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

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 ofimpeTishabie remembrance
and gratitude the heroic names Of late
leaders, who have more recently beer
called away from our counCils-Grant
Garfield, Arthur, Logan and Conkllng
| 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-lhe
name Of that noble soldier and favorite
son of victory, Philip II Sheridan.
In the spirit Of those great leaders, and
of our own devotion 70 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.
dIssoluble Union Of the states to the au.
tonomy reserved the states under the Con.
stitution to the personal rights and liber.
ties of citizens in all the States and Terri.
tories 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 Ia 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
aud 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 the
Constitution and laws Of the United
States.
We are uncompromisIngl 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
he people for their judgment, The pro-
5ectye system must be maintained, Its
has always been followed
BY general disaster to all interests, except
hose of the usurer and the sheriff. We
lenounce the Mills bill as destructive to
he general business, the labor and the
armIng interests of the country, and we
heartily endorse the consistent and
patriotic actions OF the Republican Rep.
III Congress in opposing its
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 aud adequate protection to
hat industry.
The Republican party would effect all
needed reduction of the National revenue
lY repeating the taxes on tobacco, which |
ire an annoyance and burdento agriculture,
md the tax upon spIrIs 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-
Iuction Except luxuries) the like ofwhich
an not be produced at home. If there
hall still remain 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.
ion into this country of foreign contract
lbor, and Of Chinese labor, alien to our
and our Constitution, and we
emAnd the rigid enforcement of the eX.
iting laws against it, and favor such inn
,odate legislation as will exclude such
.hoT from our shores.
We declare our opposition to all oombin. {
tions OF capital organized in trusts or other. ,
Use, TO control arbitrarily the condition {
trade among our citizens, and we com. q
lend to Congress and to the State Legis. I
tNAN'f ~ NAiNAA ANol'tNAANN IhllahANAANuHt
lch legislation as will prevent the execu.
on Of all schemes to oppTess the people by ,
ndue charges on their supplies, OF by un.
ist rates for the transportation Of their ,
roducts to market. We approve the leg. '.
latiou by Congress to prevent alike un.
st burdens aud unfair determinations be. /,
yeen the States.
We readirm the policy Of Appropriating :
le public lands Of the United States 20 be :
,meSleadS for American citizens and set. =
ors, not aliens, which the Republican 7
,rty established in 1869, against the "
rsisIent opposition Of the Democrats in =
ingress, and which has brought our great =,
esten domain into such magnificent !.
The restoration OF uneArn. ~ ~
land grants 60 the public domain for
Q use Of actual settlers, which was begun
der the administration OF PreSideAt AT. al
NJ, should be continued. We deny that ul
: democratic party has ever restored Que OF
10 to the people, but declare that by the tl
nc action of republicans aud democrats, ol
out fifty millions OF acres OF uneArned Al
Ids originally gTanted for the consITuc. n'
u OF railroads have been restored to the an
bile domain, in pursuance Of the eondi. an
MS inserted by the republican party in vi