Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-22
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
IA KEYNOTE OF SUCCESS
Sounded BY The Chicago
Platform.
THE FLOOD GATES OF ORATORY
Let Loose For The Favorite
Sons.
The BLAINE MEN In A STEW,
Working Hard To Force
His Nomination.

Working Hard To Force
His Nomination.
BK THESE SIGNS SHALL WE WIN.
Protection the ShibbeIeth of the Conn
ing CaEnpafgn-A Ringing Platform
That Has No Straddle and No Hating
Hesitancy-The Naming of the Candi.
dases-Oratory Let Loose From All
Quarters-Balloting to Begin the
First Thing To-Day.
CHICAGO, June 21.-ChairmRn Estee's gavel
fell promptly at 1O:10this morning calling the
Republican national convention to order,
though many of the delegates were still abb
sent. Rev. Thomas E. Green offered prayer.
When he finished Mr.. Mckinley, chairman of
the committee on resolutions, at once stepped
to the platform amid loud cheers and in a
clear and distinct voice read the committees
report as follows:
The Republicans of the United States assembled
by their delegates in national convention pause on
the threshold of their proceedings to honor the
champion Of liberty and the rights Of the people
Abraham LfncolD and to cover also with wreaths
heroic name Of our later leaders who have more
recently been called away from our councils
thgir memories 30 faithfully ehsrished. We also
recall with oSr crossings and with prayer for MS
aas be Gua s9
1d Of ae o the
Philip H. Sheridan. In the spirit of the great lead
ers and of our own devotion to human liberty and
with that hostility to all forms of despotsn and op-
preston which is the fundamental idea of the Re-
publican party. we send fraternal congratulations
70 our felew americans Of Brazil upon their great
OF slavery throughout the Two American CONT
fellow citizens of Irish birth upon the peaceful
Of home rule for Ireland.
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states to the autonomy reserved to the States IN
der the constitution to the personal rights and lib
the Union, and especially to the supreme and SOW
native foreign born, white black. to cast one
free ballot in public elections and to have that bal
lot duly counted We hold the free and honest pop,
lar ballot and the Just and equal representation of
all the people to be the foundation OF our Republi
can government and demand effective legislation to
are the foundation Of ali public authority.
We charge that the present administration and
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notification Of the constitution and laws of the
We are uncompromisingly in favor of the Ameri-
can system Of protection; we protest against its
party. They serve the interests of Europe; we sup
port the interests of America. Weaccept the issue
msns The protecSe system must be ansns
It's abandonment has always been followed by gem
urer and the sheriff We denounce the Mills bill as
destructive to the general business, the la
Dor and the farming interests of the coun-
try and We heartily endorse the consistent and pa
triotic action of the Republican representatives in
party to
on the free list and insist that the duties thereon
and adequate protection to the industry. The Re
publican party would effect all needed reduction of
baccos which are an annoyance and burden to agri-
culture, and the tax upon spirits used ia the arts
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such articles are produced by our people,
and release FROM poEt duties
those articles of foreign production Except luxur-
II there shall still remain larger revenue than is
required for the wants of the government we favor
surrender of any part Of our protective system at
the joint behest Of the whisky trusts aud the agents
We declare our hostility to the introduction into
this country Of foreign contract labor and Chinese
md We demand the rigid enforcement of the exist
Ing laws against 1t and favor such immediate legis
We declare our opposition to all combinations OF
capital organized in trusts otherwise to control
Izens and we recommend to Congress and the State
legislatures in their respective jurisdictions such
schemes to Cypress the people by undue charges ON
their supplies by unjust rates for the transporta
lion of their products to market
We approve the legislation by Congress to pre-
vent alike unjust burdens and unfair discrimina-
We reaffirm the policy of appropriating the pub
lie lands of the United States to be homesteads for
party established in 1882 against the
persistent, opposition of the Democrats In Con
ern domain into such magnificent Developments.
The reeteraton Of Inearned railroad grants TO the
was begun during the administration Of President
Arthur should be continued. We deny that the
people. but declare that by the Joint action Of Re,
publicans and Democrats about 80, 600 acres of
DOMAIN In pursuance Of the eonditions insttuted
by the RsRIesssnb passy IN the SEIgnaa gsaot
failure to execute the laws securing TO settlers title
made fol- that purpose TO harass Innocent settlers
with spies and prosecutions under the false pre-
lenses OF exposing frauds and vinsicatng the law.
based upon necessity only to the end that they may
become States in the Union; therefore, whenever
pnsfic nsgence and morality are such as To
sure stable local government therein the people
inherent in them to form for themselves
ted into the Union Fielding the preparation for
all officers thereof should be selected
from the bona fide residents and citizens of the
territory wherein they are TO serve. South
Dakota should, Of right, be immediately ad-
mitted as q State under the constitution,
hsary endorse SRs action Of the ssn
ate in twice passing bills for her admission. The
refusal OF the Democratic House Of Representatives
for partisan PGrpGsss to fsvoEaby consider these
principle OF local self government and merits the
the Senate for acts to enable the people Of Wash
form constitutions and establish State governments
should be passed without unnecessary delay. The
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now qualded as soon as possible and the others
as soon ss they become So
territories as exercised in the past is menace to
free institutions, danger longer to be suffered.
we % Pasy e a
the nation in all territories where the same ques
the statute books legislation stringent enough to
divorce the political from the ecclesiastical power
and thus stamp out the attendant wickedness of
The Republican party is In favor Of the use Of
policy OF the Denocratic administration in its eff
forts to demcnetize silver:
In country ike ours where the citizen is sover-
exercised EXCEPT hY the win Of the people it is inn
portant that the sovereign, the people should pos
free nations therefore the Stats or nation or both
combined should support free institutions of learn
ing suficient to afford to every child growing up
the land the opportunity of good common school
We earnestly recommend that prompt action be
taken BY Congress- 10 the enactment OF such legis-
lation will best secure the rehabilitation OF our
American marine and we protest against the pas
sage by Congress Of free ship bill as calculated to
ERIK Injustice to labor by tesseRin& the wages OF
those engaged in preparing materials employed In
We demand appropriations for the early rebuild
ing Of our navy for the construction OF coast for
tfncations and modern ordinance and other ap-
proved modern means oe-defense for the protection
of our harhors and cities; for the payment or just
pensions to our soldiers; for necessary works OF
tional Importance In the Improvements Of harbors
and the channels OF internal coastwise and foreign
commerce. for the encouragement OF the 6h1pping
interests Of the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific States
well as for the payment OF the maturing pubic
debt. This policy viii give employmene to our Ia
ber activity to various industries increase the
security OF our country, promote trade, open new
and direct markets for our produce and cheaper
the cost of transportation.
We affirm this to be far better for our country
than the Democratic policy OF loaning the govern
mentss money without interest to pet banks
The conduct OF foreign affairs by the present adj
minstration has been distinguished by Its 1nef1I-
cheney and its cowardice. Having withdrawn from
the Senate all pending tfeares affected by the Re
publican administration for the removal or foreign
burdens and restrictions upon our commerce and
for It's extension into better 1t has neither
effected nor proposed others in their stead. Pro
fesslug adherence to the Monroe doctrine, It has
seen with idle complacency the extension Al for
eIgn influence Ia Central America and OF foreigr
trade everywhere among cur neignoors IL has re-
fused to charter, sanction or encourage any Amer
lean organization for constructing the Nicaragua
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