Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-09-11
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

WHEREAS, The National Demo
cratic party at its convention held in
St. Louis, June 9th, re.nominated
Grover Cleveland and nominated
Allen G. Thurman for Vice Presi- |
dent upon platform favoring the
reduction of taxes, with proper re-
gard for the protection OF American
interests and the maintenance OF
American labor.
RESOLVED, That the Democracy of
Idaho most heartily endorse the NOM
ination OF the St. Louis convention
and declares its unqualified approval
of its tariff reform platform, which
means cheaper food, cheaper clothing
and greater comforts for all.
Resolved, That the administration
OF the government by Grover Cleve-
land has been of such a character as
to commend itself to all the people
OF the country and has displayed such
wisdom, honesty and economy in his
administration during his term Of Of
fee that he is entitled to continu-
ance of public confidence.
RRsoLvEn, That the platform of
our party does not mean free trade;
it means tariff reform that will re-
duce the taxation upon the masses of
the people, thereby protecting labor
and reserving to it just share of its
products, and it means furthermore a
check upon the accumulation OF the
immense surplus in the treasury,
which is dangerous to the business of
the country and is temptation to
unwise legislation.
RESOLVED, That the Republican
party has never been, and is not now
friend of labor Its policy has been
to build up monopolies--m making the
rich richer, and the poor poorer; that
1t has never taken any steps to pre-
vent the importation of pauper and
contract labor, and that it now has as
its candidate for President one who,
when Senator of the United States,
advocated the importation Of and nat
urAlizatlon OF Chinese labor, the great
est curse ever brought in competition
with our honest American labor
RESOLVED, That we heartily favor
the filing Of Territorial offices, as far
as practicable, by appointments from
the Territory, and we cite with pride
to Its wisdom in the appointment of
our own citizen Governor, who has
made us the best Governor appointed
for the Territory.
RESOLVED, That we favor liberal
appropriation by Congress for irrigat-
ing canals and artesian wells, by
which multiplied acres OF our land:
may be reclaimed and opened fol-
entry and settlement.
RESOLVED, That we roiterate our
opposition to any ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
the Territory by annexation of any
county or counties to any State OF
Territory, and that we favor at the
earliest day practicable, the intro
duction of law in Congress for the
admission of Idaho with its present
lines and boundaries as State of the
Union.
RESOLVED, That we favor rigid
enforcement of all laws, National and
Territorial, against all violation of the
same, and we pledge ourselves, what.
ever may be the oifense and wherever
the power is vested in us, that ne
guilty ones shall escape.
The convention regret the feeling
prevalent in some sections of North
Idaho, that there is an antagonism
between the different sections of the
Territory, and pledge the Democratic
party by fair and impartial Legislation,
to equally regard the wants and in.
terests of all sections of our Territory
REsoLvEn, That we are in favor OF
liberal appropriations sufficient to
survey all the agricultural lands In
our Territory.
RESOLVED, That our mail facilities
should keep pace with the settlement
and development OF our Territory
and we urge upon Congress liberal
appropriations in order that no city
town, mining camp or settlement may
be deprived of that to which they are
entitled.
RESOLVED, That the settlement Of
our Territory is greatly retarded by
the existence within our boundaries
of large Indian reservations useles.
to the Indians and Of incalculabls
value to the whites for the valuable
agricultural, timber and mineral re-