Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-30

THE PLATFORM.
The Republicans OF the United States
assembled 10y their delegates in national con
%vention, pause on the threshold OF their pro
ceediDgs to honor the menlSry OF their frs
great leader, the immortal champion OF lb
erty and the rights OF the people, Abraham
Lincoln, and To cover also with wreaths al
lmperlshaole remembrance and gratitude the
hcrot2 names OF our later leaders who hay.
been more recently called away from our
councils, Grant, Garfield, Arthur, Logan and
Conkling. May their memories be faithfully
cherished! We also call with our greetings
and a prayer for his recovery the name of one
OF our living heroes whose memCry will be
treasured in the history both OF the Repub-
lean party and OF the republic, the name of
that noble soldier aud ~favorite child Of his
tory, Philip II. Sheridan.
In the spirit OF those great leaders and OF
our own devotion t. human liberty, and with
that hostility TO all forms Of despotism and
oppression which is the fundamental idea OF
The Republican party, we send fraternal con-
CALCULATIONS to our fellow Americans OF
Brazil upon their great sct OF emancipation
which com pleted the abolition Of slavery
thrOu1 hout the two American continents.
We earnestly hope We may soon congratu-
late our fellow citizens of Itish birth upon
the peaceful recovery Of home rule for Ire
land.
We rcailirn our answering devotion TO the
national constitution and the indissoluble
union of states, 10 the authority reserved TO
the states under the constitution, to the per.
sonal rights ana liberties OF ciiizeAs in all the
states ana territories IN the union. and espec-
Tally To the supreme and sovereign right OF
every citizen, rich or poor, native or foreign
born, white or black, to east one free ballot
in the public elections, and t. have that bal
lot duly counted We hold "A free and honest
popular ballot and a just and cqual represen-
tatlon or all the people 10 be the foundation
OF our republican government, and demand
effective legislation TO secure the integrity
and purity OF the elections, which are the
foundations 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 and
to criminal notification Of the constitution
aud laws of the United States.
We are uncomprpInisingly in favor OF the
American system OF protection. We protest
agaipst the destruction proposed by the presi-
dent and his party. They serve the interests
OF Europe. We will support the interests Of
America. We accept the issue, and conf
IDENTIFY appeal TO the people for judgment.
The protective system must be maintained.
Its abandonment has always been followed
by general disaster to all interests except
those of the usurer and the sheriff.
We denourc e the Mills bill as destructive
w lht III buHlDtrF, IdDOT AHu IdTtllDV
interests OF the country, and we heartily In.
dorse the consistent and patriotic action Of
the Republican representatives in congress in
opposing It's passage.
We condemns the proposition Of the Demo
cratic party to place wool on the free list.
aud we insist that the duties thereon Shall
be AZ justed snd maintained SO MS TO furnish
fu!l and adequate protection TO that industry.
The Republican party would effect all
needed reduction OF national revenue by re-
peallng the taxes upon tobacco, which are
an annoyance and u burden To agriculture,
and the tax upon spirits used in the arts and
Tor mechanical purposes, and by s lch revision
OF the tariff laws as will tend to check the i'm
ports OF such articles AS are produced by our
people, the production OF which gives employ
ment 10 our labor; and release from import
duties those articles Of foreign production.
except Injuries, the like Of which cannot be
produced at home.
If there shall still remain a larger revenue
thsn is requisit for the wants Of the govern
nent, We favor the repeal OF internal taxes
rather than the surrender OF any part Of our
protective systeR ~ the joint oehest Of whisky
trusts and the agents OF foreign manufac-
turers.
We declare our hostility to the introduc-
ton into this country OF foreign contract
labor and of Chinese labor, alien to our civ
i~iiZation and our constitution. ana we de-
bldhh TX iaa ia 'bIpl'flitBL Vi fAISlIDR JAWS
against 1t and favor such immediate regis
lation as will exclude such labor from our
shores.
We declare our opposition to all combine
tons OF capital organized in trusts or other
wise 10 control by arbitrary conditions trade
among our citizens, and We recommend to
congress- and the state legislatures I'm their
respective jurisdictions such legislation as
viii prevent the execution OF all schemes to
Cypress the people by undue charges on their
supplies or by unjust rates for the tr8nspor-
tatiOn Of their products TO market. We APP
prove legislation by congress to prevent alike
unjust burdens and unfair determinations
between states.
We reailirm the policy Of appropriating the
public lands OF the United S lstes to be home
ste ads for American citizens aud settlers, not
aliens, which the Republican party established
In 1862 against the persistent opposition OF
the Democrats In congress, and which has
brought our great western domain into mag
~uiticcnt deyel. pment, The revocation of I'M
earned railroad land grants to the public
domain for the use OF actual settlers, which
vas begun under the administration Of Presi-
dent Arthur, should be continued. We DENY
that the Democratic party has ever restored
one acre 10 the people, but declare that by
Joint action Of the Republicans and Democrats
about 10000 MN acres OF unearned lands,
originally granted for construction ef rail
roads, have been restored to the public
domain in pursuance OF the conditions In
serted by the Republican party in the original
grants.
We charge the Democratic administra on
with failure 20 execute the laws securing 10
settlers the title TO their homesteads and with
using appropriations made for that purpose
to harass innocent settlers with SPIES and
prosecution under the false pretense Of ex-
posing frauds and vindicating the law.
The government by congress OF the terri
tories Is based uron necessity oAly, TO the end
that they may become states In the union.
Therefore, whenever the conditions OF popu-
lation, material resources, public intelligence
and morality are such as to insure stable local
government therein. the people OF such terri
tories should be permitted, as a right inherent
In them, to form for themselves constitutions