The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-05-25
1. They demand of the Legislature

assembled in convention, declare that
the immediate passage of an ect calling
State Convention to revise and amend
the Constitution for the purpose, among
other things Of
Abolishipg and prohibiting special
legislation;
Securing the election of all State
officers BY the people;
Establishing a judicial system that
will make justice prompt and sure;
And providing for the passage Of
general laYs that shall SO encourage in
dustrial enterprise, that Pennsylvania
shall oe enabled to take her just place
10 the front rank of all the States.
2. They demand Of Congress that
the credit Of the nation shall be faith
fully maintained; home industry en-
couraged and protected; an adequate
civil service system established for reg
ulating appointments to office; taxes re-
duced to the lowest possible limit con-
sistent with the steady, but not too
rapid, extinction Of the national debt;
the honor of the republic sustained at
home and abroad; the rights of every
man protected in all the States, and
every man entitled thereto secured in
the polling of one vote, and no more, at
each election.
8. They declare their unalterable at
tachmept to the principle of protection
to home industry, in the levying Of tariff
duties, in accordance with the wise
policy which has existed from the foun-
dation of the Government to this time.
4. They commend the policy of re-
trenchment and wholesome enforcement.
of the laws, which has prevailed since
the election of General Grant to the
Presidency, aud which has resulted in
the first two years of his administration
in reducing the national debt over two
hundred millions, and curtailing the
taxes to the extent Of eighty millions
annually. They commend, also, the
similar policy which has prevailed un-
der Republican rule in Pennsylvania,
resulting in paying off the war debt Of
three and half millions; reducing the
State debt from forty to thirty millions;
and 10 abolisbing the State tax on real
estate. 1t is to the fact that both the
State and nation have been in Repub.
licsn hands, we owe the accomplishment
of such gratifying results; and it is to
the continuance Of that party in power
the people must alone look for the con.
tinuance of this policy. The return Of
the Democrats to power in either State
or nation, must inevitably be attended
with return to extravaganza in expen-
ditu,es, to the impairment Of State and
national credit, and to the abandonment
of that protection to free labor under
which our industry has thriven and oul
people been made prosperous.
5. That in the judgement of this
convention, the time has come when the
State tax on personal estate may be
safely abolished, and the other taxes
imposed by State laws, may also pru
dently be reduced without injury to the
credit of the Commonwealth.
6. That as an indication of what thu
people may fear from return of th'
Democrats party to power, we point II
the criminal waste of the time ant
-,onou nf tho. ,,neylN hs, .tho. cranrss
The Legislature has been now nearl,
five months in session, aud is not ye
through with is legitimate business
owing to the obstructive policy of thi
majority. In all this time, scarcely {
si,Y(e measure Of public interest ha
been perfected; and the time has beer
wasted in their efforts to force on oul
State an unjust appOrtionment, and t
break down the registry law against il
legal voting, that they might thereby
pave the way to their return to power
through violence and fraud.
| Z. We commend to the support of thu
people Of the State the candidates W.
have this day nominated for State off
GERS. They are honest, capable anc
faithful to the Constitution, and in every
way worthy the public confidence. W.
ask for their election, as an endorsement
of the State and National administra
tions, as an approval of the time honoret
principles of the Republican party
which we reaffirm in their nomination
and as fitting rebuke to the Democratic
party for its destructive national policy
for its adherence to the side of violence
and wrong in the South; and for the
spirit it has betrayed in the Senate of this
State this winter-where it has made
everything bend to the promotion o.
partisan interests, defeated the holding
of State convention to amend oul
Constitution, wasted the public time il
childish trifing, and entailed upon tht
State bill Of expense for session pro
louged beyond endurance, and which
has prevented the accomplishment o.
any public good.
8. That our confidence in the firm
ness, wisdom and integrity of our pres
ent worthy Governor, Jno. w. Geary
remains unshaken, and that we believe
bis qualifications for the Office he nov
holds are uuquestionable, as is clearly
proved by the manner he has brought
the State in safety through every storm
9. That the administration of Presi
dent Grant meets the full approval oi
the Republican party Of Pennsylvania
His financial policy, by which the ma
| tional debt is being steadily reduced
the reduction in the expenditures of the
government; the honest collection Of the