St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-23
IT STANDS ON THIS.

praCtlC1nT law. lie was county attorney IN
1879. In 1883 he was assistant secretary of
the senate, and in 1885 secretary of that body.
TT STANDS ON TslIs.
The Platform ON which the Party
Declares 1t will Place Hts Feet.
The committee on resolutions was In ses-
sion in the Office of the chairman, Hon.
Gordon e. Cole, tor two hours or so, and it
was about O'clock when the following
declaration of principles was given out to
the press. 1t was adopted by the conven-
ton without debate:
THE PLATFORM.
The Republican party of Minnesota an
nounces the following declaration of prlnci-
pies. 1t reaffirms the principles of equality
of right to all men before the law which has
in principle and practice distinguished its
career in the past and pledges itself to con-
tnuance of the same policy in the future,
which in war and peace has hitherto so
prosperOusly guided the affairs of the nation.
Gold and silver coin, and paper issued
against coin actually deposited, should be
united in the currency of commerce. We be-
lieve that the interests OF all classes demand
the use as money of both precious metals;
but we favor an honest silver dollar only in
trinsically equal in value to the dollar of gold.
Looking toward the establishment of real BIZ
metalisnl, which nowhere now exists we
favor such legislation as will most speedily
promote consent by the principal commercial
nations of the world to resume the free coin
age of silver, at ratio fixed by international
agreement.
Thai we unreservedly indorse the action OF
the Department of Minnesota Grand Army of
the Republic, at its encampment of last Feb
ruary, in appointing committee to secure
from the next legislature the provision neceS-
sary to establish in Minnesota a soldier 8
home and d permanent relief fund. Our rep
reSentativeS are requested to give their ipfiu-
ence and votes to the enactment OF suitable
laws for this purpose.
We also indorse the action of the National
encamprnent of the g. A. Il. at 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
ence gained by its practical operation, as to
secure an open and unrestricted market for
the products of the soil; that the progressive
reduction of railway
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER RATES,
which has been accomplished under Repub-
lican rule, should be continued as rapidly as
is consistent with reasonable return upon
such capital as is actually invested in the
should be restricted from holding lands ex-
empt from taxation, except lands in actual
use in the operation of the road; that just
grades and honest weights and measures
should be insured by sufficient system Of
local inspection.
We declare that the practice of corpora
tons of watering their stock, SO as to claim
incomes upon fictitious and unreal values,
cannot be too strongly reprehended, and that
the rates of freight and transportation upon
railroads should be limited to a fair compen-
satiOn, which should cover the actual Oper-
ating expenses of the road and legitimate in
tereSt on the capital actually invested, and
that laws should be enacted to enforce COM
pliance with this declaration.
That the legal rate of interest in this state
should be reduced to maxium of eight per
centum, and the usury laws of the state
should be vigorously enforced.
That the state should use a portion of the
income of its magnificent school funds in the
purchase and supply of all school books in
use in its public schools to pupils actually at
tending and legally entitled to their privi-
leges.
We demand that ample laws should be
enacted for the protection Of all persons en-
gagged in mining, manufacturing and other
labor-empioying Industries, and for ample in
Identification for loss or injurY through lack
of proper safeguards or negligence, and that
the employer should be equally liable, whether
such loss or injury result from the negligence
OF the employer or any servant or CO empioye;
that, without lessening the penalties upon de-
lnquent taxpayers it should be made forever
impossible, under color of law or Of any legal
decision, to rob the humblest citizen of his
home by means of official fraud, negligence
or incapacity.
The rights and equities of labor must con-
stitute the cornerstone of any we-founded
state. For advancing the interests of the
Ii LID.
its support to the following principles: 1t is
unworthy of civilized state that there
should exist any inequality in the condition
of capital and labor before the law, that
the administration of justice should be i'm
peded by technicalities. unjust delays or dis
examinations; the people should reassert and
practically enforce through their repre-
sentatives, the fundamental principle OF uni-
versal, civic and industrial equality;
THE PRISON LABOR
of the state should not be employed, under
the contract system, in competition with free
and honest wOrkingmen; while il is for each
municipality to decide whether it will prose-
cute its public work by contract or by direct
employment, in either case the wages of the
labOrer should be made an adequate rem u
nerlition for his toll. The legislature should
establish Il state bureau of labor statistics and
forbid the employment of young children in
laborous occupations. injurious to health
or strength should insist the edu-
cation of chillren in the schools. and compel
employers to provide safeguards against
danger 10 workmen engaged in mines and
factories, and to render indemnihcation to
these injured by reason of absence of the
same; arbitration is the only approved
method OF settling differences between en-
ployer and employee, and should be adopted
and enforced by appropriate legislation. so
as to secure, in all disputes, an early, fair and
authoritative settlement.
That compensation should tie equal, with
out regard to seI, for the same amount and
quality Of work
The producers of the great Northwest de-
nand lower rate OF taxation upon the neces-
saries of life than that OF the war period. We
favor, therefore, as Il just and necessary
tightening OF their burdens, anu an aid to
their prosperity, an early and judicious re-
vision of the t.i>G, with a simpliticatiOn and
reduction OF customs duties; to which work
the Republican party, by its last national
platform, stands pledged, as soon as tue peo-
pie restore it to control of congress That
this convention approve of the action of the
majority of the Minnesota delegation in the
house of representatives of the United States
in voting to consider the till for the revision
of the tariff. We are in favor OF genuine
system of
REFORM OF THE CIVIL SERVICE,
based on the appointment TO Office after
honesty and fidelity, and we commend the
civil service law passed by Republican
congress and approved by a Republican ex-
ecutive as q slep in the right direction, and
we arraigu the democratic party for an utter
disregard OF everl principle OF civil service
reform an I for its broken pledges.
The Republican party of Minnesota is in
favor OF high license, local option and rigid
enforcement OF existing laws relating to the
liquor traffic
In reaffirming our unalterable allegiance to
the principle that the right of a people to
self-government is inalienable, and It's denial
tyranny we extend our fraternal sympathy
to the Irish people in their magnificent strug-
gle under Charles Stewart Parnell for home
rule and freedom from British oppression:
and also to the people of Dakota who are de-
prived of their just rights as citizens by the
bold and partisan tyranny OF Democratic
house of representatives.
That the Republican party favors the or
ganizatien by the United States government
in connection with the postoffice, of financial
exchanges, safe deposits, and facilities for
the deposit Of the savings of the people in
small sums.
Resolved, That the wise, careful and pru-
dent administration of Gov. L. +. Hubbard
f~.4 HHwN CT Avn