The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-07-05
Republican Convention.
First Day.

At Chicago, on June 10 precisely at 1921
the gavel Of Chairman Jones, chairman of
the National Republican committee sound
Republican convention of 1883 was formally
opened. Rev. Frank w. G%unsaulus of the
Plymouth Congregational Church ofChicago,
opened the proceedings with prayer.
Chairman Jones, after Secretary Fessenden
had proceeded with the reading of the call
apprOpriating the votes to each state and
territory, addressed the convention closing
as follows: Gentlemen of the convention:
The alton committee has requested the
announcement of these further officers for
your temporary organization. They will be
read.
The Secretary-FOr temporary secretaries:
Hon. Charles w.. Chisbec of Michigan, Hon.
Michael Griffin of Wisconsin, Hon. Ruell of
Tennessee.
For Temporary Assistant Secretaries
Hon. james j. Brogan of Tennessee, james
Bixby of Minnesota, Henry NJ. Capes of Ar
kansas, William Nelson of New Jersey, A. w.
Monroe of Maryland, j. +. Wiley of Texas,
c. M. ShinnO of West Virginia and John T..
Miner of Louisiana.
For Temporary Reading Clerks-Hon.
Henry Ballard of Vermont. Col. Garrison
Lake of New York, Capt. David Lanning
VI oHIo, JdufS II. EoltbHe III MlcIllEtln
and George NJ. Brinkerhoff of Illinois.
E. Official Observation-Disclosures T. En-
glish.
Sergeant-at-A rms-Charles Fitzsimmons Of
Chicago.
Mr.. Jones then said: conference.-the the re-
quest Of the national republican committee |
propose to you AZ temporary chairman of
this convention the Hon. John NJ. ThurstOn.
Mr.. ThnrstOn then tool the chair and was
greeted with applause. His opening speech
was regarded as exceedingly able. and it
created a profound sensation.
Committees were appointed and the day was
spent in the work Of organization. John C..
Fremont, was present as the guest of the
Nebraska delegation and in response to en-
thuslhstic calls he was introduced to the on
yentiOn and made an eloquent speech.
Fred Douglas, the colored orator, also made
some remarks in response to land demands
from the convention.
Second Day.
The second day of the Republican national
convention at Chicago was occupied by the
committee on credentials, most of their time
having been DEVOTED to listening to argu-
ginia.
Permanent organization was affected by
the election of NJ. NJ. Estel of California as
president. Among the vice presidents were:
N. S. Chandler, Minnesota; l.. B. Richardson,
Dakota; II. FL. Rood, Iowa; H.. o. Fairchild;
and among its secretaries appeared the
names of j. M. Bailey, Dakota; j. W. Cock
burn, Iowa; Geo. B. Edgerton, Minnesota,
and G. A. Knapp, Wis.
Third Day.
Thu principal event of the third day was
the adoption of the platform which was re-
ceived with prodigious enthusiasm, then fol-
lowed hours of speech making over the can
didates whose names were placed before the
convention. The platform adopted is as
follows:
The Republicans of the United States as
sembled by their delegates in national con-
ventiOn pause on the threshold of their pro-
ceedings to honor the memory of their first
great leader, the immortal champion of
liberty and the rights of the peopIe-Abra-
ham Lincoln, and to cover also with wreuths
of imperishable remembrance and gratitude
the heroic names of our later leaders who
have more recently been called away from
our co~nncils-Grnnt, Garfield, Arther, Logan,
Conkling. May their memories be faith
fully cherished. We also recall with our
greetings and with prayer for his re-
whose memory will be treasured in the histo-
ry both OF republicans and of the republic
the name of that noble soldier and favOrite
child of victory, Philip H. Sheridan. In the
spirit of those great leaders, and of our "
devotion to human liberty, and with that
hostility to ul forms of despotism and op-
preston which is the fundamentals idea of the
republican party, we send fraternal congratu-
lations to our fellow Americans of Brazil up
on Their great act of emancipation,
which completed the abolition of slavery
throughout the two American continents. We
earnestly hope that We may soon congratu-
late our fellow citizens OF Irish birth upon
the peaceful recovery of home rule for Ireland.
we reafiirm our answering devotion to the
national constitution, and to the indissoluble
union of the states, to the auton-
omy reserved to the states under
the constitution; to the personal rights and
liberties of citizens in all the states and terri
tories in the Union, and especially to the su-
preme and sovereign right of every lawful
citizen, rich or poor, native or foreign born,
white or black, to cast one free ballot in pub
lie elections and to have that ballot duly
counted. We hold the free and honest pOpu-
lar ballot and the just and equal representa-
ton OF all the people to be the foundation OF
our republican government, and demand eff
fective legislation to secure the integrity and
purity of authority. We charge that the
present administration and the Democratic
majority in congress owe their existence to
the suppression of the ballot by a
notification of the constitution
and laws of the United States.
We are uncompromisingly in favor of the
American system of protection; we protest
president and his party. They serve the in
terests of Europe; we will support the inter
ests of America. We accept the issue and
confidently appeal to the people for their
Judgment. The protective system must be
maintained. Its abandonment has always
been followed by general disaster to all in
~terests, except those of the usurer and the
sheriff. We denouince the Mills bill as de-
structive to the general business, the labor
and the farming interests of the country, and
we heartily endorse the consistent and pa
triotic action of the Republican representa-
tive in congress in opposing it's passage.
NO FREE DOL
We condemn the proposition of the Demo
cratic 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 that udus-
try. The Republican party would effect all
needed reduction 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 revis-
ion OF the tariff avs as 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 a 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 whisky trusts and the agents offOreign
manufacturers. We declare our hostility to