The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

tlOn anu execution OF wisely MAD
laws. 1t will not merely command
respect; it will also arouse enthu
|siasm, and enthusiasm is the proph
ecy Of victory, and its absence is th,
prophecy ofdefeat.
| With this name on our ticket w
|shall sweep Western Pennsylvania
like a resistless hurricane. From
all its towns and hamlets, and vii
lagos and cities, the voters shall
come; from its fields and forests
from fits mines and quarries, from
the lurid glare of the freight ant
the thick smoke of its myriad in
dustries, shall they come yeoman
capitalist, workman and laborers
all-who differ, as they may, as Il
many things, are one in the faitf
that on honest, competent and cour
ageous Judge is the surest pledge o
security and good order-shall swell
the pell that shall be the earnest o
victory. Filling the valleys, climb
ing the hills, we shall meet you as
you come from the eastward, mic
the whispering pines on the noun
tain tops, with such majorities as
shall defy defeat.
MARSHALL NOMINATED.
Before the calling of the roll was
half over, Marshall's nomination
was assured. and even before the
vote was announced a motion, offer.
ed by Hayes, of Chester, to make
the nomination unanimous, was
carried amid enthusiasm by the con.
vention, and except the 176 votes
secured by Mr.. Marshall, the result
of the ballot was not announced ia
detail.
The committee on resolutions pre-.
sented the following platform and
resolutions, which were adopted
without discussion or comment Of
any kind, except that those resolu-
tions which were inserted as reform
sentiments elected a great deal Of
laughter from the delegates gener.
ally.
THE PLATFORM.
The Republican party of the State
Of Pennsylvania, in convention as
sembled, do reaffirm the principles
of justice, equal rights, honesty and
economy in the national and State
administration upon which the party
was founded, and upon which it has
so long and continuously triumphed,
and does hereby resolve that it has
always been the aim and purpose oi
the Republican party to carefully
guard the interests of the laboring
classes by all suitable legislation,
and to that end the protection oi
American industry by advocacy of a
continuance of proper and judicious
tariff is enjoined upon our senators
and representatives in congress.
Resolced, That as the sense of the
great body of the Republican party
of the State of Pennsylvania we de-
clare:
/. That we unequivocally con-
denim the use of patronage to pro-
mote personal political ends, and re-
quire that all offices bestowed with
in the party shall be upon the sole
basis of fitness.
2. That competent and faithful Of
ficers should lot be removed except
for cause.
3. That the non-elective minor Of
fees should be filled in accordance
with rules established by law.
4. That the ascertained popular
will shall be faithfully carried out in
State and national conventions, and
by those holding Office by the favor
of the party.
5. That we condemn compulsory
assessments for political purposes,
and prescription for failure to re.
spond either to such assessments or
to requests for voluntary contribu-
tions; and that any policy of polit-
ical prescription is unjust and cal
culated to disturb party harmony.
6. That public Office constitutes a
high trust to be administered solely
for the people whose interests must
be paramount to those of persons,
not parties, and that it should be
invariably conducted with the same
efficiency, economy and integrity as
are expected in the execution of pri-
vate trusts.
z. That the State ticket should be
such as, by the impartiality of its
constitution and the high character
and acknowledged fitness of the
nominees, will justly commend it
self to the support of the united
Republican party.
Resolrsd, That it is the duty of
the Federal government to adopt a
policy which will result in observing
good faith with the aborigines; by
keeping intruders out of the Indian
Territory; by enacting laws protect
ing life and property on the reser-
vations; by prohibiting tribe re-
movals; by educating all Indian
children i'll manual labor schools,
and by giving lands in severalty,
and eventually citizenship to all
self-supporting Indians who desire
the same.
Resoired, That We deeply deplore
the loss sustained by US, in common
with the other portions of our ma
ton, in the death of President Jas.
A. Garfield, who exemplified by his
whole life and public career all those
principles which constitute the high
est type of American manhood, and
who, when stricken down by the
hand of cowardly assassin, show
ed by his fortitude and heroic pa
tience that his profession, that he
was ready to give his life for his
was not an empty boast.
Resolved, That We heartily sympa-
thize with the widow and mother of
our late President and his bereaved
and we say to them that
his life and memory are the richest
legacy which could have been be-
queathed to them.
Resolved, That the administration
Of President Chester A. Arthur, COM
menced under such sad and trying
circumstances, has proved to be wise,
conciliatory and efficient, and is en-
titled to the cordial support of every