Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-08-31
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Declaration Of Principles and AsSer-
tiOn Of Popular
Right.

hlsnt.
The Republicans Of the United States
assembled by their delegates 10 Nationa
convention, pause on the theshold Of theli
| proceedings TO honor the memory Of thei
first great leader, the immortal champion
Of liberty aud the rights Of the people
| Abraham Lincoln; and to cover also
with wreaths ofimperishable remembrance
and gratitude the heroic names Of latel
| leaders, who have more recently beer
called away from our councils-Grant,
Garfield, Arthur, Lagap and Conklng.
! May their memories be faithfully cher.
lshed.
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 ReDublic-the
name Of that noble soldier and layOrite
son Of victory, Philip II Sheridan.
Ia the spirit Of those great leaders, and
Df our own devotion 70 human liberty and
with that hostility 10 all forms of despot.
Ism and oppression which Is the iunda.
mental idea Of the Republican party, we
send iratcrnul congratulations to our fel-
low Americans Of Brazil upon their great
net 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 home rule for Ireland.
We affirm our answering devotion to
the National Constitution and to the 10.
dIssoluble Union Of the states to the au.
tonOmy reserved the states under the Con.
stItulion 10 the personal rights and lIber.
ties Of citizens in all the States and Terri.
tories in the Union, aud especially to
tho supreme aud sovereign right sOf
every lawful citizen, rich or poor,
native or foreign born, white or black, to
cast one free ballot H. public elections,
aud 10 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 ef-
fuuliye Legislation 90 secure the integrity
and purity # elections, which are the
fountains Of all public authority, We
charge that the present administration
aud the Democratic majority IN Congress
owe their existence 10 the suppression Of
the baIo- hy criminal notification of the
Constitution and laws of the United
States.
We are uncompromIsrngly in favor Of
the American system If protection. We
protest agausl IT'S destruction proposed
ny tho prcslurnt and his party. They
serve ihr lmcIcsts OF Europe; we will
ayypuu Dun uterosts OF America We &C.
cupl che issues and confidently appeal to
the p,urIe lor their judgment. The pro.
tocuve system must be maintained Its
Abandonment has always been followed
uS general disaster to all interests, except
those OF the usurer and the sheriff. We
deuounce the Mills bill as destructive TO
The general business, the labor aud the
farming interests Of the country, and we
heartily endorse the consistent and
patriotic actions OF the Republican Rep
resentatyes 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 So as to
furnish full aud adequate protection to
that industry.
The Republican party would effect al
needed reduction OF the National revenue
by repeating the taxes on tobacco, which
are an annoyance and burdCnto agriculture,
aud the tax upon splri,S used in the arts
and for mechanical purposes; and 10y such
revision OF the tariff as will tend to check
imports ol such articles as are produced 10y
our people, the production Of which gives
employment to our labor, aud release from
import duties those articles OF foreign pro.
duotion Except luxuries) the like Of which
can not be produced at home. II there
shall sull remain larger revenue that is
requisite for the wants ot the government
We favor the entire repeal OF internal
taxes rather than the surrender ot
any part Of our protective System at
the joint hehest of the whisky trusts aud
the agents of foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostility to the introduc,
tlon into this country OF foreign contract
lahoL and OF Chinese labor, alien to our
civilization and our Constitution, and We
demand the rigid enforcement Of the eN.
istlng laws against il, and favor such i'm.
mediate legislation as will exclude such
labor from our shores.
We declare our opposition TO all oomhin.
atoms ol capital oganiled in trusts OF other.
Wiso, to control arbitrarily the condition
OF trade among our citizens, and we com.
mend to Congress- and to the State Legis.
Aturcs, m their respective Jurisdictions,
such legislation as will prevent the eNecu.
uou ct all schemes TO oppress the people by
undue changes on their supplies, OF by un.
Just rates ioT the transportation ~ their
products To market, We approve the leg.
'S'atlou hy Congress to prevent alike un.
Just burdens and unfair determinations be.
tween the States.
We tcalhIm the policy OF apptoprating
the public lands of the Uuited States % Dc
homesyeads lor American ciuscus and set.
tiers, not aliens, which tho Republican
party established in 1909, against the
peBis,en, opposition ct the Democrats in
Congress, and which has brought oui great
Western domain into such magnificent
development The restoration OF unearn,
oil land grants 20 the public domain for
the use oi actual settlers, which was begun
under the administration of President AZ,
,hur, should he continued We deny that
the democratic party has ever restored one
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