Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-07-12


can system of protection; we protest against it
destruction as proposed by the President and hi
party. They serve the interests of Europe: we vii
support the interests of America. We accept TIN
ISSUE and confidently appeal to the people for the
Judgment. The protective system must be main
tained It's abandonment has ALWAYS been follow
ed by general disaster to all interests, except thOs'
of the uSUrer and the sheriff. We denOmce tn,
Mills bill as destructive to the general interests o
the country, and we heartily indOrSe the cOnSiSten
and patriotic action of the Republican Representa-
! tiveS in Congress in opposing its passage.
! We condemn the proposition Gt the Democratic
party to place wool on the free list, and We tsiS
that the duties thereon shall be adjusted and main
! tanned so as to furnish full and adequate prOtec
/ tiOn to that industry.
| The Republican party would effect all needed re
| ductiOn of the national revenue by repeating tht
| taxes upon tobacco, which are an annoyance and
burden TO agriculture, and the tax upon spirit,
/ used in the arts and for mechanical purposes and
by such revision of the tariff laws as will tend tC
check imports of such articles as are produced by
| our people, the production of which gives employ
ment to our labor, and releases from import duties
| those articles of foreign production Except lux
mies), the like of which cannot be produced al
home. If there shall still remain larger revenue
| than is requisite for the wants of the Government
we favor the entire repeal of internal taxes rather
than the surrender of any part of the protective
system at the joint beheSt of the whisky trusts and
/ the agents Of foreign manufacturers.
| We declare our hostility to the Introduction into
/ this country OF foreign contract labor, and OF
Chinese labor alien to our civilization and our Con
stitutOn, and we demand the rigid enforcement OF
the existing laws against it, and favar such i'm
mediate 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 citizens,
and we recommend to Congress, and the State
Legislatures in their respective Jurisdictions, such
legislation as will prevent the execution of all
schemes to OppreSS the people by undue charges
on their supplies, by unjust rates for the ranspOr
tatiOn of their products to market. We approve
the legislation by Congress TO prevent like unjust
burdens and unfair Determinations between the
States
We reafirm the policy of 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 Con-
greSS, and which has brought our great Western
domain into such magnificent development. The
restoration 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 restored one acre to the
people, but declare that by the joint action of Re
pubcanS and Democrats about fifty millions of
acres of unearned lands originally granted for the
construction of railroads have been restored to the
public domain in pursuance of the conditions i'll
serted by the Republican party in the original
grants. We charge the Democratic AdmnStra-
ton with failure to execute the laws securing to
settlers titles to their hOmeSteads, and with using
appropriations made for that purpose to hIraSS in
nOcen settlers with spies and prosecutions under
the false pretenSe OF exposing frauds and vindicat
ing 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; therefore, whenever
the condition of population, material resources
public intelligence and morality such to in
sure stable local government therein, the people
of such territories should he permitted as a right
inherent IN them, to form for themselves COnStitu
tons and state governments, and be admitted into
the Union. Pending the preparation for Statehood
all officers thereof should be selected from the bona
1de residents and citizens OF the Territory wherein
they are to serve. South Dakota should of right
be Immediately admmitted as a State i'm the Union,
under the Constitution framed and adopted by her
.f
Republican Senate in twice passing bills for her
admission. The refusal of tie Democratic House
OF BepreSehtalVeS Tor partisan purposes, 10 favor
aby consider these bills Is willfIl violation of the
American principle of local Self-goVernmeHt and
merits the condemnation of all just men. The pen
ding bills in the Senate for acts to enable the people
of Washington, North Dakota and Montana Ter
ritOres to form Constitutions and establish State
governments, should be passed without unneces-
Sary delay. The Republican party pledges itself to
do all in its power to facilitate the admission of the
Territories of New Mexico. Wyoming Idaho and
Arizona to the enjoyment of self-government as
states: Seh OF them as are now qualified, AS soon as
possible, and the others as soon as they become
The political power of the Mormon Church i'm the
Territories as exercised in the past is menace to
free Institutions too dangerous longer to be suffer
ed. Therefore we pledge the Republican party TO
appropriate legislation asserting the sovereignty
of the Nation in all Territories where the same is
questioned, and in furherance of that end to place
upon the statute book legislation stringent enough
to divorce the political from the ecceSaSTic power
and thus stamp out the attendant wiekedness of
polygamy.
