Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-07-31
THE PLATFORM.
THE PRINCIPLES WITH WHICH
THE REPUBLICANS APPEAL
To THE PEOPLE.

III TIE n atlOnal Convention, pause on
the threshold of their proceedings to
honor the memory of their first great
leader, the immortal champion of lib
erty and the rights of the people,
Abraham Lincoln, and to cover also
with wreaths of inperishable remem-
brance and gratitude to the heroic
names OF our later leaders, who have
been more recently called away frora
our councils-Grant, Garfield, Arthur,
Logan, Conkling. May their memo
ries be faithfully cherished. We also
recall with our greetings and with
prayer for his recovery, the name of
one of our living heroes, whose memo.
ry will be treasured in the history,
both Of Republicans and of the re-
public, the name of that noble soldier
and favorite child of victory, Phillip
Fl. Sheridan.
In the spirit of those great leaders
aud Of our own devotion to human
liberty, and with that hostility to all
forms of despotism and oppression
which is the fundamental idea of the
Republican party, we send fraternal
| congratulations to our fellowAmeri-
cans OF Brazil upon their great act of
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 re.
covery of Home Rule for Ireland.
We reafiirm our answering devo.
ton to the National Constitution and
to the indissoluble union of the
States, and to the autonomy reserved
to the States under the Constitution
to the personal rights and liberties of
citizens in all the States and Terri
tories of 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 in public cleo
tons, 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 Re
publican government, aud demand
effective legislation to secure the in
tegrity and purity OF elections, which
are tho fountains of all public author
ity. We charge that the present ad
ministration and the Democratic ma
jority in Congress owe their existence
to the suppression of the ballot by I
} criminal notification of the Constitu
ton and the laws of the Unite.
States.
, We are uncompromisingly in favo
of the American system of protection
: We protest against its destruction
proposed by the President and hi
party. They serve the interests @
Europe; we will support the interest
Of America. We accept the issu
and confidently appeal to the peopl
for their judgment. The protectiv
system must be maintained; it
abandonment has always been follow
ed by general disaster to all Interests
except those Of the usurer and tn
sheriff.
We denounce the Mills bill a
destructive to the general bushes:
the labor and the farming interests G
the country; and we heartily endors
the consistent and patriotic action G
the Republican Representatives i
Congress in opposing its passage.
We condemn the proposition of tn
Democratic party to place wool o
the free list, and we insist that tn
duties thereon shall be adjusted an
maintained so as to furnish full an
adequate protection to the industry
The Republican party would effe,
all needed reduction of the nations
revenue by repeating the taxes upo
tobacco which are an annoyance an
burden to agriculture, and the ia
upon spirits used in the arts and fo
mechanical purposes; aud by sue
revision Of the tariff laws as wi
tend to check imports Of such article
as are produced by our people, I'll
. production of which gives ernplo,
ment to our labor, and release fro1
import duties those articles of foreig
production Except luxuries) the lia
. Of which cannot be produced
home. If there shall still remain
y larger revenue than is required f
the wants of the government, "
4 favor the entire repeal OF intern
D taxes rather than the surrender
any part of our protective system
the joint behest OF whisky trusts an
the agents of foreign manufacturer
We declare our hostility to the il
PRODUCTION into this country Of foreip
contract labor and of Chinese labo
alien to our civilization and our Coz
stitntion, and we demand tho rig
enforcement Of the existing Law
against it, and favor such immedia
legislation as will exclude such lab
from our shores.
We declare our opposition to &
ts combinations of capital organize
into trusts or otherwise to contr