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State Democratic Platform Endorses Free Coinage and Reforms
The 1892 North Carolina Democratic platform affirms national and state party principles, calls for free coinage of silver, currency expansion, repeal of internal revenue, opposition to McKinley tariff, and denounces policies seen as harming farmers and consumers. It outlines financial reform, national bank substitution with Treasury notes, legal tender, anti-trust aims, land reform, limited alien land ownership, and universal public schooling enhancements. The document notes support for a floated income tax and sets process for amendment by acclamation.
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