The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-06-28
Republican Convention.
First Day.

At Chicago on June 10 precisely at 12:3l
the gayel of Chairman Jones. chairman OF
the National Republican COMMITTEES sound
ed sharply on the mahogany desk, and the
Republican convention of 1883 was formally
opened Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus of the
Plymouth Congregational Church ofChicago
opened the proceedings with prayer
Chairman Jones. after Secretary Fessenden
had proceeded with the reading of the ca
approprating the votes to each state and
Territory, addressed the convention closing
as follows: Gentlemen of the conventions
The national committee has requested the
announcement of these further officers for
your temporary organization. They will be
read:
The Secretary-For 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
Bixhy of Minnesota. Henry VI. Capes of Ar
kansas. William Nelson OF New Jersey, \. ".
Monroe OF Maryland, j. f. Wiley of Texas,
c. Nj. Shnno of West Virginia and John Z.
Miner of Louisiana.
For Temporary Reading Clerks-Hon.
Henry Ballard OF Vermont. Col. Clarkson
Lake of New York, Capt. David Lanning
of Ohio, james Ii. Stone of Michigan
and George NJ. Brnkerhotf of Illinois.
otltldl oSEdIIeE-NUSidNu Iu-
glish.
observation-disclosures Fitzsimmons of
Chicago.
Mr. Jones then said; Gentlemcn-Atth there
quest of the national republican committee
propose to YOU rs temporary chairman OF
this convention the Hon. John N. Thurston
Mr.. ThuFston then took the chair and was
greeted with applause. His opening speech
was regarded as exceedingly able and it
created profound sensation
Committees We're appointed and the day was
spent in the work OF organization. John c.
Fremont. was present aS the guest of the
Nebraska delegation and in response to en-
thusiaStc calls he was introduced TO the con-
vention and made an eloquent speech.
Fred Douglas, the colored orator. also made
some remarks i'll 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, most of their time
having been deyoted to listening to arel-
ments in the Malone Wise contest from Nir-
ginia.
Permanent organization was affected by
the election of VI. NJ. Estel of California as
president. Among the vice presidents We're:
NJ. ). Chandler. Minnesota: l.. B. Richardson.
Dakota: H. H. Rood, Iowa; II. Q. Fairchild:
and among its secretaries appeared the
names of J. NJ. Bailey. Dakota; J. ". Cock
burn. Iowa: Geo B. Edgerton, Minnesota,
and e. \. 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 peopie-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 eouncils-Grant Garfield. Arther Logan,
Conkliag. May their memories be faith
fully cherished We also recall with our
greetings and with prayer for his re-
eovery the 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 of victory, Philip II. Sheridan. In the
spirit of those great leaders. and of our own
devotion to human liberty. and with that
hostility to all forms of despotism and OPP
WHICH Is the luilttallelltal luetl OF Une
republican party. We send fraternal congratu-
lations to our fellow Americans of Brazil up
on their great act OF emancipation.
which completed the abolition of slavery
throughout the two American continents. We
earnestly hope that we may soon congratu-
late fellow citizens OF Irish birth upon
the peaceful recovery of home rule for Ireland.
We reathrm our unswerving devotion to the
national constitution. and to the indissouble
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 east one 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 Repullcan government, and demand ef-
fectlve 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
aid laws of the United States.
We are uncompromisngly in favor of the
American system of protection; we protest
against its destruction proposed by the
president and his party. They serve the in
terests of Europe; We will support the inter-
eStS OF America. we accept tne issue ana
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-
structive to the general business, the labor
and the farming interests of the country, and
We heartily endorse the consistent and pa
triotic action of the Republican representa-
tive in congress in opposing its 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 tex upon spirits used in the arts and
for mechanical purposes, and by such revis-
ion of the tariff laws 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 q larger revenue than is 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 behests
of the whisky trusts and the agents offoreign
manufacturers. We declare our hostility to
the Introduction into this country of foreign
contract labor, and for Chinese labor, alien
to our civilization and our constitution, and
we demand the rigid enforcement of the ex-
isting laws against it. and favor such imme
date legislation as will exclude such labor
from our shores. We declare our opposition
to all combinations ofeapital organized in
trusts or otherwise, TO control arbitrarily the
condition of trade among our citizens; and
we recommend to congress and the state leg
fsiatnres In their respective jurisdictions, such
legislation as will prevent the execution of all
schemes to oppress the people by undue
charges on their supplies, or by unjust
rates for the transportation Of their prod
ucts to market. We approve the legislation
by congress to prevent alike unjust burdens