Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-06-27
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

The platform adopted by the republl- can convention starts out by saying The republicans of the United States assembled by thelr delegates in national convention pause on the threshold oi their proceedings to honor the mem ory of their first greai leader, the i'm mortal champion of liberty and the rights of the people, Abraham Lincoln, and to cover also, with wreathes of i'm perishable remembrance and gratitude. the heroic name of our later leaders, who have been more recently called away from our councils, Grant, Gar field, Arthur, Logan and Conkllng. May their memories be faithfully cher ished. We also recall with our greet. ings, and with prayer for his recovery, the name of one of our living heroes, whose memory will be treasured in the history, both of republicans and of the republic, tho name of that noble soldier and favorite child of victory, Philip H |. Sheridan.
 It expresses hope that we may soon congratulate our fellow citizens of Irish birth upon .he peaceful recovery of home rule for Ireland.
 It reafirms the answering devotion of the party to the national constitution
 and to the indissoluble union of the
 states under the constitution, to the per-
 sonal rights and liberties in all states and
 .sg, ls tfia lTi.s., and especisfiy sc the supreme and sovereign right of the lawful citizens, rich or poor, native or foreign born, white or black, to cast one free ballot in public elections and to
 have that ballot duly counted.
 It charges that the present admins
 ration and democratic majority in
 congress owe their existence to the sup pression of the ballot by a criminal nullification of the constitution and
 laws of the United States.
 It gives no uncertain or ambiguous
 sound on the question of protection but
 says
 We are uncompromisingly Tn favor
 of the American system of protection. We protest against its destruction pro- posed by the president and his party. They would secure the interests of Flu
 rope. We will support the interests of America. We accept the issue and
 confidently appeal to the people for judgment. The protection system must be maintained. Its abandonment
 has always been followed by general disaster of all interests except those O! the treasurer and the sheriff. We de- nounce the Mills bill as destructive to the general business, the labor and the farming interests of the country and we heartily endorse the constant and
 patriotic action of the republican repre- sentatives in congress in opposing it's 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 the indus 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 taxes
 upon spirits used in the arts and for
 merchantable purposes and by such re-
 vision of the tariff laws as will tend
 to check imports of such articles as are
 procued by our people, the production
 of which gives employment to our
 labor, and release from import duties
 those articles of foreign production
 (except luxuries) the likes ot which can
 not be produced at home. If there
 shall still remain larger revenue than is requisite to the wants of the govern ment we favor the entire repeal of in- ternal taxes, rather thsn the surrender of any part of our protective system at the joint behest of whiskey trusts and tho agents of foreign manufacturer
 We declare our hostilities to the in-