The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-13

Mr.. L. G. Smith, Of Carbon, ap-
peared, and was admitted to q seat in
the convention.
w. W. Corlett, from the committee
on resolutions, stepped forward and
read in a clear and forcible manner the
following
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES 81,
which was warmly applauded and unan-
imously adopted: =
Resolred, That the United States is a
nation and not a mere confederation Of
independent states, and that it has am
pie power to protect itself from all foes,
whether foreign or domestic, and to
preserve its own existence, and has full
power to protect all its citizens of every
race, color, creed or condition, in the
enjoyment of the rights Of citizenship,
and that 1t is the highest and most
sacred duty Of the nation to exercise
such power. Z
2. That the republican party of Wyo-
ming territory re-afirms its devotion
to the principle of the equality of all
men before the law, and declares its
opposition to all monopolies and to all
action calculated to violate this funda-
mental principle of u organization,
and we heartily commend the efforts of
the present administration to secure to
all the people of the southern states
full protection from unlawful interfer-l
ence in exercising the elective fran
chise.
8. That TO the republican party be-
longs the credit Of destroying slavery
in the United States, IN aristocratic
system under which labor was robbed
of its just reward, and it will AXE no
step backward in protecting the inter-
ests and dignity Of labor.
4. That the introduction of Chinese
labor into this country is fraught with
serious AMI dangerous consequences to
the system of free labor and free gov
eminent to which the republican party
has ever been committed. We therefore
demand that immediate action be taken
by the federal government to secure the
abrogation, or such modification of ex-
isting treaties, as will protect the labor
ing classes of this country from the
unequal and unjust competition estab-
lished by the starvation prices of Chi
nese labor.
8. That we commend honesty and
economy in Office, and the faithful ap-
plication of the public to the
purposes of government, and we earn
estly condemn dishonest application,
useless appropriation, or extravagant
expenditure of county and territorial
funds collected from the taxpayers, and
we pledge ourselves to the prompt pun
ishment of all malfeasance in Office.
O.. That at the present crisis relief to
the commercial interests of the country
is of first Importance; that the para
mount commercial necessity is a cur
rency with an unvarying standard Of
value, as free as possible from fiuctua-
tion. so that of what he has. be it much
or little. each man NAV know the exact
value: that for this standard we de-
mand coin "a the only one universally
recognized among the great trading ma
lions 81 the world. and the n that
will subject us. as a people. to the least
loss in our foreign exchanges. and for
n currency we demand coin. or paper
redeemable in coin ON demand.
7. That the rapid absorption of our
bonds at lower and vet ,ower ratee Of
interest ia due to the unvarvinu hon.
estv with which our government has
tbus far met its obligations. both in
spirit and in letter. to its creditors. and
we deprecate and denounce anv stems
however slight. hat tend either wholly
or in part. to cause a~uctuation in the
nnrcbas;no nover of The monev Of the
country. and we therefore favo or the re-
sumption of specie PAYMENTS Mt the
date now fixed by law.
3. That the people of Wyoming are
ratefnl tn the army of the ITnited
States for its Gallant services in its on.
deayor to protect their homes and fire.
sides from Indian depredations. W.
denounce and condemn the action of
the Democratic partv in its partizan