The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-03
INDIANA REpuRL1cANs.
The State nvsntlon-HVSOIutIOns Passed
Tho Nominations.

The State C0nventlon-ReS0lutlOns PasSe,
The Nominations.
INDIANAPoLIs, IND, Sept. 9,-The Re
publican State Convention opened here a
II o'clock this morning with full attend
sncs OF delegates and an abundant mani
isstation Of enthusiasm, The candidates
to be selected are Lieutenant Governor
Secretary Of State, Treasurer, Attorney
General, Clerk Of the Supreme Court. Fol
nearly all Of these Offices O half doZer
names have been announced and there
Is consequently an unlimited amount oi
ttading and canVassing, Senator Harri-
sou WAS made Permanent Chairman, and
John l., Rupees, Of Richmond, Secretary,
The report OF the Committee on Resolu
tions, arranging the National and State
administrations, and embodying the fol-
lowing, platform, was unanimously
adopted:
The security Of government rests upon
an equal, intelligent and honest ballot
and we renew our declaration against
crimes OF fraud aud violence wherever
prRcdced, and under whatever form,
whereby the right OF every man to cast a
vote, and have that vote counted and re-
turned, is imperiled and abridged, We
especially protest against the hsgrsnI
cglne OF the Democratic party Of Indiana
against free suffrage in the passage Of an
infamous gerrymRnder, We demand
that, man Tor man, the votes OF members
OF all parties shall be given equal force
and effect,
Freedom OF labor Is essential TO the con-
tentment aud prosperity OF the people,
Workingmen Should be protected against
the expressions OF corporate combinations
and mon0polies. We are opposed to the
importation OF contract and ill.paid
labor from abroad; the unfair competi-
ton OF the convict labor with free labor I;
the competition Of assisted enigranls aud
the vicious classes OF Europe with Aweri-
can workingmen; the employment
Of young children in factories and
mines, aud we recommend to the next
General Assembly the passage oi such
laws as will guarantee to worklngmen the
most favorable conditions ot their labor,
especially In the proper ventilation and
Safeguards ior life aud health in mines
and factories, and the sure and prompt
payment Of wages. We favor the reduc.
ton OF the legal number OF working hours
wherever practicable, and tho submission
OF oil matters OF controversy between en-
plOye and employer, under Just regula.
tions, to impartial arbitration. The right
OF all men to associate for the promotion
Of their mutual good and protection with.
out interfering with the rights OF others
cannot be questioned.
THE TARIFF FLANK.
We favor the maintenance OF the prin.
ciple Of the protection under which the
resources OF the State and nation have
been and are being developed, and where.
by the wages OF workipgmen are from 10
to 20 percent higher than under the reve.
nue. tari1 In force before the Republican
party came into power. Favoring the re-
duction and adjustment Of the tariff from
time to time as circumstances may require
in our opinion, the dutles should BIZ re.
duCed as low as will be allowed by a
wise observance OF the necessity
to protect that portion OF manu-
factories aud labor whose prosperity is
essential 10 our national safety and inde.
pendenOe. Upon the basis OF aAording
protection to the products aud results OF
American skill and industry, we at the
same time condemn the declaration OF the
Democratic party OF Indiana In favor OF
practical irea trade as q serious menace to
the prosperity Of tho State and TO the
welfare and advancement Of working.
ment.
The wisdom and honesty OF tho Repub.
liCan party secured sound money to the
people. Gold and silver should be main.
tanned in friendly relation in the coin cir.
culation Of the country, and all the ciicu.
lating medium, coin aud paper alike,
should be kept on equal and permanent
values. The surplus In the Treasury
should be steadily applied 10 the reduC.
tion OF the national debt.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
We favor q thorough and honest en-.
forcement OF the Civil Service law, and the
extension Of its principle to the State ad.
ministration wherever 1t can be made
practicable to the end that the corruption
and tlagrant abuses that exist in the man.
agement Of our public Institutions may be
done away with, and they be liberated
from partisan control.
The Republican party carried into Of
feet the homestead policy, under which
the Western States have been made pop,
ulons and prosperous. We favor resorva.
ton Of public lands for small holdings by
actual settlers, and are opposed 10 the
acquisition Of large tracts Of public do.
main by corporations and nonresident
aliens. American lands should be pre-.
served for American settlers.
The watering Of corporate stock should
be prevented by law. Railway and other
public corporations should be subjected to
the control OF the people, through the
legislate power that created them, and
their undue influence In legislation and In
courts should be Bummarily prevented.
We favor the creation oil bureau Of labor
and statistics whereby the interest OF both
labor and capital may be protected aud
the welfare OF the States promoted.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
The attempted dominatlons by tho
Liquor League Of political parties and leg.
islation is a menace to free institutions
which must be met and defeated. The
traffic in intoxicating liquors has always
been under legislative restraint and be.
lievipg that the evils resulting thereirom
should be rigidly repressed, we favor such
laws as will permit tho people In their
several localities to invoke such measures
Of restriction as they may deem wise, and
to compel the traffic 10 compensate for the
burdens 1t imposes on society and relieve
the oppressloha OF local taxation.
The following nominations were made
Attorney General, l.. T. Michnery, Of
Shelby; Clerk Of the Supreme Court, w.
L. Noble, Of Wayne; superintendent Of
Public Instruction, U. L. tOllett, oi Boone.
Gaines Nominated.