ready to take our entire surplus of products and to exchange therefor commodities which are necessaries and comforts of life among our own people. Sec. 5. We recognize in trusts and combinations which are designed to en able capital to secure more than its just share of the joint product of capital and labor, the natural consequence of pro hioitive taxes which prevent free com petition, which is the life of honest trade, but we believe their worst evils can be abated by law, and we demand a rigid enforcement Os laws made to prevent and control them, together with such further legislation in restraint of their abuses as experience may show . to be necessary. See. 6. The republican party, while professing a policy of reserving public land for small holdings by actual set tlers has given away the people’s her itage till now a few railroads and non resident alien individuals and corpora tions possess a larger area than all our farmers between the two seas. The last democratic administration reversed the improvident and and unwise policy of the republican party touching the public domain and reclaimed from cor porations and syndicates, alien and domestic, and restored to the people nearly 100,000,000 acres of valuable land to be so sacredly held as home steads for our citizens and we pledge ourselves to continue this policy till every acre of land so unlawfully held shall be reclaimed and restored to the people. Sec. 7. We denounced the republi can party legislation known as the Sherman act of 1890 as a cowardly makeshift fraught with possibilities of danger in the future which should make all its supporters, as well as its author, anxious for its speedy repeal. We hold to the use of both gold aud silver as the stanaard money of the country and to the coinage of both gold and silver without discriminating against either metal or charge for mintage but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrin sic and exchangeable value or be ad justed through international agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as shall insure the maintenance of the parity of the two metals,an equal power of every dollar at all times in the mar kets and in payment of debts, and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at a par with and redeemable in such coin. We insist upon this policy especially necessary for the pro tection of the farmers and laboring classes, the first and most defenseless victims of unstable money and fluctu ating currency. Sec. 8. We recommend that the pro hibitory 10 per cent, tax on state bank issues be repealed. Sec. 9. A public office is a public trust. We reaffirm the declaration of the democratic national conventional of 1876 for the reform of civil service, and we call for the hon est enforcement of all laws regulating the same. The nomination of a presi dent as in the recent republican con vention by delegations composed large ly of his appointees, holding office at his pleasure, is a scandalous satire upon free popular institutions and a startling illustration of the methods by which a president may gratify his am bition. We denounce the policy under which federal office holders assume control of conventions in states and we pledge the democratic party to reform of these and all other abuses which threaten individual liberty and local self-government. Sec. 10. The democratic party is the only party that has ever given the country a foreign policy—consistent and vigorous, compelling respect abroad and inspiring confidence at home. While avoiding entangling alli ances it has aimed to cultivate friendly relations with other nations and espe cially with our neighbors on the Amer ican continent, whose destiny is close ly linked with our own and view with alarm the tendency to a policy of irri tation and bluster which is liable at any time to confront us with the alter native of humiliation or war. We favor the maintenance of a navy strong enough for all purposes of national de fense and to properly maintain the honor and dignity of the country abroad. Sec. 11. This country has always been the refuge of the oppressed from every land—exiles for conscience sake —and in the spirit of the founders of our government we condemn the op pression practiced by the Russian gov ernment upon its Lutheran and Jewish subjects and we call upon our national government in the interest of justice THE SOUTHERN ALLIANCE FARMER ATLANTA, GEO EGIA. TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1892. and humanity, by all just and proper means, to use its prompt and best efforts to bring about a cessation of these cruel persecutions of the czar and to secure to the oppressed equal rights. We ten der our profound and earnest sympathy to those lovers of freedom who are struggling for home rule and the great cause of self-government in Ireland. Sec. 12. We heartily approve all legitimate efforts to prevent the United States from being used as the dumping ground for know criminals and profes sional paupers of Europe and we de mand a rigid enforcement of the law against Chinese immigration or the im portation of foreign workmen under contract to degrade American labor and lessen its wages; but yve condemn and denounce any and all attempts to re strict the immigration of the industri ous and worthy of foreign lands. Sec. 13. This convention hereby re news its expression of appreciation of the patriotism of the soldiers and sailors of the union in the war for its preser vation and we favor just aud liberal pensions for all disabled union soldiers, their widows and dependent, but we demand that the work of the pension office shall be (lone industriously, im partially and honestly. We denounce the present admin -irationof that office as jncpjppetent. corrupt disgraceful and dishonest. Sec. 14. The Mderal government should care