The Wahpeton times., 1888-07-05
Republican Convention.
First Dsy.

| Republican convention of 1888 was formally
opened. Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus of the
Plymouth Congregational Church ofChicago,
opened the proceedings with prayer.
Chairman Jones, after Secretary Fessenden
had proceeded with the reading of the call
appropriating the votes to each state and
as follows: Gentlemen of the convention:
Ihe national committee has requested the
announcement of these further officers for
your temporary organization. They will be
| read:
=, The secretary-For temporary secretaries:
Michael Griffin of Wisconsin, Hon Ruell of
Tennessee.
For Temporary Assistant Secretaries
Hon. James j. Brogan of Tennessee james
Bixby of Minnesota, Henry NJ. Capes of Ar.
kansas, William Nelson of New Jersey, A. w.
Monroe Of Maryland, j. f. Wiley of Texas,
G. NJ. Shinno of West Virginia and John E.
Miner of Louisiana.
For Temporary Reading Clerks-Hon.
Henry Ballard of Vermont. Col. Clarkson
Lake of New York, Capt. David Lanning
Of Ohio, James H. Stone of Michigan
Official Observation-Disclosures r En-.
glsh.
Sergeant-at-Arms-Char Fitzsimmons of
Chicago.
Mr.. Jones then said: the re.
quest of the national republican committee
propose to you as temporary chairman OF
this convention the Hon. John NJ. Thurston.
Mr.. Thurston then took the chair and was
greeted with applause. His opening speech
was regarded as exceedingly able and it
created IL profound sensation.
committees were appointed and the day was
spent i'll the work of organization. John G..
fremont, was present as the guest of the
\nh h.os Ea nvn :,,,.
thusiastic calls he was introduced to the con.
yention and made an eloquent speech.
Fred Douglas, the colored orator. also made
some remarks in response to land demands
from the convention
Second Day.
The second day of the Republican national
convention at Chicago was occupied by the
committee on credentials, most of their time
having been deyoted to listening to argu-
ments in the Malone Wise contest from Vir.
ginia.
Permanent organization was affected by
the election of NJ. NJ. Estcl of California as
president. Among the vice presidents were:
N. $. Chandler, Minnesota; L. B. Richardson,
Dakota; H. H. Rood, Iowa; H. o. Fairchild;
names nna s%Gng its RsY % the
burn. Iowa: Geo. B. Edgerton, Minnesota,
and G. A. Knapp, Wis.
Third Day.
The principal event of the third day was
the adoption of the platform which was re-
ceived with prodigious enthusiasm, then fol.
lowed hours of speech-making over the can.
didates whose names were placed before the
convention. The platform adopted is as
follows:
| THE PLATFORM.
The Republicans of the United States as.
sembled by their delegates in national con-
vention pause on the threshold of their pro-
ceedings to honor the memory of their first
liberty and the rights of the people-Abra-
ham Lincoln, and to cover also with wreaths
OF lmperishable remembrance and gratitude
the heroic Games of our later leaders who
have more recently been called away from
our councils..!Grant, Garfield, Arther, Logan,
fully cherished. We also recall with our
greetings and with prayer for his re-
covery the name of one of our living heroes
whose memory will be treasured in the listo-
~ both ofrepublicans and of the republic
the name of that noble soldier and favorite
child Of victory, Philip H. Sheridan. In the
spirit of those great leaders, and of our own
devotion to human liberty, and with that
hostility to oil forms of despotism and op.
preston which is the fundamental idea of the
republican party, we send fraternal congratu-
lations to our fellow Americans of Brazil up
on their great act of emancipation,
which completed the abolition of slavery
throughout the two American ancontinents. We
earnestly hope that We may soon congratu.
late our fellow citizens of Irish birth upon
the peaceful recovery of home rule for Ireland
we reafnrm our unswerving devotion to the
national constitution, and to the indissoluble
union of the states, to the auton-
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the constitution; to the personal rights and
Liberties of citizens in all the states and terri
tories in the Union, and especially to the su-
preme and sovereign right of every lawful
citizen, rich or poor, native or foreign born,
white or black, to cast one free ballot in pub
lie elections and to have that ballot duly
counted. We hold the free and honest popu-
lar ballot and the just and equal representa-
ton OF all the people to be the foundation OF
our republican government, and demand ef.
fective legislation to secure the integrity and
purity of authority. We charge that the
present administration and the Democratic
majority in congress owe their existence to
criminal notification of the constitution
and laws of the United States.
We are uncompromisingly in favor of the
American system of projections; we protest
against it's destruction us proposed by the
president and his party: They serve the in
/
ests Of America. We accept the Issue and
confidently appeal to the people for their
Judgment. The protective system must be
maintained. Its abandonment has always
been followed by general disaster to all in
terests, except those of the usurer and the
sheriff. We denounce the Mills bill as de-
structive to the general business. the labor
and the farming interests of the country, and
We heartily endorse the consistent and Do
triotic action of the Republican representa-
tive in congress in opposing its passage
| NO FREE WOOL.
We condemn the proposition of the Demo-
cratic party to place wool on the free list,
and we insist that the duties thereon shall
be adjusted and maintained so as to furnish
| full and adequate protection to that iudus-
try. The Republican party would effect nil
needed reduction of the national revenue, by
repeating the taxes upon tobacco. which are
an annoyance and burden to agriculture,
and the tax upon spirits used in the arts and
for mechanical purposes, and by such revis.
ion OF the tariff laws us will tend to check
imports of such articles as are produced by
our people, the production of which gives
employment to our labor, and release from
duction Except luxuries) the like OF which
cannot he produced Mt home. If there shall
still remain a larger revenue than is requisite
for the wants of the government. We favor
the entire repeal Of internal taxes, rather
than the surrender of any par,
of our protective system, at the joint hehestt
of the whisky trusts and the agents offoreisr
manufacturers. We declare our hostility tc
the introduction into this country Of foreign
contract labor, and for Chinese labor, alier
to our civilization and our constitution anl