Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-07-31
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Adopted in state Convention, at
sacramento, June 10th, 1878.

A"iotiVh vi principles
RESOLVED, That we have an undiminished
confidence In the patriotism, wisdom and in
tegrlty OF the present Chief Magistrate of the
United States, Ulysses 5. Grant and ioin our
political brethren throughout the Union i'm
cordial and earnest support of his administra-
tlon, IN the fullest recognition of his illustri-
Gus career in the military and civil service.
ana In condemnation of the rancorous party
spirit which prompts his and our enemies to
as unconsidered and unjust attacks upon him
as those to which his great predecessors
Washington, Jackson and Lincon-were sub
Jected during their administrations.
RESOLVED, That the letter addressed by the
President to the Chairman of the Pennsvl-
vania Republican State Convention upon the
subject OF his succession is a full and complete
reputation OF the Slant ers of those who charg-
ed him with intriguing for a reelection, and
that we accept it as an explicit and final
Settlem ent OF the third term agitation created
by the enemy solely to arouse jealousies and
dissensions in the Republican party.
RESOLVED, That the Thirteenth, Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitu-
tlon of the United States, added to that in
strument by the votes of the requisite three
tourths of the States of the nation are as bind
ing as are any of its provisions, and that they
should DO maintained by the enforcement of
all proper Congressional enactments, notwith-
standing the secret or avowed opposition of
tho Democratic party, or of hostile W hite
Leagues in the Southern States.
RESOLVED, That the conduct of the portion
OF the people in the South who defy the Eff
teenth Amendment and seek by intimidation
and force to prevent the lawful exercise of the
elective franchise by the great body of colored
citizens resident therein, is a rebellious def
ance of the nat onal authority, and that the
attempt to prevent the election of the next
President by tho people, is calculated to arouse
the worst passions of men and disturb the
peace of the nation, and should be met by all
law-ablding citizens, both North and South
as an effort to revive the flames of civil war ;
and while admitting that honest difference Of
opinion as to the extent of the conspiracy
against the fair and constitutional election of
President in 1876, we deem it well to caution
the people against slumbering in tho face of
danger.
REsoLvEp, That with all our countrymen, of
whatever section, who yield obedience to the
Constitution and the laws, and who do not de-
fend or justify those W ho disObey them, we de-
sire to cultivate iraterna relations, without
reference TO mere party differences, and we
will at all tiEes unite with them to promote
Justice, order and public tranquility.
RtSoLvEl, That the cost of tho State and
several county governments can and ought tC
be, reduced One-half, and to that work tn
next Legislature should address itself rhi,
can be done by a comprehensive re-adiust-
ment OF the public business, IA curtailment OF
the large list Of the officers and their employ
es such a reelection of salaries and fees as
will place public servants ON a footing, as tC
compensation, with persons in private busi-
ness and incidentally abate the almost
universal preference for public over private
employment honesty and economy in the
maintenance of the various institutions of the
state u total abandonment of the practice
of voting the pCOple's mOneV to institutions
which were called INTO existence without
State action and by additional checks and
safeguards to render official peculatiOn diff
cult of concoalment, and surer punishment
when discovered.
RESOLVED, That the burden of taxation
should not only be reduced, but tho laws con
cerning assessment and equalization should be
so revised and amended rs to better insure a
just division of that burden among those who
enjoy the benefits of government, and that IN
aid of the law q wholesome public opinion
should be cultivat d against all who seek to
eyade their just proportion OF taxation, AMI in
favor of swift and certain punishment alike ui
citizens and officials who by fraudulent and
corrupt practices may offend against the law.
RESOLVED, That the Republican party will
aid the development of the resources of the
State by all Legitimate means, as it is appa-
rent that the agricultural capabilities of large
sections cannot be fully shown unless some
practicable system of irrigation is adopted,
the Republican party demands of the Legisla-
ture that assume control of the waters of vari-
Gus lakes and rivers, subject only to mining
and mechanical rights, and provide for its dis
tribution over the largest possible area Ot irri-
gable land, and by the adoption of a compre-
L1nSiNe system ttdt Sndli make tne canals anu
irrigation works to be constructed for this pur-
pose part and portion of the realty of the
various districts, to be wholly subj ect to tee
control and management of the owners of the
irrigable land therein.
RESOLVED That the freedom of the State
from ecclesiastical control is of equal import
ance with the maintenance OF religious tree-
dom from State control that the common
school system is an institution of the State,
established as preventive OF the crime and
poverty which attend ignorance, and we will
tolerate no interference with 1t from any quar-
ter and that any effort to divide the School
Fund for the purpose of supporting sectarian
schools shall be mot with all the resistance in
our power and furthermore, that all citizens
without distinction of race or color, are entitled
to equal advantages of public school education
RESOLVED, Q), That the Central Pacific Rail
road Company is State Corporation and as
such is amenable to the laws Of the State con-
cerning corporations.
(2) That the relations Of that company to
the nation are simply those of agent and prin-
cipal, and debtor and creditor, so far as their
property within this State is concerned.
80 That the power of the State over the said
corporation, SO far from having been surren-
dered by the Act of the Legislature of April
4, 1854, as claimed by that company, was rath-
er affirmed thereby, in these words Said
company to be subject 10 all tho laws of this
State concerning railroad and telegraph lines"
a. That the right to regulate fares and
freights, whenever it exists, is condition an
nexed to the franchise, and is necessarily
vested in the Government by which tho iran
chise has been granted The right to collect
tolls is one of the essential franchises of rail-
road corporations, and the power to regulate
them is simply power to regulate the iran
chse under which they are collected, and the
power must be exercised by the authority Gre
ating the corporation.
90 That the existence of the Central Pacific
Railroad corporation, and its right to operate
its roads in California, rest exclusively upon
the authority of the State law, and that its ma
tional character is limited to certain functions
which it derived by the states consent frOm
Congress, such as the right TO operate It's road
outside of the State, and to create liens upon
its entire line in favor of the National Govern
ment and other creditors.
(a) That as necessary result of the forego-
ing, while Congress has the right to regulate
tolls over the road, on through and Interstate
traffic the State Legislature has absolute and
exclusive power to regulate the rates OF treIghts
and fares between all points within tins state.
(7) That experience has shown that railroad
companies, when left uncontrolled, naturally
look exclusively to their own interests, and
often disregard the interests and convenience
of the public they were created to serve,
whereby unreasonable rates for fare and
freight have been and are still imposed, IN
lust discrimination made against communities
and classes of merchandise, and many settle
ments and towns incOnvenlenced and even
seriously injured, for the building up OF local
titles in which members OF the companies are
interested.
(S) That we recommend that the people
should exact in advance, from candidates for
the Legislature, unequivocal pledges First,
that they will, if leeted, vote for such reduc-
tion of freights and fares as will leave to the
railroad companies a fair income upon the
actual cost of constructing the roads and allow
for maintaining and operating the same, and
enable them to meet their Just obligations /;
second, that they will, to that end, institute a
thorough Investigation into the affairs Of the
corporations, as they have ample power to do
in order to ascertain the real cost of construe-
ton of the roads and the annual OUTLAWS Tor
maintaining and operating the same; third,
that they will, in adjusting tariff Of ireights
and faros, abolish all Unfair discrimination