Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29
REPUBLICAN, PLATFonn.

ton to the national constitution and
to the indissoluble union of the States,
and to the autonomy reserved to the
States under the constitution; to the
personal rights and liberties of citi-
zens in all the States and Territories
of the Union, and especially to the
supreme sovereign right of every law
full citizen, rich or poor, native or for
eign born, white or black, to cast one
free ballot in public election, and to
have that ballot duly counted. We
hold the free ard honest popular bal
lot aud the just and equal represen-
tation OF all the people. to be the foun-
dation of republican government, and
demand effective legislation to secure
the integrity and purity of elections,
which are the fountains of all public
authority. We charge that the pres
ent administration and the Democrat.
IL majority in Congress owe their ex-
istence to the suppression of the bal
lot by q criminal notification of the
constitution and the laws of the Uni
tedsStates.
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 accept the issue
and confidently appeal to the people
tor their Judgment. The protective
system must be maintained; its .aban-
donment has always been followed
by general disaster to all interests,
except those of the Insurer and the
sheriff.
We denounce the Mills bills as de-
structive to the general business, the
labor and the farming interests of the
country; and we heartily endorse the
consistent and patriotic action of the
Republican representatives in Con-
gress 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 shall be adjusted and
maintained so as to furnish full and
adequate protection to the industry
The Republican party would effect
all needed reduction of the nationa
revenue by repeating the taxes upor
tobacco, which are an annoyance ant
burden to agriculture, and the ia,
upon spirits used in the arts and TO
mechanical purposes and for sucl
revision of the laws as will tend t.
check imports of such articles as ar,
produced by our people, the produc
ton OF which gives employment t,
our labor, and release from impor
duties those articles of foreign pro
ductlon Except luxuries) the like O
which cannot be produced at home
If there shall still remain a large
revenue than is required for the want
OF the government, we favor the en-
tire repeal OF internal taxes rathe
than the surrender Of any part of on
protective system at the JOINT oehes
OF whisky trusts and the agents @
foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostility to the in
PRODUCTION into this country of fol-
eign contract labor and of Chimes
labor, alien to our civilization an
our constitution, and we demand tn
rigid enforcement of the existing law
against il, and favor such immediat
legislation as will exclude such labc
FROM our shores.
We declare our opposition to a
combinations of capital organized il
to trusts or otherwise to control arb
trarily the condition of trade anon
our citizens, and we recommend [
Congress and the State Legislator
in their respective jurisdictions sue
legislation as will prevent the execr
ton of all schemes to Cypress the pc,
pie by undue charges on their SUI
plies, or by unjust rates for the tran,
portaton of their products to marke
We approve the Legislation by Cor
gress to prevent alike unjust burden
and unfair Determinations betwee
the States.
We reafiirm the policy of apprt
priating the public lands of the I'm
ted States for homesteads for Anne
lean citizens and settlers, not alien
which the Republican party estat
lished in 1862 against the persister
opposition Of Democrats in Congress
and which has brought our gre,
Nn1fnrp Jo,.,o.,,