The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09

approve and support his efforts for the pacifcation
of the country and the establishment of its civil
vice upon basis of purity and efficiency.
8. That we reafirm it as the unalterable purpose
of the Republican party to maintain and enforce
the provisions of the recent amendments to the
Federal constitution guaranteeing the equal rights
of all citizens before the law, irrespective of or
color, and to insist the full and efectuaI per-
Torrance by the Federal Government, in the execu-
ton of all its powers, of its constitutional obliga-
tons in that behalf.
4. That we are in favor of both silver and gold
money; that both shall be legal tender for the
payment of all debts, except whereotherwise spe-
cially provided by law, with coinage and valuation
so regulated that people shall not be placed at
disadvantage in our trade with foreign nations, and
that both metals shall be kept in circulation as the
money of the nation contemplated by the consti-
tuition, and we therefore demand the remonetiza-
ton of silver.
S. That we are opposed to any further grants of
public lands, or money subsidies, or the extension
of the public credit of the General Government to
aid in the construction of railroads.
g. That we are opposed to the renewal of patents
by act Of Congress which are burdensome and op-
pressive to the masses of the people, and especially
to the laboring classes.
7. That we view with alarm the present disturbed
condition of the country as evidenced by the ex-
tensive strikes of the workingnen and followed by
the destruction Of life and property in different
parts of the country, and while we deprecate each
and every resort to violence and disorder and
daily approve the action CT national and State
authorities in their efforts to enforce the supremacy
of the law, yet we do most heartily sympathize
with the condition of the honest and industrious
laborers who are willing to work but remain unem
ployed or employed at wages inadequate to COM
fort and independence and as an earnest Of our
desire to find remedy for their condition we re-
commend-frst, that Congress establish National
Bureau of Industry second, that Congress exert
it's authority over all national highways of trade by
prescribing and enforcing such reasonable regua-
tions as will tend to promote the safety Of travel,
fair returns for the capital invested and fair
wages to employees, preventing Encouragement i'm
proper determinations and the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
officials at the expense of stockholders, shippers, and
employees third that provision be made for statutory
arbitrations between employers and employees, to
adjust controversies, reconcile interests and estab
lish justice and equity between Them
The Democrats of Mississippi met in State
Convention at Jackson, On the LIST inst, and
nominated Gov. Stone for reelection as Gov
ernor, W. Fl. Sims for Lieutenant Governor,
W. L. Hemingway for Treasurer, S. L. Gwinn
for Auditor, T. c. Catching for Attorney Gen
eral, and J. A. Smith for Superintendent of
p11hI o6o tod
the following platform:
Fidelity to the constitution of the United States.
Home rule and preservation of State govern
ments with all their reserved and guaranteed rights
unimpaired.
No interference by military power with the free
dom Of elections and with the civil and political
rights of citizens of the United States.
Protection and equal rights Of all classes.
No discrimination on account of race, color, or
previous condition Of servitade or birthplace, and
special legislation for the benefit of the few at
the expense Of the many.
Strict adherence in the selection of public agents
to the tme-honored Jeffersonian standard Is he
honest? Is he capable? Is he true to the consti-
tution?"
Continuation Of the policy of retrenchment and
re4oTm 50 s1gnaly In&uS uTateo Dy the democratic
party.
Reduction of the burdens of taxation to the low
est point compatible with the efficient execution of
the laws.
Corporations of every description supervisable
within constitutional limits by State authority, and
subordinate to State legislation in the interest and
for the protection of the people.
AS the perpetuity of free government depends
upon the virtue and intelligence of the people, we
pledge ourselves to the maintenance of the State
system of free schools.
Wefavor granting such aid as may be extended
without violation Of the constitution of the United
States departing from the established usages of
the Government TO the Texas Pacific railroad, and
for rebuilding and keeping in repair the levees of
the Mississippi river.