Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-10-28
PLATFORM.
FOR REFORM AND BETTER TIMES

l. We renew our adhesion to tho principles
OF repubicanism a. enunoiatod In the ma
tional republican platform OF 1884.
9. The eighteen months Just passed have
proven tho unhtness OF tho democratic party
for national control, II promised to reduce
tho expenses OF tho government; II has In
| creased, In tho session Just ended tho appro-
priations by forty-six millions OF dollars, IL
promised 10 advance civil service reform; Il
undoes that promise by Gripping the en-.
| cheney OF the commission having tho reform
In charge. II promised that tho expressed
win OF the people should DO ohcyod; II pre-
sents record of a larger number OF presidon-
tial vetocs IN eight months of congressional
session than has aggregated under all proceed
Ing administrations since our government
was instituted. Ii promised reduction In
numbor OF government officials; II presents
as tho fulnllmont of such promise, nm increase
In tho number of government employees nj
Washington. IL promised tariff reform; IL
has proven Its inability under tho pressure OF
presidential aud cabinet influence, to agree
upon such a measure, much less pass II en-
aotment, IL presents tho spectacle OF an al.
| ministration which has utterly failed TO re.
deem any OF tho numerous pledges upon
which tho people were deceived into placing
! II In power.
| o. We declare tho administration of Prosi
dent Cleveland TO have justly mcrted tho cen
sure which II received ut tho hands OF con,
grcss In tho passage, by over two.thirds vote
OF each branch OF congress, OF the resolution
| compelling tho payment, upon tho interest.
bearing debt, OF the increasing surplus In the
| treasury. We condemn tho pocket veto OF
this resolution by tho president as IN yloln, lon
| OF the expressed win of tho people and pro.
| venting It's passage over an open veto. Aud
| we commend the action OF tho republican AZ
ministrntions IN applying such surplus TO tho
| rapid reduction OF tho Indebtedness OF tho
| government.
I. wo demand that tho public domain, In.
| Guiding forfeited aud unoarnod lands within
the limits of the grants made TO railroads aud
| other corporations, shall DO disposed OF only
to actual settlers In limited quantities provid-
| cd by law. Wo condemn tho votoos OF Presi-
dent Cleveland. whereby congressional hid
was prevented for tho relief OF tho settlers on
lands known M tho Des Molncs River Land
| Grant from tho cruel ana oppressive wrongs
committed ON those settlers for which aid tho
legislature of Iowa had vigorously aud repeat.
failure OF the democratic house OF represent.
| atiyos to pass ovor such veto this bill which
tho republican senate had already passed over
such veto. We condemn tho neglect aud In
action of the democratic house OF represent.
ativcs, whereby the bin passed by u rcpublI.
can senate for tho resumption OF unonrnod
lands within the limits of tho Sioux City & 81.
Paul Railway company failed OF enactment at
W.,
TO the acquisition of public lands or any part
thereof by nom resident aliens.
b. Resolved, That We arralgn tho domo-
cratic majority In tho national house of rop.
rcsontativos for its wanton desortion OF tho
interests OF the producers OF tho northwest,
M Illustrated In their refusal to aid them by
meeting tho questions In controversy between
the common carriers and tho shippers OF the
country by the prompt passage OF tho bill
passed 10y the senate and known as tho Col
lum bill, tho substantial principles of which
VIC recognize M being In harmony with tho
declarations of the platform of tho republican
state convention of Iowa at Its last session,
and the Joint resolution OF instructions to our
congressional delegation passed by tho TWEEN
ty-first general assembly of this state, and as
Offering a degree of relief not afforded by any
other proposed legislation.
o. To tho people OF our adjacent territory
of Dakota we extend the assurance OF our CO.
operation and support In their efforts for I'D
mission to tho sisterhood OF states; and wo ro-
spoctfully but earnestly urge our senators
and representatives In congress 10 continue
to labor to secure for Dakota territory tho
place to which her population, industry and
l,,t. La
lean union. And wo nrraign tho democratic
party for tho unjust, undemocratic and Bit
tcry sectional hostility to tho admission of
Dakota as a sister state.
7. Time docs not bar tho claim OF soldiers
who subdued tho rebellion, nor the gratitude
and Justice OF tho country toward them
Therefore wo demand such modification OF
the pension laws aud tho passage of such 9th
ers as shalt secure equal treatment 10 all sol
diers entitled 10 pensions by commencing pay
ment from date OF disability; and the granting
OF pensions TO all such soldiers as arc disabled
from securing support by their own labor
without reference to tho date when such dis
ability occurred. And wo condemn the pres
ont democratic administration for votong tho
pension bills passed by congress for the relief
OF such soldiers, their widows and orphans;
and for tho removal OF Union soldiers from
o&co and tho appointing OF rebel soldiers and
sympathlzers I'm their stead, and arc In favor
of u law granting pensions to all soldiers OF
tho Mexican war who arc not laboring under
political disabilities.
8. We dcnounco tho abuse of tho elective
privilege which In the southern section OF our
country and in many cities OF tho north, con-
tn tua la aIn nj dol,
sion, and the fraud and suppression which
continually defeat the popular will and pre-
vent fair and proper representation. And we
insist upon the sight OF every American cltl-
zon to freely cast his ballot and to have the
the same honestly counted and truly declared.
0. The republican party, standing for that
principle OF equal citizenship TO which Is due
the superiority OF this over all other nations, /
and recognizing tho necessity Of protecting
labor against the aggression Of capital. heart
fly endorses every legitimate effort OF organ
lied labor to secure equal and exact Justice
between labor and capital.
TO- We demand protection for American Ia
Dor, against competition with pauper labor
abroad snd against the product of convict and |
imported contract labor at home.
III. Tho republican party OF Iowa, over |
with tho just aspirations Of the |
nations for freedom, and gratefully mindful |
OF the faithful services of Irlshmen to this |
heartily sympathlze with the people |
of Ireland in their efforts for the recovery OF |
their homo legislature That wo extend TO
William Il. Gladstone and Charles Stewart
Parncll congratulations on their grand
achievements of the recent past and hope that
the immediate future will crown their efforts
with full measure of success.
II. That the laws for the suppression OF In
temperance was enacted as part Of the gen.
eral legislation OF our state, In obedience to
the will of the majority. That we behold with
alarm the continued efforts of the democratic
party of Iowa to encourage resistance to these
laws and to inname the passions of the lawless
classes In regard to them, thereby menacing
social order and leading to tho preparation of
murder and other crimes and outrages. While
fully recognizing the right OF the people TO
lgitate for the repeal of these or any other
avs which time may prove Intellectual for tho
lenehcent purposes of their enactment, we