Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-22

and its pusiilaDimous surrender OF the
ESSENTIAL privileges to which our fishing
vessels 2Te emitted in Canadian ports
under the treaty OF 1878, :ne
Ieci 5rocal maritime legislation Of
1880, ard the comfy Of ns,iols
and which Csnscian dshirg vessels re-
Give in ports Of the Uli.ed States. We
condemn he policy Il the present sd
nit islratiCn and tle D smocr3tiC mEj ority
IN Congress toward the hs1erias % IN
friendly and conspIcuousiy unpatriotiC,
| srd ss tending to dos roy valuable 2s-
ti0lal Industry sud 81 inGispense .e re-
source Of defense against Z foreign
enemy. The name CT American spDlirs
aLke 10 siI cit!zsLs u this republic,
sad impTesses upon al alike ths
sAma Obligation OF oOedieDce
Ito the laws At TIE SINE
time that citizenship is ard must be the
pgaopy snd SAT guard CT him VINO wears
! i. and p.O.ect5 him whether hiel or low,
rica or pocr, il al! MS right. II should
sud must f ri him protection at home
and follow snd protect him Abroad, in
whatever land lie may be, on laWful
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CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The men who abandoned the r publ
can party in 1884 and continued 10 &dGe,e
10 the Democratic party have
deserted not only the cIuse Of ho2esG
government and sound tiGsLCe, of the
freedom ard security OF the bsllot, bul
especially hsVe deserted the cause O.
reform il civil service. We will not fxil
10 keep our pledges because they hGV5
broken theirs, or because their candidate
has broken his. We, therefore, repgat
our declaration Of 1884, to-Wit: "Tne
reform Of CIVIL service ausp!
clgus!y blsun uuder the Rpu3li-
cEa administration should be com
p!etei by further extension OF
the reform system ss already established
by Law 10 all grades Of Inc ss1V.ce TO
which it Is applicable. The spirit and
purpose OF refo!m should De observed in
Il! executive appointments, and all laws
st vATiaIce with the object OF existing
ref;:m q the civil service should be ro-
peS.ed, TO the end that the dangers TO
fee INSTITUTIONS which lurk in the power
Of Cfn5isl patronage nay De wisely and
effectively GVOide1
PENSION LEGISLATION.
The grsiitude II the nation to the
detelters oi the B4.ion cannot be mess
ured by laws. The legislation Of Con
gres5 should conform to the pledges
made By loyal people, and be SO enlarged
spd exLe-ded IS to provide against the
possibility that shy mAn who lOuOTaOiV
wore the federSi uniform shall become
al inmate OF the aimghOuse CT depend
ent upon private charity. In tae presence
Of An Overlooking treasury it WUuld be
pu bic scandal 70 do less for those whose
V.lOrous serY &c preserved the governme t.
We dunOGuCe the nos lie spirls shown by
PreaiterI Cleveland IN his numerous We
toes CT measures fjr pension relief, ard
the action OF the Dam cratic House OF
Z representatives. 10 refusing wen Consid-
GRAFTON If general pension legislation.
AMEN.
II support Of the principles herewith
enumerated We invite tae cooperation Of
the patriotic men Of al parties, especially
Of sill working men whose pTCp4rTy is SO
seriously threatened by the tree trsde
policy OF the present admlnist alton.
WHERE THY CHEERED.
AS Mckinley read the declaration Of
Republican principles and IS lie men
TONED the names If the deao leaders Of
the r publican party, cheer sfter cheer
ssCended and MS al1usiOn to the living
nero, Pailip Il. Sheridan, Was received
with loud applause, but these bursts OF
enthusiasm were as nothing to the storm
OF applause and cheers winch broke out
WGgn Mckinley enuucisted the principle
OF the REPUBLICAN party in regard TO pro-
lection. Every member CT the conVen
ton Tose 10 his feet and many spectators
followed their example. Fms were
wE> ed, handkerctiefs were hutered,
cheers were given aud shouts Of approval
found noisy vent. F3r fully minute
Mckinley Wss unable to continue on &C
count Of the ,mOnstrstiOn which brake
cut afresh when d denuncistion Of the
Mills bill found expression IL the plat
form.
When the reading Of the report had
been completed Marine Of MARYLAND
moved thai II be adopted By arising vote,
x Horr OF Michigan on behalf OF his state
seconded the motion and the report Of
the committee YVES adopted unanimously
by stsndipg vote and amid great en-
thusissm.
THE NOMINATIONS.
The chairman stated lhSt the next order
OF business wss the cSllirg Ct states for
the presentation OF names OF nominees
Ter President.
Alabama EEd Arkansas were called
without o response.
When California w:s called HAMMOND
said that the California delegation, whose
position was well known, here ssked the
convention to pass Czlif-rnia On the roll
call for The present.
JOSEPH HAwLEY.
Warner Ct Connecticut when Ccnuec,i-
cut was called presented without further
remsrks the name CT Hon. Joseph r.
HaHley.
WALTER .. GRESHAM.
Waen Illinois VAS called 5 buzz Of ex-
pectaLCy b-oke GU, which grew INTO o
shout Of ereeung when Leonard
SWEET stepped upon tie pla2-
form 20 present the name OF
Watsr Q, G eslam. STett spoze with
grsa5 del.Ecrattor, vi h.u: s1y attenp.
Il artificial 0ratorY. He could be heard
all over the hEll, and while be did 10.
often excite the enthusiasm Of the con-
vsution he VAS listened 10 with grest
attention. When lie reached the climax
o; one Of his periods VIII the name of
Gresham there vas Wild demonstration
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