Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-09-13
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

national LOnstttu ana to the ndts soluble union
OF the states; TO the autonomy reserved to tho
states under the constitution; to the personal
rights aud iheries OF citizens in all the states and
Ter tories in the union, aud especially to the SUI
pTene and sovereign lht OF every lawful citizen,
itch or lOUr native or foreign born, white or black,
TO cast one free ballot in public elections aud to
have that ballot duly counted.
We are ung prOmisiugly ia favor OF the Amer
lean system OF protection; we protest asrinst its
destruction proposed by the president and his
parry. They serve The interests OF Europe; we
will support the interests OF America. We accept
the Issue and couidenily appeal to the people for
their Judgment. The protective system must be
maintained Its sbanaonment has always been
followed By general disaster TO all interests except
those OF the Insurer aud the sheriff. We dcnounce
the Mills bill as desiracdvc 10 the general bust
ness, the labor. and the farming interests OF the
country, and we heartily indorse the consistent
and patriotic action OF the republican representa-
tiyes in rongr 50 in opposing Its passage.
! We condeinn the proposition of the democratic
party 10 place wool on the free list and we insist
that the duties thereon shall be adjusted and main
aned so as TO furnish full and adequate protection
The republican psrty would effect all needed 70
duction Of tie natl nal revenue by repeating the
taxes upon tooacco, which are an annoy ance aud
burden to agriculture, and the tax upon spirits
used in the arts, and for mechanical purposes, and
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 our labor, and release from import duties
those articles of foreign production Except luxur
iesl, the like OF which cannot be produced al
home. IL there shall still remain larger revenue
than is requis te for the wants Of the government
we favor the entire repeal OF internal taxes rather
system at the joint behest of the whisky ring and
the agents Of foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostility to the introduction into
this country OF foreign contract labor and OF Chi
nese labor, alien to our civilization and our con
sttution; and we demand the rigid enforcement
OF the existing laws against 1t, and favor such
immediate legislation as 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; and we recommend to congress, and the
state legislatures In their respective Jurisdictions
such legislation as will prevent the execution OF
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.
We reafirm the policy OF appropriating the
public lands ofthe United States 10 be homesteads
for American citizens and settlers not aliens
which the republican party established In 1862
against the persistent opposition OF the democrats
in congress, and which has brought our great
western domain into such magnificent develop
mcnt.
The government by congress of the territories
is b"scd upon necessity only to the end that they
may become states in The union; therefore, when
ever the conditions OF population. material re-
sources, public intelligence, and morality are such
to insure a stable local government therein the
people of such territories should be permitted as
right Inherited in them TO form for themselves
cons buttons and state governments aud be
admitted into the union Pending the preparation
for statehood all officers thereof should be selected
from the bona nde residents and citizens of the
territory wherein they are TO serve. South Dako-
kOla should OF right be Immediately admitted rs
a state in the union, under the constitution framed
and adopted by her people, and We heartily indOrse
the action of the republican senate in twice pass
ing bills for her admission.
The DO itical power of the mormon church In
the territories n exercised in the past. is a men
ace 10 free institutions too dangerous to be long
party TO appropriate legislation asserting the
sovereignty Of the nation In all territories where
the same is questioned, and in furthernnce OF that
end TO place upon the statute books legislation
stringent enough to divorce the political from the
ecclesiastical power, and thus stamp out the at
tendant wickedness Of polygamy.
The republican party Is In favor OF the use OF
both gold and silver as money, and denOunces the
policy of the democratic administration In Its
efforts to demOnetize silver.
We demand the reduction OF letter postage to
cent per ounce.
In republic like ours, where the citizen is the
sovereign and the official the servant, where no
power is exercised except by the will Of the people,
1t is important that the soyerelgn-the people
should possess intelligence The free school Is
the promoter OF that intelligence which is to pre-
serve a free nation; therefore the state
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 schooi education.
The conduct OF foreign affairs by the present
administration has been distinguished by its in
efflclenCy ana Its c0WarulCe. having WllhdraWn
from the senate all pending treaties effected by
republican administration for the removal Of for
eign burdens and restrictions upon our commerce
and for its extension into better markets, 1t has
neither effected nor proposed any Others In their
stead. Protesting adherence 10 the Monroe doc
trine, 1t has seen with idle compacency the exten
sion Of foreign trade everywhere 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 to
the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine an OF our
ms I'M n
aud necessary for the Development of trade with
our Pacihc territory with South America, and with
the islands and farther coast of the Pacific ocean.
We arraign the present democratic admnistra.
ton for its weak and unpatriotic treatment OF the
fisheries question and its pusillanmous surrender
OF the essential privileges to which our fishing ves
sells are entitled in Canadian ports under the treaty
of 1918, the reciprocal maritime legislation OF 1880
and the comfy OF nations, and which Canadian
fishing vessels receive in the ports OF the United
States.
The men who abandoned the republican party in
1884 and continue TO adhere to the democratic par
ty have deserted not only the cause OF honest gov
ernment of sound finance, 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 candidate has
broken his. We therefore repeat our declaration
Of 1884, to-wt; 'rhe reform OF the civil service,
administration, should be completed BY
the further extension OF the reform
system already established by law to
all the grades OF the service to which 1t Is applica
bic. The spirit and 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 TO free institutions which Turk in power VI
official patronage may be wisely and effectively
avoided"
The gratitude OF the nation to the defenders Of
the union cannot be measured by laws. The leg
isation of congress should conform to the pledges
made by a loyal people and be so enlarged and ex-
tended as to provide against the possibility that
any man who honorably wore the federal uniform
shall become an inmate OF an almshouse or a de-
pendent upon private charity In the presence OF
an OVERLOOKING treasury 1t would be puDnc sean
dial to do less for those whose yalor and service
preserved the government. We denounce 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-
sentatves in refusing even consideration OF
general pension legislation.
In support Of the principles herewith enunct
ated we invite the CO operation OF patriotic men Of
Ill parties and especially Of all working men,
whose prosperity Is seriously threatened by the
free trade policy OF the present administration.
The following plank was added to the
platform before the final adjournment
Monday evenings:
1.-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 sympa-
thizes with all wise and elldirected efforts FOR
the promotion of temperance and morality"