Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-06-26
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Adopted i'm State Convention. nj
Sacramento, June 10th, 1875.


confidence in the patriotism, wisdom and in
tegrity of the present Chief Magistrate of the
United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and join our
political brethren throughout the Union in
cordial and earnest support of his administra-
ton, 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
rs those to which his great predecessors
Washington ackson and Lincoln-were sub
Jected during their administrations.
RESOLVED, That the letter addressed by the
President to he Chairman of the Pennsvl-
wanna republican State Convention upon the
subject of his succession is full and complete
reputation OF the slane ers of those who charg-
cd him with intriguing for reelection, and
that we accept it as an explicit and final
settlement of the third term agitation created
py the enemy solely to arouse jealousies and
discussions in the Republican party.
RESOLVED, That the Thirteenth, Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitu-
ton of the United States, added to that i'm
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 be maintained by the enforcement of
all proper Congressional enactments, notwith-
standing the secret or avowed opposition of
the Democratic party, of hostile w hite
Leagues in the Southern States.
RESOLVED, That the conduct of the norton
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 national authority, and that the
attempt to prevent the election of the next
President by the people, is calculated to arouse
the worst passions of mon and disturb the
peace of the nation, and should be met by all
| law abiding citizens, both Moth 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
a President in 1876, we deem it well to caution
| the people against slumbering in the face Of
danger.
REsoLvEn, That with al, our countrymen, of
whatever section, who yield obedience to the
Constitution and the laws, and who do not de-
fend or justify those who disobey them, we de-
sire to cultivate fraternal relations, without
reference to mere party differences, and we
will at all times unite with them to promote
justice, order and public tranquility.
RESOLVED, That the cost of the State and
several county governments can, and ought to
be, reduced one-half, and to that work tn Q
next Legislature should address itself This
can DO done by comprehensive re-adiust-
ment OF the public business, n ,curtailment of
| tho large list of the officers and their employ
! es {; such reduction of salaries and fees ms
| will place public servants on n footing, as to
compensation, with persons in private bust
| ness, and incidentally abate the almost
universal preference for public ovor private
! employment honesty and economy in the
maintenance of the various institutions of the
| State total abandonment of the practice
! of voting the peoples money to Institutions
which were called into existence without
state action /; and by additional checks and
safeguards to render official peculation diff
cult OF c0nceament, and surer punishment
| when discover
shoul Id not only be reduced, but the laws con-
corning assessment and equalization should be
so revised and amended as to better insure
just division of that burden among those who
enlOV the benefits of UOVprumpOt- and TINT in
aid of the law wholesome public opinion
should be cultivated against all who seek to
evade their Just proportion Of taxation, and in
favor OF swift and certain punishment alike of
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, rs 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 var
GUS lakes and rivers, subject only to mining
and mechanical rights, and provide for its dis
tribution over the largest possible area of irri-
gable land, and by the adoption of n compre-
honsive system that shall max the canals and
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 teo
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 tho maintenance of religious free
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 it from any quar-
ter and that any effort to divide the School
| Fund for the purpose of supporting sectaTian
schools shall be met with all the resistance in
our power and furthermore, that all citizens,
without distinction of race or color, are entitled
! IN anual 81 al Uantn of mi lic school a1upa finn
RESOLVED, (), That the Central Pacific Rail-
road Company is State Corporation and as
such is amenable to the laws of the State con-
corning corporal ions.
| ~ That the relations of that company to
the nation are simply hose of agent and prin-
cipal and debtor and creditor, so far rs their
property within this State is concerned.
(3.) That the power of tho State over the said
corporation, SO far from having been surren,
4, 1854 ms claimed by that company. was rath-
er affirmed thereby, in these words "Said
company to be subject to all the laws of this
State concerning railroad and telegraph lines"
| a. That the right to regulate fares and
| freights whenever il exists, Is a condition
nexed to the franchise, and is necessarily
vested in the Government by which the fran
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 fran
chise under which they are collected, and the
! power must DC bAeTCl-eu ny lDc authority cru
ating the corporation.
| (5.) 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
tional character is limited TO certain functions
which it derived by the state's consent from
Congress- such as the right 10 operate its road
outside of the state, and TO create liens upon
! its entire line ia favor of the National Govern
ment and other creditors.
o. That as a necessary result of the forego-
| ing, while Congress has the right to regulate
tolls over the road on through and inter State
! traffic. the State Legislature has absolute and
exclusive power to regulate the rates of freights
and fares between all points within this State.
! a. 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 servo,
! whereby unreasonable rates for fare and
| freight have been and are still imposed I'M
! just discrimination made against communities
and classes of merchandise, and many settle
| ments and towns ineonvenienced and even
! seriously injured, for the building up of local
| tiles in which members of the companies are
| Interested.
| (S) That we recommend that the people
should exact in advance, from candidates tor
| the Legislature, unequivOcal pledges First,
! that they will, If elected, vote for such reduc
! ton of freights and fares as will leave TO the
railroad companies 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
| thorough Investigation into the affairs of the
| corporations, as they have ample power to do
| in order 10 ascertain the real cost of construc-
tion of the roads and the annual outlays for
maintaining and operating the same; third,
that they Will, in adj listing tarlH of freights