Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-10-25
THE REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.


We reaf,rm our answering devotion to ths
national constitution aud to the indissoluble union
OF the states, to the autonomy reserved To the
states under the constitutions: TO the personal
rights aud liberties OF citizens In all the states and
ter. tories in the union, aud especially To the su
preme and sovereign right OF every lawful citizen,
rich or poor native orforeign horu white or black,
TO cast one free ballot In public elections and 10
have that ballot duly counted.
We are nnCompromisngiy In favor OF the Amer
lean sys!em Of projection; we protest Against its
destruction proposed by the president and his
party. They serve the interests OF Europe; wa
viii SUPPORT the Interests of America. We accept
the Issue and confidently appeal TO the people for
their Judgment. Tho protective system must DO
maintained. Its aSanuonmcnt has always been
followed by general disaster 10 all Interests except
those OF the nsurcr aud the sheriff We denoanCs
the Mills bill MS destructive to the general husL
ness the labor, and the farming interests OF thu
country, and we heartily indorse the consistent
and patriotic action of the republican representa-
tiyns IN congress In opposing Its passage.
E We condemn the proposition OF the democratic
party TO place wool on the free list, and we Insist
that the duties thereon shall he adjusted and main
taided SO as 10 furnish full aud adequate protection
70 that Industry,
The republican psry would effect all needed 70
duttion Of tie matte nal revenue by repeating the
taxes upon touacco, which are an annot anee aud
burden to agriculture, and the tax upon spirits
used in the arts, aud for mechanical purposes, aud
by such revision OF the tariff laws as will tend TO
check imports OF such articles ns are produced by
our people, the production OF which gives employ
ment 10 our labor, and release from Import duties
icsl, the like OF which cannot be produced at
home, II there shall still remain larger revenue
than Is requisite for tho wants Of the government
We favor the entire repeal of internal taxes rather
than the surrender OF any part OF our protective
system at the joint behest OF the whisky ring and
the agents OF foreign manufacturers
We declare our hostility 10 the Introduction into
this country OF foreign contract labor aud OF Chi
nese labor, allen 10 our civilization and our con
siitntion; and we demand tho rigid enforcement
OF the existing laws against II, aud favor such
Immediate legislation Ms will exclude such labor
from our shores.
We declare our opposition to all combinations
OF capital organized In trusts or otherwise 10 con
troll arbitrarily the conditions Of trade among our
citizens; aud We recommend to congress, and tho
state legislatures In their respective Jurisdictions,
such legislation as will prevent the execution of
all schemes to Cypress tho people by undue
charges on their supplies or by unjust rates for
the transportation OF their products to market
We approve the legislation by congress TO prevent
alike unjust burdens and unfair Determinations
between the states
public lands OF the United States 10 be homcsteRds
Tor American citizens and settlers, not aliens,
which tho republican party established In 1852,
against the persistent opposition OF the democrats
In congress, aud which has brought our great
western domain into such magnificent develop
menL
II bneed npos necessity only, To the end that they
may become states In the union, therefore, when
ever the conditions OF population, material TO
sources, public intelligence, ana morality are such
as To insure stable local government therein, tho
people OF such territories should DO permitted NJ
right Inherited In them TO form for themselves
cons itultons and state governments and be
admitted into tho union! Pending the preparation
for statehood all officers thereof shou a be selected
from the bona nde residents and citizens uf tho
territory wherein they are TO serve, South nako.
kota should OF right be Immediately admitted rs
n state In the union, under the constitution framed
and adopted by her people, aud We heartily indorso
the action OF the republican senate In twice pass.
Ing bills for her admission,
The political power Of the mormon church In
the territor es Us exercised Ia the past, IL men
ace 10 free institutions too dangerous TO be hong
suffered Therefore We pledge the republican
party 10 appropriate legislation asserting tho
sovereignty OF the nation In all territories where
the same Ia questioned, and In furthefahCe OF that
end to place upon the statute books legislation
stringent enough to divorce the political from the
ecclesiastical power, and TINS stamp out the at
tendant wiCkedncss OF polygamy.
