Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-07-26
THE PLATFORM.
THE PRINCIPLES WITH WHICH
THE REPUBLICANS APPEAL
TO THE PEOPLE.

1t"eCS, "ooClioiCd ~ ti'Cii oCiS avs
n the National Convention, pause on
he threshold of their proceedings to
honor the memory of their first great
leader, the immortal champion of lib
erty and the rights of the people,
Lincoln, and to cover also
with wreaths of imperishable remem-
brance aud graft ude to the heroic.
names of our later leaders, who have
bee, more recently called away from
our councils-Crant, Garfield, Arthur,
Logan, Conkiing. May their memo
ries be faithfully cherished. We also
recall with our greetings and with
prayer for his recovery, the name of
one of our living heroes, whose memo
nv will be treasured in the history,
both of Republicans ana of the re-
public, the name of that noble soldier
and favorite child Of victory, Phillip
II. Sheridan. !
In the spirit of those great leaders
and of our own devotion to human
liberty, and with that hostility to all
forms of despotlsm and oppression
which is the fundamental idea of the
Republican party, we send fraterna!
congratulations to our fellow
cans Of Brazil upon their great act of
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 re-
covery of Home Rule for Ireland.
We rcalfirm our answering devo,
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
citizens in all the States and Terri
tories of the Union, and especially to
the supreme and sovereign right of
every lawful citizen, tich or poor,
native or foreign born, white or black.
to cast one free ballot in public cleo
tons, 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 Re-
publican government, aud demand
effective legislation to secure the in
tegrity and purity Of elections, which
are the fountains Of all public author
ity. We charge that the present ad-
ministration and the Democratic ma
iority in Congress owe their existence
to the suppression of the ballot by g
criminal notification of the Constltu
ton and the laws Of the United
States.
We are uncompromisingly in favor
of the American system of protection
We protest against its destruction
proposed by the President and biz
uartv. They serve the interests @
Europe; we will support the Interest,"
Of America. We accept the Issue
and confidently appeal to the peopl'
for their judgment. The protectiv'
system must be maintained; it
abandonment has always been follow
ed by general disaster to all interests
except these Of the Insurer aud tn
sheriff.
We denounce the Mills bill a
destructive to the genera! business
the labor and the farming interests G
the country; and we heartily endors
. the consistent and patriotic action c
the Republican Representatives i
Congress in opposing its passage.
We condemn the proposition OF tn
Democratic party to place wool o
the free list, and we insist that tn
duties thereon shall be adjusted an
maintained so as to furnish full an
adequate protection to the industry
The Republican party would etfe,
all needed reduction of the nation;
revenue by repeating the taxes upo
tobacco which are an annoyance an
burden to agriculture, and the ia
upon spirits used in the arts and fc
mechanical purposes; aud by sue
revision of the tariff laws as wi
tend to check imports of such article
as are produced by our people, IL
production of which gives employ
.nent to our labor, and release fro1
import duties those articles of foreig
production Except luxuries) the lil
, of which cannot be produced
home. If there shall still remain
larger revenue than is required f
the wants of the government, W
favor the entire repeal of intern
: taxes rather than the surrender
n anv part Of our protective system
the Joint behest of whisky trusts al
the agents of foreign manufacturer
We declare our hostility to the i
PRODUCTION into this country of foreia
contract labor and of Chinese labc
alien TO our civilization and our CO..
stitution, and we demand the rig
enforcement of the existing la,
against it, and favor such immedia
Legislation as will exclude such lab
from our shores.