Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-06-18
Republican Platform.

The following Is the Republican plat
form of principles(?) adopted at SPRING
field. The buncomb is enough to
cause every honest Republican from
principal to bow his head in shame:
The Republican party of Ohio an
nounces the following platform of prin-
ciples: The right to vote, accorded by
the constitution Of the United States,
is the concern of the whole people, and
must be secured at all hazards to every
citizen in every part of the Republic.
The existing guarantees must be strictly
maintained and additional ones pro-
vided, If necessary, that equal protec-
tion of laws and equal enjoyment of
suffrage shall not fail or be abridged in
any way through connivance, or neg
lect, or fraud in any of the States of the
| Union.
The Democratic party, which owes
its national victory last fall to the will
full suppression of ballots, cannot be
looked to for the enforcement of these
constitutional guarantees, and the hope
the friends of equal laws and equal
suffrage is in the Republican party,
which pledges itself to wage the con-
test to successful end. We want such
legislation as well harmonize the rela.
tions of labor and capital and promote
the welfare of the people and protect
and foster the industries of the State.
We favor the establishment of ma
tional bureau of industry; the enforce
ment of the eight hour law; and
adequate appropriations from public
revenues for general education, where
ever the same is needed. We denounce
the importation of contract labor and
favor the most stringent laws to effec-
lively prevent it. We are opposed to
acquisition of public lands, or any part
thereof, by nonresident aliens. We
are in favor of protective tariff, which
will encourage American development
to American labor, and we are opposed
to the British policy advocated by the
Democratic party under the guise of a
tariff for revenue only.n
We demand the restoration of the
wool duty of 1867, or its full equivalent.
and we denounce the Democratic Con-
gress for failing to make good pledges
they made in this behalf. We con-
denim the action Of the present admin
istration in lowering the national flag
upon the public buildings at Washing
ton, as mark of respect to the man
who dishonored the one and sought to
distroy the other, who planned with
cruel determination, in his hiding
place in Canada, to overwhelm the
northern cities with fire and to sweep
to death their inhabitants by spreading
everywhere the germs of infectious dis.
iases to important and honorable Offices
of the government of funrepentant reb-
els, whose politicaldisabilities have not
, been removed, is a fragrant violation OF
the constitution and an insult to the
loyal people of the whole country
And we denounce the administration
) of President Cleveland for its general
! discrimination in the appointments. SC
far made, against the Union soldiers
and the Union men, for men who
fought against the Union. The Re.
4 publican party, which enacted the pre-.
!. sent civil service law, will faithfully
: maintain it and cheerfully aid in all
needed amendments to give it full force
, and it is committed, to the extent OF
the law, to all grades of service tc
! which it is applicable. Ample appro.
priations should be made to enforce II
a in its letter and in its spirit, and all
: laws at variance with the objects of the
: existing reform legislation should be
repealed. Having accomplished this
: much, the party pledges itself to still
J further and higher reforms.
u It looks with deepest regret upon tht
failure OF the present administration *
!, promote the reforms of the civil servic,
so auspici0usly begun under the Repub
lican administration. The Republican
party of Ohio demands the repeal O
the limitation contained in the pension
!, arrears act of 1878, SO that all invalid
y soldiers shall share equally and thei
pensions begin with the date Of thei
disability or discharge, and not will
the date of their application.
We den0unce the Democratic party
for the destruction of the Scott Law
! and the consequent increase of the bur
! dens of taxation upon all property, ant
the abandOnmentO of the annual revenue
7 of two millions of dollars, and whil
! recognizing the peoples right to ament
= = the organic law, we demand the enact
: ment Of such legislation as will give u
! the most practical and efficient meas
: ures for the regulation and taxation O
! the liquor traffic attainable under tn,
constitution.
! We den0unce the Democratic legisla
! ture for its treachery to their pledge Oh
: the subject of contract labor and ar
raign their incompetency and extrava
. gance in the management of the peni
tentiary. We denounce the presen
! democratic general assembly for th,
? extravagance, corruption, and wantor
! disregard of the true interest and goot