Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-22
THE PLATFORM.

| some time. DE read the platform III clear
voice, being frequently interrupted By applause
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THE PLATFORM.
The Declaration OF Principles on which
the Campaign is to be Fought.
The Republicans of the United States. assem-
| bled by their delegates in National Convention
pause on the Threshold of their proceedings to
| 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 imperishable remembrance aud
gratitude the heroic names of our later lea ers
who have been more recently called away from
the eouncils-Grsnt Garfield, Arthur, Logan,
Conkling. May their memories be faithfully
| cherished. We also recall with our greetings
| and with prayer for his recovery the name OF
one OF our living heroes whose memory will be
| treasured in the history, both of the Repubii-
| cans and of the Republic the name of that no.
Bile soldier and faithful child of victory, Philip
IL. Sheridan.
BRAZIL AND IRELAND.
In the spirit of those great leaders, and of our
own devotion 10 human liberty and with that
| hostility TO all forms of despotism and on
pressi, n. which is the fundame tai idea
congratulations TO our fellow Americans
| OF Brazil. upon their great act of the
abolity of slavery throughout the two Amer
| lean continents. We earnestly hone that
we may soon congratulate our fellow -citize $ of
| irish birth upon the peaceful recovery of home
rule for Ireland. We reaffirm our answering de-
| VOtlOn 10 the National Constitution, and to the
autonomy OF the States under the Constitution !.
TO tne personal rghts and liberties of citizens in
all States and Territories in the Union and cs-
| peclaiiy TO the supreme and sovereign right of
every lawful citizen, rich poor native or for
eign- born, white or bluck to east Il frse ballot
in public elections, and to have that ballot duly
| counted.
| FREE BALLOT DE9IANDTD
We hold tree snd honest popular ballot and
the Just and equal representation OF all the peo-
| pie 10 be the foundation of the Republican Gov
| eminent, and d. maud effective legislation to
| secur- 1.-THE integrity and purity OF elections
| winch are the foundation of all public authority
We charge that The present Administration
and the Democratic majority in Congress owe
| their existence 10 the suppression of tie ballot
| by criminal nulIifcatiOn of the Constitution
| ana the laws of the United States.
| PROTECTION FOR OUR INDUSTRIES.
| We are ncompromisingly in favor of the
American system of protection. We protest
! against its 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 confidently
! appeal to that people for their judgment II e
protection system must be maintained. Its
abandonment has always been followed by gen
eral disaster to all interests except those of the
usurer and Sheriff
| We denounce the Mills bill as destructive TO
general business the laboring and the farming
| Interest OF the country, ana we heartily IN
| dorse the consistent and patriotic action of the
| republican representatives in Congress in op-
| posing its passage.
| 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 ad-
Justed and maintained so as to furnish fun and
adequate protection tnat industry The Re-
publlcan party would effect all needed Teduc,
! ton OF the national revenue by repeating the
| taxes upon tobacco, which are burden to agri-
culture. ana the tax upon spirits used in the
/ arts and r mercantile purposes and by such
revision OF the tariff laws viii tend to check
imports of such articles as produced by our peo-
! pie, the production OF which gives employment
| to our labor, and release from import duties
thoSe articles OF foreign production Except lux
/ uries), the like of which we cannot produce at
| home. If there shall still remain larger reve-
| nue. than is required for the wants of the GOV
| eminent, We favor the entire repeal of internal
| taxes rather than the surrender of any part of
| our protective system at the joint behest of
whisky trusts and the agents OF foreign manu-
! facturers.
| CONTRACT LABOR AND TRUSTS DENOUNCED.
| We declare our hostility to the introduction
| into this country of foreign contra labor and
| OF Chinese labor, alien to our civilization and
our Constitution. and we demand the rigid en-
| torcement OF the existing laws against it and
! favor such immediate legislation as will ex-
/ cl de such labor from our shores.
| We declare our opposition to all combinations
| OF capital organized into trusts or otherwise to
control arbitrarily the condition of trade among
| our citizens and we recommend to Congress
and the state Legislature i'll their respective ju-
rlsdlctlons such LEGISLATION as will prevent the
! execution of all schemes to oppress the pe pie
| by undue charges on their supplies or by unjust
| rates 1or the transportation OF their produce to
market
| We approve the legislation by Congress to pre-
/ vent alike unjust burdens and unfair dScrim-
/ nations between the States.
