Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-09-17
NEW yoax REPUBLICANS.
The Convention ct Saratoga---speech
Of Senator ConkliDg.
Fvll TSst Of tho Platform Adopted.

. stirring speech. He said:
"We meet as representatives of th(
historic organisation In which many oI
us have grown old, but our hearts are q,
young, warm and true ~ In the day,
long gone by. Reciprocating all your
kindness, ! like to receive IL q An omen
of concord and harmony In al
the conventions proceedings, to be
crowned by popular success. / congrat
ulate you on the suspicious promise fol
the party and the republic. Threaten.
ing dangers now appear in public affairs
first the pretensiOns of state rights,
second inhation. third disposition to
trample on the liberties of q part of the
people.
The senator referred to tho resumption
of specie payments and said, "our
finances, if let alone, will be safer and
better than they have been for many
years. Abundant crops have been gath.
cred and this abundance will bring pros.
perity." The senator proceeded to discus
the financial issue ut some length. Hia
reference to the "quiet man." (meanine
Grant, and his veto of An act intended
to check and defeat resumption by 70
pealing the law fixing its date, wai
greeted with vociferous applause a.
was his claim. for the Republic
an party that it had effected
resumption and made every paper dollar
a. good - gold. Following resumption
has come renewed business prosperity,
and ell that is wanted is to keep of the
hands of scheming men, non-interfer.
ence with business BY legislation and Ill
will be we'll. Republican ascendancy
means the resumption and maintenance
of prosperity and Republican ascend.
ancy would be sure and easy If all the
votes of the country could be freely cast
and fairly counted. But this unfortu.
nately could not be, because in part Of
the country . vote was not free. The
pretension of states rights once more
raises its head. It declares there
shall be no free elections;
there shall be NO fair count. The
majority in the two houses of congress
at its late session took the government
BY the throat and then threatened to
strangle it 70 death unless the president
would sign bills which he knew
to be unrighteous and unjust
The jury laws, which have stood for
more than eighty years, were prostrated
and the Jury box prostituted. This was
In order to give license to unlawfnlneas
On election day and every day. The
army was manacled not only ON all
days, but on that very day when It
should be most ready to act in sup
port of national liberty. This was al
Tor the purpose of strangling
elections In behalf of brutal candidates.
Four southern states are certainly Re-
publican BY . large majority, and two
more are on the same side if their votes
could be recorded, but there will
be NO contest in the next presi.
Dental election in the south.
There win be no election there worth the
name. Every vote will be registered for
the Democratic candidate, whoever he
may be. This done, only AZ more votes
will be needed. New York has 81
of those votes, and this must be
known and understood. Thus, . great
responsibility rests upon her. She will
decide the contest of 1880. The action
of New York this year will go far toward
deciding the question. The action Of
New York this year will decide whether
the tax paying people shall rule this
country or not.
Referring to party differences In the
past Oonkling claimed that al of them
had been settled and the party was q
unit. No matter which was right OF
which was wrong In the past, now al
Republicans stand together on
every essential or living issue,
1--WE know that Democratic success
now would mean sectional domination
Consequently, with the ticket and plat,
form to be here made, the state could be
lost only BY inattention and neglect
New York, imperial - she II, must thii
year 10 to the head of the Republican
column. To this let N here and nov
pledge ourselves and each other"
Vice President Wheeler was invited
to seat on the platform, but he had
previously left the hall. The mention
Of the vice presidents name and that oi
George William Curtis during tho cal
of the roll of delegates brought forth
great cheers.
After the appointment of the custom
aEy committees, recess was taken.
BARAToGA, September 8.-The CON
vention having reassembled, exc Oollectol
Arthur, chairman Of the committee oz
organization, presented the name o
VIM. A. Wheeler for permanent pred
dent. Being conducted to the chair
Wheeler made short speech, in whicl
he said tho policy Of seeking to starv,
the government into submission 70 rebel
lion was initiated ct Fort Sumpter IN,
exempted BY the Democracy in the lat
seasion Of congress. The speech was ,
general a1raignment of the Democrati
party and its policy and record durinl
and since the Late war, = oul0gy OF th
Republican party and IN appeal to th
necessity for continuing the latter Il
power In order TO maintain and enforc
protection 10 every citisen Of ever,
right regardless Of his color, condition Q
locality.
Charles E. Smith, chairman Of Il
committee On resolutionA presented th
following platform, and It was upani
moualy adopted:
The Rspublieaas Of New York, plsdgiaI
ourselves anew - national supremacy
e0ual YishtG, fros elsctions and homes
| money, declare theee pTinclples:
First-Ihe rspablie Of the United 6tate
= . nation and not league. The nation ]
supreme within its own constitauoAA
sphere. II h eirdsd With power b suast
u own lie, = protect II eva oit3asns. 4
rsgulaae ~ eva elsseiess end g sxeeste y
soysrear1ty = ths Salslnl nloas1se & halli
Aaa4snS aSennnano anA anneahV Rannh