The Republican party is in favor of the use Of
both gold and silver as money, and condemns the |
policy of the Democratic Administration in its ef-
forts to demOnetiZe silver
We demand the reduction of letter postage to
one cent per ounce.
In a Republic like ours where the citizen is the
sovereign and the official is the servant, where
power is exercised except by the will of the people
it is important that the SOveregn-the people
should possess intelligence The free school is the
promoter OF that intelligence which is to preserve
us free Nation: therefore, the State or Nation
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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 legiSa-
ton as will best the rehabilitation of our
American merchant marine, and we protest againSI
The passage by Congress of a free ship bill as cal
.ulated to work injustice to labor by leSSenin the
wages of those engaged in preparing materials, as
we'll as those directly employed in our ShipyardS.
We demand appropriations for the early rebuild
ng of our navy; for the construction of coast Orti
iationS and modern ordnance and other approved
modern means OF defense for the protection of our
haTbOrS and cities: for the payment of
uSt pensions to our soldiers; for necessary works
lf national Importance in the improvement of haT-
lOrS and channels of internal, cOaStwiSe and for
.ign cOmmerce; for the encouragement of the
shipping interests of the Atlantic. Gulf and Pacific
states as well rs for the payment of the maturing
public debt. This policy Will give employment to
,ur labor, activity 10 our various Industries, in
reaSe the security of our country, promote trade,
'pen new and direct markets for our produce and
'heapen the cost of transportation. We affirm this
o he far better for our country than the Demo
rate policy OF loaning the Governments money
Without interest to pet banks"
The conduct of foreign affairs by the present Adj
niniStratiOn has been distinguished by its mef
rom the Senate all pending treaties effected by a
Republican administration for the removal of for
ign burdens and restrictions upon our commerce
nd for its extension into better markets il has
either effected nor proposed any others i'm their
tead. Processing adherence to the Monroe doe
rne, II has seen, with idle cOmplacency, the eN-
tNfr fRlfn fNNI
f foreign trade everywhere among our neighhOFS
I has refused to charter, sanction or encourage ,
ny American orsaiu1etion nor constructing the
Nicaragua Canal, work Of vital Importance to the
of the Monroe doctrine and our ma
onal mnueuee in Centrsl and South America, and ,
eCPSSary for the development of trade with our
'aciic territory, with South America md with the
stands and further coasts OF the Pacific Ocean
We arralgn the present Democratic AdminiStrl-
Op for the weak and unpatriotic treatment Of the
ShcrieS question, and its puSanmOuS surrender
the essential privileges To which our fishing YES
nls are entitled in Canadian ports under the treaty
ISIS, the reciprocal maritime legislation Of iSSsl
nd the comfy OF nations, and which Canadian
Shng vessels receive In the ports of the United
tates. We condemn the policy of the present Al
illustration and the Democratic majority I'm Con L
reSs, towards our fisheries as mfrendly and con a
picuouSly unpatrlotic, and as tending 10 destroy a
lluahle national Industry aud an Indispensable
'Source OF defense against a foreign enemy
"ihe name Of American applies alike tO all citi- A
ms of the Republic, and imposes upon an alike /,
le same obligation OF Obedience To the laws. Al .,
le same time that citizenship is and must he the
lnOply and safeguard Of him who wears Il, and 9,
rOtect him whether high low, rich or poor, I'm al
D his civil rights. IL should and must afford him n
rejection at home, aud follow and protect him N
lroad in whatever land he may be ON lawful 81
rand N
The men who abandoned the Republican party NJ
1881, and continue tn adhere to the Democratic M
iry have deserted not only the cause OF honest r,
OF sound finance, of freedom and pur
Of the ballot box, hut especially have deserted
e cause of reform I'm the civil service. We viii
II fail To keep our pledges because they have G,
Okpn theirs hpTn1sR -
oxen his. We therefore repeat our declaration i
1891, tO-wlt: "fhe reform uf the civil service.
SpiciouSly begun under the Republican Admin
iration, should be completed BY the further e1-