Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-10
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PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
Republican Platform and Nomination.
The Presidents Course.
Harrisburg, Sept. 2.-The following was
offered and referred to the committee on
resolutions:
Resolved, That We heartily endorse the
honest and earnest forts of President Hayes
in the face of numerous and serious obstacles
to reform our civil service and to restore
our whole nation to condition Of har-
mony, fraternity, and prosperity, and while
we may, rs individuals, in some instances |
differ in opinion with him as to the feasi- |
bility Of the method employed, Or the main |
deeaiis ofthe execution, yet We have inn
plicit and abiding confidence in his sincerity |
capacity. and patriotism, and pledge to him
constant and active sympathy and support |
in all measures conducting to the rapid !
furtherance and speedy accomplishment of
these highly important and much desired
objects.
The committee on resolutions reported
the following, which was adopted:
|. While we recognize and respect the
difference Of opinions existing among us as
to the course pursued by President Hayes
toward the south, we are heartily in accord
in honoring the patriotic motives which
have guided him, and in hoping that the
results Of this policy will he peace, good
will, and complete recognition of the equal
rights of all men in every section Of the
country, and to the efforts of his admins
tration to carry into effect the principles of
the platform upon which he was elected,
We pledge our hearty and cordial support.
2. The electoral commission having been
created at the urgent solicitation of the
democratic party, and after the oft-repeated
declarations of its leaders in both hous.s of
congress that no factions could cavil at its
decisions, We witness with profound astonish-
ment the assaults of that party upon an
august tribunal of its own, creation because
its decisions disappointed their expectation
of official patronage, which assaults, so far
as they seek to impair the confidence of
the people in the just title of the president
to his high Office, are equally childish and
foolish, but may become extremely mis-
chievous in assisting to diminish popular
respect for the decisions Of lawful trib-
unals.
The third resolution calls upon members
of the state and national legislatures to as
sist 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 100 acres of land to
any one person. and also oppose the reissue
of patents by acts of congress.
e. That the long and successful existence
under the laws of congress of the double
coin standard warrants US in demanding an
early repeal of the legislation which de.
monetlzed silver and established an almost
exclusive gold standard, and we therefore
favora return to the free use and unrest rict-
ed coinage of the dollar of 1898, and its
restoration to the position it held as legal
tender during eighty years of our national
existence, thus preserving the equality OF
with the gold dollar, keeping both in circu,
lation- ~
The seventh resolution indorses the al-
miKistration of Gov. Hartranft.
8. We are in favor of law and against
lawlcssness and anarchy, with all their at.
tendant horrors and crimes. Equal rightt
in making laws imposes equal duties ir
obeing them when made. and we tender oul
hearty thanks to Gov. Hartranft and the
officers and soldiers of his command fol
the prompt, and we hope the effectual, sup
preston of the lawless disturbances whict
recently occurred in this state.
That We hold in equal respect the right:
of capital to control its investments, and O
labor to determine the value of its services
that we deprecate any assertion by violenc'
of the rights of either, and we assert it a
the duty of all citizens to hold their respec
tive rights in just limitations of law, AM
that any attempt to coerce others by unlaw
ful means should be promptly repressed b,
such lawful authorities as the exigency de-
mands.
The remaining resolutions, except th
eleventh, which favors protective tariff
relate entirely to state affairs.
The following ticket was nominated:
Supreme judge. P. Sterrett, by accla
nation
State Treasurer-Wm. B. Hart, by accl.
nation.
Auditor General. A. NJ. Passmore.
Adjourned sine die.