Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Declaration of Principles and Asser'
tiOn Of Popular
Right.

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proceedings to honor the memory Of the
first great leader, the immortal champio
Of liberty and the rights of the people
Abraham Lincoln; and to cover ais
with wrealhs Ofimperishable Temembranc
and gratitude the heroic names Of late
leaders, who have more recently bee
called away from our councils-Grant
Garfield, Arthur, Logar and Conkltng
May their memories be faithfully cher
ished.
We also recall with our greetings anC
with prayer for his recovery the name o
one Of our living heroes whose memory
will be treasured in the history both o
Republicans and of the Republic-tht
name of that noble soldier and favOritt
son of victory, Philip II Sheridan.
In the spirit Of those great leaders, anc
of our own devotion to human liberty, and
with that hostility to all forms Of despot
ism and oppression which IS the funda
mental idea of the Republican party, We
send fraternal congratulations to our fel-
low Americans of Brazil upon their great
act of 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 hume rule for Ireland.
We affirm our answering devotion to
the National Constitution and to the IN.
dIssoluble Union of the states to the au.
tonOmy reserved the states under the Con.
stitulOn to the personal rights and liber.
ties of citizens in all the States and Terri.
tories in the Union, and especially to
the supreme and sovereign right Of
every lawful citizen, rich or poor,
native or foreign born, white or black, to
cast one free ballot Ia public elections,
and to have that ballot duly counted. We
hold the free and honest popular ballot,
and the Just and equal representation Of
all the people, TO be the foundation of our
republican government, and demand et-
fective legislation to secure the integrity
and purity of elections, which are the
fountains Of all public authority, We
charge that the present administration
and the Democratic majonty IN Congress
owe their existence to the suppression Of
the ballot by a criminal notification ofthe
Constitution and laws of the United
States.
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the American system of protection. We
protest against its destruction proposed
by the president and his party. They
serve the interests Of Europe; we will
support the interests Of America. We ac.
copt the issues and confidently appeal to
the people for their judgment. The pro.
tective system must be maintained, Its
has always been followed
by general disaster to all interests, except
those of the usurer and 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 and
patriotic actions OF the Republican Rep.
resentatives IN Congress in opposing its
passage.
We condemn the proposition of the
Democratic party to place wool on the free
list, and we insist that the duties thereon
shall be adjusted and maintained 80 as TO
furnish full and adequate protection to
that industry.
The Republican party would effect all
needed reduction of the National revenue
by repeating the taxes on tobacco, which
are an annoyance and burdento agriculture,
and the tax upon splrits used in the arts
and for mechanical purposes; and by such
revision of the tariff 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
can not be produced at home. If there
e. h. al haT a
requisite for the wants OF the government
we favor the entire repeal OF internal
taxes rather than the surrender of
any part of our protective system at
the JOINT behest of the whisky trusts and
the agents of foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostility to the introduc.
tion into this country of foreign contract
labor, and of Chinese labor, alien to our
civilization and our Constitution, and we
demand the rigid enforcement of the ex.
sting laws against it, and favor such i'm.
mediate legislation as will exclude such
labor from our shores.
We declare our opposition to all combin'
atoms OF capital organized in trusts OF other
wise, to control arbitrarily the condition
Of trade among our citizens, and we com.
menu u NhNkANhn anu W AAiu ANNeNN 10
,tures, IN their respective Jurisdictions,
such legislation as Will prevent the eNeou.
ton of all schemes to oppress the peoplehy
undue charges on their supplies, OF by un-
ust rates for the transportation Of their
products 10 market, We approve the leg,
station 10y Congress to prevent alike un.
ust burdens and unfair determinations be. !
weeu the States
We reafhrm the policy of appTopriating |
The public lands OF the United States TO be |
for American citizens and set.
.lers, not aliens, which the Republican |
party established in 1902, against the /
persistent opposition OF the Democrats in
congress, and which has brought our great
Western domain into such magnificent
developments The restoration OF unearn.
"a land grants to the public domain for
he use of actual settlers, which was begun
Indcr the administration Of President Az.
huT. should he continued, We deny that
he democratic party has ever restored one
ere to the people, but declare that by the
oint action of republicans aud democrats,
bout 6ity millions OF acres Of uneaTned
ands originally granted for the eonsTuc'
ION OF railroads have been restored to the
nblie domain, in pursuance OF the cOndi'
ons inserted by the republican party IN