The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-05-14
PLATFORM.

RESOLVED, By the republicans of Oregon in CON
senon assembled In the city Of Portland, this 21st
aay ,, oi AP A. 1880, that We propose to maintain
oy strict economy and faithful adhernce to the con-
susUn n anu laws tnereof and of the United States
m the We are Re in favor Of regulating and equaiz
they shall receive such compensatons as are usually
paio 20 private persons under like circumstances Of
service and responsibility
3. That we favor a thorough revision and es,,a;,.
ton OF our system of taxation to the end that every
speees o. properly within its limits whether owned
shall bear its equal proportion of the burdens nf
government which protects it.
=. Inas we propose to maintain and enforce the
10 the constitution of the United States
with all the powers of the national to the
end that every citizen, poor rich black or white
may pc secured In the full enjoyment of civil and po
g. That the overthrow of the rights of the elective
ranchse OF liberty and fe by which means free gov.
and the manifested fraud and threatened violence in
others, together with attempted nuifcation of the
laws OF tne general government and decisions Of the
interests OF the democratic party are attempted
olution and must be met as SUCH Applause
g. That this is anation formed by the people there
OF and not mere league compact and that we rea
firm the idea OF the unity Of the nation the suprema
cy OF the national government in all matters placed
by the under its control the
intact OF all the rights Of municipal self-goyernment
otherwise guaranteed thereby to the poodle or to the
states respectively At the time we arraien the
mother
notification. secession and anarchy IAppIanse !
q. That the recent action of the democratic party
in state convention assembled in denouncing the SUI
preme court of the United States uf America and inn
putting the most unworthy and unpatriotc motives To
that high and honorable court is unworthy of law
abiding, intelligent and patriotic American citizens
appiause and directly tends to the loosening Of the
foundation OF our government the subverson of all
law and the overthrow of the sanctity of system of
venerable with age and perfected by wis
8. That the attempt by the leaders Of the demo-
cratic party to deraud the people the state out Of
nelectoral VOTE an outrage UNPARALLELED in the
political history of the state which together with the
Maine infamy and the attempt to unseat members in
the halls OF congress for base partisan advantage de-
Tremendous applause
g. That condemn the outrageous conduct of our
democratic state administrations from 1870 to 1873
their extravgance their corruption and their pecua
tions.
10. We deprecate the course of members of the
democratic party who have undertaken to revive
tonal animosity for the purpose Of securing political
ascendancy in the southern statesand who have revv
ed memories of sectional strife by the defiant decara-
tion of purpose to repeal laws made necessary by
the war and enacted to secure the results of the
and we condemn their attempts to by legisa-
tion what was not accomplished by arms, namely the
establishment u.der the name of state sovereignty of
those perncious doctrines which destroy national
prenacy and which in part have led secession and
civil war lApplause
OF successful resumption and restored prosperity and
business revival and insist that the paper and coin
circulation OF the country shall at all times be main
tanned at with the gold standard of the commercial
world. [Appause ]
IL. That while are in favor of revenue for the
support of the general government by duties upon
imports sound policy requires such adjustment of i'm
port duties as to encourage the development of the in
dustral interests of the whole country, and COM
mend that policy of national exchange which secures
to the working man liberal wages, to agriculture
nerative prices, to mechanics and manufacturers
adequate reward for their Skill labor and enterprise
and to the nation commercial prosperity and indie
pendence
13 That we are in favor of uicious appropriations
by the general government for the improvement of
rivers and seaports well for the construction Of
such lines of railway communication will develop
the resources of the country connect our state
with other parts of the unon under such restrictions
will amply protect the rights of the people from
in the grants of lands to railroads favor the sale Of
the by the to the people at the lowest
public lands giving the proceeds only to the
corporations.
IA. That we demand of our representation in con-
ress their best endeavors to Just and udcious
government for the free navigation of the Columba
and the rivers of the state, the improvement of the
mouth Of the Columbia and the harbors at Yaquina
and Coos Bays the location of harhor of refuge at
the point along coast most available to the interests
of commerce. the extension Of the public surveys to
and assistance to raroaGs and the opening for set
tIement such of Indian reservations the inter-
est of civilization demands and necessitates
Is. That we demand modification of the treaty
with China to restrict Chinese immigration to
America [Applause
49, That we hold that a we'll instructed people
alone be perfectly Free and that it is therefore es
sential that public schools should be maintained
that every child shall be instructed in the duties Of
citizenship and the ordinary business vocatons of life