The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1888-10-12
HAVE YOU READ Il:
If You have Not. You Should
Before the Election.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
A Solid Lot of Principles to Up
hold--Vote the Rep lbli-
can Ticket.


can Ticket.
The republicans of the United States, as.
semhled by their delegases in national con-
vention, pause on the threshold Of their pro-
ceedings 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 wreaths of
imperishable remembrance and gratitude the
heroic names of our later leaders. who have
c,uncils-Grant, Garfield, Arthur, Logon,
and Coukling. May their memories be
faithfully cherished. We also recall with
ur greetings and prayer for his recovery the
name of one of our living heroes whose
memory will lie treasured in the history
both of the republicans aud of the republic
the name of that noble soldier and faithful
child of victory, Philip H. Sheridan.
In the spirit of those great leaders and of
our own devotion to human liberty, and
with that hostility to all forms of despot-
ism and oppression, which is the fundamen-
tai idea of the republican party, we send
fraternal congratulations to our fellow
Americans of Brazil upon their great act
which completes the abolition of slavery
throughout the two American continents.
We earnestly hope that we may soon con-
gratulite our fellow-citizens of Irish birth
upon the peaceful recovery of home rule for
Ireland.
We reaffirm our unsu'ervng devotion to
the national constitution aud to the irhis
soluble union OF the states and to the aut"n-
emy re~erved to the states nn'l-r the CON
tituti. n; to the personal ri-hts and iiber
ties of citizens in all the states and terrlto-
RES in the Union. and especially to the su-
IS i.,xry 1
citizen. rich or poor, native or foreign horn,
white or black, tn cast one free ballot in
public elections. and to have that ballot
duly counted. = We hold the free and hon-
est pnpuiar ballot, and the just and equal
representation nf al the people, to he the
found stion of the republican government
and demand effective legislation to secure
the Integrity ami purity of e!ectitus, which
are the fountains of all public authority.
We charge that the present administration
and the democratic majority in Congress owe
their existence to the suppression of the
ballot hy criminal qualification of the con-
stitution of the United States.
We are uncompronisn-ly in favor of the
American system of protection. We pro-
test against it's destruction proposed by the
president aud his party. They serve the
interests of Europe; we will Support the in
terests of America. We accept the issue
and confidently apreal to the people for
their judgment. The protective system
must he maintained. Its abandonment has
always been followed by general disaster to
all interests, except those of the usurer and
those of the sheriff We denounce the
Mills bill as destructive to the general husi-
ness, the labor, and the farming interests of
the country, and we heartily indorse the
consistent and patriotic action of the repub-
lican representatives in congress i'll opposing
its rassage We condemn the proposition
of the democratic party to place wool on the
free list, and we insist thar the duties that
are on it shall he adjusted and maintained so
rs to furnish full and adequate protection to
that industry.
The republican party would effect all
needed reduction of the national revenue i,y
repeating the taxes upom enlacco, which are
an annoyance aud burden to agriculture
and the tax nl-n spirits ussd in the arts and
for mechanical purIa'ses, and by such re-
vision of the tariff laws will tend t.
check the imports of such articles as are
produced by our pe"pie, the production of
which gives employment 10 our iahnr, and
release from import duties those articles of
foreign production xceps luxFries) the like
of which cannot be produced at home. II
there shall still remain a larger revenue than
is requisite for the wants of the government.
We favor the entire repeal OF internal reve-
nue. taxes rather than the surrender OF any
part of our protective system at the joint
behest of the whisky trust and the agents
of foreign mannfact urers
We declare eur hostility to the introduc-
tion into this country OF foreign cCntrsct
labor and of Chinese labor, alien to nnr
civilization and our constitution. and we de
mard the rigid enforcement of the existing
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~gislatinn as will exclude such labor fr..
shrs.
We declare our onl,o,itio., f., Mi c,.mbits,-
al, u, capit.l "rganiz.,L Into trusts ar nth
ise to control ar!'itr:rily the condition nf
rae among our citizrns, an we recon-
e:t't to congress afsl the state .esisiat ares
their respective jurisdic ,,I,. such le.,isla-
IN rs viii prevent the execution of all
nen's to o.'ntess the people by undue
r4es "r them sui, lies or by uiiju rates
r the trans. nrt ion ef their pi"ducts ia
market. We approve the legislation by
..ngress to prevent alike nnjnst burdens and
Unfair discrimination S between the states
We reatfirm the policy Of ai,prnpratiul
ne public l,nds of the United States to it
.,.nesteads for American citizens aud set.
ers. not aliens which the REPUBLICAN party
stab ishc.l in 1862 against the I,ers :ent OF,
l,dsiIion of denucr.ts la c"ngr. s.. and which
.as hr''u.ht our great western d IN III int
cl magnificent development The rest"
! r, tnn of unearned railroad land grants tt
tie luilic domain for the use OF actual set
tiers. which was begun under the admins
tIation of President Arthur, should be con
tnnefi Ne deny that the democratic part,
i as ever restore.l one acre t. the people. ..u
reclare that by rhe joint action of repuhi'
ems aud democrats about 80 GC0 000 q
!, re- OF nnearned lands, originally granted
for the construction of RI, l:aasls, have beer
restored to the pub ic domain, in pursuance
,f the conditions inserted hy the republican
party in the original grants. We charge th
democratic administration with failure t,
execute the laws securing to settlers thei
rltle to homesteads and with using appro
priatinIis made for thatpurpose to harass in
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