Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-11-01
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

The Republicans Of the United States,
assembled by their delegates in National
convention, pause on the theshold ol their
proceedings to honor the memory oil tnelr
! first great leader, the immortal champion
of liberty and the rights Of the people
Abraham Lincoln; and to cover also
with wreaths ofimperishable remembrance
and gratitude the heroic names OF later
| leaders, who have more recently been
called away from our counclls-GIant'
Garfield, Arthur, Logan and Conkling'
May their memories be faithfully cher'
ished.
We also recall with our greetings and
with prayer for his recovery the, name ol
| one OF our living heroes whose memory
will be treasured in the history both OF
| Republicans and Of the Republic-lhe
name of that noble soldier and iavorite
son 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 despot'
,sm and oppression which Is the funda-
mental idea Of the Republican party, we
send fraternal congratulations to our TEL
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 hnme rule for iceland.
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.
stitution to the personal rights and liber'
ties of citizens in all the States and Terri
tories in the Union, and especially to
tho supreme and sovereign right OF
every lawful citizen, rich or poor,
native or foreign born, white or black, to
cast one free ballot II. 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 majority IN Congress
owe their existence to the suppression Of
the ballot by a criminal notification ofthe
Constitution and laws Of the United
States.
We are uncompromislngly in favor of
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.
cept the issues and confidently appeal Il"
the people for their judgment The pro-
tectIve system must be mainta ned. Its
Abandonment has always been followed
by general disaster to all interests, except
those of the usurer and the sheriff. We
denounce the Mills bill az destructive u
the general business, the labor aud the
farming interests of the country, and We
heartily endorse the consistent and
patriotic actious of the Republican Rep
resentatives IN Congress in opposing lis
passage.
We condemn the proposition OF the
Democratic party to place wool ON the Tree
list, and we insist that the duties thereon
shall be adjusted and maintained 80 as tn
furnish full aud 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 burdSnto agriculture
and the tax upon spIrits 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 10y
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 De produced at home. II there
shall sull remain Target revenue thai Is
requisite for the wants OF the government
we favor the entire repeal OF internal
taxes rather than the surrender If
any part of our protective system at
the Joint behesl of the whisky trusts aud
the agents of foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostility To the inlroduc
ton 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
isting laws against it, and favor such nm
mediate legislation as will exclude such
labor from our shores,
We declare our opposition 10 all con'lNn'
ations of capital organized IN trusts OF ~ -r
wise, to control arbitrarily the condition
of trade among our ci'lzenS, anl we com
mend to Congress and "a the State L'g'S-
atures, IN their respecu' JuuNhtc'"rN,
such legislation as wlil prevent the eNoru'
ton OF all schemes tuoppIS>, the go u.rA
undue charges ON their supp %. ,"' un-
lust rates for the transportation n 'h"lr
products to market w approve 'Av ~.
AL gl,ti,n by t'nnLTtss l.. nTrNVAH U"|,t. uut