Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-28

SaIu 10 maue OIL the more offensive Ny
his persistent removal Of disabled Union
soldiers from the Government employ
mont by means Of the disreputable de-
vice Of the oficnsiyc-partisan p" scheme
formulated by his Postmaster-General
and practiced by other heads Of depart
ments and by the President himself.
Fourth. Time does not bar the claims
Of soldiers who fought down the rebel
lion or the gratitude and justice Of the
country, and therefore we demand such
q modification OF the pension laws as
shall secure equal treatment to all such
soldiers entitled TO pensions under said
laws by commencing the payment from
date Of disability; increase of widows
pensions from IS to sl2 per month, aud
granting Of pensions to all such soldiers
as are disabled from securing supper.
by their own labor, and TO those who
served in the war with Mexico. We
condemn the removal by President
Cleveland of the medical pension ex-
sminers appointed by Lincoln, Grant,
and Garfield, who have been steady
friends of the Union soldiers, and their
replacement by men who generally OPP
posed the passage Of the pension laws.
Fifth. The American laborer is
unit in the prosperity and stability of
the republic. The 0ld-World theory
of classes is abhorrent to the American
mind. No peasant class can ever be
created in America. The Republican
party has protected and fostered the
labor of this country so that it's
compensation is larger than is realizedin
any other nation. 1t has guarded
and saved it from the degraded
competition OF contract labor from
China. 1t is pledged to protect it from
the pauper labor Of Europe. We de-
mand that ample provision shall be
made by law for the protection Of labor
and capital and their varied interests,
and such law should provide for
State board Of arbitration for the adj
justment and settlement Of disputes be-
tween labor and capital, Including the
question of screening coal and other
matters peculiar to the mining interests
Of States, in order that miners may
be assured pay for all work done by
them and labor should have its Just
proportion Of representation on such
boards; and we further declare that
provision should be made by law
whereby convict labor shall not be
brought into competition with other
labor in the State.
Sixth. Declares opposition to what
it describes as "the British policy ad-
vOcated by the Democratic party in
this country under the guise of tariff
for revenue only"
Seventh. Fayors the extension Of
American commerce and the fostering
Of American shipping interests.
Eighth. The Republican party inau
gursted ciyil-Service reform and enact
ed the present civil-service law. 1t will
faithfully maintain it, and cheerfully
aid in any needed amendments to give
it full force. We look with regret upon
the failure of the present Administration
TO promote reform of the civil service.
so auSpiciously begun under Republi-
can administration.
The ninth is an elaboration adapted
to the locality Of Iowa Of the PROPOSE
ton, 1.-The public domain for actual
settlers only"
The tenth opposes any changes in the
currency laws that will increase the
burdens Of the debtor class favors a
revision Of the patent laws the inn
provement Of the national waterways.
and a rigid enforcement Of the anti
polygamy laws.
The eleventh declares in favor Of
rigid enforcement of the existing liquor
law.
The twelfth upholds the doctrine of
State regulation ct railway traffic with
in a State, and for the Federal Tegula-
ton of interstate commerce; also, the
election of railroad commissioners by
the people, and the creation by Con-
gress Of national interstate commits
sion.
The thirteenth favors State and ma
tional legislation against cattle-diseases.
The fourteenth and fifteenth are purely
local, aud the sixteenth is regret at
the death Of General Grant, and of
sympathy for his family.