Connecticut western news., 1888-06-27
The Third Day.

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 The Third Day.
 We must describe the third days proceed. ings briefly. Major Mckinley, of Ohio, read the committees report on the platform. It was adopted with great enthusiasm. The tariff blanks especially were wildly greeted.
 The following are the principal blanks:
 eve are uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection; we protest against it's destruction as proposed by the President and his party. They serve the in. terests of Europe; we will support the interests of America. We accept the issue, and conti' deptly appeal to the people for their judg- ment. The protection system must be main tained. Its abandonment has a,ways been fol- lowed by general disaster to all interests ex- ccpt those of the usuror and the sheriff. We denounce the Mills bill as destructive to the general business, the labor and the farming interests of the country, and wo heartily in dorse the consistent and patriotic action of the Republican representatives in Congress Tn op- posing its passage.
 sWe 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 far as to furnish full and adequate protection to that industry.
 "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 revision of tho tariff laws 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 production (except luxuries) the like of which cannot be produced at home. If there shall still remain 0 larger revenue than is requisite for the wants of the government, we favor the entire repeal of in- ternal taxes rather than the surrender of any part of our protective system at the joint be- hest of the whisky trusts and the agents Of foreign manufacturers
 'We edeclare our hostility to the introduction into this country of foreign contract labor, and of Chinese labor, alien to our civilization and our Constitution; and VIC demand the rigid enforcement of the existing laws against it.and favor such immediate legislation as will ex- cludo such labor from our shores.
 "We declare our opposition to all comblna- ton of capital organized in trusts or other wise, to control arbitrarily the condition of trade among our citizens, and We recommend to Congress and tho State Legislatures in their respective jurisdictions such legislation as will prevent the execution of all schemes to oppress the people by undue charges on their supplies, or by unjust rates for the transports tion of their products to market. We approve the legislation by Congress toprevent aliko un- just burdens and unfair discriminations be- tween the States.
 'sThe political power of the Mormon Church in the Territories as exercised in the past is a menace to free institutions, danger no longer to be suffered. Therefore we pledge the Re publican party to appropriate legislation as- serting the sovereignty of the nation i'll all Territories where the same is questioned, and in fnrtheranee of that end to place upon the statute books legislation stringent enough to divorce the political from the ecclesiastical power, and thus stamp out the attendant wick edness of polygamy.
 'sThe Republican party is in favor of the use of both gold and silver as money, and con- demns the policy of the Democratic admins tration in it's efforts to demonetize silver.
 "We demand the reduction of letter postage to cent per ounce.
 "we earnestly recommend that prompt ac. tion be taken by Congress in the enactment of such legislation will secure the rehabilitation of our American merchant marine, and we pro- test against the passage by Congress of Free Ship bill as calculated to work justice to labor by lessening the wages of those engaged in pre- pairing materials as we'll as those directly em- ployed in our shipyards.
 "We demand appropriations for the early re- building of our navy; for the construction of coast Notifications and modern ordnance and other approved modern means of defence for the protection of our defenceless harbors and cities; for the payment of just pensions to our portance in the improvement of harbors and the channels of internal, coastwise, and foreign commerce; for the encourage ment of the shipping interests of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific States, as we'll as for the pay ment of the maturing public debt. This policy will give employment to our labor, activity to our various industries, increase the security of our country, promote trade, open new and direct markets for our produce, and cheapen the cost of transportation. We affirm this to cratic policy of loaning the Governments money without interest to pet banks.
 "We arrange the present Democratic Admin istration for it's weak and unpatriotic treat ment of the fisheries question and it's pusilla- nimous surrender of the essential privileges to which our fishing vessels are entitled in Cana dian ports under the treaty of 1918, the reel procal maritime leSisla ation of 1880 and the comity of nations, and which Canadian fishing vessels receive in the ports of the United States. We condemn the policy of the present Administration and the Democratic majority in Congress toward our fisheries as unfriend- ly and conspicuously unpatriotic and as tend- ing to destroy valuable national industry and an indispensable resource of defence against foreign enemy.
 sThe gratitude of the nation to the defend CTS of the Union cannot be measured by laws. The legislation of Congress should conform to the pledge made by loyal people, and be so enlarged and extended as to provide against wore the Federal uniform shall become an in- mate of an almshouse, or dependent upon pri- yate charity, In the presence of an overflow ing Treasury it would be public scandal to do less for those whose yalorous services pre- | served the Government. We denounce the hostile spirit shown by President Cleveland in | his numerous vetoes of measures for pension relief, and the action of the Democratic House | of Representatives in refusing even consider. ation of general pension legislation.
 ''In support of the principles herewith | enunciated We invite the cooperation of pa triotic men of all parties, and especially of al workingmen, whose prosperity is seriously | threatened by the free trade policy of thu | present administration"
 | MT. Warner, of Connecticut, nominated Hon Joseph E. Hawley.
 Illinois presented Walter o. Gresham | name.
 Mir. Hepburn, of Iowa, presented the nam, | of Vim. B. Allison.
 Russell A. Alger was nominated by Mich igan delegate.
 Senator Frank Hiscock spoke eloqnently fo Chauncey NJ. Depew.
 John Sherman was named by Gen. Hast ings.
 Major Filler of Philadelphia was modestl nominated by Chas Emory Smith.
 Spooper, of Wisconsin, suggested Gov. Rusl as candidate, and the convention adjourned.
 The Fourth Day.