The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-09-06
PUBLISH A DECREE
A NATIONAL CALAMITY.
REPUBLICANS.
They Meet in Conventional Re>OIu.
ton Endorsing Hayes Referred To
the Com n itlee Om RESOLUTIONS.

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siOn Endorsing Haye. Referred To
the Committee On RESOLUTIONS.
HAgRIsBURG, Pa, September 5.-The Re.
publican State Convention assembled in
the hall OF Representatives at noon to-day
HARRIsBURG, Pa, September Upon
Resembling VIM. III. Armstrong was
chosen permanent chairman The follow
ing was offered and referred to the commit
tee ON resolutions
| Resolved, That We heartily endorse the
honesty and earnest efforts Of President
| HAYES in the face of numerous and serious
obstacles to reform our civil service, and to
restore our whole nation to the condition Of
harmony, fraternity and prosperity, and
while we NAV, as individuals, in some in
stance, differ in opinion with him As to the
feasibility of the method employed, or the
main details of execution, yet we have i'm
plicit and abiding confidence in his SINGER
ity, capacity and patriotism, and pledge
| to him a constant and active sympathy and
support in all measures conducting to the
accomplishment of these important objects.
THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS
Il tiic lbiiOWiiS- WHICH ahoptCu :.
Resolved, first, While We recognize and
respect the difference OF opinion existing
among us, a. to the course pursued by PresI-
dent Hayes towards the South, we are
heartily in accord with him in the patriotic
motives which have guided him, and in hop
ing that the results Of this policy will lie
OF the equal rights of all men in every Sec
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his administration to carry into effect the
principles of the platform upon which he
was elected, We pledge our hearty and cor
dial support.
The next resolution arraigns the Demo
cratic party for its abuse of the electoral
commission.
The third resolution calls upon the
members Of the state and national legislature
to assist in the return Of prosperity TO the
country by adopting such measures As will
conduce to that end.
The fourth and fifth resolutions oppose
any grant of more than one hundred and
sixty acres Of land to any one person, and
also oppose the reissue Of patents by acts Of
congress.
The sixth says that the long and success
full existence under the laws of congress, Of
the OOuDlc coin stanudIu, WdTrdntsu Us III ue-
manding an early repeal of the legislation
which demonetized silver and established
an almost exclusive gold standard, and we
therefore favor a return to the free use
and Unrestricted coinage of the dollar Of
1898, and its restoration to the position it
held as a legal tender during the eighty
years of our national existence, thus pre-
serving the equality of the commercial val |
Tie of the silver dollar with the gold dollar,
keeping both in circulation.
The eighth saws: We are in favor Of law |
and against lawlessness and anarchy with |
all their attendant horrors and crimes;
equal rights in making laws, impose equal
duties in obeying them when made, and |
We tender our hearty thanks to
Gev. Hartranft and the officers and soldiers
Of his command for the prompt and, We
hope, effectual suppression of the lawle>s
which recently occurred in this
state.
Ninth, that while we hold il in equal re-
spect the rights OF capital to control its invest.
ments, and of labor to determine the value
of its services, that We deprecate any asser-
ton BY violence of the rights of either, and
We assert it as the duty of all citizen. to
hold their respective rights within
the inst Limitations Of Law, and that any At
Tempt 10 cover others BY unlawful means