Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-06-18
THE OHIO REPUBLICANS,
Platform of Principles.

The Republican party OF OHIO aD-
nouuces 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. Existing
guarantees must be sacredly maintained
and additional ones provided if necessa
ry; that the equal protection of the laws
and equal enjoyment of suffrage shall
not fail or be abridged in any way
through conniyance. neglect or fraud OF
any OF the states of the Union.
The Democratic party, which owes Its
national victory last fal to the WnlIul
suppression of the ballot, can not be
Hooked for to the enforcement OF these
constitutional guarantees, and the hope
of the friends of equal laws and equal
suffrage is IN the Republican party,
which pledges itself to wage the contest
to successful end.
We want such legislation as will har-
moniZe the relations of labor and capital
and promote the welfare of the people
aud 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
appropriation from the public revenues
| for the general education wherever the
same is needed. We denounce the i'm
portation of contract labor and favor the
most stringent laws to effectively pre-
vent it. We are opposed to the acquisi-
tion of public lands or any part thereof
by nonresident aliens. We are in favor
of a protective tariff which will en-
courage American development and fur
nish remuneraiive employment to
American labor, and we are opposed to
the British policy advocated by the
Democratic party under the guise of
tariff for revenue only.
We demand the restoration of the
wool duty of 1867, or its full equivalent,
and we denoupce the Democratic Con-
gress for failing to make good the
pledges they made in this behalf.
We condemn the action of the present
administration in lowering the national
flag upon public buildings at Washing
ton as mark OF respect to man VINO
dishonored the one and sought to de-
stroy the other, who p;aIned with cruel
determination in his hiding place in
Canada TO overwhelm the Northern cities
with fire and to sweep to death their in-
habitants by scattering everywhere the
germs of infectious and fatal diseases
that the elevation to important and hon
orablc offices of the government of unre-
pentant rebels where political disabili-
ties have not been removed is t1agrant
- bn nj in
suit to the loyal people of the whole
country, and we denounce the admins
Jration of President Cleveland for its
general discrimination in the appoint
ments so far made against Union SOL
diers and Union men who fought for the
Union.
The Republican party, which enacted
the present civil service law, will faith
fully maintain it and cheerfnlly aid in
all needed amendments to give it full
force, and it is committed to extend the
law to all grades of service to which
it is applicable. Ample appropriations
should be made to enforce it in letter
and spirit, and all laws at variance with
the objects of existing reform legislation
should be repealed. Having accomplish
ed this much the party pledges itself to
still further and higher reforms. 1t
looks with deepest regret upon the fail
ure of the present administration 10 pro-
mote the reforms of the civil service so
auspiciously begun under the Republi-
can administration.
The Republican party of Ohio de-
mands the repeal of the limitation coE~
tanned in the pension arrears act of 1878,
so that all Invalid soldiers shall share
equally and their pensions begin with
the date of disability or discharge, and
not with the date Of application. We
denounce the Democratic party for the
destruction of the Scott la W and the con-
segment increase of the burdens Of taxa
tioa upon all property and the abandon
ment of an annual revenue OF $2,000,000,
aad while recognizing the peoples right
to amend the organic law, we demand
the enactment of such legislation as
will give us the most practical and eff
cient measure for the regulation and
taxation of the liquor traffic attainable
under the Constitution.
We denounce the Democratic LeglsIa>
ture for its treachery to their pledge on
the subject of contract labor, and ar
raign their incompetency and extrava-
gance in the management of the peniten
tiary.
We denounce the present Democratic
General Assembly for its extravagances,
cOrruptions and wanton disregard of the
true interests and good name of our
State
The Republicans of Ohio in conven-
tion assembled tender to Gen. U. S.
Grant our warm sympathy in this time
of his great suffering, and assure him of
our great faith in and love for him, and
earnestly hope that he may be restored
to health and be blessed with many days
among his grateful countrymen.