Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-06-29
THE PLATFORM.


pause on the threshold of their proceedings to
hotur the memory Of their first great leader,
the immortal champion OF the liberty and the
rig Is Of the people, Abraham Lincoln, and to
yer also with rOSetteS of imprTi~haLle remem-
ur.ncc and gratitude the heroic names of our
later leaders who have been more recently cai!e
away from our cDunCS-Grant, CARTEL |, Arthur
Logan and COn,-ling. May their memories be
fa thfully cherished We also recall with our
greetings and with a prayer tor his recovery. the
name Of one of our living heroes whose mem rry
Will be treasured i'll the history both Of tn re-
uuLiiCauS and of the repuh.iC-the name of that
ucbl. soldier and favOritc child of victory, Phil
lip II. Sheridan. In the spirit of those great
leaders and of our own devotion to human liberty
und with that hostility to forms of depOtism aud
oppression, which is the fundameL Il idea OF the
r,publ can party, we send fraternal COngratula-
tun to our fellow Americans of Brazil upon their
great act of emancipation, which completely
abolished slavery throughout the two American
continents We earnestly hope we may soon
congratulate our fellow citizens of Irish birth
upon the peaceful recovery of home rule for
Ireland
We reaffirm answering devotion to the ma
tioual constitution and to the indissolube union
of the states: to the autonomy reserved to the
states under the constitution; to the personal
rights and bert of the citizens in all the states
and territories i'll the union, and especially to the
supreme and sovereign right of every law
born, white or b!acS, to cast one free ballot
duly counted. We hold free and honest Top-
uar ballot and just and equal representation Of
all the people to be the foundation of our Iepub-
lcan government, and demand effective leGiSl 4
ton to secure the integrity and purity Of thh ,l,c-
tons, which are the foundations of all public aI-
thority. We charge that the present adminiSrt-
tlon and the democratic majority in congress owe
their existence to the suppression of the bl t.
hy criminal notification of the constitution an
Of The laws of the United States
We are uncompromisingly in favor of the
American system of protection. We protest
against its destruction, as proposed by the preSi
dent and his party. They serve the interests of
Europe. We will support the interests of the
American We accent his and CODfilaptlv
appeal to the people for Their Judgment. The
protective system must be maintained. It's
abandonment has always been followed by gen.
cral disaster to all intesests except those of the
us supper and the sheriff. We denounce the Mills
bill as destructive to general business, labor and
the farming interests of the cOrntry, and we
heartily endorse the consistent and patriotic ac
ton OF the republican representatives in congress
IN opposing its passage. We condemn the pro
pos zion of the democratic party to place wool on
the free list, and We insist that the duties thereon
SHatl be adjusted and maintained so as to furnish
iull and adequate protection to that industry.
The republican party would effect the all.
needed reduction of the national revenue by r.
ptalnE the taxes upon tobacco. which an
annoyance and 4 burden to agriculture and the
tax II Gn spirits used in the arts and for mechau
zeal purposes. and 10y Su,N revision of the tar fl
laws as will tend to check the imports of such ar
tcleS rs are produced by our people, the produc
ton of which gives employ ment to our labor
and release from import duties those articles Of
foreign production except the luxuries) the ike
OF which cannot be produced at home. II there
shall still remain a larger revenue than is requir
ed for the wants Of the government, We favor thC
entire repeal Of internal taxes, rather than sur
render any part Of our protective system at the
joint behest of the whisky trusts and the agents
of foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostility TO the Introduction int
this country OF foreign contract labor and of Chi
ueSe labor as alien to our civilization and con
Slitutiou, and we demand a rigid enforcement OF
existing laws against il and favor such immediate
legislation as VIII exclude such labor from oul
shores.
We declare our opposition to all combinations
Of capital organized trusts or otherwise to con
trot arbitrarily the condition of trade among oul
citizens, and we recommend to congress and tht
state legislatures in their respective Jurisdictions
such legislation as will prevent the execution oi
charges on their supplies or by unjust rates FOL
| the transportation of their property to market
| We approve legislation by congress to prevent
| alike unjust burdens and unfair discrimination!
/ between states.
We reafirm the policy of appropriating tn,
| public lands of the United States 10 be home
/ ste2dS for American citizens and settlers, no
4 aliens. which the republican party established IL
/ in lSt2, against the persistent opposition of tn,
| democrats IN congress.
! The reservation of the unearned railroad lant
/ grants to the public domain for the use of aCtua
! settlers, which was begun under the admiuistra
| tion Of President Arthur, should be continued
/ We deny that the democratic party has ever re
stored one acre u the people, but declare that by
the joint action OF the republicans and democrat.
/ about %, 10000 acres of unearned lands, origin
! ally granted for the construction OF railroads
have been restored to the public domain in pursu
ance OF the conditions inserted by the republican
! party in the original grants.
We StIsmatize the democratic administr atiOr
/ with failure to execute laws securing TO settler
| the title to their homesteads, and with using tn,
l appropriations made for that purpose to hsraS
| innocent persons with spies and prosecutions un
der the false pTetenSe of exposing frauds ans
! yindicating the law.
Government by congress Of the territories !:
based upon necessity, only to the end that the
may become states in the union; therefore. when
ever the conditions Of population. material re
sources, public intelligence and morality are sucl
/ as to insure a stable local government therein
the people OF such territories should be permitts,
/ a. right inherent, 10 form for themselves con
1 StltutlOus and state governments. and TO be ad
mitted into the union. Pending preparation 70
statehood all officers thereof should be selectes
| from bona ide residents and citizens Of the ter
ritory wherein they are TO serve. South Dakot,
1 should Of right he Immediately admitted as ;
state in the union under the constitution frame.
| and adopted by her people; and heartily in
doTse the action of the republican senate in tNcs
passing bill for her admission The refusal o
the democratic house of Representatives, for par
tiSan purposes. to fayorably consi Ter these bill
Is wiilful violation of the sacred American
principle Of local sslf-government, and merit
The condemnation of all just men.