Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-10-09
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

The following are the resolutions left in
the hands of the Committee on Platform
and Resolutions of the State Republican
Convention, and ordered to the State Exec
utive Committee with instructions to re.
port an electoral ticket, platform and
the resolutions and publish them within ten
days after the adjournment of the Conven.
ton:
Resolved, by the Republican party in Conven.
ton assembled, that we hail with proud satisfac.
ton and intense delight the wise selection OF
standard bearers made by the National Repub,
lican Convention held at Chicago, Illinois
June I'd, 1884, and that in the persons of those
| ilustrious and brilliant statesmen, James G
Blaine and John A. Logan, we find all the
true and requisite qualities combined to in,
sure safe leadership, reliable firm and efficient
rulers Of the great nation of which we are COM
ponent part.
Resolved, That we extend to these honored
sons of the nation our hearty and earnest sup
port, pledging our best energies and untiring eff
forts to secure a victory complete and triumph
ant for the Republican party and the brave de,
tenders Of the faith.
Resolved, That we renew our devotion to those
grand and sublime principles Of the Republican
party, which recognize the tatherhood OF God
and the brotherhood Of man, and upon its altar
will offer all of sacrifice That we recognize in
the platform and resolutions as set forth by the
National Republican party as full and sufficient
guarantee of protection to life, liberty and prop,
erty, and safe chart by which the ship of State
can be guided.
Resolved, That with Il full election and hon.
est count, we pledge to the standard bearers OF
the Republican party the legitimate majority we
Law claim to OF thirty thousand voters, and
charge at the doors Of the Democracy of the
the State if it is not secured Il deliberate per.
version of the will Of the people by Il resort tc
vile agencies and methods, such as should be
discountenanced, denounced and unqualicdly
condemned.
Also the following: Whereas we recognize the
supreme Importance of education and realize
the stern necessity of providing for more liber-
al advantages to the end of fitting and prepar-
ing those who are to enter upon the stage
of actions for the proper discharge OF the
duties and responsibilities of citizenship; that
inasmuch as the school facilities furnished by the
State in its meagreness cannot and do not meet
the CRYING demands of the masses, thereby de.
priving them of those privileges so essentially
necessary to their upbuilding and elevation
Resolued That we view with alarm the educa-
tional condition of the people, schools being con-
Quoted only for the brief term OF two and foul
months in every section of the State, the length
of which seems but trifing to the pupil work
ing serious hardship and great Inconvenience
to the faithful teacher, who receives but pit
tance for salary, being barely sufficient TO fur
nish means Of subsistence during the term OF
employment.
Resolved That we call upon the State authori-
ties to give this very important subject their
careful and deliberate consideration, and to de-
wise such means and adopt such regulations by
which an enlargement of school facilities can be
secured, more reasonable advantages derived
therefrom and higher standard attained
Resolved, That we favor national aid to cduca-
ton, and call upon the national authorities to
use it's powers to the furtherance of that end,
believing that it will not only prove a safe in
vestment if surrounded with proper safeguards,
hut prove an economy in the strrtcst sense OF