Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-10
MISSOURI RAIDS.

The Few Remaining Henchlnen of the Los
Party Meet. Resolve and Nominate---A
Resolution Endorsing the Man on Horse
back Withdrawn---OtherP Political Points
/ ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 9.-The Republican Stat.
convention met at Mercantile Library hal
at noon and temporarily organized by the cleo
ton of Alex. Z. Dering. of Randolph county
chairman, and Rudolph Herzel, of Gesconad
county. secretary. Business committees wer,
appointed and the convention took a recess.
The convention on reassembiing permanently
organized by the election of N. Mcmillan
Cooper county, president; e. C. Bennett, Mi
nor county, secretary.
THE PLATFORM.
/ The committee platform reported the fol
lowing resolutions, which were adopted unani
mously:
We, the Republicans of Missouri, in conven
ton mbled, resolve
First-That the Republican party, inspired
by it's past history and achievements, renew it,
allegiance to the high principles which hav,
guided it thus far; and. hav ng saved tn.
I'LL all promises made when assaulted by treason
and rebellion, to the end that the nations
1 honor be preserved.
Second-That the bonds of the United State.
and legal tender notes issued under the neces
sites of the rebellion are sacred debts of the
nation to be paid to the last dollar in the uni
versally recognized standard money of thu
world; that the only money recognized in bust
ness and exchange of the world is gold anG
silver coin, of a weight and fneness which
gives it universal currency; and we demand
that all our currency shall at all times be con
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and that coin and currency shall be kept at pal
with the gold standard of the world.
Third-We declare that the interests of CAPT
tai and labor are 80 linked together that all &C.
ton hostile to the one must be injurious to the
other, and We condemn all attempts to array
| one against the other tending to establish
enmities and prejudices between employer and
| employed.
| Fourth-We demand full protection for all
\cltizens of every and color in every part OF
the United States in the free exercise and en-
joyment of all constitutional and legal civil and
political rights and privileges We insist and
demand that there shall never he any payment
| directly or indirectly, of what are called rebel
claims, and we demand that all legitimate ex-
| penses of the government shall be met fairly
and honestly by early and adequate appropria-
| tions.
Fifth-We arraign the Democratic party as a
| constant disturber Of public tranquility and
confidence; as the wanton foe of public sc
! curity; as constantly attempting to weaken the
power and authority of the nation by Gripping
the army in time Of uncertainty and danger
We call attention to the fact that it is dependent
on a solid South, and is thereby at all times
subservient to all its sectional demands; that
1T has never ceased to aggravate the troubles of
the country by mischievous agitation through
out the entire period of its supremacy in the
House of representatives. We arraign it as
falthless to the obligations Of national honor.
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| initiation, repudiation and other financial dis
| orders which imperil public credit and bust
ness security, and we believe and declare that
Its further and greater success would be ma
ti;:ani eala ti,itV
Sixth-We particularly arraign the Demo-
cratic party of Missouri responsible for
criminal disregard of the constitution of the
State, whereby over half million dollars of
money. which has been collected and paid into
the treasury of the State. has heen atolen- ar,d
lost, which the people of the State must be
| again taxed to make good. 1t is our belief
that since the party came into power it has
| maintained and supported ring of plurderers
who have subsisted and fatted upon the revenue
paid by the pc pie. and it has so far made no
| efforts to punish them, and while we would
leave all questions of paying municipal debts
| to the courts and to the people interested, we
charge the Democracy of the State with CO.
vert design of attacking the national authority
| In It's Judiciary department and encouraging
| the doctrine Of notification under the specious
pretence of protecting the rights of people,
whom Its trusted officers are engaged at the
| time in robbing.
Seventh-We favor liberal system of full
and strictly secular education for the children.
Elghtn-We are opposed to any repeal or
modlhcatlon of the resumption act whereby
| its efficiency will be in the least impaired We
believe that the era of hard times is rapidly
passing away, and period of national and in
| diyidual prosperity is beginning to dawn upon
| the country, and for this promised return of
better times we feel indebted to the firmness,
| honesty and purity of the present administra-
| ton of the national government.
Ninth-An emergency in the history Of the
country. second only to the great struggle to
overthrow the rebellion, now confronts us. AS.
| then, the Republican party was the sole organ
| lied protection against national disruption, and
patriotic citizens, of whatever party names,
| rallied under its standard in defence of the
union, SO now the Republican organization is
tie only efficient bulwark against national re-
pudiation and disgrace, and it again invites all
good citizens, of whatever previous po-
htical ties, to unite with it in preserving
national honor. To all Republicans this great
exlgency especially appeals to rise to its high
obligations and join heart and head, for the
triumph of these vital principles upon which
the security AMI welfare of the Republic
depend.
A resolution nominating Grant for president
| in 1880 was received with tremendous applause.
but it wasthought inexpedient to adopt it.
The following nominations were made
Judge of the supreme court, Alex. F. Denny:
superintendent of public instruction, Roderick
Baldwin; register of lands, VIM. F. Norval;
railroad commissioners, John B. Tracy.
| The State central comm ittee was then elect
ed and the convention adjourned.