The republican, party Il In favor Of the use OF
both gold and silver us money, and denounCes the
policy OF the democratic administration In ita
efforts TO demonetizo silver,
We demand tho reduction OF letter postage TO
] cent per ounce,
In republic like ours, where the citizen Is tho
sovereign aud the official the servant where no
power In exercised except by the will Of the people,
II is important that the soyerelgn-tho people
should possess Intelligence The free school 10
the promoter OF that Intelligence which In to pre-.
serve Us FREQ nation; therefore tho state or
nation, or both combined, should support free
institutions OF learning sufficient to afford to every
child growing up In the land the opportunity Of =
good common schoo' education.
The conduct Of foreign affairs by the present
administration adj has been distinguished by Us In
efficiency and Its cowardlee. Having withdraw
from the senate all pending treaties effected by
republican administration for the removal OF for
eign burdens and restrictions upon our commerce
and for It's extension into better markets, IL has
neither effected nor proposed any Others In their
stead. Protesting adherence TO the Monroe doc.
trine, II has seen with idle compacsncy the extern
sion Of foreign trad. every where among our neigh
bors. 1t has refused TO charter, sanction, or en-.
courage any American organization for construct
the Nicaragua canal. work OF vital importance 10
the maintenance Of the Monroe doctrine an OF our
national influence In Central aud South America
aud necessary for the deyeopement Of trade with
our Pacific territory, with South America, and with
the islands and farther coast of the Pacific ocean
We arraign the present democratic adminlstra'
ton for its weak and unpatriotic treatment OF the
fisheries question and its puslllapimous surrender
OF the essential privileges to which our fishing yes
sells entitled In Canadian ports under the treaty
OF 1878, the reciprocal maritime legislation OF 1890
and the comfy OF nat Ions, and which Canadian
fishing vessels receive In the ports OF the United
States,
The men who abandoned the republican party In
1884 and continue 10 adhere 10 tho democratic par
ty have deserted not only the cause Of honest gov
srnment Of sound nuance, OF freedom, and
purity OF the ballot but especially have deserted
the cause Of reform In the civil service. We will
not fail TO keep our pledges because they have
broken theirs, or because their Candid has
broken his. We therefore repeat our declaration
Of 1884 to.wt: The reform Of the civil service,
administration, should DO completed BY
the further extension OF the reform
system already established by law TO
all the grades OF the service to which It Ia applica
BILE The spirit aud purpose OF the reform should
be observed In all executive appointments, and all
laws at variance with the object Of existing reform
legislation should be repealed TO the end that the
danger 10 fires institutions which Turk In power "
official patronage mny be wisely and effectively
avoided"
The gratitude OF the nation to tho defenders OF
the union cannot be measured by laws. The leg
l4atiOn OF congress should conform to the pledges
made by a loyal people md be 50 enlarged mud ex.
tended as 10 provide against the possibility that
any man who honorably wore the federal uniform
shall become an inmate Of an amslIouse or q do.
pendent upon private charity. In the presence OF
an oyernowing treasury II wOald be puDlic scan
dial TO do less for those whose yAlOr and service
preserved the government We denonnce the hos
tile spirit shown by President Cleveland In his
numerous vetOes Of measures for pension relief
and the action OF the democratic house OF repre-
sentatives In refusing even consideration or
general pension Legislation.
ated we Invite the operation OF patriotic men Of
al parties and especially Of all working men,
whose prosperity Is seriously threatened by the
free trade policy Of tho present administration.
The following plank was added to the
platform before the final adjournment
Monday evening:
'"The first concern Of all good government is the
virtue and sohrety Of the people and the purity Of
the home. The Republican party cordially sympn-
thizes with all wise and wrl directed efforts fos
the promotion Of temperance aud morality"