Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-09-13
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Of Principles and Asser-
tiOn Of Popular
Right.

/ assembled By their delegates in National
/ convention, pause on the tneshOld OF iheiT
proceedings to- honor the memory Of their
| first great leader, The immortal champion
Of liberty aud the rights Of the people
! Abraham Lincoln; and 10 cover also
! with wreaths ofimpenshable remembrance
and gratitude the heroic names Of later
! leaders. who have more recently been
called away from our councus-GIant'
| Garfield, Arthur, Logan and ConkIlng'
! May their memories be talthiuly cher'
/ ished.
We also recall with our greetings and
with prayer for his recovery the name Oi
one uf our living heroes whose memory
will be treasured in the history both OF
Republicans and Of the ReDublic-the
name Of that noble soldier and iavorite
son Of victory, Philip II Sheridan.
Ia the spirit Of those great leaders, and
of our own devotion 70 human liberty, and
with that hostility to all forms OF despot'
Ism and oppression which Is the funda'
mental idea Of the Republican party, we
send fraternal congratulations to our TEL
low Americans of Brazil upon their great
act of emancipation, which completed 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
recovery of hume rule for Ireland.
We affirm our answering devotion TO
the National Constitution and to the IN
dIssoluble Union of the states to the au.
tonomy reserved the states under the Con-
stitution to the personal rights and liber'
ties of citizens in all the States and Terri
tories in the Union, and especially to
the supreme aud sovereign right Ui
every lawful citizen, rich or poor,
native or foreign born, white or black, to
cast one free ballot ia public elections,
and 10 have that ballot duly counted. We
hold the free and honest popular ballot,
and the Just and equal representation OF
all the people, to be the foundation OF our
republican government, and demand ei.
fective legislation to secure the integrity
and purity Of elections, 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 by a criminal notification OF the
Constitution and laws Of the United
States.
We are uncompromislngy in favor OF
the American system Of protection. We
protest against its destruction proposed
by the president and his party. They
serve the interests Of Europe; we will
support the interests Of America. We ac'
copt the issues and confidently appeal to
the people Tor their judgment. The pro-
tectlvo system must be maintained, Its
Abandonment has always been followed
by general disaster to all interests, except
those of the usurer and the sheriff. We
denounce the Mills bill an destructive to
! the general business, the labor and the
farming interests of the country, aud we
/ heartily endorse the consistent and
patriotic actions OF the Republican Rep
resentatiyes IN Congress in opposing I'll
passage.
We condemn the proposition OF the
Democratic party TO place wool ON the free
list, aud we insist that the duties thereon
shall be adjusted and maintained so as t.
furnish full aud adequate protection tC
| that industry.
The Republican party would effect AZ
needed reduction of the National revenue
| by repeating the taxes on tobacco, which
are an annoyance and burden to agriculture
and the tax upon spirits used in the art'
and for mechanical purposes; and by sucf
! revision OF the tariff as will tend TO check
! imports Of such articles as are produced 10y
our people, the production OF which gives
| employment to our labor, and release iron
import duties those articles Of foreign pro
duotion Except luxuries) the like ofwhict
] &
shall still remain larger revenue that II
requisite for the wants OF the government
we favor the entire repeal OF internal
taxes rather than the surrender d
any part Of our protective system al
the Joint behesI OF the whisky trusts and
the agents Of foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostility to the introduc
tion into this country of ioreigu contract
labor, and OF Chinese labor, alien TO oul
| civilization and our Constitution, and We
demand the rigid enforcement OF the eN
isting laws against Il, and favor such i'm
mediate legislation as will exclude suot
labor from our shores,
We declare Gus opposition TO all oomhln
atoms OF capital organiIed IN trusts or other
wise, TO control arbitrarily the condition
loi trade among our citifens, and We com
mend to CongresS aud 70 the state Legs
Atures, m their respective Jurisdictions
such legislation as WIh preven, the eNocu
ton OF all schemes to oppTess the people 10y
undue charges on their supplies, OF by M
lust rates ioI the transportation Of thei
/ products 10 market, We approve the leg
/ lslatiou 10y Congress to prevent alike un
lust butdcns aud unfair determinations be
tween the States.
We rcathrm the policy OF appropriatnl
! the public lands of the United States to b,
homestead for American citizens and set
tlcs, not aliens, which tho RspuhhcAr
party established In 1909, against th,
persistent opposition OF the Democrats ~
/ Congress, and which has brought our grcau
/ Western domain into such magnlhconI
DEVELOPMENT The restoration ot unearu'
"a land grants TO the public domain io'
| the use OF actual settlers, which was begun
under the administration IT PtesideLt Az
| thur, should bc continued, We deny that
/ the demoeratie party has ever restored Que
acre 10 the pcople, but declare Iha, by The
/ Joint action OF republicans and democrats,
about Ohy millions OF acres Ot uuCatncd
-. A.. .iI,s .s.,ut..N f,r fha ss,nafFuss.