Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-20
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Declaration of Principles and Asser
tiOn Of Popular
Right.

The Republicans OF the United States
assembled by their delegates in Nationa
convention, pause on the theshold of thei
proceedings to honor the memory of thei
first great leader, the immortal champion
Of liberty and the rights of the people
Abraham Lincoln; and to cover alsC
with wreaths ofimperishable remembrance
and gratitude the heroic names Of late
leaders, who have more recently beef
called away from our councils-Grant
Garfield, Arthur, Logan and Conklng
May their memories be faithfully cher
ished.
We also recall with our greetings anc
with prayer for his recovery the name o
one Of our living heroes whose memory
will be treasured in the history both oI
Republicans and of the Republic-the
name of that noble soldier and favorite
son of victory, Philip H Sheridan.
In the spirit Of those great leaders, and
of our own devotion to human liberty, and
with that hostility to all forms Of despot.
Ism and oppression which Is the funda.
mental idea of the Republican party, we
send fraternal congratulations to our fell
low Americans of Brazil upon their great
act of emancipation, which completed 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
recovery of hume rule for Ireland.
We affirm our answering devotion to
the National Constitution and to the in
dlssoluble Union Of the states to the au.
tonomy reserved the states under the Con.
| sttution to the personal rights and liber'
ties Of citizens in all the States and Terri.
tores in 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 III public elections,
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 our
republican government, and demand ef-
fective legislation to secure the integrity
and purity Of elections, which are the
fountains of all public 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 ofthe
Constitution and laws of the United
States.
We are uncompromisIngly in favor of
the American system of protection. We
protest against its destruction proposed |
by the president and his party. They |
serve the interests of Europe; we will |
support the interests of America. We ac. |
cept the issues and confidently appeal to |
the people for their judgment The pro-
tectlve system must be maintained, Its |
has always been followed |
by general disaster to all interests, except |
those of the usurer and the sheriff. We !
1enounce the Mills bill az destructive to
he general business, the labor and the |
farming interests of the country, and we
heartily endorse the consistent and |
patriotic actions of the Republican Rep |
IN Congress in opposing its
passage.
We condemn the proposition of the
Democratic party to place wool on the free |
list, and we insist that the duties thereon
hall be adjusted and maintained so as to
urnish full and adequate protection to
hat industry.
The Republican party would effect all
needed reduction of the National revenue
,Y repeating the taxes on tobacco, which
ire an annoyance and burden to agriculture,
md the tax upon spirits used in the arts
md for mechanical purposes; and by such
evision of the tariff as will tend to check
IMPORTS Of such articles as are produced by
'ur people, the production of which gives
employment to our labor, and release from
IMPORT duties those articles of foreign pro-
uotion Except luxuries) the like of which
an not DC produced at home. If there
hall still remain a larger revenue that is
equisite for the wants OF the government
We favor the entire repeal Of internal
axes rather than the surrender of
ny part Of our protective system at
he joint behest of the whisky trusts and
he agents of foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostility to the introduc. 1
ion into this country of foreign contract
lbor, and Of Chinese labor, alien to our ,
utilization and our Constitution, and we {
emand the rigid enforcement of the ex. l
sting laws against it, and favor such i'm.
,edate legislation as will exclude such q
.bor from our shores. c
We declare our opposition to all combn- {
tons OF capital organized in trusts or other. 5
rise, to control arbitrarily the condition c
trade among our citizens, and we com. a
lend to Congress and 70 the State Legis. I
lures, IN their respective Jurisdictions,
loh legislation as will prevent the execu. d
on OF all schemes to oppTess the people by I
ndue charges on their supplies, or by un- i
lst rates for the transportation Of their /
roducts TO market, We approve the leg.
atiou by Congress to prevent alike un. I
lst burdens and unfair determinations be. i
geen the States, n
We reathrm the policy of appTopriating :
he public lands Of the United States TO be :
omesIeads for American citizens and set. -
ers, not aliens, which the Republican =
lrty established in 1909, against the a
ersistent opposition OF the Democrats in q
ongress, and which has brought our great n
'estern domain into such magnificent :,
evelopment The restoration OF uneArn. a,
I land grants to the public domain for
10 use Of actual settlers, which was begun
lder the administration OF PTesideAt AT. =
.uT, should be continued. We deny that u
Ie democratic party has ever restored one y y
re to the people, but declare that by the y
int action of republicans and democrats, y
,out fifty millions OF acres Of unoATned .