Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1884-06-06

|DAY, JUNE 6, 1884.
by the freemen of America. (Applause.) San
ders, of Montana, offered an amendment, that
no person shall be elected as member of the
national committee who is not eligible as
member of the electoral college. Hoar. of Mas
sachusetts, made an explanation as to the effect
of the civil service law passed by congress a
year ago, and said it not the purpose of that
law to prohibit any federal officer from exercis-
ing all the right of an American citizen. The
amendment offered by Sanders was adopted,
and the amendment offered by Thurston, of
Nebraska, was adopted after some verbal modi
fcations. This disposed of, the question
of the rules except as to the
representation in future conventions, that SUBJ
ject being withheld. Parks, If California, then
gates for future conventions. 1t directed that
each state shall be entitled to four delegates at
large with two additional delegates for each
member of congress at large, if any: that each
territory and the District of Columbia shall be
entitled to two delegates ard that each congress
sional district shall be entitled to two delegates
Bishops, of Massachusetts,, on behalf of the
minority of the committee, reported rule that
each state shall be entitled to four delegates at
large and one additional delegate n each
representative at large, if any; that each terri
tory and the District of Columbia shall be
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district shall be entitled to one delegate for
every ten thousand majority votes or fraction
thereof cast for the republican president elect
oral ticket at the preceding presidential election
and that the republican national committee
shall, within year after each presidential elec-
state is entitled. Carver, Of Indiana supported
the minority report as entirely in keeping with
the MUS Of. American institutions. Bradley.
of Kentucky;opposed the minority report -es
something that might come from the demo-
cratic party but not for the republican party.
the republican party; it was Florida that
gave them the president in 1876. he
warned the republican party that the tariff
quest ton was coming up before the country and
the time might come when the northern
states might want the aid of the south. The
slaves; they did not ssk to dictate nominations
but they declined to surrender their manhood
the gallows which was now proposed might
hang some of those who proposed it. West
Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, and the old
Dominion, in spite of democratic shot guns
God for vengeance, would give the republican
party their ele ctoral votes at the coming cleo
ton. (Applause)
Lynch, of Mississippi, Townsend, of New
York, West, of Ohio, and Filley, of Missouri, all
strongly denounced the minority report. Long,
that the convention was not prepared to adopt
the views Of the minority report, but they were
going to elect the next president, and that fact
would go far toward settling equal rights at the
south. At the end of the next presidential term
the matter might be taken up and decided. He
therefore hoped the matter would be referred
to the next executiv committee. BY the shout
of dissent it then became evident that the nt1-
ment of the convention was against the minority
report and the majority report was adopted.
Mckinley, of Ohio, from le tommlttee n resc-
lutions, then presented the report. The plat
form as read ia as follows:
The republicans of the United States in Ma
tional convention assembled renew their alle-
glance to the principles upon which they have
triumphed in six sue ;esslve presidential elec
tions iand congratulate the American people on
the attainment Of 80 many results in legislation
and administration by which the republican
party has, after saving the Uni N, done so much
to render its institutions just, equal and bene
ticient; the safeguard of liberty and the estab
Iishment of the best thought and highest
purpose of our citizens. The republican party
has gained its strength by quick and faithful
response to the demands of the people for the
freedom and the equality of all men; for a
united nation, a. surlng the rights OF all citi-
Zens; for tie elevation of labor; for an honest
currency; f3r purity in leg alatiop; and for in
tegrity and acc untability in all departments of
the government; and it accepts anew the duty
of leading in the work of progress and reform
We lament the death of President Garfield
whose sound craftsmanship, long conspicuous in
congress, gave promise of strong and success
full administration, promise fully realized
during the short period of his office as president
of the United States and his distinguished sue.
cess in war and peace, which have endeared him
to the hearts of the American people. In the ad
ministration of President A thur we recogolzs
. wise, conservative and patriotic policy, under
which the country has be n blessed with re-
narkable prosperity, and we believe his emf
nent services entitled to and will receive the
hearty approval of every citizen. ..
1t is the first duty of . good government to
protect the rights aud promote the interests of
its own people; the largest diversity of industry
most productive of general prosperity, and of
the comfort and independence of the people.
We, therefore, demand that the imposition of
duties on foreign imports shall be made not for
revenue only, but that In raising the requisite
revenues for the government, such duties shall
be 80 levied as to afford security t, diversi-
fed industries and protection to the rights,
the wages of the laborer, to the end
that active and intelligent labor as we'll as capi-
tai, may have its best reward and the laborng
man his full share in the national prosperity.
Against the SO called economic system of the
democratic party, which would relegate our la
bor to the foreign standard, We enter our earnest
protest. The democratic party has failed COM
pletely to relieve the people of the burden of
unnecessary taxation by wise reduction of the
surplus; the republican party pledges itself to
correct the inequalities of the tariff and to re-