Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-24
The Platform

means the possible defeat of M,tb-
Allen and Grissby,
The Platform.
The following is the sport of a.
committee on resolutions. which -
adopted:
The republicans OF north and so,,,
Dakota, In convention assembled. ba,.
by publish and declare:
l. That the present democratic ,a
ministration at Washington. emnIats.
the present tory administration in ~
government of Ireland, has msintsis y
and exercised q tyranny over TINS ,a..;
fltory, unjust. III warranted and snhra.
slve OF the principles of the %fonnds,ae !
the republic, in denying admission ;ns
the union OF the states. for the sole oni
only reason that q majority of opr NJ,
pie differ with the administration NM,
the political issues of the day, Eu
2. That we arraign the present
ernor OF this territory for prostitutin0
his high office to personal and Ambitions
ends and purposes; that he maintains :
perfect indifference to the wants NJ a..
people whom he rules; that br ees
couraRes large aud unwise sppron,,o
Hons: hat he threatens to veto messn,ss
unless the Legislature shall be sub;eryisnt
to his will; that his appointees in usnv
cases are n1en who have nc quali6cNons
tor office, but are his personal retsins,s
supported at the public expense.
3. That we hail with Joy and mid.
the action of the late pational repubIi.
can convention, and recognize in Gen,
Harrison a patriot, soldier, q wise states.
man. and the early and earnest friend
OF Dakota, tnd recognizes the Hon
Lew P. Morton as an eminent statesng |
and philantbropist, q true and tris I
republican. 4
4 That by every precedent esisLS
lished in the history of the admission N
new states into the unlon, BY the rlphu \
guaranteed under the constitution sri
the laws of the United States. it is Ii.
duty of congress to admit both north and
south Dakota into the sIsterhood d
states, and the refusal by d demoentn
house to 80 admit US is o violation OF is
duties and obligations of it's member,
and we hereby reiterate onr anslterabs
opposition to admission as q whole.
B. That we as delegates In this con.
vention will support no man for ofRs l
whose position upon the question Of di
vision and admission is in the ltsif
equivocal or uncertain.
=. That the great agricultural ID |
tercsts of Dakota demand that they /
should be protected, iostered and guard,
ed with Jealous care, and such lew, en-.
acted as will secure equitable rates Of
transportation, allowing no unjust dS
examination against sections or iDdlyt /
duals; that we favor the improvement Of
the great waterways of the northwest 50
ss to bring close competition in ttf
carrying trade. We favor @ warehouse
law which will give every farmer q iIa
market for his produce and which VII
not leave him at the mercy OF any e
vator or railroad combination. That Z
a trust should be fostersi nor allowed
nor monopolies created which have AZ
tendency to initiate prices.
T.. We declare ourselves in favor Oh
thorough revision OF the revenue lave VI
Dakota, whereby oil properly shal vi
equally taxed and taxed TO its owner
We declare In favor of q usury law WhionE
will DOT encourage reckless and eS1rsVr
CANT speculation but which Will proNasE
sufficient money at a reasonable rate Y
interest for ell honest and legltlmpS 4
pursuits.
8. That We welcome with the optM
hand Of fellowship the people WHO ls.E
come from foreign lands to better shsl#
fortune and find q permanent home VI:
this, the country of their adoption, We
tending to render due obedience I'D
respect to its laws, E
~. That We favor q revision olpI
tariff, and o reduction OF the same aps1
such articles as ii can be made wilD'a9
sacrificing the interests OF AmensE
labor, and that the neoesssries Of W.
upon which the tariff is a tax should
admitted ct the lowest possible d'f
consistent with the preservst!OD
American industries. We charge toe
tionsl democratic party ff1
being che enemy Of n@yR
ern soil and northern Isbor, lJE
arraign it for the discrlminstion
sectional provisions of the Mills blu
which northern productions are depne hi
OF protection, while those OF the ~
the late oonfederacy, which decla!sa
plicit)y against any tariff for PROF.
are protected by q high tariff, w.
in many cases nothing more or leeS
o tax.
10. That we condemn the pre%
democratic administration for ITS fE$
sisten' and continued hostility 20
ex-soidlers iD vetoing bills upon
most frivolous p%retense, shous resB9
ence to the justice of the claim OF f$S
merit OF the applicant, thereby oaIy1&
ont the theory OF the present e1ecusEM
that the alms-house 10 the proper !suESE
of our brave veterans, as demons",8
by his willingness that the man
stood as his substitute should % VIII
mitted to die there; that the fofesyp&
vice of the United States should puT4
come the asylum for x-confeders,sn W.
diers as the reward OF treason OF psSz
portunity TO demonstrate the View NH
the union over rebellion to be MOE wSSs
parent than real, but that sucn is,st
sentation belongs to the union
other things being equal. -, nstioSN&
II. Following the lead OIL he,.ed M
al platform of our party as eIesu nstS4
Chicago and of the will OF 'ps
of this territory as duly expressly
majority OF the counties upon WI jfN&#&
.ion OF local option. We heartily sn
all just measures for the bsnisnm
the saloon from our border.
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