for and improve the Mis sissippi river and ot\ ( er great waterways of the republic, so as to secure for the interior states easy and cheap transpor tation to tidewater. When any water way of the public is of sufficient im portance to demand the aid of the government that such aid should be extended to a definite plan of .contin uous work until permanent improve ment is secured. Sec. 15. For purposes of national defense the promotion of commerce between the states, we recognize the early construction of the Nicaragua canal and its protection against foreign control as of the great importance to to the United States. Sec. 16. Recognizing the world’s Columbian exposition as a national un dertaking of vast importance, in which the general government has invited the co-opp eration of all the powers of the world, and appreciating the acceptance by many of such powers of the invita tion extended, and the broadest liberal efforts beihg made by them to contrib ute to the grandeur of the undertaking, we are of the opinion that congress should make such necessary financial provision as shall be requisite to the maintenance of national honor and public faith. Sec. 17. Popular education being the only safe basis qf popular suffrage, we recommend to the several states the most liberal appropriations for public Bchools. Free cpmnion schools are.the nursery of good government, and they have always received the fos tering care of the democratic party, which favors every means of increase intelligence. The freedom of educa tion, being an essential of civil and Religious liberty as well as a necessity for the development of intelligence, must not be interfered with under any pretext -whatever. We are opposed to state interference with parental rights and the rights of conscience in the education of children as an infringe ment of the fundamental democratic doctrine that the largest indvidual lib erty consistent with the rights of oth ers insures the highest type of Ameri can citizenship and best government. Sec. 18. We approve the action of the present house of representatives in passing bills for the admission into the union as states of the territories of New Mexico and Arizona, and we fa vor the early admission of all territo ries having the necessary population and resources to admit them to state hood, and while they remain territories we hold that officials appointed to administer the government of any ter ritory, together with the District of Columbia and Alaska should be bona fide residents of the territory or dis trict in which their duties are to be performed. The democratic party believes in home rule and the control of their own affairs by people of vicin age. Sec. 19, We favor legislation by con gress and the legislatures to protect the lives and Kmbs of railway employes and those of other hazardous transpor tation companies, and denounce the inactivity of the republican party, and particularly the republican senate, for causing the defeat of measures benefi cial and protective to this class of wage earners. Sec. 20. We are in favor of the en actment by states of laws for abolish ing the notorious sweating system, for abolishing contract convict labor and for prohibiting the employment in sac- RHEUMATISM neuralgia, and sciatica can always be successfully treated with Ayer’s Sarsaparilla A cure is sure to follow the persistent use of this medicine. Has Cured Others will cure you. tories of children under fifteen years of age. Sec. 21. We are opposed to all sump tuary laws as an interference with the individual rights of citizens. Sec. 22. Upon this statement of prin ciples and policies the democratic party asks the intelligent judgment of the American people. It asks a change qf administration and change party in order that there may be a change of system and a change of methods, thus assuring the maintenance unimpaired of the institution under which the re public has grown great and powerful. The Republican Platform. The following is the text of the platform as adopted by the republican convention: We reaffirm the American doctrine of protection. We call attention to its growth abroad. We maintain that the prosperous condition of our country is largely due to the wise revenue legisla tion of the republican congress. We believe that all articles which cannot be produced in the United States, ex cept luxuries, should be admitted free of duty, and that on all imports coming into competition with product of Amer ican labor, there should be levied du ties equal to the difference between wages abroad and at home. We assert that the prices of manufactured arti cles of general consumption have been reduced under the operations of the tariff act of 1890. We denounce the efforts of the democratic majority of the house of representatives to destroy our tariff laws as manifested by their attacks upon wool, lead and lead ores, the chief product of a number of states, and we ask the people for their judg ment thereon. We point to the success of the repub lican policy of reciprocity, underwhich our export trade has vastly increased and new and enlaaged markets have been opened for the products of our farms and workshops. We remined the people of the bitter opposition of the democratic party to this practical business measure, and claim that as executed by the republican administra tion our present laws will eventually give us control of the trade of the world. The American people, from tradi tion and interest favor bimetalism and the republican party demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money, with restrictions and under such provisions, to be determined by legislation, as will secure the mainte nance of the parity of values of the two metals so that the purchasing and debt paying power of a dollar, whether of sliver gold or paper, shall