St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12

Against the so-called economical svs-
TEN of the democratic party, which
would degrade our labor 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 a |
wise reduction of the surplus.
The republican party pledges itself
to correct the inequalities of the tariff |
and to reduce the surplus, not by the |
vicious and indiscriminate process of
horizontal reduction, but by such
methods as will relieve the taxpayer
without iniuring the labOrer or the
great producing interests of the coun-
try.
We recognize the Importance of
sheep husbandry in the United States,
the serious depression which it is now
experiencing and the danger threaten
ing its future prosperity, and we there
fore respect the demands of the repre-
sentatives of this important agricul-
tural interests for n REIMBURSEMENT of
the duty upon foreign wool in order
that such industry shall have full and
adequate protection.
We have always recommended the
world, and we urge that an effort be
made to unite all commercial nations
in the establishment of an interna-
tional standard which shall fix for all
the relative value of gold and silver
| coinage.
The regulation of commerce with
foreign nations and between the states
is one of the most important preroga-
tives of the general government, and
the republican party distinctly an
nounces its purpose to support such
legislation as will fully and efficiently
carry 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 all classes of people,
and we favor legislation that shall
prevent unjust discrimination and eX-
cessive charges for transportation, and
that shall secure to the people and tC
the railways alike, the fair and equa
protection of the law.
We favor the establishment of {
national bureau of labor, the enforce
ment of the eight-hOur law, a wise anC
iudiciOus system of general education
by adequate appropriation from the
national revenue wherever the same Il
needed. We believe that everywher,
the protection to ii citizen of American
birth must be secured to citizens b'
American adoption, and we favOr thu
settlement of national differences b.
international arbitration.
The republican party having it
birth in Il hat ID of slave labor and IL
IA desire that all men may be free ant
equal, is unalterably opposed to place
ing our wOrkingmen in competition
with any form of servile law whethe
= home or abroad. In this spirit W,
denounce the importation of cO1trac
labor whether from Europe or Ash
). us an otfense against the spirit o
II American institutions, and we pledg
>, OF selves to sustain the present lay
i restricting Chinese immigration, an,
!, to provide such further legislation Il
q. is necessary to carry out its purposes
The reform of the civil-service an
Spiciously begun under republican al
ministratiOn should he completed b.
y the further extension of reformed sys
TEN already established by law to al
the grades of service to which it is APP
# plicablc. The spirit and purpose O
?. the reform should be observed in al
> executive appointments, and all laws a
h variance with the objects of eXistin
= reformed legislation should be repeale
a to the end that the dangers to free i'll
d situations which lurk in the power {
=. official patrO lage may he wisely an
d effectively avoided.
d The public lands are heritage {
. the people of the United States, an
n should he reserved as far as possibl
a for small holdings by actual settlers
q We are opposed to the acquisition {
,s large tracts of these lands by corpora
/ tons or individuals, especially wher
4 such holdings are in the hands of non
~ resident aliens, and we will endeavC
|. to obtain such legislation as will ten
Z. to correct this evil.
II We demand of congress the speed
re forfeiture of all land grants which hav
r lapsed by reason of nOn-cOmplianC
ar with acts of incorporation in all cast
p where there as been no attempt
good faith to perform the conditions
such grants.
IN The grateful thanks of the America
V, people are due to the Union sOldie
p and sailors of the late war, and the II
+, publican party stands pledged to suit
v; BILE pensions for all who were disabl,
in and for the widows and orphans
d. those who died in the war. The r
8, publican party also pledges itself
ne the repeal of the limitation containt
at in the arrears acts of 1879, so that /
Il. invalid soldiers shall share alike, al
8, their pensions shall begin with tt
tx date of disability or discharge and n
I'd with the date of the application.
es The republican party favOrs pole
which shall keep us from entanglir
alliances with foreign nations al
which shall give the right to eXpe
that foreign nations shall refrain fro
e. meddling in American affairs, - ii
t. policy which seeks peace and traC
rs with all powers, but especially wit
I'D those of the western hemisphere. "
Is demand the restoration of our navy
ne its old time strength and et1icienc
us that it may in any sea protect Il
oy rights of American citizens and Il
er interests of American commerce, al
10 we call upon congress to remove Il
III burdens under which American sh
M ping has been depressed, so that
III may again be true that we have Il col
is merce which leaves 10 sea unexplor
70 anu d nav "il0h '"hos ho ID" II"
10 superior force.
e. Resolved, That appointments by Il
OF president to offices in the territOri
us should be made from bona fide citize
Oh and residents of the territories where
" they are to serve.
&C. Resolved, That it is the duty of co
ne gress to enact such laws as sh;
ne promptly and effectually suppress t
'ss sy stem of pOlygamy within our ter
tory, and divorce the political from t
.h' ecclesiastical power of the social
Up, Mormon church, and that the law