Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-05

ditiOn, We regard it as unwise to engage
in any new attempts at financial legislation
The country is prosperous under our finan-
cial system as it is, and we know of no
good reason why that system should be
now disturbed.
The persistent efforts of the free traders
to destroy our tariff, piecemeal, by legisla-
tiOn to repeal the duties on special arti-
clos. admonish us of the necessity Of adj
herring more strongly than ever to the tar
itf policy of the past twenty years, which
has built up our grand system of manufac-
tures fostered the revenues of the govern
ment and promoted our national prosper
ity. The business of the country will not
bear this tinkering of the tariff and if any
revision of that tariff is to be made at all,
it should be done through commission of
capable men, after patient and thorough
hearing of all parties to the interests in
volved.
4. We object most decidedly to all at
tempts to enact a new tariff through the
agency of commercial treaties. A treaty
framed, negotiated, discussed and ratified
in secret, is not proper method of resu-
lating the revenues of the government.
D. In view of recent events in Congress
and in the Southern states, and latterly in
opportunity to reaffirm our adherence to
the following principles, viz.
l. The union of the states-with equal
rights by any constitu-
tional means.
ii. Protection to the person, liberty and
property to the citizen of the United
States, in each and every portion of our
common country, wherever he may choose
to move, demanding of him only obedience
to the laws and proper respect for the
rights of others.
Ill. Strict integrity in fulfilling all our
obligations, state or national.
". The perfect security of free thought,
free speech and a free press, and of equal
rights and privileges to all men, every
where, irrespective of nationality, of color
or religion.
V. 4 pure and free ballot, thoroughly
protected, so that every man entitled to
cast n vote may do SO, just once, at each
election, without fear of mOlestation, moral
or physical, on account of his political
faith, nativity, or the hue of his skin.
vi. Honest elections. The people have
the virtue and the patriotism to govern
themselves, our government must depend
for its stability upon honest elections.
Until man is considered infamous who
casts an illegal vote, our government will
not be safe, and whoever deprives a citi-
zen Of his right to vote, is traitor to our
government.
VII. An honest count of all votes legal
ly cast, and an honest return of whoever is
elected, free from all attempts to defraud
the people of their choice through techni-
calities or by an arbitrary rejection of their
votes.
6. We extend to the Republicans of
Maine our congratulations over the peace
full and successful resistance to all effort to
defraud the people of that state of the
right to choose their own representatives,
and to the attempt to steal the government
of that state. Our republican form of
government will be a signal failure when
any political party can succeed i'll defying
the public will by the people at the ballot
box.
:. We deeply regret the growing ten
dency to throw elections aside on mere
technicalities and infOrmalities. The right
of the people to choose their public ser
wants is too sacred to be subverted upon
any pretext that the returns of elections
are deficient in some trivial matters of
form.
8. We thank our senator and reprcsen-
iC w llIC lttSG
and in this, for their firm adhesion to Re-
their opposition to Democratic schemes
to renew the obsolete doctrine of state
rights and to cripple the government by
Withholding needed appropriations in
order to cOercc legislation repeating all ma
tiOnal laws that protect the purity of the
ballot-box.
Resolred, That the chairman of the Re-
publican state committee is hereby in
structed and required to carefully examine
whether any person to-day placed on the
electoral ticket be legally disqualified.
from any cause, from serving as an cleo
tor and, in case any such legal disability
be found, the state committee shall sub
stitute another name from the same con-
gressiOnal district.
The following was announced as the |
committee to select delegates to the ma
tional convention and presidential electors: |
John Cessna. chairman A. l.. Pearson,
Fl. G. Patterson, J. NJ. Dickey, W. Elwood
Rowan, David H. Lane, ii. l.. Barbour, p. |
d. Bucl1er, n c.. Elsbree.
ChristiOn Kncass, Philadelphia, moved |
to proceed to the nomination of candidates
for auditor general, and nominated John /
A. Lemon of Blair.
Mr.. Garrct, of Schuylkill, nominated J.
"A. NJ. PassmOre, of Schuylkill.
Mr.. Bell, of Blair, advocated the nomin-
alton of Mr.. Lemon in a speech.
The convention took q recess until 7.3O
o clock, to reassemble in the hall of the
house of representatives, to give place to
Madame Rentz's minstrels in the opera
house. The Rentz combination was
offered $4OO for the use of the opera house
by the officers of the Republican conven-
ton, but refused the bid.
The Night Session.
On re-assembling the convention pro-
,ceded to ballot for a candidate for auditor
general John A. Lemon, of Blair coun-
~, was nominated OH the first ballot. re-
,eiving 15S votes to 93 for j. A. NJ. Pass
more.
Hon. Henry Green, of Easton, was then
nominated for supreme Judge by acclama-
ion.
The following delegates to the Chicago
were then reported from the
committee appointed to make the selec-
ion:
James McManus, Philadelphia; NJ. S.
quay, Philadelphia G. L. Magee, Pitts
,urgh: Lin Bartholomew, Schuylkill.
ilternatcs-Gen. d. S. Elliott, Henry
5uch, Samuel NJ. jackson, J. Hay Brown. I
Electors at Large.
Edward n Benson, Henry w. Oliver.
District Delegates and Electors.
1. w. Elliot, W. S. Douglass alter
,ates, W. J. Pollock, Richard P. CAM ]
lion elector, Samuel C. Perkins.
3. Delegates-W. r. Leeds, David II. 5
lane alternates, Joseph II. Ker, Edward
Rowe elector. Edwin II. Filter.