Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-30
THE PLATFORM.
THE PRINCIPLES WITH WHICH
THE REPUBLICANS APpEAL
TO TIE PEOPLE.

the threshold Of their proceedings to
honor the memory of their first great
leader, che immortal champion of lib
erty aud the rights Of the people,
Abraham Lincoln, and to cover also
with wrea,hs of impershable remem-
brancc aud graft ude to the heroic
names Of our lator leaders, who have
been moro recently called away fro,a
our councils Grant, Garfield, Arthur,
Logan, Gonkling. May their memo
RES be faithfully cherished. We also
recall with our greetings and with
prayer for his recovery, the name OF
one of our living heroes, whose memo
ry viii be treasured in the history,
both of Republicans ana of the re-
public, the tame of that noble soldier
and favoritr child Of victory, Phillip
II. Sheridan.
In the spiri, of those great leaders
and Of our own devotion to human
liberty, and with that hostility to all
forms Of dcspo,lsm aud oppression
which is the fundamental idea of the
Republican party, we send fraterna!
congratulations to our fellow Ameri-
cans Of Brazil upon their great act of
the abolition of slavery throughout
the two American continents.
We earnestly hope that we may
soon congratulate our feilow.ci'lzens
Of Irish birth upon the peaceful re-
covery Of Home Rule for Ireland
We reatism our answering devo-
ton to the National Constitution aud
to the indissoluhle union of the
States, and to the autonomy reserved
to the States under the Constitution;
to the personal rights and liberties of
citizens IN all the states and Terri
tories OF the tIn,on, and especially to
the suptome and soverci On night OF
every lawful citizen, rich or poor,
nntive or foreign born, white or black.
to east one free ballot in public cleo
tions, and to have that ballot duly
counted We hold the FREQ and
honest popular ballot and the just
and equal representation OF all the
people to bo the foundation of Re
puhlican government, and demand
effective legislation to secure the IN
temri;y and purity OF elections, which
ace the fountains Of all public author
ty. We charge that the present ad
ministra,ion and the Democratic ma
ioritV in Congress owe their existence
to the suppression Of the ballot by /
criminal notification of the Consti'n
ton and tho laws Of the Unitc'
States.
We are uncompromisingly in !avo
of the American system of protection
We protcs, against It's destruction
proposed hv the President and hi
marty. They serve the interests @
Europ,; we viii support the interest
OF America We accept the issn
and confidently appeal to the people
/ tor their Judgment. The protective
> system must be maintainea; it
abandonment has always been follow
cd hv general disaster to all Interests
except those of the Insurer and tn
shorln.
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