Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-08-30
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Declaration Of Principles and Asser-
tiOn Of Popular
Right.

iiTBt great leader, the immortal champion
of liberty aud the rights Of the people
Abraham Lincoln; and to cover ais
with wIeaths ofimperishable remembFanc
and gratitude the heroic names Of late
| leaders, who have more recently beei
called away from our cOuucils-(iTant
Garfield, Arthur, LggaD and Conklng
May their memories be faithfully cher
ished.
We also recall with our greetings aDC
with prayer for his recovery the name 0
one Of our living heroes whose memoir
will he treasured in the history both o
Republicans and Of the Repubic-thC
name Of that noble soldier and iayOritC
son Of victory, Philip II Sheridan.
In the spirit Of those great leaders, anC
Of our own devotion 20 human liberty, anc
with that hostility TO all forms Of desp0t
Ism aud oppression which Is the iunda
mental idea Of the Republican party, We
send fraternal congratulations to our fel-
low Americans Of Brazil upon their great
oct Oi emancipation, which completed the
abolition Of slavery throughout the two
American continents. We earnestly hope
that we may soon congratulate our fellow.
citizens Of Irish birth upon the peaceful
recovery OF home rule for lrehnd.
We atiiIm our answering devotion tu
the National Constitution ani TO the NJ.
dlssoluble Union Of the states; to the au,
tonOmy reserved the states under the Con
stitullon TO the personal rights and liber
ties of citizens in all the States and Terri.
tories in the Union, and especially TO
the Wttbf t.I
every lawful citizen, rich or poor,
native or foreign born, white or black, "a
cast one free ballot H. public elections,
and lu have that ballot duly counted. We
hold the free and honest popular ballot,
aud the just and equal representation OF
all the people, to he the foundation nf our
republican government, aud demand ef.
tecuye legislation to secure the integrity
aud purity of elections, which are the
louatalns Of all public authority. We
charge that the present administration
and the Democratic majonty IN Congress
owe their existence 10 the Suppression ol
the balIo; by criminal nulifcation ofthe
Constitution and laws of the United
States.
We are uncompromisngly in favor OF
the American system Of protection. We
protest against Us destruction proposed
by tho prcsdent and his party. They
serve the interests Of Europe; we will
support The interests OF America. We ac.
oopt the Issues and confidently appeal to
the people iur their judgment. The pro.
tectlve system must be maintained, It's
has always been followed
by general disaster to all Interests. EXCEPT
those OF the usurer and the sheriff. We
denounce the Mills bill az destructive to
the general business, the labor and the
farming interests OF the country, and We
heaTtily endorse the consistent and
sqinotlc actions at the Republican Rep.
rekenlatIves IN Congress la opposing its
passage
We condemn the proposition Of the
Democratic party t. place wool on the Tree
hs' ana we Insist JhSt the duties thereon
shAll he adjusted and maintained So as tn
furnish lull aud adequate protection To
thuIr1uTry.
The Republican party would effect al
needed reduction Of the National revenue
by repeating tho taxes on tobacco, which
are an annoyance and hurdrn to agriculture,
and the tax upon splris used m the arts
and loI mechanical purposes aud by such
revision Of the tariH AS will tend To check
imports # such articles as are produced 10y
our people, the production OF which gives
employment 10 uur labor, aud release iroul
impoTt duties those attIo,cs OF ipreien pro
duoulu (tXCrpt luNuries) the like OF which
can not ~ lloduCed az home, II there
shall aull remain largeT revenue that is
requisite ioT the wants at the government
We favor the entire repeal OF internal
taxes rather than the surrender q.
any part Of our protective system a
the JOIN, behcst Of the whisky trusts AMI
tho agents ol foreign manufacturers,
We declare uuI hostility tn the introduo
tion into this country ol foreign contract
labor, aud Of Chinese labor, alien 70 oul
c,vihgktion aud our Constitution, aud ",
demand the rigid enforcement nt the eX
isung laws against 10, and favor such i'm
mediate legislation as will exclude such
labor from our shores,
We declare our opposition to all comhin
atlous OF capital onaniIed in trusts OF other
wise. to control arbitrarily the condition
Of trade among our citizens, and we com
mend TO Congress aud to the State Lepis
stures, lu their respective Jurisdictions
such legislation As will ptryen, the eNVcu
tion oi all schemes to oppress the people H
undue ehaIgvs on their supplies, OF ~ u1.
lust atos lor the transportation Of their
products To market, We approve the leg
,slatlou hy Congtvss TO prevent alike un.
Just butdcns aud unfair Discrimination bo,
tween the States.
We tcaifgm The policy Of appropriately
the pubho lands of the United States 70 bs
homeslsads ioT American citizens and set
Tiers, not aliens, which tho Republican
party established Ia 1909, against The
pcrsis,ent OPPOSITION OF the Democrats ia
Congress, and which has brought our great
Western domain into such magnificent
development, The restoration OF uneAru,
cd land grants " abe public domain tOl
the use ct actual settlers, which was begun
under the administration OF President Az,
thur, should b conunued We deny that
The democgatic patty has eyvT restored QUE
acre To the pyoplc, hut declare that BY the
joint action ot republicans aud democrats,
about fifty pulhonS ID acrrs of uneAlned
lAnds originally gIantod tor the oohsIae.
tion al ailToada have been restored to the
puhlc domain, IN punuanoe OF the eondi,
lons inserted hy the Fgpuhlican Marty IA