Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-10

uctc OH udliOu2i 80u state issues.
Resolved, That the distractions of tn,
free trade theorists are not adapted to the in
dustrial wants of this country, and that ths
protection of American labor is the true DO
lifical economy of the American people a
long as they are obliged to compete with the
manufacturers and i'll paid labor of the ole
world. We call the special attention of nil
working men to the fact that wages in the
United States under protective tariff ar,
from fifteen 10 thirty per cent. higher than
under the revenue tariff in force before the
republicans came into power in lS6l-wages
at both periods being counted on the gold ba
sis IN m )ney, or reckoned in comparison
with the commodities necessary for living.
y. Resolved, That the Morrison tariff bill
reported from a democratic committee or
ways and means and supported by the erea
body of the democratic members of Congress
aims with apparently special malevolence to
lnJure the material interests of Maine. By
Its provisions all the manufactures of Maine
are deprived of a protective duty, the farm
products of Canada are to be admitted to free
competition with the farm products of Maine
the lumber of Canada to free competition
with the lumber of Maine; the fishermen Of
Nova Scotia are put on better basis than the
fishermen of Maine; and as fitting climax
the ship building interest of Maine is to be
bi oxen down by admitting foreign built ships
to American registry free of all charge OF
duty. In short,so far as Maine is concerned
the Morrison tariff bill aims to promote for.
eign interests instead of home interests. We
therefore denounce the action of the demo.
cratic State convention in approving this bill
as traitorous to the leading interests of the
State
4. Resolved, That the democratic repre-.
sentatives in Congress who propose to sur.
render the free market of the United States
to Canadian fishermen, while Canada prohi-
bits American fishermen obtaining in their
waters reciprocal privileges, are guilty of an
act which is at once illogical and unpatriotic
an act which must have originated in sec.
tional malice or have been the offspring OF
ignorance. If consummated, it would Ger.
tainly result in the total destruction of the
fishery interest of the United States on the
Atlantic coast.
5. Resolved, That we thank the Maine
representatives for their united opposition to
the extravagant and corrupt river and harbor
bill recently passed by the democratic House
of Representatives. measure so censurable
az 20 compel the democratic convention OF
Maine to denounce their own party for pass
ing it-compelling them also to declare that
Congress, under their own democratic admin.
istrati0n, "has devoted six months of its la.
Dor and all of its ingenuity in devising ways
and means to deplete the treasury of its sur.
plus millions, to the neglect of important
legislation. which the country needs" We
hereby heartily concur with the democratic
convention in their just estimate of the mem.
bers OF their own party in Congress, whl
have control of the expenditures of public
money
6. Resolved, That labor and capital mus
be in harmony to insure the prosperity o.
either. Every conflict between the two tends
to the injury of both, and whenever differ
ences arise, we believe that they should be
submitted to impartial arbitration, to the enc
that friendly adjustment may be promptly
reached and suffering to all classes prevent
ed.
Z. Resolved, That in the judgment of thi,
convention, no manufacturing establishment
in Maine should extend the length of day,
labor beyond ten hours.
s. Resolved, That this convention recon.
mends that the next legislature of the State
shall enact law prescribing fifteen years a.
the e-earliest age at which children may be reg
ularly employed in factories, or some kindred
law calculated to guard and protect youth OF
tender years. Earlier employment of thai
kind interferes with growth and health anC
deprives the children of the proper opportu
nifty of acquiring an education in the public
schools.
8. Resolved, That we commend to the
next legislature careful revision of the la
Dor system in the State prison to the end thai
the labor Of the convcts be so adjusted a:
not to come in competition with the honest
calling of any pitiznn of tho Statp
10. Resolved, Thst the republicans OF
Maine, now. as heretofore, endorse and ap-
prove the law for the prohibition of the sale
of intoxicating liquors. The law and Its sew
eral amendments were enacted by republican
legislators, and this convention now declare
in answer to Misrepresentation in many
quarters that the general effect of the prohib
tory law has been beneficent and has proved
in marked degree helpful to the cause OF
temperance in Maine. 1t has largely reduced
the consumption of alcoholic liquors and ha.
in many ways contributed to the moral and
material welfare of the State
IL. Resolved, That the republicans o.
Maine having cordially and in good faith con
tributed through their senators and represen
tatives to the enactment of the civil service
law, sincerely regret that under democratic
administration of the government its effici-
ency has been greatly impaired, and that ii:
destruction is now menaced by bill pending
in the democratic house, reported from q
democratic committee.
l2 Resolved, That the services of tn,
Union soldiers and sailors constitute a ma
tional obligation which is not fully discharge
80 long as a single member of that patriou
host is left to suffer from want. In the judg
ment of this convention it is unfair to with
hold pension from disabled soldier on tn
ground that his disability cannot be prove,
to have been incurred 10 the line of duty
The only two questions to be asked are these
Was he a loval soldier? Does he need tn
aid of the government he helped to save
And that the widows of all honorably dis
charged soldiers should be ganted pension
without regard to the cause or time of tn,
death of the husband.
l3 Resolved, That without imparing lie
gally vested rights the national autborit,
should, in the judgment of this convention
forbid that any portion of the public domain
be conveyed to any person who does not owe
and acknowledge allegiance to the United
States. 1t is the duty of the national gov
ernment as we'll as of the State government
in so far as the legal power can be exerted Il
prevent the evil of tenant farming sure TO re-
suit from foreign ownership of land, and t.
see to it that the ownership of the soil, shall
as far as practicable, be distributed among
those who cultivate it.
IA. Resolved, That the recent bold effort
of the President of the late Confederacy anC
his political associates of the South 20 awakel
the bloody memories of the Rebellion, were
for the obvious purpose of keeping the south
ern States united in hostile array to the spiri
of National progress and of keeping six mil