The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-18
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
TOn- h Day.

THE Convention reassembled at liza
a. IN on the 5tiI. Rev. John K. Paxton, OF
d. c., offered prayer. Mr.
Boutwell, gave notice that when the report OF
the Committee on Rules was taken up he de-
sired to amend Rule 10. as reported By the
Committee The report of the Committee on
Credentials was then taken MP, and after de-
bate, the report WAS sustained bv vote OF |
47s yeas to lS4 nays. The report of the Com |
mittee in relation to the delegates from the
Thir. West Virginia District was then con- !
sidered Mr.. Clayton moved To suDsti- !
tuJe the report Of the minority for
that of the majority. Alter
lengthy debate, the substitute was
sdorted by a vote of Az yeas to $50 nars. In
the Utah case, also, Mr.. Clayton moved to
substitute the minority report for the MAORI
ty report. and after bate. the motion pre-
vailed and the substitute was adopted by
yeas 426. nays 3l2. and the report Of the Com
mittee on Credentials, as amended, was adopt
ed by a rim UOce vote.
The Convention then entered upon the con-
sideration of the report OF the committee on
Rules and Order OF Business and Mr..
Garfield moved its adoption. Inc ma
Mr. Sharpe moved the adoption OF
resolution that the Convention
proceed Immediately 10 ballot for candidates
ior President of the United states, and that
one speech of fifteen minutes be allowed Tor
the presentation of each candidate and ten
minutes to second esch nomination, the roll
of states to be called at the end OF the nomi-
mating speeches. as a substitute for the ma
joritr report. Mr.. Sewell moved to table the
substitute, but On the suggestion OF the CHAIR
that the whOS: subject would lie on the
table if the motion prevailed, withdrew
or the motion oi Mr.. Sharpe. and
it was defeated by yeas 276, nays 419. MIR.
II Ia, IN nln Ii
recting the National Committee to prescribe
a method or methods for the election OF dele
gates to the National Convention to be held
in 1854 to announce the same to the country,
and to issue a ell for that Convention in con.
formity Herewith. MIR. Butterworth moved
to add proviso that such method or methods
shall include the securing to the several Con-
gressional districts the right to elect their
own delegates to the National Convention.
Both amendments were accepted by MIR. Gar
field and adopted by the Convention, and the
report, as amended, was adopted by rs0a
MIR. Garfield moved that the Committee on
Resolutions be instructed to report, and the
motion prevailed by unanimous vote. MI
PierreDont of New York, then presented the
platform adopted by the Committee. Mr.
BARKER Of Massachusetts, moved to amend
by addinga resolution adopting the declara-
lion of President HAYES in favor OF the
thorough. radical and complete reform OIL tie
Civil Service. This amendment was discussea
at considerable length and finally adopted.
The resolutions, as amended, were then
adopted by riva Uoce vote. The following
is the platform: ,,
The Republican party, in National Sonae, Il,
ton assembled, at the end OF twenty years
since the Federal Government was first com,
Initted to its charge, submits to the people Oh
the United States this brief report OF It's al
II snnnressed rebellion which had armed
nearly a million of men to suosSr To .I I;or
tonal au' horityf reado1 inSsead of slavery as
its corner.stone. 1t Transformed 4Vo'ou
human beings from the Likeness ~
things to Confess tine raf from OF the infamou:
work of hunting fugitive slaves, ana cnafse.
it to see that slavery did not exist; IL na
raised the value of our paper currency iron
thirty-eiglnt per cent to the par OF gold: IL na
restored upon a solid basis, payment IN con
of all National obligations, and mas gwen US
currency absolutely good and equa, IN e eyer:
part of our extended country. 1t has htte'
The credit of the Nation from the point wner
six-per-cent bonds sold at 81 to where IouI
percent. bonds are eagerly soush' At pic
iInder its administration railways have IN
creased from $1,000 miles m iooV =, .rade has sir r
creased from $40 0OO,0 900 to Sl15ooUoWO IN ~. IN
same time, and our exports, Wnich VIZ s H1
0C,OOO less than our imports m i' ga Wv Win"
OO1'(stJ more than our imports In 1873. Witnou
resorting to loans it has. since the war close.
dcfrayed the ordinary expenses Oh 10y ernni NY,
hnSidpS the accrulnX mteTcoI VII SuS
Teht' and has disbursed annually more tina
S3OUlOOOO for soldiers and sailors Pens,o.ais' y
has pa;d $3.50 OCO OOO of the public debt, ana. y
refunding the balance AT over n I'm near
SiEA.lOl.uO0 t. les than So'UuOy; az ,,I or
dustrits of the country have revived. laIor
throughout the entire country there is ey
dence of a coming prosperity grea er tnd q ~
have ever enjov,d; Upon TINS reco q ~ :,
Be publican party asks for the continued co
fidence and suprot of the people and IN u
Convention submits for their approval the It
lowing statement of the pr ncipies ana pu
poses which W II Continue to GUIDE ana lhspi
Hi We affirm that the work of the RepuD
sa9paT,y for S !. to the favor of the
tinn: That the fruits of the costly victor
which we have achieved through immense
nen,i1es sne should be cherished; that 7
Union should be perpetuated, and "a
the liberties secured t,;,,s this uS Ssnei
isSed to future generations; that the order
tablished and the credit acquired should nev
be impaired, that the pensions o Prom ans
should be extnguished by the full payment
every dollar thereof: that the reviVlng ind'
tries should be further promoted; ana that I
commerce already so great should oe stead
eneo Tne tnnstitution of the United States i
supreme law ana states nH,. IL %I mace soverei
Nation Some powers are denied to the
ton, while Others are denied to the ssates,
the boundary between the powers asie IS. !!
and those reserved is to be determined by I
National. and not by the State. tribunals. :,
5. The WORK OF popular education is one :
to the care of the several states, put Is
duty of the National Government to AID y
work to the extent of its constitutional aoii,
The intelligence of the Nation @, rs, Is p Snxe
States. and the destiny Of the Nat
must be guided not by the genius or any
state. but bv the average genius OF an:
fspv> wis
to make any law respecting an estaoiisnni,
of religion but if is idle to hope that tne .
ton can De protected against the inuuencS,
secrarianism while each state Is eXPOseu
its domination. We, therefore. recomms
that the Constitution be so AMENDED as 70
the same prohibition upon the Leglsia!ure
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