Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-14

The PRINCIPLES WITH WHICH
THE REPUBLICANS APPEAL
10 TIE PEOPLE.

IN the National Convention, pause on
the threshold of their proceedings to
honor the memory Of their first great
leader, the immortal champion of lib
erty and the rights of the people,
Abraham Lincoln, and TO cover also
with wrea,ls of imperishable retnem-
brance ard graft udc to the heroic
names OF our later leaders, who have
been more recently called away fro,n
our councils-Grant, Garfield, Arthur,
Logan, Conkiing. May their memo
rles he faithfully cherished. We also
recall with cur greetings ard witt,
prayer for has recovery, the name OF
one OF our living heroes, whose memo
ry will be treasured in the history,
both Of Republicans ana of the re-
public, the name OF that noble soldier
and favorite child OF victory, Philip
Il. Sheridan.
In the spirit Of those great leaders
aud OF our own devotion to human
liberty, and with that hostility to all
forms of despotlsm aud oppression
which is the Fundamental idea OF the
Republican party, We send fraterna!
congratulations to our fellow Ameri-
cans Of Brazil upon their great act OF
the abolition OF slavery throughout
the two American continents.
We earnestly hope that we may
soon congratulate our fellow citizens
OF Irish birth upon the peaceful re-
covory of Home Rule Tor Ireland.
We reafljrm our answering devo.
ton to the National Constitution and
to the indissoluhie union OF the
States, and to the autonomy reserved
to tho States under the Constitution
to the personal rights and liberties Of
citizens in all the States and Terri
tories OF the Union, and especially to
the supreme and sovereign right Of
every lawful citizen, rich or poor,
native Or fore gn bora, white or black.
to cast one free ballot in public cleo
tons, and to have that ballot duly
counted. We hold tho ftes ana
honest popular ballot and the Just
and equal representation OF all the
people to he the foundation of Re
publican government, an! demand
effective legislation to secure the in
tegrlty ana purity oil elections, which
are the fountains of all public author
itv. We charge that the present ad-
ministration and the Democratic ma
jorlty IN Congress owe their existence
to the suppression Of the ballot hy a
criminal notification of the Constitu
ton and the laws of the United
States.
We are uncompromisingly in favo1
OF the American system OF protection.
We protest against its destruction
proposed by the President and his
party. They serve the interests OF
Europr; we will support the interests
OF America. We accept TIE ISSUE
and confidently appeal to the people
for their Judgment. The protective
s, stem must be maintained; its
abandonment has always been follow
ga by general disaster to all Interests,
except those Of the us,lyer aud the
sheriff.
We denounce the Mills bill as
destructive 10 the genera! business,
the labor and the farming interests Of
the country; ana we heartily endorse
the consistent and patriotic action of
the Republican Representatives in
Congress in opposing its passage.
We condemn tie proposition of the
Democratic party to place wool on
the free list, and we Insist that the
duties thereon shall be adjusted and
maintained so as to furnish full aud
adequate protection to the Industry.
The Republican party would effect
al! needed reduction OF the national
revenue by repeating the taxes upon
tobacco which are an ANNOYANCE and
harden to agriculture, and the tax
upon spirits used in the arts and for
nechanlcal purposes; aud by such
revision OF the tariff laws as will
tend to check imports of such articles
as are produced by our people, the
production of which gives employ,
ment 10 oar labor, and release from
import duties those articles of FOREIGN
production (except luxuries) the Ike |
OF winch cannot be produced at
home. If there shall still remain n
larger revenue than is required for !
the wants OF the government, we
favor the entire repeal of Internal
taxes rather than the surrender of |
inv part of cur protective system Mt
ne joiEt behest of whisky trusts and !
the agents OF foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostility to Il ia |
PRODUCTION into this country of foreign
,"ntract labor aud of Chinese labor.
alien to Our civilization and our Con.
stltn'ion, and we demand the ripid
enforcement Of the existing laws
against il, and favor such immediate
egislation as will exclude such labor
rom our shores.
We declare onr opposition to Ill