The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-13

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JAMES G. BLAINE.
The Committee on Resolutions being ready
to report, Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania,
was call to the chair to permit Mr.. Mckinley,
Chairman OF the committee, to read the re-
port, which was as follows:
THE PLATFORM
Mr.. Mckinley of Ohio, from the Committee
on Resolutions, then presented the following
report:
The Republicans of the United States, in
National Convention assembled, renew their
allegiance to the principles upon which they
nave trumphed in six successive Presidential
elections, and congratulate the American
people on the attainment of so many results
IN legislation and administration by which the
Republican party has after saving the Union
done so much to render its institutions just
! equal and beneticent, the safeguard of liberty
and the embodiment of the best thought and
highest purposes of our citizens.
| The Republican party mas gained it's
| strength by quick and faithful response to
the demands of the people for the freedom
and equality OF all men, for united Nation,
| assuring the rights of all citizens, for the
! elevation OF labor for an honest currency,
for purity IN Legislation and for integrity and
accountability in all departments Of the Gov
eminent, and it accepts anew the duty of
I leading in the work OF pr 5ss and reform
| We lament the death of zSassident Garfield,
whose sound statesmanshipps long conspicuous
| successful Administration, q promise fully
realized during the short period Of his office
as President of the United States, His dis
! unguished success in war and peace had en-
de AIRED him 10 the hearts of the American
| people.
In the Administration of President Arthur
| we recognize wise, conservative and patri-
! otto policy under which the country has been
| blessed with remarkable prosperity, and we
! believe his eminent services are entitled to
and will receive the hearty approval of every
! citizen.
1t is the first duty of good Government to
protect the rights and promote the interests
4 OF its own people. The largest diversity Of
industry is most productive of general
/ prosperity and of the comfort and indie
4 pendence OF the people. We therefore
/ demand that the imposition of duties on for
! eign imports shah be made not 'tor revenue
only" but that in raising the requisite rev.
enues for the Government such duties shall
! be so levied as to afford security to our diver
! slted industries, and protection to the rights
| and wages of the laborer, to the end that act
i've and intelligent labor, as we'll as capital
may have its just reward, and the laboring
man his full share in the National pl oSperity.
Against the so-called economic system of
/ the Democratic party, which would degrade
| our labor to the foreign standard, we enter
our earnest protest. The Democratic party
! failed completely to relieve the people Of the
| burden of unnecessary taxation by wise re-
! ductiOn of the surplus.
The Republican party places itself to cor
| rect the INEQUALITIES of the tariff, and to re-
duce the surplus not by the vicious and in
discriminate process of horizontal reduction
! but by such methods as will relieve the tax
payer without iniurin9 the labor or the great
productive interests of the country.
We recognize the Importance of sheep hus-
bandry in the United States, the serious de-
| preston which it is now experiencing and the
danger threatening its future prosperity, and
we. therefore. respect the demands of the
| representatives of TINS important agrcutu-
raj interest, for reimbursement of duty upon
| foreign wool, in order that such industry shall
/ have full and adequate protection.
O1n 6nH hos
money known TO the civilized world, andswe
urge that efforts should be made to unite all
commercial nations IN the establishment of
an international standard which shall fix for
all the relative value of gold and silver coin
/ age.
The regulation of commerce with forcing
nations and between the States is one Of the
most important prerogatives of the general
Government, and the Republican party dis
| tinetly announces its purpose to support such
| legislation as will fully and eficientlmnarrv
/ out the constitutional power of Congress over
/ Interstate Commerce. The principle Of the
] public regulation of railway corporations is a
/ wise and salutary one for the protection of
all classes of the people. and we favor legisla-
ton that shall prevent unjust indiScTimina-
| ton and excessive charges for transportation
ana that secure 70 the people and the rail-
| ways ankle the fa1r and equal protection of
the laws
We favor the establishment of a National
bureau of Labor, the enforcement of the
Eight-hour law, wise and iudcious system
! OF general education by adequate appropria-
ton from the National revenues wherever the
same is needed We believe that everywhere
the protection to citizen of American birth
I must be secured to citizens by American
1 adoption, and we favor the settlement of
/ National differences by international arbitra-
] ton.
The Republican party, having its birth IN a
I hatred of slave labor and q desire that all
men may be truly free and equal, is unater-
4 ably opposed to placing Cur worklng-men in
4 competition with any form of servile labor
| whether at home or abroad In this spirit we
| denounce the importation of contrary labor
| whether from Europe or Asia, as an offeiSse
! against the spirit OF American institutions
and we pledge ourselves to sustain the pres
ent law restricting Chinese immigration and
! to provide such further legislation as is nee
essary to carry out its purposes
Reform of the Civil Service auspiciouSly be
gun under Republican administration should
be completed by the further extension of the
reformed system already established by law,
| to all the grades of the service to which it is
| applicable. The spirit and purpose of the re-
| form should be observed in all executive ap-
! Continents, and all laws at variance with the
| objects of existing reformed legislation
/ should be repealed, to the end that the dam
gers to free institutions which Turk in the
| power of official patronage may be wisely and
effectively avoided.
The public lands are heritage of the people
of the United States, and should be reserved
as far as possible for small holdings by actual
settlers We are opposed to the acquisition of
large tracts of these lands by corporations or
IndIvldua's, especially where sIcn holdings
are in the hands of non-reSidentS, aliens. and
we will endeavor to obtain such legislation as
will tend to correct this evil. We demand of
Congress the speedy forfeiture of all land
grants which have lapsed by reason of nom
compliance with acts of Incorporation in all
cases where there has been no attempt in
good faith to perform the condition of such
grants
Ihe grateful thanks of the American people
are due to the Union soldiers and sailors of
the late war, and the Republican parry stands
pledged to provide suitable pensions for all
who were disabled and for the widows and or
publican party also pledges itself to the re-
peal of the limitation contained in the Areas
act Of 1879, so that all invalid soldiers shall
share alike aud their pensions begin with the
date of disability or discharge and not with
the date OF the application.
the Republican party favors policy which
shall keep us from entanglng alliances with