The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-22
THE PLATFORM

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Adopted by the First District Republican
Congressional Convention Mt Weston, Sep
tomber II.
The Republicans Of the First Congress
sionAl district Of West Virginia in con
yention assembled, hereby realIlrm The
principles of the Chicago Convention, be-
lieylng that this propagation will conduct
to good government and the strengthen
ing OF all our commercial and business in,
terests,
We condemn the National Administra.
ton because,
First. 1t has failed to redeem Its pledgeH
made To the people.
Second. 1t has made civil serViCo re-
form q farce and a meaningless sentiment,
Third. 1t has offered gratniIous insults
to the brave soldiers Of the country by the
indiscriminate yetoing Of pension bills.
Fourth. II has menRC0d tho manniac'
turing and laboring interests Of the cOun.
try through the efforts OF a majority otits
party in Congress to impose upon the poo.
pie free trade system under the speCtous
guiae Of the Morrison tariff bill.
Fifth. 1t has Numbered and vacillated
In It's foreign policy, permitting the seizure
Of our vessels and theimprlAonment Of our
citizens byA foreign power In one case,
and instituinga policy Of braggadoci0
against weaker sister Republic in
another case.
Sixth. II has entered into contracts to
carry our mails In foreign vessels TO the
exclusion Of our own vessels.
Seventh. II has connlved OF the financial
ruin OF an American who has spent q
lifetime in building up and strengthening
American shipping-John Roach.
We condemn tho Democratic Cougres-
sional delegation from West Virginia In
their vote iavorlng the free trade Morrison
tariff bill, intended to destroy the manu-.
featuring and labor interests OF our State {:
In their vote against the olsomargsrine
bill, intended for the protection Of great
aud important agricultural interest, In
their vote sustaining the insulting vstoes
Of pension bills by the President.
Tue Republican party having time and
again pledged itself to the beat interests
Of the people whenever it Is convinced Of
their needs and sees way OF providing
therefor, In the interest OF farmers wa ia.
yor the restoration OF the wool tariff oil
1867.
And in our judgment the time has
come when the Wholesale immigration to
our shores Of the undsrpaid labor OF the
old world should be restricted to degree
where 1t will not endangsr the standing Of
the wage-worker oil this country, and that
stringent measures should DO adopted
looking toward the enforcement Of the
law against the importation Of pauper and
foreign contract labor.
Believing that the laborer 10 better than
his product, which Is atime.honored prin.
Ciple OF the Republican party, we there.
fore favor the nomination and election OF
q Representative in the Congress OF the
United States who can be depended upon
10 support, under all circumstanc 9, the
protection Of American labor by the broad
shield OF American law.
We most heartily endorse every official
act Of our present able Representative in
the Congress Of the United States, the
Hon. Nathan Goff, whose record Ia one
that every true Republican in the First
District applauds and endorses.
We condemn the action Of the Demo.
cratic members OF the House OF Represent
atves In suppressing, In committee, the
Blair Educational Bill, which appropria,
ted 81 ,000, 600 to tho cause OF education
In America, the amount apportioned Il
West Virginia being over 81 600, 600.