, 1888-09-20
Thr St'mk(n ST9iIs,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. Is,s
PLATFORM.

PLATFORM.
We. the Republicans of Washing
ton Territory, IN convention assem-
bIed. endorse, without reservation. the
platform Of principles adopted hv the
Republican National Convention
held 1t Chicago in June last. ur1 rat
lfy 10 the fullest extent the uCmina-
uoH OF Harrison and Morton.
We believe IN protecting the pro-
pie from the Chinese. contract.
paupcr and convict labor or
the product OF that labor. whether
wrought IN the United States. or In
foreign lands. and to that end adv0-
cate laws, which, while preventing
the coming Of paUpers and syTvlle la
borers OF Europe from the east and
Chinese from the west, Will prohibit
the importation into the United F.
States of such fruits of their labor as I
come IN competition with the products 7.
of American labor, and we arraign the I.
Democratic administration for its /.
failure to place an adequate force on I,
the frontier OF Washington Territory /.
to prevent the unlawful entry OF Chi |.
nese.
The Mills bill by removing or re-
ducing the duty on. wool. coal. lead. |
lumber, brick. lime and ether pros /
ducts Of Washington Territory. |
strikes at the prosperity Of our peo- !
pie. We are opposed to the political |.
economy followed in that bill.
We heartily advocate the forfeit
nro Hf all unearned land grants with- |
- o. Territory and their restC.~ ~2tion !
Ia Jul Of =
20 the "SS immediate passage o. |
the Dolph bill 5cl'llng he gra5t iofr'lLSo fo tSo
that portion of :, rr6aj Cor'nanT " ~
Northern Pacific Ran. "a" Ill Go',it pau. az
between Wallula and L - - ''tl,r fl,. |
we denounce Delegate No 80 'rt lI ioi !
his efforts to defeat thai J, - "Ii''
wise measure.
We are in favor of Legislation e, <
tablishing the eight hour system for
the working of mines and prohibit !
ing the employment OF child labor =
therein, and we disapprove OF the in, !
PRODUCTION of contract labor under the
protection of armed men, for the pur
pose of intimidating and Illuminating
labOrers, in mines, mills, &c
We Join the sisterhOod of silver
producing States and Territories in
favoIing a bi-metallic currency, and +
condemn the policy of the Demo :
cratic administration IL its efforts to !
demonetize silver. T
We denounce the Democratic man
agement of the post Office depart- r
ment as inefficient and partisan. 1t :
has made the mail facilities IN the =
west public burden instead of pub- !
lie convenience and converted the ;
post-offices into machines for the ,
benefit of the Democratic party, in 8
stead of a non-partisan Institution .
for the welfare of the people. I
We denounce the action OF the
present administration in harassing
and annoying our citizens by sus-
pending, wantOnly and without cause, :
innumerable homestead, pre-emp-
ton, and timber culture entries, and
CHASING all settlers upon public
lands with thieves and perjurers.
We demand that the Delegate to
Congress shall do all in his power to
secure the passage of the bill for the
erection of postsoffice buildings in all
places rated by the Department as
"second class Offices"
We demand that all Indian reser
vations in Washington Territory be
reduced to the actual needs of the
Indians, and the excess area thrown
open to homestead settlement
We believe that the charges of
transportation, ware house and ele-
vator companies are subject to be
regulated by law, and We favor the
enactment of of such laws as, while
assuring to capital a fair return fer
its use, will fully protect the people
from unjust or discriminating char
gas or tariffs
We unequivocally disapproVe of
the action of President Cleveland in
the indiscriminate use of the veto
power, and its tendency to convert
our government from Republic to
United Monarchy, and particularly |
we disepprove of his vetoes of pen~
sion bills in aid of the soldiers and |
sailors of the Rebellion, their wild
ows and orphans, and condemn the
reasons he has given, as unworthy OF |
the President of the United States. |
We denounce the Democratic ad- |
ministration for its neglect to pro-
vide for the survey of the public |
lands and their opening to speedy |
settlement.
The action of tho Democratic ma |
jority in the House in refusing ad
mission to Washington Territory is
an outrage upon the political rights |
of our people, and an act prompted |
by partisan motives only. When |
the Territory of Washington is ad-
mitted into the Union, we ask that
its boundaries be extended to include
North Idaho.
Liberal appropriations for the i'm
provement of the Columbia River
above the Willamette are demanded
by the commerce of Washington
Territory, and we require our Dele
gate to labor for such appropriations.
p B. JOHNSON, CHAIRMAN.