New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-22
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
NO ROOM FOR FREE TRADERS ON IT.
BUT FREE SUFFRAGE AND FAIR COUNT
STRONGLY ADVOCATED.

| TO REDUCE INTERNAL REVENUE AND PROHIBIT
FOREIGN CONTRACT LABoR-TRUsTs CON.
i DEMNED-THE WRONGS OF SOUTH DA.
| KoTA-FAvoRING BOTH GOLD AND
SILVER RMONEY-DENoUNCING
! THE ADMINISTRATION
AND THE FISHERIES
TREATY
Chicago, June 21.-The Republican National
Convention to-day adopted the following decara-
tion Of principles
|, The Republicans Of the United States, assembled
by their delegates in National Convention, pause
on the threshold Of their proceedings honor the
memory of their first great leader, the immortal
champion of liberty and the rights of the people
Abraham Lincoln; and to cover also with wreaths
OF lmperishable remembrance and gratitude the he
roic names Of our later leaders who have more
Gently been called away from our councils-Grant,
Garfield, Arthur, Logan, Conkling May their
memories be faithfully cherished We also recall
with our greetings and with prayer for his recov-
cry, the name of one of our living heroes, whose
memory will be treasured in the history both Of
Republicans and of the Republic-the name Of that
noble soldier and fayorte child Of victory, Philip
| III. Sheridan.
In the spirit Of those great leaders, and Of our
own devotion to human liberty, and with that
hostility to all forms of despotism and oppression
which is the fundamental idea Of the Republican
party, send fraternal congratulation to our fel
low-Americans Of Brazil upon their great act of
emancipation, which completed the abolition Of
slavery throughout the two American continents.
We earnestly hope that we may soon congratulate
our felow'ctizens Of Irish birth upon the peaceful
! recovery OF home rule for Ireland.
| FREE SUFFRAGE
We rnaff firm our nU 70
tonal Constitution and to the indiSsoluble union Of
the States to the autonomy reserved to the States
under the Constitution; to the personal rights and
liberties Of citizens in all the States and Territories
in the Union, and especially to the supreme and
sovereign right Of every lawful citizen, rich or
poor, native foreign born white or black to cast
one free ballot in public elections 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 foun-
datiOn Of our 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 present
Administration and the Democratic majority in
Congress owe their existence to the suppression of
the ballot by criminal notification of the Consti
tuition and laws of the United States.
PROTECTION TO AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
lean system Of protection; we protest against its
destruction as 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 for
their Judgment The protective system must be
maintained It's abandonment has always been
followed by general disaster to all interests except
those of the usurer and the sheriff. We denounce
the Mills bill as destructive to the general bus-
ness, the labor and the farming interests Of the
country and we heartily indorse the consistent
and patriotic action Of the Republican Represent
atives in Congress in opposing its passage.
OPPOSED TO FREE WOOL.
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 main
tained so as to furnish full and adequate protec-
tion TO that industry
REDUCE INTERNAL REVENUE.
The Republican party would effect all needed re-
duction Of the national revenue by repeating the
taxes upon tobacco, which are an annoyance and
burden to agriculture, and the tax upon spirits
used in the arts and for mechanical purposes.
and by such revision of the tariff laws will
tend to check imports of such articles as
are produced by our people, the production OF
which gives employment to our labor and release
from import duties those articles of foreign pro-
duction Except luxuries the like Of which cannot
be produced at home If there shall still remain
larger revenue than is requisite for the wants
of the Government, we favor the entire repeal OF
internal taxes rather than the surrender of any part
Of our protective system, at the Joint behests of the
whislley trusts and the agens Of foreign manufac-
| lures.
FOREIGN CONTRACT LABOR
We declare our hostility to the introduction into
1ahn anAn
nese labor alien to our civilizations and our Con-
stituton, and we demand the rgid enforcement OF
the existing laws against it, and favor such imme-
diate legislation as will exclude such labor from
our shores.
TRUSTS CONDEMNED.
We declare our opposition to all combinations Of
capital organized in trusts or otherwise TO control
arbitrarily the condition OF trade among our citi-
zens; and we recommend to Congress and the
State Legislatures in their respective Jurisdictions,
such legislation as will prevent the execution OF
al schemes to opprcss the people by undue charges
their supplies, or by unjust rates for the trans
po 'ation Of their products to market we ap-
prove the legislation by Congress to prevent ahke
unjust bu rdens and unfair Determinations between
the States
HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE.
We reaffirm the policy Of appropratlng the puo-
lie lands of the United States to be homesteads
for American citizens and 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 such magnificent develop
ment The restoration of unearned railroad land
grants to the public domain for the use OF actual
settlers, which was begun under the Admlnistra-
tion of President Arthur, should be continued.
We deny that the Democratic party has ever
restored one acre to the people but declare that
by the joint action of the Republicans and Demo
Gratis about so OOO 900 of acres Of unearned lands
originally grontcd for the construction OF rail-
roads have been restored to the public domain in
pursuance Of the conditions inserted py the he
h1;.ao ..ox... l.. ,,a grants We charge