Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-05-21

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oregon, IN convention assembled, adopt
the following resolutions:
l. RESOLVED, That We reaffirm the
time-honored maxim: "Equal and
exact justice to all men; special privi-
lege onone."
2. That we heartily endorse Presi-
dent Cleveland and his administration
in their efforts to purify the public
service, to restore the administration
of the federal government to the prac-
tice of honesty which existed before
the government was prostituted by the
Republican party to partisan uses,
personal ends and class legislation.
8. That we endorse the sentiments
and suggestions of President Cleveland
in his special message to congress favor
ing system of arbitration of differ.
ences between capital and labor, EN-.
ployer and employe.
4. We favor tariff for revenue.
limited to the necessities of the govern.
ment, economically administered; but
as any tariff for revenue must of neces
sity afford some protection incidentally
we therefore favor such an adjustment
as to prevent unequal burden and en-
courage the production of industries at
home, and to afford just compensation
to labor, but not to create or foster
monopoIies. Therefore as a matter Of
justice, the wool growing interests of
our country, should receive the same
benefit from a tariff as the manufact.
urer of woolen goods; and we condemn
the action of Republican congress
in reducing the tariff on wool and in
increasing the tariff on woolen goods.
5. That we heartily endorse the
present administration in its efforts to
build up navy efficient and able to
protect our sea coast and our commerce
and to maintain and defend our rights
wherever our flag floats, against any
and every assault; and we believe that
a reasonable portion Of surplus reye-
nues should be appropriated for the
construction and ornament of such ma.
val vessels and that all material needed
therefor and for the building up of our
merchant marine should be free from
all taxation, and such vessels should
be constructed, equipped and armed
at our own shipyards and shops and
by our own workmen.
6. In harmony with the record of
the Democratic party in the state and
nation, we hereby pledge the party and
its candidates to use all lawful means
looking towards the speedy termina-
tion of existing treaty relations be-
tween the United States and China,
and the lawful removal of all Chinese
coolies who may now be in the United
States.
7. We are in favor of liberal appropri-
ations commensurate with their impor-
tance for the bays, harbors and rivers
of Oregon, including the mouth of the
Columbia, the opening of the upper
Columbia, the Willamette, Coquille,
Umpqua and siuslaw rivers; Coos,
Yaquina, Tillamook and Port Oxford
Bays.
s. That we urge upon our national
government the propriety of setting
apart Crater lake and sufficient lands
surrounding said lake for a national
park.
9. That the prodigality of the Re
publican party while in power, in
granting boundless tracts of the public
lands to corporations composed of po-
litical managers and oficehelders, un-
der pretense of providing the country
with railroads and wagon roads, and in
these grants in violation of
law in cases where the grantees did not
pretend to comply with the conditions
Of the grant has Justly merited the
outspoken rebuke of every American
citizen. While demanding for corpor
ations the observance Of every contract
right, we hold that every such grant
became void and was absolutely for
Feited in every case where the road
was not completed in the manner and
within the time prescribed by law, and
that such forfeiture should be declared
without further delay Saving in all
cases the rights Of actual settlers;) and
she lands of the people thereby rescued
rom the grasp Of spectators should
De bestowed in small tracts to actual
settlers under the laws now in force,
Or such as may be hereafter enacted;
and that the efforts of President Cleve-
land and the officers under him to re-
store to the people an amount of the
public domain equal in area to that Of
,he combined states of New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary
and and Virginia, has won the graft
5ude any confidence of the laboring
portion of our countrymen and especi-
ally Of the people Of the state of Ore
gon.
10. That we earnestly sympathize
with Gladstone, the English premier
and Parnell, and with their compatriots
in their efforts tn nme1iora To tbo oond;