be at all times equal. The interest of the pro ducers of the country, its farmers and its worktngmen, demand that every dollar, paper or coin, issued by the gov ernment, shall be as good as any other. We commend the Wise and patriotic steps already taken by our government to'secure an international conference to adopt such measures as will insure the parity of value between getween gold and silver for use as money throuh out the wold. We'demand that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one fair and unrestricted ballot in all public elections, and that such ballot shall be counted and returned as cast; that such laws shall be enacted and enforced as will secure to every citizen, be he rich or poor, native or foreigfi born, white or black, this sovereign right guaranteed by the constitution. A free and unrestricted popular ballot, just and equal representation of all peo ple, as well as their just and equal protection under the laws, are the foundation of our republican institu tions and the party will never relent in its efforts until the integrity of the bal lot and the purity of elections shall be fully guaranteed and protected in every state. We denounce the continued inhuman outrages perpetrated upon American citizens for political reasons in certain southern states. We favor an extension of our for eign commerce, the restoration of our mercantile marine by home-built ships and the creation of a navy for the pro tection of our natio'nal interests and the honor of our flag, the maintenance of most friendly relations with all for eign powers, entangling alliances with none, and protection of the rights of our fishermen. We reaffirm our approval of the Monroe doctrine and believe in the achievement of the manifest destity of the republic in its broadest sense. We favor the enactment of more stringent laws and regulations for the restriction of criminal, pauper and con tract immigration. We favor efficient legislation by con gress to protect the life and limbs of the employes of transportation com panies engaged in the carrying of inter state commerce and recomend legisla tion by the respective states that will protect employes engaged in state com merce, in mining and manufacturing. The- republican party has always been the champion of the oppresd and recognizes the dignity of manhood, irrespective or faith color or national ity; it sympathizes with the cause of home rule in Ireland, and protests against the persecution of the Jews in Russia. The ultimate reftance of free and popular governments is the intelli gence of the people and the mainte nance of freedom among its men. We therefore declare anew our devotion to the liberty of thought and conscience, of speech and the press, and approve all agencies and instrumentalities which contribute to the education of the chil dren of the land; but while insisting upon the fullest measure of religious liberty, we are opposed to any union of church and state. We affirm our opposition, declared in the republican platform of 1888, to all combinations of capital organized in trusts or otherwise to control arbi trarily the condition of trade among our citizens. We heartily endorse the action already taken upon this subject, and ask for such further legislation as maj’ be required to remedy any defects in the existing laws, and to render their enforcement more complete and effective. We approve the policy of extending to towns, villages and rural communi ties the advantages of the free deliv ery service, now enjoyed by the larger cities of the country, reaffirm the declaration contained in the republi can platform of 1888, pledging a reduc tion Os letter postage to 1 cent at the earliest possible moment consistent with the maintenance of the postoffice department and the highest class of service. We commend the spirit and evidence of reform in civil service and the wise and consistent enforcement by the re publican party of laws regulating the same. The construction of tho Nicaragua canal is of the. highest importance to the Americwu'peopl*, as a measure of national defense and to build up and maintain an American commerce, and it should be contrdldd by the United States government. t We favor the admission of the re maining territories at the earliest prac ticable day, having due regard to the interests of the people of the territo ries and of the United States. All fed eral officers appointed for the territo ries should be selected from bona fide residents thereof, and the right of self government should be accorded as far as practicable. We favor the cession, subject to the homestead laws, of arid public lands to the states and territories in which they lie, under such congressional re strictions as to disposition, reclama tion and occupancy by settlers as will secure maximum benefits to the peo- j pie. 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Atlanta, Ga. congress should promptly enact such reasonable legislation in aid thereof as will insure the discharging of the ex pense and obligations thereof and the attainment of results commensurate with the dignity and progress of the nation. We sympathize with all wise and Ingitimate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of intemperance and promote morality. Ever mindful of the services a*d sacrifices of the men who saved the life of the nation, we pledge anew to the veteran soldiers of the republic a watchful care and recognition of their just claims upon a grateful people. We commend the able, patriotic an<t thoroughly American administration of President Harrison. Undei - it the country has enjoyed remarkable pros perity, and the dignity and the honor of the nation at home and abroad have been faithfully and we of fer the record of pledges kept as a guarantee of faithful performance in the future.