, 1888-06-28
REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.
DEMOCRACY AND GLEVELIND'S
SHAN REFORM DENOUNCED.
Ple5as5 to the Admission Of
Washington sa5 Other
Tar7i.ories.
An Able and straightforward Declara-
tion u the Party's Principles.

The republicans Of the United
States assembled. by their delegates
III the national crnveutioIE Pause on
the threshold OF their proceedings to
honor the memory OF their first great
Lender. the immortal champion Of lib
erty- and the rights of the people,
Abraham lincoln, and to cover also
with ~rSaih5 OF imparishahle remem-
braucc aud gratitude the heroic
names uf our late leaders who have
been moro recently called away from
oar counsel Grant, Garfield, Arthur,
Logan and ConkHng. May their
memories ho faithfully cherished
We also recall " tn our greeting
and prayer for his recovery, the
name Of Uua Of our living heroes.
whose rDomcrg will I've treasured in
,lhe history h9ta Of republicans and
u the repuh the name Of that no
ble soldier aud faithful child Of VIC
tory, Phillip Il Sheridan.
PROTECTION ASD EQUAL RIGHTS.
Ia the piris af-those grea: leaders,
aud Of cur ovn devotion 10 human
rights, aud With that hostility to all
forInS of drpotism and oppression.
which II the fundamental idea of the
republican party, we send fraternal
CUugratulatiun- to our fellow Amer
cans Of Brazil upon their great act of
abolition Of slavery, which completes
its Tddancp throughout the two Am
er!can continents. We earnestly
! hope that we may sO0n congratulate
our fellow citizens of Irish ti:rh up
on the peaceful recovery Of home
rule FOR Ireland
We reliiirm our unSWerylng deVO~
ton to the national constitution and
to the in1issoluble union Of the stat
es, aid 10 the autonomy reserved to
the states under the constitution to
the personal rights and liberties of
citizens in all the states and terrltor-
les il the union, ana especially to
the sHpreme sovereign right of every
lawful citizen, rich or poor, ative or
foreign born. white or black, to cast
one free ballot in the public elections
and to have that. ballot duly counted.
We hold the free and honest popular
ballot and the just and equal repre-
sentation of all tbs people to he the
foundation OF republican government
and demand effective legislation to
secure the integrity and purity of
elections, which are the foundations
OF all public au u'hority. We cnarge
that the present administration and
the democratic majority III congress
owe their existence to the suppress
sion of the ballot by criminal nulifi-
cation of tho constitution and the
laws OF the United States.
We are uncompromisin5iy iy in favor
of the American system of protection
and We protest against its destruc-
lion as proposed by the president and
his party. They serve the interest
of Europe. We will support the in-
terests of America.
FOR AMERICANS ONLY.
We accept the Issue aud confident
ly ap peal to the people for their
Judgement. The protective system
must be maintained. Its abandon
ment has always been followed by
general disaster to all Interests ex-
cept those of the usurer and those of
the sheriff. We denounce the Mills
bill as destructive to the general
business; the labor and the farming
interests of the country, and we
heartily endorse the consistent aud
patriotic action of the republican re-
prese natives in congress in opposing
its passage. We condemn tho DEM
ocratic party to place wool on the free
list and insist that duties that are on
it shall be adjusted andmaintained so
as to furnish full and adequate pros
lection toindusty.
The republican party would effect
all needed reduction of the national
revenue by repeating the taxes on to-
bacco, which are an annoyance and
a burden to agriculture, and the tax
upon spirits used in the arts and for
mercantile 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 pro-
ductlon of which gives employment
TO onr. .peop'e, and release from import
duties those ARTICLES Of foreign PRO-
Iduction, except luxuries," The ike
lof which; 8 cannqt, bs produced at
home. -. <-..'.'e
/ THE TARIFF PLANK.
Ii there shall still remain larger
revenue than is requisite for the
wants OF the government, we favor
the repeal of, the. Internal revenue
taxes, ratnerS tbnfl surfender sanys
part of Bhr protective system ia tie
joint interest ofethe whisky ring and
the agents OF foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostilityzto the ia~.
PRODUCTION into this country Of for
eign contract labor and of Chinese
labor, alien. to our civilization and
our institutions, and wa demand the
rigid enforcement of the existing
laws against it, and favor such imme-
diate Legislation as will exclude such
labor from our shores.s
u We declare our opposition to all
combinations of capital, organized
into trusts or otlarwiss tc control,
arbitrarily, the condition of trade
among our citizens, and we recom-
mend to congress and the state legis
latures, in their respective jurisdic-
tions, such legislation as will prevent
the execution of all schemes to op-
press the people by undue charges
on their supplies, or by unjust rates
for the Transportation, oftheir Pro-
ducts to market. 10 F's'i'je
Weapprove the Legislation. by con |
gress, to prevent alike, unjust bur-
dens and unfair discrimin ations, be-
tween the states. ..rs.se.-.s..sg
We charge the democratic admin
with'faihIfe to execute the
laws securing to settlers their tito |
and with using the appropriation
made fer that purpose TO harass the |
innocent settler'with spies and spros-
under the false pretense of
exposing frauds-and yindicatipgs the1
laws. F-'-t
, THE RIGHTS OF TERRITORIES. -
: The government by congress of the