The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-14
mAINE REPUBLICANS

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convention met this morning and
was called to order by Senator Frye.
Frye then nominated for temper
airy chairman Eugene Hale, who
was received with much enthus-
lasm. Hale said one of the largest
conventions ever held in Maine at
tests the undying vigor of the re-
publican party of the state. This
campaign must end the contest. a
governor, congressman, senators
and comfy officers are to be
chosen. You do not want Gov
ernOr PlaiSted to be continued
in his seat, but you want a dis
tinguished and eloquent colleague
to retain his seat in the Senate for
six years more. Great applause
Hale believed the President was
trying to bring all shades of the re-
publican party into accord. He has
difficult task, but discharged it
wisely.
Colonel Robbie was nominated for
governor on the first ballot by 30
majority,
The following resolutions were
adopted:
First-That the right of every
| qualified voter to cast his ballot and
have it honestly counted as a fun
damental principle of republican
government, which must be MAIN
tanned by law and jmpartially en-
! forced. The majority thus deter
mined must rule and the minority
must submit.
Second-Free schools must be
maintained and'universal education
secured as basis of national secur-
ity and prosperity.
Third-American industries and
labor should be protected against
the competition of the products of
cheap foreign labor by protective
tariff.
Fourth.-American shipping and
shipbuilding should be encouraged
by modification of our navigation
laws, SO as to discriminate in favor
and not against our shipping inter
ests, and by such other assistance as
government may properly render
that great national interest and pro-
test against the persistent affects of
our friends of free trade, or mis-
named revenue reform" to grant
American registry to foreign built
ships, as certain to destroy our ship
building industry.
Fifth.-The only legal tender
money authorized by the Constitu-
ton to be coined or issued in time
is gold and silver. The dollar of
one shOdld be coined so as to possess
the same Intrinsic value as the dol
lar of other, and the paper currency
should be redeemable in one
or sthe other We deprecate the
efforts made to overthrow the pres
emf banking system OF the nation,
securing as it does TO the people, a
currency convenient, uniform, elias
tic IN volume, { t equal value in all
states, and absolutely safe from loss
in the hands of h 1lders.
Sixth-The rapid payment Of our
war debt, while the debts OF other
nations are increasing, affords con-
elusive proof of wisdom in our
financial measures, and calls for
continuance of the same policy I'M
til every dollar of this debt shall be
paid.
Seventh-We are unalterably OPP
posed to the abolition or reduction
of the internal revenue tax on
liquors and demand that all possible
reduction of taxation shall be made
upon necessare3 and moi upon luXu-
ries.
The resolutions proceed to declare
in favor of economy IN public ex-
penditures, liberal pensions to SOL
dierS and sailors of the late war, re-
fer with pride to the record Of the
republican party on the prohibition
of the liquor traffic, which has been
practically annihilated in large
portion of the state; recommend
submission to the people of a cOnsti-
tuticnal prohibitOry amendment;
we emphatically condemn the at
tempt of Governor PlaiSted to super
eede, and thus punish Associate
Justice Libbey for rendering such
opinions on the counting out pro-
| ceedings Of 1S7S-S0, as COM
mended themselves to his judg-
ment and conscience, although
not in accordance with the policy of
the party with which he was then