Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-22
SOLID TIMBER
IA Platform that Meets
the Issues Squarely,
Advocating Protection, Cheaper
Postage, Admission Of Terri
tories and No Polyeamy.
1t Speaks for Coast Forti6cations,
an Encouraged Navy, Gen.
| uile Civil Service Re-
form and Against
| Trusts,
Condemnine the Administrations
CoVardly Attitude in
Foreign Affairs.
Presentation EloQuence and Cheering
Follow.
The Stars and Stripes the Republican
Bandana.
The Name Of Blaine AtakeS a Storm Of
Applause.
The Prevailing Desire for Him Becomes
More Intense.
The Stars and Stripes the Republican
Bandana.
The Name Of Blaine AtakeS a Storm Of
Applause.
The Prevailing Desire for Him Becomes
More Intense.
CHICAGO, June 2l.


The convention was called to order at 10 05
\. VI.
AT The conclusion of the prayer, the chair
mau called upon the secretary to call the roll
ii States tor the national committee.
Mr. Mcklnley of Ohlo, chairman of the
resolutions committee, amid loud cheers,
r, All the platform.
The following platform was unanimously
Il .optud. After feeling tributes 10 Abraham
LlLcoln, GRAFT, Garfield, Arthur, Losaa an'i
Conkliug, and sympathetic references to
PM Sh. .rrlan, it says;
la the spirit of those great leaders and OF
our own dey Otion to human liberty, and with
that hostility to all forms of despotism aud
upprr ssiun which is the Fundamental isiea oi
me republican party, We seud fraternal con
gfatulauons to our fellow Americans OF
Brazil, upon their great act of emancipation
winch completed the abolition of slavery
throughout the two American continents.
We earnestly hope we may soon congratulate
our fellow clllzens of Irish birth upon the
peaceful recovery of home rule for ireland.
We rtatiirm our answering devotion TO
the uatioIIal constitution anu to the indissolu-
bic union, to the personal rights and liberties
OF ciuzens in all states and Territories IN the
Union. aud especially to the supreme and
sovereign right of every lawful citizen, rich
OF poor, naive Or foreign bora, whlte or
black, to cast one free ballot III pubic eiec-
tons and to have that ballot duly counted.
We hold the free and horest popular ballot
and the Just and equal representation of all
people to be the foundation of our republican
Governments and demand effective legislation
to secure the integrity and purity of elections
hich are The foundations of public prosper
ity.
| We charge that the present administration
the democratic majority in Congress owe
their existence to the suppressions OF the
! ballot, bv the criminal notification OF the
constitution and laws of the United States.
We are uucompromIsingly i'll favor OF the
| American system of protection. we protest
against its destruction as proposed by the
| President and his parry. They serve the IN
,erests of Europe. We will support the in
t.rests of America. We accept the issue aud
confidently appeal to the people for their
Judgment. 1 he protective system must be
maintained. Its abandonment has always
been followed by general disaster To all IN
,erests EXCEPT those OF the usurer and sherin-
We denounce the Mills bill AS destructive
to general business, the labor and farming
interests or the country, ahd We hearuiy en-
,iorse the consistent and patriotic action OF
the republican representatives IN Congress III
opposing It's passage.
We Condemn the proposition OF the dehi'
ocraIc party TO place WOOL On the tree list
and insist that the duties thereon shaii Dc
adjusted and maintained 81 as To furnish fuil
and auequate protection 10 that Industry.
The republican party would effect all
,e.d.d reduction of national revenue by re-
Dealing taxes upon tobacco, which are al
,,.u,,n,.ce and burden to agriculture, and
he TAX upon spirits used IN arts aud foi
mechanics! purposes, AMI BY such resisiod
| If th,. tariff lawsas will tend 10 check the
lu,,rtatlon of such artit les as are Produced
az our people, the production OF which gives
| nuin, meut to our labor, aud release from
,u,,prt duties those arueles OF foreign pro
.,il,.t,uu except luxuries, when cahi'o' o'
p,o iLced AT home.
If there shall still remain larger rev
epue than is requisite for the wants oi 'h'
| government, We Ia,or the entire rep'al o.
| ne Internal tax rather than the surrender ol
.py part of our protective system at the Joih
n, ,t. of the ~hlskey trusts aud agents u
foreign manufacturers.
Ne declare hostility TO the introduction
into this country of foreign contract iaoor
nd OF Chinese labor aii.n n 10 our CIVILIZATION
s.,d constitution, and dema.d the risid eh
! fascpment OF eXistihg laws agaiust ~ "h'
FAVOR such immed ate legislation as Will ex
cmle such labor from our shores
We declare our opposition TO all comoina
ions OF capital, organized In trusts to con
,rvl arbitrarily the condition of trade amonl
our e.t,z-ns, ami we recommend 10 Congres
d 10 Sta.e legislatures in their RESPECTIVE
Jurisdictions such |, gislation AS Will pre'ei'
me exc, u lou vf all schemes 10 oppress IN
n. opl, b, undue charges on our supplies, 0
. bv u.iu,t rates for the transportation
heir products to markets.
We approve legislation by Congress
prevent alike unjust burdens and UNFAIR ois
, Examinations between States.
i We r.afiirm the policy of appropriauh
rho publc funds Of the United States TO IN
bomes steats of American citizens and settler n
no, aliens. which the republican party estat
h,bed in 1862, against the persistent opPos
,ion of the democrats in Congress, anu wnle
has brought our great western oouiaiu i"'
: such magnificent development.
The resto, alton of unearned raiiroaa ian
9 grants 10 the public domain for the use :
.cTnal settlers, which WAS begun under IN
administration of President Arthur shoui
be continued. We deny that the democrat
marty has ever restored one acre to me Pc
NJ n, declare that by the joint action
r.pubhcans and democrats ffty millions
, scres Of uuesrned lands originally gran''
- ,ha construction of railroads. have bee