Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-10-13
THE PLATFORM.
THE REPUBLICAN, AND ANTI. NOR.
MON APPEAL TO THE PEO-
PIE OF IDAHO.

The Republicans OF Alturas county
by their representatives. in convention
assembled, recalling with pride the
past history ARD achievements of the
National Republican party, and now
fully subscribing to the principles
enunciated in the national aud Ter
ritorial platforms; endorsing the ma
tional nominees of the party, and our
candidate for Congress-the Hon.
Fred. T. Dubois; pledging ourselves
to do all in our power to make those
principles prevail in Idaho, do now,
as the further expression of our faith,
declare:
First.-The attitude of the Demo.
cratic party OF Idaho as revealed in
its Territorial aud county platforms,
is base and cowardly surrender to
disfranchised Mormon law-breakers,
and we accept the gage of battle thus
thrown down, and declare that we are
still opposed to any repeal or modi6-
cation of the Idaho Test Oath law.
Second.-That we claim with pride
to be the banner Republican, anti
Mormon county of the Territory, and
that the recent developments in Salt
Lake City justify US in the assertion
that an understanding has been ar
rived at between leading Democratic
politicians and the rulers of the Nor
mon church; and we are firm in the
belief that the present Democratic
nominee for Congress in this Terri.
tory is party to that bargain and
transfer.
Third. We believe in the protec.
ton Of American labor, and declare
that we are unqualiisdly in favor of
the enactment Of laws that will tend
to reduce the burdens and elevate the
condition of the laboring classes
throughout the country, and we are
opposed to placing American labor in
competition with foreign labor, either
at home or obroad. We appeal es.
pecially to the miners and laboring
men of Alturas county to denounce
by. their votes the party which BY
national Legislation is attempting to
destroy the industry which furnishes
them bread and butter.
Fourth.-That the vague, indie finite
and shallow resolution of the Demo.
cratic county convention in regard to
the 'local interests aud industries If
ldaho," does not relieve Democratic
voters from following in the free
trade wake of Cleveland, Mills and
Carlisle, nor from espousing the prin-
ciples advocated in the Democratic
national and Territorial platforms.
Fif,h.-With respect to the ques.
ton of the division of this county,
we submit to the people that such
question is In no sense a party ques-
ton. As a Convention Of Republi.
cans from all parts of the county, we
have no right to pledge the party to a
policy which involves no principle for
which we, as q party, are contending
We, therefore, declare that the ques-
ton of the division of the county, by
the creation of new counties from its
Territory, is one which should be dealt
with directly by the people themselves,
or through their representatives. in the
Legislature.
Sixth-We pledg our candidates
for the legislative assembly to use
their best efforts to amend and i'm
prove the school laws, and laws rela.
tive to the collection of road, poll and
hospital taxes, to the end that the bur
dens thereby imposed be made to re.
suit in more ade quate benefit and ad-
vantage to the taxpayer.