The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07

advanced to the front Of the stage.
!, General Beaver spoke eloquently and
, earnestly. The isslle, he said. was not
1 contest for offices, but 10 determine
! whether the principles of the great party
2 of progress are To be perpetuated in the
State and nation or whether they are to
t be stricken down and the spectacle now
| presented in Congress is 10 be continued
| until the end of the splendid prosperity
of the country reared by the Republican
| party in % years shall have been reach
. ed For this reason, he declared. the
, nomination of candidates wis not the
| greatest work of the convention. II still
rested on the delegates TO state broadly
and clearly the undying principles and
purpose of the party.
In conclusion General Beaver formally
accepted the nomination, declaring AT the
same time that it came To MIN unsought,
without effort direct or indirect on his
part He regarded the eall of the con
yention As the call Of duty, and IL such
would obey il, confident that the action
Of the convention would he vindic.stt.d
by triumphant army, Whose lines
would extend from the Delaware 10 Lake.
Erie.
Short speeches We're also made by
Davies, Norris, Stewart and Osborne. All
we're to the point and were received en-
Enthusiastically. There was a disposition
70 take recess after the speeches. a. it
was after six o'clock, but those who wan
ted to sit it out were in the majority.
THE PLATFORM PRESENTED.
Hon John Cessna wa- called upon to
present the report Of the committee on
resolutions providing for the abolition of
Senatorial delegates to State conventions '
and that hereafter the basis of represen-
tation shall be the same as in the House
of Representative. This reduces the /
whole number of delegates to - and
takes I off Allegheny county Also in I
dorsing Chairman Cooper and RECON- +
mending his retention at the head of the /
State Committee
The prohibitory plank in the platform
had caused prolonged discussion in COM
/ mittee and some talk was expected over /
it in convention. The proposed change (
I in the rules came first Lucius Rogers .
said it was not what his county wanted /
and after long speech and several short I
ones moved an adjournment which WAS
T voted down. Then Mr.. HuIings moved 1
to substitute for the anti-discrimination .
plank simple declaration in favor of the .
enactment of laws to enforce sections Ii /
and Il Of the Constitution. This was
also voted down \ substitute To the
prohibition plank proposed by John "
Neeb and declaring that action on the
subject should emanate from the Legis-
latiye and Senatorial districts, met the
same fate.
The platform was then adopted a. a
srbnl. and fb.. convention shortly after
O'Clock adjourned.
THE PLATFORM
To the end that our industries may be
symmetric,,lly developed, cur commerce
extended, labor receive just rewards and /
capital find remuneratiye employment, +
we demand that the system of protection .
known as the "Americln SYSTEM which .
I has been rcestabIished, built up and fo-- .
tered by the Republican party for twen- I
T tv-five years, be maintained in its integ
ritv. and We demand further that this 1
system under which the wealth Of this /
/ country has been more than trebled in =
( single generation, and which affords 4
fair and reasonable protection to our (
manufacturing and agricultural interests, +
and the industrial classes employed in I
connection Herewith, be also extended I
/ Ia our commerce, 80 that by the estab I
+ IiShment and maintenance Of 4 CONNER |
cial marine, We may diversity industry, I
find new channels for the overcrOwdei /
ranks Of labor. make Use of the products ,
Of forest. mine and mill in building our
own ships and provide for the nations +
( defense a. well Is the reservation of the [.
nations honor by training body of men /.
4 for service on the seas; furnishing ships 1
which can be- transferred 10 the service Of
I the nation in ease of need, and securing 4
the establishment Of shipyaris and ma
chinerv which will enable Us as a nation /.
to construct entirely within ourselves,
when Necessity requires, navy which I
can meet the demands of modern naval
4. E y fs.. 4rll
dairy should not be lost sight Of in the
list Of American industries to be protect
ell under the American system, and both
National and state legislatures should pro-
tect them from dangerous and unjust
competition and from any or all adulterl-
tons or counterfeItS.
our unqualified hostility Is proclaimed
to the Morrison bill, not only because it
* an ayowed step in the direction of free
trade. but because in design it is intend
ed to permit raw materials to be import
ed duty free, and thus it strikes at the
prosperity Of the farm. the mine and the
workshop.
We deprecate the neflrious work of inn
porting foreign pauper, criminal or con-
tract labor or the products of European
convict labor, and demand the passage Of
a national law sIImmarily prohibiting
such importation under any pretext
whatever
Labor and capital are Of right and
should be- through custom and law, per
fettly mutual, and 10 the end that their
mutual relations shall b.. strengthened we
advocate at the hands Of the National
Congress and OF all state Legislatures the
enactment Of fproper laws, afioriing facil-
itieS for conference and arbitration. has
al upon the principle that all men are
free and equal. and directly recognizing
the equality Of all the interests involved
the workers, the employers and the peo-
pie at large.
That Congress should no longer grant
anv Of the public lands to railroad or
other corporations, and should eonfine
the sale Of public Lands To American citi-
sens. We demand the prohibition of
large landed ownership, either by syndi-
Gates or alien holders.
We indictthe present National admin
istration for inconsistency in the methods
employed to promote promised reform;