The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-06-28
THE PLATFORM.

A Document Every Voter in the
United States Should Read-Pro-
lection the Key Note-Here Is It's
Declaration of Principles in Full.
CHICAGO, June 21.-The text of the
platform presented by the Committee
on Resolutions is as follows:
The Republicans Of the United
States, assembled by their delegates in
National Convention, pause on the
threshold Of their proceedings to hon
or the memory Of their first great
leader, the immortal champion of lib
erty and the rights of the people,
Abraham Lincoln, and to cover also
with wreathes of imperishable remem-
brance and gratitude the heroic names
of our late leaders who have more re-
Gently been called away from our
councils-Grant, Garfield, Arthur, Lo-
gan, Conkling May their memories
be faithfully cherished. We also re-
call with our greetings and with pray
er for his recovery the name of one Of
our living heroes whose memory will
be treasured in the history both of
Republicans and of the Republic
the name of that noble soldier and fa-
vorite child of victory, Philip Ell. Sher-
idan.
In the spirit Of those great leaders,
and Of our own devotion to human
liberty, and with that hostility to all
forms Of despotism and oppression
which is the fundamental ideal Of the
Republican party, we send fraternal
congratulation to our fellow-Ameri-
cans of Brazil upon their great act of
emancipation, which completed the
abolition Of slavery throughout the
two American continents. We earn
estly hope we may soon congratulate
our fellow-citizens of Irish birth up
on the peaceful recovery Of home rule
for Ireland.
We reafhrm our answering devo-
tion to the National Constitution and
to the indissoluble Union Of the States,
to the autonomy reserved to the States
under the Constitution, to the person.
al rights and liberties of citizens in all
the States and Territories in the I'm
ion, and especially to the supreme and
sovereign right Of every lawful citizen,
rich or poor, native or foreign born,
white or black, to cast one free ballot
in public elections and to have the
ballot duly counted. We hold the
free and honest popular ballet and the
just and equal representation of all the
people to be the foundation Of our Re
publican Government and demand ef-
fective legislation to secure the integ-
rity and purity Of elections, which are
the fountains of all public authority.
We charge that the present Admins
tration and the Democratic majority
in Congress owe their existence to the
suppression Of the ballot by Grimm
al notification of the Constitution
and laws Of the United States.
We are uncompromisingly in favor
Of the American system of protection
we protest against its destruction as
proposed by the President and his
party. They serve the interests of
Europe: we will support the interests
of America. We accept the issue and
confidently appeal the people for their
Judgment The protective system
must be maintained. Its abandon
ment has always been followed by
general disaster to all interests, except
those Of the usurer and the Sheriff.
We denounce the Mills bill as destruc-
tive to the general business, the labor
and the farming interests of the coun-
try, and we heartily endorse the con-
sistent and patriotic action Of the Re-
publican representatives in Congress
in opposing its passage.
We condemn the proposition of the
Democratic party to place wool on the
free list, and we insist that the duties
thereon shall be adjusted and main
tanned so as to furnish full and ade-
quate protection to that industry.
The Republican party would effect
all needed reduction Of the National
revenue by repeating the taxes upon
tobacco which are an annoyance and
burden to agriculture, and the tax up
On spirits used in the arts, and for
mechanical purposes; and by such re-
vision Of the tariff laws as will tend to
check imports Of such articles as are
produced by our people, the produc-
tiop of which gives employment to
our labor, and release from import
duties those articles Of foreign pro-
duction Except luxuries), the like OF
which can not be produced at home
If there shall still remain larger lev-
enue than is requisite for the wants OF
the Government, we favor Che entire
repeal Of internal taxes, rather than
the surrender of any part of our pro-
tective system, at the joint behest OF
the whisky ring and the agents Of
foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostility to the in
PRODUCTION into this country of foreign
contract labor and of Chinese labor
alien to our civilization and our con.
stitution; and we demand the rigid
enforcement Of the existing laws
against it, and favor such immediate
legislation as will exclude such labor
from our shores.
We declare our opposition to al
combinations OF capital organized IL
trusts or otherwise, to control arbitra,
rily the condition of trade among oul
citizens; and we recommend to Con
gress and the State Legislatures il
their respective jurisdictions such leg
islation as will prevent the execution
Of all schemes to Cypress the people
by undue charges Oh their supplies, o.
by unjust rates for the Transportation
of their products to market. We ap
prove the legislation by Congress t.
prevent alike unjust burdens and un
Fair discrimination between the States
We reaffirm the policy of appropri
ating the public lands Of the Unitet
States to be homesteads for American
citizens and settlers, not aliens, whicl
the Republican party established il