The Mineral argus., 1884-06-19

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revenues for the government such duties shall
be so levied as to afford security to our dfversi-
fed industries and protection to the rights and
wages of the labOTer, to tine end that active and
intelligent labor as well as capital may have its
Just award and the laboring man his full
share in the national prosperity. Against
Democratic party which would degrade
our labor to the foreign standard, we enter our
earnest protest. The Democratic party has
failed completely to relieve the people of the
burden of unnecessary taxation by a. wise re-
duction of the surplus. The Republican party
pledges itself to correct the inequalities Of the
tariff and to reduce the surplus, not by the vi
carious and in~discriminate process of horizontal
reduction, but by such methods as will relieve
the taxpayer without injuring the laborer.
Among the great productive interests of the
country we recognize the Importance of sheep
husbandry in the United States, the serf-
Gus depression which il Is now experiencing,
and the danger threatened its future prosperity,
and we therefore respect the demands of the
representatives of this important agricultural
interest for a reimbursement of duty upon for
eign wool, in order that SUCH industry snail nave
full and adequate protection.
THE CURRENCY.
We have ALWAYS recommended the best money
known to the civilized world, and we urge that
efforts be made to unite all commercial nations
in the establishment of an international stand
ard which shall fix all the relative value OF gold
and silver coinage.
REGULATING COMMERCE.
The regulation of commerce with foreign ma
tions and between the states IS one of the most
important prerogatives of the general govern
ment, and the Republican party distinctly an
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as will fully intellectually carry out the constf-
tutional power of congress over interstate COM
merce. 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 legislation that shall prevent I'M
Just discrimination and excessive charges for
transportation, and that shall secure to the peo-
pie and the railways alike the fair and equal pro-
lection of the laws.
We favor the establishment of a national
bureau of labor, the enforcement OF inc elghI
hour law, a wise and judicioQs system OF general
education by adequate appropriation from tne
national revenues whenever the same Is needed.
We believe that everywhere protectloh 10 d CHI citi-
zen of American birth must be secured 10 cHl-
zens by American adoption, and we favor Ihe
settlement of national differences by lnteIna-
tiOnal arbitration. The RepuDicah party
having its birth in q hatred of the slave labor
and a desire that all men may be truly Iree ana
Pequal. is inalienably opposed TO placing our
workingmen i'm competition with any form of
servile labor whatever, at home or ABROAD IN
this spirit we denounee the Importation OF con-
tract labor, whether from Europe or Asia, as an
offense against the spirit of American lnstltu-
tions, and Ne pledge ourselves to sustain the
present law restricting Chinese immigration and
to provide such further legislation as Is neces-
sary TO carry out its purpose.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Reform of the civil service auspic1ously begun
under a Republican administration should be
completed by the further extension of the re-
formed system already established by law TO all
grades of the service TO which it is applicable.
The spirit and purpose of the reform shoold be
observed in the executive appointments, and all
laws at variance with the objects of existing re-
formed legislation should be repealed, to the end
that the dangers to free institutions which lurk
in the power of official patronage may be wisely
and efectually averted.
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
The public lands are the 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
individuals, especially where such holdings are
in the hands of non-residents or aliens, and we
will endeavor to obtain such legislation as viii
tend to correct this evil. We demand OF congress
the speedy forfeiture of all land grants which
have lapsed by reason of noncompliance with
the acts OF incorporation, IN an eases nIl5Io
has been no attempt in good faith TO perform the
condition of such grants.
THE PENSIONERS.
The grateful thanks of the American people
are due to the Union soldiers and sailors OF the
late war, and the Republican party stands
pledged to suitable pensions for all who were dis
abled. and for the widows and orphans of those
who died in the war. The Republican party also
pledges itself to the repeal of the limitation con-
tanned in the act of 1879, so that all invalid
soldiers shall share alike, and their pensions
begin with the date of disability or discharge,
and not with the date of the application.
The Republican party favors a policy which
shall keel. us from entangling alliances with
foreign nations, and which gives us the right to
expect that foreign nations shall refrain from
meddling in American aAaiRs. The policy which
seeks peace can trade with all powers, but
especially with those of the Western hemisphere.
We demand the restoration of our navy to its
old time strength and efficiency, that it may in
any sea protect the rights of American citizens
and the interests of American ommere and we
call upon congress to remove the burdens under
which American shipping has been depressed, 50
that 1t may again be true that we have a com
MERGE which leaves no sea unexplored, and a
navy which takes no law from superior force.
THE TERRITORIES AND PoLYGAMY.
Resolved, That the appointments by the presi-
dent to officers in the territories should be made
from bona ide citizens and residents of the ter
ritories where they are to serve.
Resolved, That it is the duty of congress TO
enact such laws as shall promptly and effectually
suppress the system OF polygamy within our
territory and divorce the political from the
ecclesiastical power of the so-called Mormon
church, and that the law so enacted should De
rigidly enforced by the civil authorities if pos
sible and the military if need be.
A FREE BALLOT.
The people of the United States in their Or
ganized capacity constitute a nation and not a
mere confederacy of states. The national gov
eminent is supreme within the sphere of its
national duty. but the states have reserved
rights which should be faithfully maintained.
each should be guarded with Jealous care, so
that the harmony of our system of government
may be preserved and the Union kept inviolate.
The perpetuity of our institutions rest on the
maintenance of a free ballot, honest and correct
returns. We denOunce the fraud and violence
p~racticed by the Democracy in the Southern
states, by which the viii of the voters is defeat
ed, as dangerous to the preservation of free in
situations. We solemnly arraign the Democratic
party as being the guilty recipient of the fruits
of such fraud and violence. We extend to the
Republicans of the South, regardless of their
former party affiliations. our cordial sympathy,
and pledge to them our most earnest efforts to
promote the passage of such legislation as. will
secure to every citizen. Of whatever race or
color, the full and complete recognition, posses
sion and exercise of all civil and political rights.
The next business in order was the call of
states for the announcement of members of the
national committee. A motion to postpone the
call was made and voted down, and the call was
then proceeded with.
The convention then took a recess until z p. m