The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-10-01
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

uOtInctS the following utclafatIDn OI princi-
pies; IL rc-afrins the principle of equality of
right Ia all men before the law which has in
principle and practice distinguished its career
~ the past and pledges itself Ia IA continuance
of the same policy in the future which in war
and peace has hitherto SO prOspcrOusly guided
the affairs of the nations.
Gold ana silver coin, and paper issued against
coin actually deposited should he united
i'm the commerce. We believe that the inter
csts of all classes demand the use as money of
both precious metals; but We favor AN honest
silver dollar only. intrinSicnlly equal in value
tn the dollar Of gold. Looking toward the cs-
adjustment of real bi-mctalism, which no
where now exists, We favor such Legislation ms
Will most speedily promote consent 10y the
principal commercial nations of the world to
! resume the free coinage of silver, at Il ratio
fixed by international agreement.
That we unrcscrvcdly endorse the action OF
the Department of Minnesota, Grand ARMY of
the Republic, at its cncampmcnt OF last Feb
ruary, in appointing committee Ia secure
from the next legislature the provision ncccs-
| sary to establish in Minnesota soldiers home
| and II permanent relief fund. Our represent
| atiycs are requested To give their influence
| laws for this purpose.
We also endorse the action of the national
cncampment of the q. A. X. ut San Francisco
the present year in relation to the granting Of
pensions to disabled soldiers.
| In behalf of the farmers of Minnesota, with
| whose interests the Republican party Of the
state has always been Identified, We declare
that the present railroad and warehouse law
| should be so amended in the light Of expert
cncc gained by It's practical operation, as 3,
81 a., op,n a,n @ @ Gu n,nrhcl ini
| reduction OF alway freight and passenger
| rates which has been accomplished under Re
pnuiica,l ruiz sno,i,n pe coii'i,i,lcn aus rapny
| such capital as is actually i'm the busncss oi
| transportation: that railroads should he re-
sirlcted from holding lands exempt from tax
ton of the road; that just grades and honest
weights and measures should DC ensured by
/ I,sfn,
| We declare that the practice of corporations
i of watering their stock so as to claim incomes
| upon fictitious and unreal values cannot be to,
| strongly rcprchenirI, and that the rates OF
freight and transportation upon railroads
| should he limited to a fair conversation
| which should cover the actual Operating eX
| pcnses of the roNd and Legitimate interest ,IpoJ
| the clpltal actually invested and that laws
| should he enacted To enforce compliance with
| this declaration.
| That the legal rate of interest i'm this STATE
| should be reduced to II mayim,m of eight pcI
| centum and the us,Iry laws of tic state shout,
| he vigorously enforced
| That the state should use n norton of the i'm
| come of its magnificent school funds i'm I'm,
| purchase and supply of ain school hooks i'm ms,
i'm its public schools To pupils actually attend
ing and legally entitled TO their privileges
| We demand that annie laws should bc en-
acted for the projection of all persons engage,
i'm mining manufacturing and other labor-rm
blowing in,lustri es and for annie indcmniticu
| lion of loss or injury through lack of propcI
safeguards or negligence, and that the employ
cr should be equally liable. whether such los
| or injury result from the nc"Iiprnce of IN,
cmuioycr or any servant or cn-cmpIoyc
that without lcsscning the penalties II6or
| IcIiuuucut fay novors n should Inc mad,
any legal decision, To rob the humblcst either
of his home NV means of oIlicinI fraud nc"li
ycncc nr inco1antv VI '''''''' ''''' "'7'
| The rights and ptIuitics of Labor must ,,onsti
tutc the corner stone of anv well rnlndcd state
r'uI advancing tue interests of the working
man the Republican party pledges its suppor
ts,f no fall. t.sis.
civilized state that there should exist in any
equality in the condition of capital and labor
before the law, or that the administration al
unjust delays or diScrminatiOus the people
should reassert and practically enforce
through their representatives, the fIndamcn,
| tai principle OF universal civic ana industrial
equality; the prison labor OF the state should
not be employed, under the contract system
in competition with free and honest working
men; while IL is for each municipality tn decide
whether 1t will prosecute its public works by
contract or by direct employment: in either
case the wages of the iaborer should be made
an adequate remuneration for his toll. Tho
legislature should establish Il state bureau OF
labor statistics, forbid the employment OF
young children in laborious occupations inju.
| riOuS to health or strength should insist ON
the education of children in the schools and
compel employers To provide safeguards
against danger to wOrkmcn engaged in mines
and factories and to render indcmuiticatiou
to those injured by reason of absence of Tho
same; arbitration is the only approved method
of settling differences between employer and
cmplOye, and should he adopted and enforced
by appropriate legislation, so as to secure i'm
all disputes an early, fair ana authoritative
settlement.
That compensation should be equal without
regard to sex for the same amount and quail.
ty of work.
The producers of the great Northwest dc.
mand a lower rate of taxa! ion upon the ncccs-
saries of life than that of the war period We
favor therefore, as a lust and necessary
Tightening of their burdens and nm aid to thriy
! prosperity an early and iudicious revision of
the tariff, with simpiiication and reduction
| of customs duties: to which work the RrmIhIi.
can marty nv lis last nntionnI nIot form stands
pledged as soon as the people restore to IN con.
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