New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-28
BY TELE GRAPH,
POLITICAL.
Kansas Republican Convention.

| The committee on resolutions reported a
| platform, which was unanimously adopted.
| After lengthy preamble, which /. cites
| the re cord of the Republican party { ON H.
| organization to the present time, especially
| noting it's action aud achievement during
| the war and subsequent 1. :onstl lction,
| and other measures tor the welfare of the
| country. and commencing n strong ,rms
| its rare courage in investigating official de-
| linquencies and Furnishing official dishon.
| esty in its own ranks, 1t proceeds as fol-
| lows:
| not live upon glory; new issues are con-
| stantly arising and the party that deserves
| to live mast be ready to provide for the
| solution. The past only affords guarantee
| that the intelligence which created the Re
| publican party, and the patriotism and
| wisdom that have susta' ned it. are sufficient
! to provide for the emergencies of the pres.
| ent, and make this period date not only the
death of slavery, but as well the birth of a
| comprehensive nationality, the strictest and
| tirmest integrity in official trusts. lust
protection of individual rights against cor
porate power, thorough practical reform
| in every department OF public service,
| honestly distributed burdens, and hon
| estiy exercised power; therefore
Resolced, That the powers of the general
| government, having been stretched to au
| war and reconstruction, should be restored
| to their normal action; that the public
| debt should be reduced. not spas III Odlcally,
but gradually and surely. and in a wav that
will not hinder the industries OF the country
| by excessive exactiOns; that any and all
schemes of taxation devised TO meet an
| extraordinary demand should be modified
according to the dictates of the strlctest
| principles OF economy and justice: that
| official prodigality, reeklessness and cor.
ruption incident to times OF waste. irregu.
| larity and convulsicn. must give place to
| economy, stability and honesty: and finally
| that the only test of polical preferment
| should be capacity and integrity in the dis
charge of official trust; that as the policy of
| the Republican party in relation to finances
| has afforded the people not only sound
and popular currency OF equal and uniform
| worth IN very portion of the common
wealth, b. has greatly improved the credit
of the country at home and abroad, we
point with pride to its record and accom-
| plishments in this regard, and while reat-
| hrming the policy announced by the party
| in the national conventions in 1868 and 1872
l and triumphantly indcrsed by the people at
| the polls-a policy which, while contributing
! to the public credit, has also enhanced the
| individual and collective prosperity of the
American people-we favor such legislation
as will make national banking free to all
| under Just laws, based upon the policy of
specie resumption at such time as is con.
| sistent with the industrial interests of the
country, to the end that the volume of
currency may be regulated by the natural
laws OF trade.
ResoIced, That while all necessary wants
of the State government would be supplied
| by reasonable. Just and uniform taxation,
| the labor and production of the common
wealth must not be stopped by the employ
ment and maintenance OF too many office
holders hence it becomes the duty of the
Legislature to lessen the number of officials,
and make such revision of the laws of the
State as to provide for more economical
administration of State and county offices.
We are opposed to al official gratuities
under the guise of an increase OF ,pay or
salaries during official terms.
ReSolced, That the peril of the govern
ment lies not so much in high ambitions as
in low dishonesties, and the pressing duties
of the day are to secure honesty and eft
| ticiency in the public service: we commend
the courage of the Republican party in
instituJiDg investigation OF corruption in Of
fee, sparing neither friend nor Zoe, and we
demand such legislation as will bring to
certain punishment any officer who, being
entrusted with charge of public funds. az
propriates the same to this own use, or fails
to properly account for them; embezzle-
ment is theft, and ought to be punished as
such.
Res0tred, That all railroad corporations of
the State are creatures of its Legislature,
and it is the duty OF that body to subject
them to such wise and impartial enactments
as will protect the people OF the State from
extortion, and will secure the transporta-
ton of products, merchandise and passen-
gers at reasonable rates. A revision of the
patent laws Of the Ulited States is impera-
lively demanded, so as to prevent monopoly
of useful inventions, and at the same time
give proper encouragement and remunera-
tion to inventors.
Resolred, That the present peace policy
of dealing with the Indians has failed to
afford adequate protection to frontier
settlers. and we are N favor OF transferring
the Indian bureau to the control OF the War
Department.
fesOlced, That we commend the action OF
Congress in repeating the act known as the
back pay law. and favor an amendment to
the national constitution which shall for
ever prohibit Congress from settling It's own
compensation.
ResolUed, That drunkenness is one of the
greatest curses of modern society, demoral-
izng everything it touches, heaping fearful
burdens of taxation upon the people,
fruitful breeder of pauperism and crime,
and worker Of evil, and only evil, contin-
ually; hence we are in favor of such legls-
latiOn, both general and local, as experience
shall show to be most etfectual in destroying
this evil.
Resolred That we rejoice with citizens re-
siding on the Usage ceded lands over the late
decision OF the United States Circuit Court
in their favor and point to that decision as
evidence that the rights OF the people are
safe in the hands of the courts
ReSOtceG That the rnwritta- law enacted
by the example Of the father of his country
IN declining reelection to the third presl-
dental term is as controlling ds though 1t
was Incorporated in the national cOnstitu-
ton, and ought never to be violated.
Resotced, That the public lands of the
United States be sacredly held for the use
and benefit OF actual settlers. and we con
demn and dsapproye Of any further grants
OF the public domain to railroad or other
corporations.
AT the night session Governor Thomas A.
Osborn was nominated on the second ballot.
The convention is still in session and will
not conclude its labors before tomorrow.
TOPEKA, August Go On reassem-
bling this morning the Republican State
Convention completed the nominations
for the State ticket a. follows: See.
retary vi n.aie, /. x. Ca7&a::.sSsh: Treoa-
urer; Samuel Lappin; Auditor. d. w.
Wilder; Attorney General, A. NJ. +. Kan
dolph: Superintendent of Public lnstruc-
Supreme Court. d. NJ. Valentine.
The Missouri Democracy.
ST. LOUIS, August 27.-The Democratic
state Convention met at Jefferson City to-
day and organized by the election of VIII
lard L. Hall president
Among the resolutions of the convention
ANA k.V Ia, Al. f....