! HoMEsTEADs FOR CITIZENS.
| We reafiirm the policy of appIopriating the
| public lands of the United States to be home
/ steads for American citizens, not aliens. which
the Republican party estab ished in 1862 against
! the persistent opposition OF Democrats in Con
| gress, and which has brought our great western
domain into such magnificent deve opment
| The restoration of unearned railroad land
grants 10 The public domain for use of actual
! settlers, which was begun under the Admin
! lstratlon OF President Arthur should b. contin-
| ued.
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
! democrats out IS, 600, 900 of acres OF unearned
lands originally granted for the construction OF
! railroads have been restored to the pubic do
| main in pursuance of the conditions il ser ed by
/ the Republican party in the original grants
We charge The Democratic Administration
| with failure to execute the law securing 10 set
| tiers their title to homestpads aud with using
| appropriations made for that purpose to harass
| innocent settlers with spies and prosecutions
under the false pretense of exposing fraud and
vindicating the law.
JUSTICE To THE TERRITORIES.
The government, by Congress, of the Terri
tories is based upon necessity, only to the end
/ that they may become States i'll the Union
| Whenever the conditions of popula ior natural
/
| such as 20 secure a local government therein,
| the people of such Territories should be per
mitted as right inherent to them to form for
themselves Il Constitution and a State Govern
ment and be admitted into the Union. Pend
! ing the pr paratiOn for Statehood all officers
thereof should be selected from the bona fide
( residents and citizens Of the Territory wherei,
/ they are to serve. South Dakota should of right
! be Immediately admitted as a state in the
( Union, under the constitution framed a. d
adopted by her people, aud we heartily ndorse
I the action of the Republicans in twice passing
{ bills for her admission The refusal of the
I Democratic House of Representatives, for parti
san purposes, to consider these bills is Wilflll
/ ,iolation OF the sacred american principles of
| local selfgovernmen, and merits the condemna-
| ton of all ju>t men. The pending bills in the
! Senate for Acts 10 enable the people of Wash
ington, North Dakota and Montana Territories
to form Constitutions and establish State Gov
ernmen should be passed without unnecessary
delay. The Republican party pledges itself to
do all i'll its power to facilitate the admission of
the Territories New Mexico, Wyoming and
Arizona TO the enjoyment of self-government as
states, such of them now qualified as
soon as possible, and the others as soon as they
may become SO.
PoLYGAMY DENOUNCED.
! The political power of the Mormon Church in
the Territories as exercised in the past is men,
ace to free institutions and dangerous 10 be long
suffered. Therefore we pledge the Republican
party to appropriate legislation, asserting the
sovereignty of the nation in all Territories where
the same is questioned and in furtherance of
that end to place upon the statute books l-gis-
lation stringent enpugh to divorce the political
frjm the ecclesiastical power. and thus stamp
out the wickedness of polygamy
SILVER AND POSTAGE REFORMS.
The Republican party is in favor of the use of
both gold aud silver money, and condemns
fhe policy of the Democratic Admins, ration in
sts effort TO demonetize silver.
THE NATIoE's SCHOOLS
In a Republic like ours, the citizen is sover-
eign aud the offieial the servant. Where no
pewer is exercised except by the will of the
people 1t is important that the sovereign, the
peeple, should possess intelligence. The free
scheoi is the promoter OF that intelligence
which Is to preserve us O free nation. There
fore. state or Nation. or both combined, should
support tree institutions of learning sufficient to
afford 20 every child growing up in the Iaud tue
opportunity Of good common school educa-
tion.
THE MERCHANT MARINE.
We earnestly recommend that Permanent ar
fion ha t,l,a,, in Can0r.,.e IN III,