Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-22

essential privileges TO which our fishing vessel
| are entitled In Canadian ports under the treaty
| OF 1878 the reciprocal maritime legislation Of
1890 and the comfy Of nations. and which Ca
madam fishing vessel, receive ia the ports Of the
| United States We condemn the. policy Ut the
| present administration aud the Democratic una
iority in congress toward our ti-hrriv. as un-
| friendly aud cun7picuoasir unpatriutic, and as
tending To destroy valuable national industry
and an Indispensable re,ource Of defeuse against
| n foreign enemy,
The name al American applies alike to all cti-
| zens Of the republic, and imposes upon al alike
| the same obligation ~ obeiicncr Ia the laws. Al
the sane time thai citizenship Is ani must he the
| panoply and safeguard of him who bears il, aud
| protect him, whether high or low rich poor.
In all his civil rights. IL should aud must, afford
/ him protection at home and follow and protect
| him abroad IN whatever land he may be ON "a
| lawfu enand.
| The men who abandoned the Republican party
| IN PSI and continue Ia adhere to the Domo
cratic party, have deserted not only the cause If
| honest government, Of sound finance. of freedom
| and purity Of the ballot, but especially
have deserted the cause of reform ia the
civil service. We win not fail to keep oar pledges
because they have broken theirs, or because their
candidate has broken his We therefore repeat
our declaration Of 1894, to.wit:
The reform of the civil service, auspiciously
begun under the Republican administration
should he completed by the further extension II
the reform system already established by law To
all the grades Of the service 10 which Il T. ap-
plicable. The spirit aud purpus. OF the reform
should he observed In all executive appointments
and all laws at variance with the object Of exist
ing reform Legislation should bc repealed, 20 the
end that the dangers To free institutions which
Turk In the power of official patronage may LIS
wisely and effectively avoided
The gratitude OF the nation to the defenders of
the Union cannot he measured by laws The leg
isaton of congress should conform 10 plcdges
made by loyal people, and be SO enlarged and
extended as TO provide against the possibility
that any man who houoTahly wore the federal
uniform shall become AN inmate of an aims
house, or dependent upon private charity In the
presence of an overlooking treasury il would he a
public scandal to do less for those whose valorous
service preserved the government. We denounce
the hostile spirit shown by President Cleveland in
his numerous vetoes of measures for pension re
lief, and the action Of the Democratic house of
representatives in refusing even consideration
Of general pension legislation,
In support of the principles herewith eDunci. |
ated We invite the cooperation of patriotic men |
of all parties and especially of all working men |
whose prosperity Is seriously threatened hy the |
free trade policy Of the present administration.
Mckinley read the declaration of princi- |
pies in a clear, ringing voice. and everybody |
in the Auditorium heard him and cheerei |
the names of the LEADERS, of the party, whose |
memory was eulogizel in the first paragraph, |
with the widest enthusiasm The enuncia
tlol on projection was also loudly cheefed,
the delegates rising to their feet and applaud
ing until they stopped for absolute exhaus
ton. The motion was made and seconded
that the platform be adopted, and by a stand
ing vote the thing was done unanimously.
Then "what the convention was here for
was the order of business-the nomination
of candidates-and the roll was called for
speeches. Cali fornia was the
first to respond, and was evidently "layine
low" for chance to stampede the conven-
ton to Blaine, as Greed Raymond asked
that the state be passed "for the present
Gen. j. r. Hawley was simply named by
by the Connecticut delegation, and the first
speech fell to Hon. Leonard Swett the bur.
den of whose eloquence was the name of
Judge Gresham and the speech was worthy
of the orator and his subject.
He sketch the life of the Judge from poor