River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

| iNe kepHBlCstn party. III convention Assem-
| bled. declares It's devotion to the common schoo
| as the chief factor in the education of the PEG
| pie, and pledges itself to support, strengthen
and defendit.
| 1t recognizes as valuable auxiIliaries in the
work OF popular education the private and pa
rochial schools supported without aid from pub.
nS Iulus ahd dlscIatm ABSOLUTELY any purpose
Whatever 70 interfere IN any manner with sueh
schools, either as to their terms, government OF
branches TO be taught therein.
We affirm the right and duty of the state 20
enact laws that will guarantee to all children
sufficient instruction in the legal language oil
the state TO enable them 10 read and write the
same.
We believe that the compulsory education law
passed by the last Legislature Is wise and hu-
man in all its essential purposes and we are
opposed to its repeal: bat at the SAINT time we
assert that the parent or guardian has the right
10 select the time of the year and the place,
whether public or private and wherever located,
in which his child or ward shall receive instrue-
lion. and We pledge ourselves 20 modify the eX-
listing law 50 that it shall conform to the forego-
ing declarations.
Ne further believe that all children between
the ages and Ia years shall be protected by
appropriate legislation from the evils, physical
and mental, arising from their employment in
factories aud similar places of work, and that
adequate PROVISION should be made for the care
of children incorrigibly truant
We are lteTably opposed 10 any union OF
church and state, aud will resist any attempt
upon the part ofeither to invade the domain OF
the other. We repudate as a gross InisrePre-
sentatipn OF our pt.rp SEES. the suggestion, come
wade thedOmain OF conscience, trampie pom
parental rights or religious liberty. Our only
purpose in respect 10 the educational policy of
the state is to secure to AL children within It's
borders at the earliest practical age. proper
equipment for the discharge of the ordinary du-
ties of citizenship, and TO this end alike impor-
tant to the state 10 tie children. and TO the par
ents of the children, We invite the cooperation
and aid Of all broad minded and patriotic peo-
pie.
The Republican party of the state, while in
trusted with power pledges itself TO maintain a
faithful and economical administration OF the
state government and Will demand the passage
by the next legislature of such amendments To
the existing laws as will provide under proper
guarantees for the security of the state, for the
deposit in banks, subject to the order of the
state treasurer, of such parts of the general fund
to the state not required for immediate use and
of the trust fund temporarily awaiting invest
ment, all interest allowed on such deposits TO
go TO the respective funds, the stale treasurer
To Der eleved from any liability for such depos-
its while they remain in the banks. That the
principle of the public regulation Of railway
corporations Is wise and salutary one for the
protection Of all classes OF people. IL further
commends the new election law of the state, en-
acted by Republican Legislature and signed
by Republican governor, by which new safe
guards placed around the ballot-bOX 10
insure the independence Of voters and honest
elections, accurately rejecting the VIII OF the
people 10 recognizes and heartily comments
the faithful and efficient management OF the
affairs OF this commonwealth under the present
state officers That the general demand from
Gov. Hoard furnishes the highest and most con-
elusive evidence of the popular approval OF his
administration, and of the warm place he holds
in the confidence and esteem OF the people as an
able, firm and conscientious executive, and sig
nilies his triumphant reelection TO the highest
Office in the gift of our great md prosperous
commonwealth.
This convention declares d adherence to the
general principles of national policy set forth
in the platform adopted by the National Repub-
lican convention of 1855, and maintains that the
best interests of the American people are pro
NOTED by the continuance of a system which
protects American enterprise and American Ia
Dor against competition with the cheap capital
and cheap labor of Europe, system under
which our country has enjoyed q measure of
prosperity and development without prece-
dent.
We protest against the violent and fraudulent
schemes OF the Democratic party to suppress the
Republican vote in the southern states as I'M
lust, unconstitutional and utterly indefensible;
as a standing menace 10 the experiment of an
elective government; as grossly unfair to the
northern states, inasmuch as il results in count
ing the Republican voters rs the basis of repre-
sentatiOn in congress and in the electoral col
lege and then excluding them from taking part
in the elections as breeding contempt for the
ballot box and as manifestly tending to the most
serious and alarming consequences.
This convention declares its confidence in the
National administration, in the integrity, pa
triotism, and earnest purpose 70 promote the
public welfare, which directs its action, and
commends the efforts it is making to establish
reciprocal trade relations with the several ma
tions of this continent upon such basis as VIII
be mutually advantageous.
1t further warmly approves the course of our
senators and Republican representatives in the
present congress, They have zealCusly and con-
sistently upheld the best Interests of the state
and the nation and proved themselves worthy
of the trust reposed in them.
That we recognize and emphasize the i'm
portance of returning Legislature which shall
ensure the continuance in the public service OF
Senator John c. SpOoner. That the command
ing position which he has already acquired in
the councils of the nation is the strongest vim
dicatiOn of his eminent qualifications for the
important station to which he has been called,
and of his right 10 rank with the distinguished
statesmen the Republican party OF Wisconsin
has heretofore placed in the senate of the United
States