The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-10-19
Wyoming Republican Platform.

Resolred, That upon all questions of
national concern, We cordially endorse
and adopt the platform of principles
recited by the National Republican
Convention held at Cincinnati, and we
earnestly desire the election of the NOM
inees of that convention to the offices
of President and Vice. President of the
United States, respectively, believing
that such result would in the present
aspect Of affairs be the only safe guar
anty of the permanency of the American
Union and the prosperity Of every Sec
tion of our common country.
RESOLVED, That we favor home-rule
and self-goyernment in the Territories,
and in the filling of all offices therein,
including the important Office of Dele
gate in Congress, with honest and COM
petent citizens, selected from actual and
bona .tde residents of the Territory;
Res0lued, That the introduction of
Chinese labor into this country is
fraught with serious and dangerous
consequences to that system of free la
Dor to which the Republican party has
ever been committed and that we
condemn every system and policy in
the Government which deprives la
Dor Of its dignity; and that the i'm
portation of Cinnamon to this coun-
try has driven out of employment
a large class of native and foreign-born
citizens; and that it retards the progress
and development Of the territories; and
that we highly commend the action of
the National Republican Convention
in calling upon Congress to investigate
the effect Of Chinese immigration upon
the laboring classes of this country,
and that the prompt action of Congress
In the matter meets our hearty appro-
val.
Resolved, That we utterly and un-
qualifiedly condemn the whole Indian
policy of the United States-so far as
relates to the practice of making
treaties with these savage and barbarous
tribes-as inconsistent with the sover-
eighty of the government and as being
puerile in policy and a failure in results.
We therefore ask for such changes
in the policy of the government
respecting Indian affairs, as will SUBJ
ject these savages at all times to the
efficient and absolute control of the ma
tion, and will at the same time destroy
the Indian ring, its aiders and abet-
tors;
RESOLVED, That we return thanks to
President Grants administration for
the important steps taken to rid the
northern part Of this Territory of our
old enemies, the Sioux, and that we
cordially approve Of its Indian policy as
now being carried out by General
Crook and the brave officers and soldiers
of his command;
Resolved, That it is the duty Of the
government to open to exploration and
settlement every acre of the public
domain, and that settlers upon the
public lands Of the United States should
have full protection and every en-
couragement, wherever they may be.
We, therefore, believe it to be the duty
Of the United States to fully protect
such settlers from Indian depredations
and hostilities, and to indemnify such
citizens for all losses sustained in con-
sequence of a failure to afford such
protection. We also demand that all
settlers upon the Shoshone Indian
reservation, in this Territory, shall
be fully compensated for their
improvements, made in. good faith
thereon, before being compelled to va
cate the same; and to encourage and
promote the permanent occupation and
settlement Of our Territory, we ask
that sufficient appropriations be made
by the general government to secure
the survey of all public lands within
our limits where occupation and settle
ment is practicable, and especially that
all such lands recently eliminated from
the Shoshone Indian reservation may
be surveyed without delay;
RESOLVED, That the establishment of
military posts in the Wind River coun-
try and the extension of settlements
taking place in said country demand
that the Government should at once
construct from some point on the Union
Pacific wagon road through such
country to the Yellowstone National
park.