New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-06-27
Republican Convention.
First Day.


Plymouth Congregat Church ofGhicago,
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
territory, addressed the convention closing
as follows: gentlemen of the conven ton:
The national committee has requested the
announcement iof these further officers for
your temporary organizatio They will be
read:
The SecretaTFFo or temporary secretaries:
Hon. Charles W. Chisbec of Michigan, Hon
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 j ersey, A. w.
Monroe of Maryland, j sE. Wiley of Texas,
O. M. Shinno of West Yirginia and John q,
Miner of Louisiana
For Temporary Reading Clerks Hon.
Henry Ballard of Vermont, Col. C1arkson
Lake of New York, Capt. David tanning
and George NJ Brinkerhoff of Illinois.
Official StenographeE-Gust P. En-
glish.
Sergeant at Arnas-C Charles Fitzsimmons of
Chicago.
Mr.. Jones then SAID: Gentlemen-At the re-
quest of the national republican committee
propose to you as temporary chairman of
this convention the Hon. y ohm M. Thurston
Mr.. Thurston then took the chair and was
greeted with applause. His opening speech
was regarded as exceedingly able. and it
created a profound sensation.
Committees were appointed and the day was
spent in the work of organization. John G..
Fremont was present as the guest of the
Nebraska delegation ,and:in response to en-
ILL.,
vention and made an eloquent speech.
Fred Douglas the coleYed 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, mostsof their time
having been DEVOTED to listening to argu-
ments in the Malone Wise eontestfrom Vir-
;gania.
Permanent organization WAS affected by
the election of NJ M. Estel of California as
president. Among the vice presidents were:
M. s. Chandler, Minnesota; L. B. Richardson,
Dakota; III. II. Rood, Iowa; H O.. Fairchild;
and among it's secretaries appeared the
names of j. NJ. Bailey Dakota, j. W.. Cock
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
great leader, the immortal champion of
liberty and the rights of the people-Abra-
ham Lincoln, and to cover also with wreaths
of imperishable remembrance and gratitude
the heroic names of our later leaders who
have more recently been called away from
our councils-Grant Garfield Arther, Logan,
Conkling. May their memories be faith,
fully cherished. We also recall with our
greetings and with prayer for his re-
coVeryothe name of one of our living heroes
whose memory will be treasured in the histo-
ry both of republicans and of the republic
the name of that noble soldier and favorite
child ofvictory, Philip II Sheridan In the
spirit OF those great leaders, and of our own
devotion to human liberty, and with that
preston which is the fundamental idea of the
republican party, we send fraternal congratu-
latlons to our fellow Americans of Brazil up
on their great act of emancipation,
which completed the abolition of slavery
two American continents. We
earnestly hope that we may soon congratu-
late our fellow citizens of Irish birth upon
tie peaceful recovery of home rule for Ireland.
we reaffirm our answering devotion to the
nation al cons on f. oJ,,l1o
union OF the states, to the auton-
omy reserved to the states under
the constitution; to the personal rights and
liberties of citizens in all the states and terri
tories in the Union, and especially to the SUI
preme and sovereign right of every lawful
citizen, rich or poor, native or foreign born,
white or black, to castone 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 eff
1ect1ve 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
the suppression of the ballot by a
criminal notification of the constitution
and laws of the United States.
we are uncompromisingly in favor of the
Amenc a system of protection; we protest
against its destruction as proposed by the
president and his party. They serve the in
terests OF Europe; we will support the inter
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-
stfuct1ve to the general business, the labor
and the farming interests of the country, and
we heartily endorse the consistent and pa
trlotic action of the Republican representa-
i've IN congress in opposing it's 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 all
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 reyis-
ion OF the tariff laws as 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
import duties those articles of foreign pro-
duction Except luxuries) the like of which
cannot be produced at home. If there shall
still remain a larger revenue than is requisite