St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-22


banks" Tine conduct of foreign affairs by
the present administration has been distin-
guished by its inetficiency and its cOward1ce.
Having Withdrawn from the senate all pend
ing treaties effected by Republican admins
tration for the removal of foreign burdens
and restrictions upon our commerce and for
its extension into better markets, 1t has
neither effected nor proposed any other in
their stead. Processing adherence to
THE MONROE DOCTRINE,
it nhas seen with idle complacency the ex-
tension of foreign influence in Central Amer
lea and of foreign trade everywhere among
our neighbors. 1t has refused to charter,
sanction or encourage any American organ1-
cation for constructing the Nicaragua canal,
a work of vital Importance to the mainte--
nance of the Monroe doctrine. and OF our
national influence in Central and South
America and necessary for the development
of trade with our Pacific territory with South
America and with the islands and further
coasts of the Pacific ocean. We arralgn the
present Democratic administration for its
weak and unpatriotic treatment of the fish
cries question, and its pusillanimous sur
render of the essential privileges to which
our fishing vessels are entitled to in Canadian
ports under the treaty of 1918, the recipro-
cal maritime legislation of 1889 and the
comfy of Nations and which Canadian fish
ing vessels receive in the ports of the United
States. We condemn the policy of the pres
ent administration and the Democratic ma
| joLity in congress
TOWARDS OUR FISHERIES
as unfriendly and conspicuously unpatriotic
and as tending to destroy valuable national
| industry and an indispensable resourse of de-
| fense against foreign enemy. The name of
American applies alike to all citizens of the
Republic, and imposes upon all alike the
same obligation of obedience to the laws. At
the same time that citizenship is and must
be the panoply and safeguard of him who
wears it, and protect him, whether high or
| low, rich or poor, in all his civil rights. 1t
should and must afford him protection at
| home and follow and protect him abroad in
whatever land he may be in q lawful trade.
| The men who abandoned the Republican
| party in 1884 and continue 10 adhere to the
Democratic party have deserted not only the
| cause of honest government, of sound IL
nance or freedom and purity of the ballot,
| but especially have
DESERTED THE CAUSE
| of reform in the civil, service. We will not
fail to keep our pledges because they have
| broken theirs, or because their candidate has
broken his. We therefore repeat our declara-
civil service auspiciously begun under the
| Republican administration, should be com
| pleted by the further extention of the reform
| system already established by law, to all the
grades of the service to which it is applicable
| The spirit and purpose of the reform should
! be observed in all executive appointments,
| and all laws at variance with the object of
| existing reform legislation should be repealed
| to the end that the dangers TO free instItu-
| tions, which lurk in the power of official
| patronage, may be wisely and effectively
avoided. The gratitude of the nation
| to the defenders of the union cannot
be measured by laws The legislation of
| congress should conform to the pledges made
| by loyal people, and be SO enlarged and ex-
| tended as to provide against the possibility
| that any man who honorably wore the fed
| eral uniform shall become an inmate of an
| almshouse, or dependent upon private char
| ity In the presence of an OverfioWing treas
| ury, it --
WOULD BE PUBLIC SCANDAL
| to do less for those whose yalOrOuS services
preserved the government. We denounce
| the hostile spirit shown by President Cleve-
land in his numerous vetoes of measures for
| pension relief, and the action of the Demo
| cratic House of Representatives in refusing
even a consideration of general pension
| legislation.
In support of the principles herewith enun-
clated, we invite the cooperation of patriotic
men of all parties and especially of all work
ingmen, whose prosperity is seriously threat
ened by the free trade policy of the present
administration.
The reading of the platform was fire.
| quently interrupted by applause, which
| greeted the references made to the abo-
| ltiou of slavery in the Brazil. and was
very enthusiastic upon the reference OF
| the speaker to the recovery of home
rule in Ireland. The reference to the
right of every American citizen to cast
a free ballot and have it duly counted
was received with great and continued
applause. When the speaker read the
portion of the platform referring to the
American system of protection, loud
cheers broke forth from the delegates
and audience. Almost all the delegates
rose to their feet, and waving banker
chiefs and fans, continued the applause
for several minutes. The reference to
the Mills bill, indorSing the Republican
representatives in congress in opposing
its passage, was created with cheers.
Applause also followed the plank which
condemned the proposition of the Dem
Ocratic party to place
WOOL ON THE FREE LIST.
The objection to the introduction into
this country of foreign contract labor
and Chinese labor was specially en-
phasiZed by cheers. That part of the
report favoring the admission of the
territories was heartily applauded, as
was also the plank cOndemning the
Mormon church in the territories.
| postage be reduced to cent per ounce
there was much applause. A liberal
and popular common school education
was also cheered. The plank in refer
ence to liberal pensions was greeted
with great applause. The convention
showed its approval of civil service re-
form by applauding loudly. The point
referring to the protection of the old
soldiers of the war by providing PEN
sions for their support was received with
loud and continuous applause. The
portion referring to the action of the
Democrats in congress in refusing even
a consideration of general pension legis-
lation was also loudly applauded.
WITH A HOWL OF APPROVAL