New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-04
Republican Convention.
First Day.

\ First Day.
4 At Chicago, on June 10 precisely ait 1871
| the gayel of Chairman Jones, chairman oi
! tir National Republican committee sound
ed sharply on the mahogany desk, and the
/ Republican convention of 1888 was formally
opened. Rev. Frank W Gunsaulus of the
Plymouth Congregatio Church ofChicago,
opened the proceedings with prayer.
Chairman Jones, after Secretary Fessenden
had proceeded with the reading of the call
| appropriating the votes to each state and
! territory, addressed the convention closing
/ as follows Gentlemen of the convention:
I The national committee has requested the
| announcement. of these further officers for
1 your temporary organization. They will be
read:
| The Secretary-For temporary secretaries:
| Hon. Charles w. Chisbec of Michigan, Hon.
Michael Griffin OF Wisconsin, Hon. RueH OF
! Tennessee
| For Temporary Assistant Secretaries
Hon. James J. Brogan of Tennessee, James
| Bixby of Minnesota, Henry M. Capes of Ar
J kansas, William Nelson of New Jersey, A w.
Monroe of Maryland, j. e. Wiley of Texas,
Q. M. Shinno of West Virginia and John E..
i Miner of Louisiana
For Temporary Reading Clerks Hon
Henry Ballard of Vermont, Col Garrison
| Lake of New York, Capt. David Lanning
of Ohio, James III. Stone of Michigan
| and George M. Brinkerhoff of Illinois.
Official pher-Gustav P. En-
glish.
Sergeant at Arms-C Charles Fitzsimmons of
Chicago.
Mr.. Jones then said: Gentlemen-At the re-
quest of the national republican committee
propose to you as temporary chairman of
this convention the Hon. j ohm M. Thurston.
Mr.. Thurston then took the chair and was
was regarded as exceedingly able and it
created profound sensation
Committees were appointed and the day was
spent IN the work of organization. j ohm G..
Fremont, was present as the guest of the
Nebraska delegation and in response to en-
thusiastic calls he was introduced to the con-
vention and made an eloquent speech.
Fred Douglas, the colored orator, also made
some remarks in response to land demands
from the convention.
Second Day.
The second day of the Republican national
convent on at Chicago was occupied by the
committee on credentials, most of their time
having been DEVOTED to listening to argu-
ments in the Malone Wise contest from Vir-
ginia.
Permanent organization affected by
the election of M M Estel OF California as
M. S. Chandler, Minnesota; L. B. Richardson,
Dakota; 81. 81. Rood, Iowa; 81. o. Fairchild;
and among it's secretaries appeared the
names of j. M Bailey, Dakota j. w. Cock
burn, Iowa; Geo. B. Edgerton, Minnesota
and q. A. Knapp, Wis
Third Day.
The principal event of the third day was
the adoption of the platform which was re-
ceived with prodigious enthusiasm, then fol-
lowed hours of speech-making over the can
| didates whose names were placed before the
convention The platform adopted ia as
| follows:
THE PLATFORM.
The Republicans of the United States as
sembled by their delegates in national con
vention pause on the threshold of their pro-
ceedings to honor the memory of their first
great leader, the immortal champion of
liberty and the rights of the people-A bra
ham Lincoln, and to cover also with wreaths
OF imperishable remembrance and gratitude
the heroic names of our later leaders who
| our councils-Grant, Garfield, Arther, Logan,
Conkhng. May their memories be faith
fully cherished We also recall with our
| greetings and with prayer for his re-
covery the name of one of our living heroes
whose memory will be treasured in the histo-
~ both OF republicans and of the republic
the name OF that noh,,e solder and favorite
child of victory, Philip Fl. Sheridan In the
spirit OF those great leaders, and of our own
devotion to human liberty, and with that
hostility to all forms of despotism and OPP
preston Which is the fundamental idea of the
republican party, we send fraternal coneratu-
latlons to our fellow Americans of Brazil up-
on Their great act OF emancipation,
which completed the abolition of slavery
Ob A
earnestly hope that we may soon congratu-
late our fellow citizens of Irish birth upon
the peaceful recovery of home rule for Ireland.
we reaftirm our answering devotion to the
national constitution, and to the indissoluble
union OF the states, to the auton-
omy reserved to the states under
the constitutions; to the personal rights and
liberties of citizens in all the states and terri
tories IN the Union, and especially to the SUI
preme and sovereign right of every lawful
c1tlzen, rich or poor native or foreign born.
White or black, to cast one free ballot in pub
Tic elections and to have that ballot duly
counted We hold the free and honest popu-
lar Ia bailot and the Just and equal representa-
tlon OF all the people to be the foundation of
our Repuflcan government, and demand eff
tective legislation to secure the integrity and
purity OF authority. We charge that the
present administration and the Democratic
majority IN congress owe their existence to
the suppression of the ballot by
criminal notification Of the constitution
and laws OF the United States.
We are uncompromisingly in favor of the
American system of protection; we protest
against it's destruction as proposed by the
president and his party. They serve the in
terests OF Europe; we will support the inter-
ests of America. We accept the issue and
confidently appeal to the people for their
judgment. The protective system must be
maintained. Its abandonment has always
been followed by general disaster to all in
terests, except those of the usurer and the
Sheriff. We denounce the Mills bill as de-
structive to the general business, the labor
and the farming interests of the country, and
we heartily endorse the consistent and pa
triotic action of the Republican representa-
tive IN congress in opposing its passage
| NO FREE WOOL.
We condemn the proposition of the Demo-
| cratic party to place wool on the free list,
| and we insist that the duties thereon shall