Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-07-10
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MATERNAL PLATFORM.
ADOPTED ~ rye CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
The DsaSsratic party Of the United States
is oonseation assemblies, deelnse;
Fipt We pledge ourselves anew TO tie
soasejtathn.l sHses and tr.aitioas Of the
nsnoezasic party = iIlustEatsd BY the teach-
ing andexsmples'of \ long line Of Democrat
ie BtAesyanes mad Spatriots, and embodied
in ths NJ aasional osnvehtiou Of Che party.
SecOad Opposition to Capitalization and
shat dzhSsf66s6piris of enroaehment which
tends to consolidate the powers Of all the de.
pastmsnts In one, and thus to create, what
ever be the forms of government, real dep
otism; no sumptnary laws; separation Of
churchtan State for the good af each; COM
mon sqiposto hF fostersd and psstsctsa,
Thiud-Homs rule, honest money, the
strict maintenance Of public faith, consisting
stgos4 alsersana paper convertible TO coin
on demand; the strict maintenance Of the
puhlic faith, State and national, and tariff
for rsssans only
Faurth--the subordination of the military
to the civil power, spa : general and thor
ough reform Of the civil service.
Filth Right To- . free ballot as the right
pfssefsativsof al rights, and must and shall
be maintained in everyspart Of the Uaited.
StateAse ~
Sixth-The existing administration is ssepre-
sentative Of couspincY only, and its claims
of right to surround the ballot boxes with
E troops snd deputy niarshafs, 70 iutimidate
and obstruct the elections, and by unprece-
deuted use Of the vote to maintain its cor
rupt and despetic power, insults the people,
snafmpefIs their institutions. s
sSexenth-The great fraud Of 1876, by
which, upon false count of the electoral
vote Of two States, the candidate defeated at
ths polls, was declared TO be Presidect. and
for the first time in American history, the
win sf the people was set aside under the
threat Of military violence, struck deadly
blow ct out system Of representative govern
saeut. The Democratic party, to preserve
the country from the horrors of civil war,
submitted for the time, in the firm and pat
.Ti0tie faith that the people would punish this
crime in 1880. This. issue precsdes and
dwarfs every other. 1t imposes more sacred
agty upon the people Of the Union than was
eyer addressed to the conscience Of q nation
Of freedmen.
Eightk-We execrate the course Of this ad-
rhinissration in making places for political
criminals, and demand a reform by statute
which shall make it forever impossible for a
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seat of usurpcr by villainies upon the peo-
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Einth-The rcanIption of SamuelJ. Tilden
nat again to be candidate for election, the
exalted place to which he was elected by 9
.najority of hfs countrymen, ana from which
he was excluded by the leaders of the Re
publican party. is received by the Democrats
af the United States with sensibility, .ant
,vthsy declare their confidence in his wisdom
and PATRIOTISM and integrity, unsullied b,
the assault Of the common enemy, and the.
fpythsr declare to him that be is followe.
into the retirement he has chosen for himsel
by the sympathy and respect Of his e.l,w-cit
izens. who regard him as one who. by ele
waiting the standard of public morality an,
sdorning and purifying the public service
merits he lasting gratitude Of his conutr,
md his party.
Tenth-Free ships and living chance 70
American commerce on the seq and on tn
land. NO discrimination in favor of transpol
yssipn lines. corporations or monopoliess
Eiesenth-Amcnd7nent Of the Burlingan,
Treaty; no more Chinese immigration ezcer
jSr fSurel, education and foreign commerce
ind Mercin carefully guarded.
THsfth-Public money and public credi
ios ppblie purposes solely, and public land
for actual settlers,
Thirteenth-The Democratic party is tn
friend Of labor aud the laboring man, an
pledees itself to protect him alike againi
the eormorants and the commune.
Feurteenth-We congratulate the countr
upon the honesty and drift Of the nemocra
ie Congress which has reduced the public e:
pepaituFes to $40, ,OO0, 900 year; upon Il
consinustion Of prosperity at home and Il
HAtiOusl honor arboad, and above all, upt
the promise Of such change in the admin
tsation of this government as shall insure
:eehnine lasting reform in every department
the public service.
MARKET KERORT.