The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-06-29

SWEET NOMINATING GRESHAM
that free and honest popular ballot and the just
aud equal representation of all the people Is the
foundation of ourrepublican government and de-
mand effective 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 theircxistence to the suppression OF
the ballot by criminal notification of the const-
tuition and laws of the United States.
We are uncompromisngly in favor Of the
American system of protection; We protest
against its destruction as proposed by the pres
dent and his party. They the interests OF
Europe; we will support the interests of America
We accept the issiie and confidently appeal to the
people for their judgment. The protective sys-
TEN 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 destructive to the
general business, the labor, and the farming in
terests of the country and we heartily endorse
the consistent and patriotic action OF the Republ
can representatives in congress in opposing its
passage. We condemn the proposition of the DEM
ocraticparty to place wool the free list and we
insist that the duties thereon shall be adjusted
and maintained so as to furnish full and adequate
protection to that industry.
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 tax upon the
spirits used in the arts and for mechanical pur
poses, and by such revision of the tariff laws as
will tend to check imports Of such articles as are
produced 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 like OF which cannot be pro-
duced at home II there shall still remain larger
revenue than il requisite for the wants of the gov
eminent, we favor the entire repeal of internal
taxes rather than the surrender of any part Of
our protective system at the joint behest of the
whisky trusts and the agents Of foreign manu-
facturers.
We declare our hostility to the introduction into
this country Of foreign contract labor, and of
Chinese labor, alien to our civilization and our
constitution; and we demand the rigid enforce
ment of the existing laws against it, and favor
such immediate legislation as will exclude such
labor from our shores.
We declare our opposition to all combinations
of capital, organized in trusts otherwise, to
control arbitrarily the condition of trade among
our citizens; and we recommend to congress and
the state legislatures in their respective urisdic-
tions such legislation will prevent the execution
of all schemes to Cypress the people by undue
charges on their supplies or by unjust rates for
the transportation OF their products to market.
We approve the legislation by con-
gress to prevent alike unjust burdens
and unfair determinations between the
appropriating the public lands of the United
States to be homesteads for American citizens
and settlers not aliens, which the Republican
party established in 1862, against the persistent
opposition of the Democrats in congress, and
which has brought our great western domain
into such magnificent development. The restora-
| ton Of unearned railroad land grants to the
| public domain for the use of actual settlers.
which was begun under the administration Of
| President Arthur, should be continued. We deny
| that the Democratic party has ever restored one
acre to the people, but declare that by the joint
| action of Republicans and Democrats in con-
gress about 5O,O00000 of acres of unearned lands
originally granted for the construction of rail-
| roads have been restored to the public domain,
| in pursuance of the conditions inserted by the
| Republican party in the original grant. We
| charge the Democratic administration with fail
| ure to execute the laws securing to settlers
title to their homesteads and with using appro-
priations made for that purpose to harass in.
nocent settlers with spies and prosecutions under
| the false pretensc of exposing frauds and vndi-
eating the law
The government by congress of the territories
is based upon necessity only to the end that they
may become states in the Union; there
| fore whenever the conditions of pop
| ulation, material resources, public in
| telligence and morality are such as to insure
stable local government therein, the people of
| such territories should be permitted, as right
inherent in them, to form for themselves consti
| buttons and state governments and be admitted
I into the Union Pending the preparation for
statehood all officers thereof should be selected
from the bona fide residents and citizens OF the
| territory wherein they are to serve. South Da
| kota should of right be Immediately admitted as
| state in the Union, under the constitution
| framed and adopted by the people, and we heart
1 lily indorse the action of the Republican senate in
twice passing bills for her admission. The refusal
| Of the Democratic house Of representatives, for
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bills is willful violation of the sacred American
principle of local self government and merits the
condemnation of all Just men. The pending bills
in the senate TO enable the people of Washington,
North Dakota and Montana territories to form
constitutions and establish state governments
| should be passed without unnecessary delay. The
Republican party pledges itself TO do all in its
power TO facilitate the admission OF the terrific
| fies Of New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Arizona
| TO the enjoyment of self government as states,
such of them as are now qualified, as soon as pos
sibe, aud the others as soon as they may be-
| come So ~ ID HfhHk k4f IT fa Hs
The political power Of the Mormon church in
| the territories, as exercised in the past, is men
ace to free institution, too dangerous to longer
be suffered. lTherefore, we pledge the Repub-
lican party to appropriate legislation asserting
the sovereignty of the nation in territories where
! the same Is questioned and In furtherance Of
that end to place upon the statute books, legisla
ton strong enough to divorce the political from
| the ecclesiastical power and thus stamp out the
| attendant wickedness of poygamy. f9th
The Republican party rs in favor OF the use OF
both gold and silver as money, and condemns the
policy of the Democratic administration In its eff
| forts to demonetize silver
We demand the reduction of letter postage to
| cent per ounce
In republic like ours, where the citizen is the
sovereign and the official the serv-
ant, where power Is exercised ex-
cept by the viii of the people, It. is
important that the sovereign--the people-should
possess intelligence. The free school Is the pro-
moter OF that intelligence which Is to preserve
| a free nation; therefore, the state or nation, or
both combined, should support free institutions
Of learning, sufficient to afford TO every child
growing up in the land the opportunity Of good
common school education.
We earnestly recommend that prompt action
be taken by congress In the enactment Of such
Legislation rs win best secure tho DISCRIMINATION Of
our American merchant marine, ana NE protest
against the 3passaes By congress Of 4 froe ship
bill, as calcsiated 70 wofk ln5u1flco - lnbor by
Iessenng the wages Of doe saaAssd \ prspar.
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